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Join local choirs, community singers and professional soloists as we all sing excerpts from The Messiah by Georg Frederic Handel.
£15 fee - includes music and refreshments.
£5-10 donation encouraged from audience members.
Tenor Martins Smaukstelis and pianist Panaretos Kyriatzidis will present a carefully crafted solo recital of music by Schubert, Mozart, Wolf, Brahms, Schoenberg, Britten and Ades.
A very special event for WOW audiences - this concert will feature local musicians joining our singers for a slightly different sound than you’re used to.
Music by Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Verdi, Puccini and more!
A local concert for local people where everyone is included.
We bring you the very best of operatic drama.
Plots, foils, twists, broken hearts, makeups and more.
This concert is the perfect introduction to opera!
Our resident pianist, Janet Haney, brings some of her amazing students from the Royal Academy of Music.
Soprano Antonia Choi, baritone Owain Rowlands and dramatic bass Theodore McAlindon perform incredible songs by Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and others
WOW joins Plumstead Chamber Choir for a concert for Remembrance Sunday with a performance of The Requiem by Gabriel Faure. Local soloists will join local choristers for an afternoon of beautiful music to reflect and remember.
There will also be the complete Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams to celebrate 150 years since his birth.
Join local singers Imogen Roose and Grant Doyle accompanied by the magnificent Sam Kimuli, as they present a relaxed and informal concert for the school holidays.
Join in with the Toreador! Help free the princess! Break the spell of the wicked wizard!
Curtain up at 4pm, with two 25 min halves. A 15 min interval will allow enjoyment of the afternoon tea.
Donations are most welcome - cash or card - as WOW functions entirely on the generosity of our audiences.
Jeremy Silver returns from South Africa to conduct a season at Longborough Festival and we are so happy that he will accompany the concert on June 12th.
This concert will feature more world class soloists, reverting to our 4 singer format, and be filled with classic favourites and memorable melodies.
This concert will also be our fundraiser for the WOW 2022 Autumn Season where we hope to raise around £1500 to continue our great work in the local community.
WOW joins London based Songhaven, a charity dedicated to bringing professional opera and singing to people living with dementia and their families, to put on a free concert & afternoon tea event at All Saints, Shooters Hill on Sunday 15th May at 4pm, ahead of Dementia Action Week.
The 45min concert will be filled with familiar favourites - folk tunes, songs from stage & screen, singalongs and popular songs from the past
We are thrilled to join forces with the Plumstead Chamber Choir for a wonderful concert of Christmas Classics. There will be solos, ensembles, choral spectaculars and audience sing-a-longs!
Come and join us, and bring your friends and family to celebrate the holiday season!
On Remembrance Sunday, we will reflect on religious music through the ages. Featuring the music of Strauss, Brahms, Franck, Purcell, Vaughan Williams and Puccini to name a few.
This concert will include a tribute to our founder, Sally Silver.
Laugh, cackle, hoot and guffaw as we take you through the classics of Gilbert & Sullivan, Flanders & Swann, Monty Python and more …
(Warning - this concert will contain outbursts of laughter)
Join ENO Soprano Caroline Kennedy and Garsington Opera Bass Eugene Dillon-Hooper, joined by Pianist Chad Vindin, as they make you laugh, amuse your mind and tickle your funny bone.
As the seasons change, let music guide you through the poetic minds of the romantic composers.
Featuring music by Schubert, Wolf, Schumann, Brahms, Faure, Mahler, Vaughan Williams, Finzi and many more.
Surprise your friends and family with an afternoon of classical music!
Sunday, 18th July
Audition Slots are 20 mins (10 of Singing and 10 of Feedback)
£40
WOW is delighted to collaborate with Europik Music on this new concert/recital series right here in Woolwich - and it’s LIVE and you can ATTEND IN PERSON!
3 Make 1 is the first performance for an impromptu trio of soprano Tanya Hurst, cellist Timothée Botbol and pianist Chad Vindin.
The concert will feature music by Strauss, Brahms and Schubert as well as a new piece for voice and cello by Italian composer, Alessandro Viale.
Duration is approximately 45-50mins of music, with a brief Q&A to finish.
Tickets are £10 to attend in person, or £7 to Live Stream the event, plus booking fee.
Tickets must be purchased at https://europikmusic.com
Translations of all song texts will be projected to maximise audience participation with and enjoyment of, the music being performed.
COVID Precautions
All current guidelines regarding live music performance will be strictly adhered to. Audience members may sit in households/bubbles, and chairs will be correctly spaced to maintain safe social distancing.
Tickets will need to be shown at the door and a one way system will be in place.
Woolwich Opera Works is offering this safe space for you to test out your voice, to offer you helpful feedback on repertoire or roles, provide guidance in audition technique and to be a friendly and supportive face to welcome your return to singing.
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An online Webinar for singers to learn and talk about some of the psychological aspects of being a singer in Covid times.
Tickets available at https://billetto.co.uk/e/wow-webinar-1-a-performance-psychology-webinar-for-singers-tickets-460720
Join soprano Caroline Kennedy, tenor Dominic J. Walsh, baritone Nick Dwyer and Student Performer, mezzo Rachael Cawte accompanied by Janet Haney on the piano.
This concert will focus on the comic opera genre and feature fun and funny works from Donizetti and Mozart to the musical stylings of Flanders & Swann with everything in between.
Have a laugh, a chuckle and giggle and a chortle as you join us at All Saints Church, Shooters Hill at 4pm, Sunday 5th April.
Join our amazing professional opera singers, and our incredible Student Performer accompanied expertly by the incomparable Janet Haney as they warm your winter with love-filled tunes from Beethoven to Bernstein!
4pm, Sunday Feb 2 at All Saints Church Shooters Hill SE18 3PU.
All Donations welcome and some exciting announcements about the 2020 season to be made!
See you there!
Dear Friends,
Come along and hear our performers from the 2019 season including Angela Yang, Samuel Stopford, Maciek O’Shea and Dominic J. Walsh, and introducing Alison Dunne accompanied by our Founder, Jeremy Silver.
The Concert will feature music of operatic Winter as well as Christmas favourites with a classical flair.
We will also be announcing details of our 2020 season which you won’t want to miss!
Hope to see you there!
Sunday, Sep 15th 4pm at All Saints Church in Shooters Hill.
The perfect opportunity to invite friends, family, neighbours or newlyweds - anyone really, to a concert of live operatic singing. Powerful voices combine with powerful emotions to bring you a powerful experience of joy, celebration, beauty and melancholy.
Featuring Paul Plummer on the piano. With Tanya Hurst (Sop), Maciek O’Shea (Bass-Bar), Dominic J. Walsh (Ten) and our student performer Angela Yang (Sop).
This concert will be extra special. The first ever WOW Concert to feature Art Song. Classical songs by the great composers: Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Faure, Duparc, Mozart, Britten, Wolf, Finzi, Vaughan Williams, Quilter and many others.
This will be the first opportunity for Woolwich Opera Works to introduce our audiences to the magical joys, powerful emotions and stunning beauty of the popular songs from the last two and a half Centuries.
This concert will be Free with donations warmly welcomed.
Afternoon Tea will be provided.
Sunday, June 30th 4pm at All Saints Church in Shooters Hill.
Founder, Jeremy Silver, returns to Woolwich to perform in this second concert of the 2019 Season featuring Royal Opera House stars Grant Doyle and Amar Muchhala, upcoming Mezzo Soprano Hollie-anne Bangham and student Soprano Clémence Gleizes.
Welcome to the Woolwich Opera Works 2019 Season.
On Sunday, April 28th at 4pm, you are warmly invited to attend the wondrous spectacle of Spring at the home of Woolwich Opera Works; All Saint’s Church in Shooters Hill.
The premier concert for 2019 will bring the joys of Springtime to south east London as it overflows with classical melodies, new favourites and a raucous sing along.
Performing Artists:
Soprano Lucy Hall (ROH, ETO, Scottish Opera, Glyndebourne Festival, NOS & GSMD)
Mezzo-soprano Emma Stannard (Glydnebourne Festival, ETO, Handel House Museum, ETO & RAM)
Baritone Jamie Rock (Scottish Opera, Opera North, BYO, RAM & RCS)
Pianist, Vocal Coach & Conductor Janet Haney (WNO, ETO, Islenska Opera (Iceland), Opera Africa (SA), GSMD Staff, RCM Staff)
Entry is free and donations are most warmly welcomed.
Afternoon Tea is provided.
Breeze into Spring with an afternoon of beautiful Viennese classics, featuring popular waltzes and songs from operettas by Lehar, Kalman and Strauss. Join opera stars soprano Sally Silver and tenor Dominic Natoli with their first-class Palm Court Trio of top musicians: pianist Jeremy Silver, cellist Gabriella Swallow and violinist Mizuka Yamamoto.
We're delighted to welcome back Tristan Stocks and Tony Baker and introduce mezzo-soprano Kate Howden in this musical showcase to kickstart the Christmas season.
As before, it's completely FREE (though we'll be selling refreshments and taking a collection to cover our costs). However it really helps us to estimate numbers if you can reserve tickets in advance by clicking on the link below.
Wow Opera are excited to visit St Michaels in Abbey Wood presenting extracts from Donizetti’s Opera‘The Elixir of Love’. Sung in Italian and staged in costume, with the story told by a narrator in English. Then a 2nd half of famous Italian opera songs made famous by the likes of Pavarotti, The Three Tenors and others. Sung in a beautiful traditional church with very good acoustics.
A weekend exploring mental awareness combined with performing. We are delighted to welcome for the first time in the UK this specialised and unique course. The focus is on developing an insight into the artist and the inner self. The course aims to build confidence, reduce anxiety and acquire the skills to perform to your best ability.
Zen & Singing was developed and taught in Amsterdam in 2007 by Marc Brookhuis and Elsina Jansen, and in the following years became an international course based in France. Since then, up to 150 students and professionals have participated with a tremendous success rate.
Marc Brookhuis has had more than 15 years’ experience in Zen meditation and mindfulness and works as Zen teacher and mental coach for performers. Elsina Jansen is an active stage director and lectures at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and the Prins Claus Conservatoire in Groningen
The course starts on Friday 8th evening and continues on Saturday 9th with the final day being an afternoon and evening session. Two sessions will be spent on singing and performance with pianist Richard Black accompanying.
The venue will be All Saints Shooters Hill, Herbert Road, SE18 3PU. Booking is not yet open but please contact to register your interest or if you require further details.
Join us at All Saints for a FREE casual introduction to the two operas being shown on the BP BIG SCREEN in General Gordon Square from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - La Traviata (4th July) and Turandot (14 July). We have the stories, the singers and the fun parts with musical excerpts suitable for families and anyone who wants to experience a bit more of the opera vibe. Get planning your picnic and your experience with WOW!
SADLY DUE TO NUMBERS WE HAVE HAD TO CANCEL THIS EVENT.
In the spirit of summer opera galas, WOW presents a sizzling programme of the most popular opera favourites such as Pearl Fishers duet, Nessun Dorma, Carmen, Barcarolle and much more with a host of talented singers accompanied on the piano by Jeremy Silver. Guest artists include Dominic Natoli, Carole Irvine, Alejandro Lopez Montoya, Tony Baker, Carolyn Dobbin and Sally Silver.
We will be having a Wear a Hat competition with a prizes for Adults and children to raise awareness and a donation to Brain Tumour Research. Separate proceeds from the donations for this concert will go to All Saints, our resident venue for concerts and workshops to cover costs. Please click on the link to book your free ticket.
