sinfonia ViVA Opera Gala Night with Special Guest Jonathan Ansell

Saturday 25th July 2009 at 7.00pm
Embassy Centre, Skegness, Lincolnshire
Tickets: £15 all seats, £14 concessions, £7.50 children
Embassy Centre Box Office 0845 6740505

• Suppe: Light Cavalry Overture
• Donizetti: Una Furtiva Lagrima (vocal)
• Verdi: Ballet music from Act 3 of Macbeth
• Puccini: Che Gelida Maninina (vocal)
• Puccini: E Lucevan le stelle (vocal)
• Puccini: Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
• Offenbach: Barcarolle
• Puccini: Nessun Dorma (vocal)
• Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
• Bizet: Carmen Suite No.1
• Giordano: Amor ti Vieta (vocal)
• Smetana: Dance of the Comedians
• Donizetti: Ah mes amis (vocal)
• Offenbach: Overture to Orpheus

As part of the Skegness Festival, sinfonia ViVA is joined by Special Guest Jonathan Ansell, the charismatic young singer with the sensational tenor voice who shot to fame three years ago with pop opera group G4 on the X Factor, and who has now established himself as a bona fide solo star. Jonathan, who quickly became the stand-out favourite of the fans on the X Factor, achieved amazing success with the classically-trained group G4, who announced their split in early 2007. But surpassing this, he has now achieved a debut solo album that topped the classical charts and also hit the top ten of the pop charts.

This evening's concert, with the irrepressible James Holmes conducting and with well-known stage and television actor and star of Heartbeat Jonathan Kerrigan presenting, features a programme of the best loved, most popular moments from the world's favourite operas featuring a full orchestra and soloists. Programme includes Puccini's Nessun Dorma and Offenbach's Overture to his opera Orpheus in the Underworld.

Supported by Arts Council England

Visit the SO2009 website to see the full programme of Festival events