Robert Marson · Bass

Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle

Saturday 16th November 2024 at 7.30pm

St Mary's Priory Church, Monmouth

Monmouth Choral Society
Steven Kings Conductor
Charlotte Newstead Soprano
Susan Marrs Alto
Andrew Henley Tenor
Robert Marson Bass
Edward Dean Harmonium
Sam Bayliss Piano

Monmouth Choral Society

Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle

Saturday 23rd March 2024 at 7.30pm

Portishead Methodist Church
Portishead BS20 6EN

Portishead Choral Society
Jonathan Palmer Conductor
Sophie Kirk-Harris Soprano
Rebecca Chellappah Mezzo Soprano
Nick Sherwood Tenor
Robert Marson Bass
Andrew Kirk Harmonium
Richard Lennox Piano

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Otto Nicolai

Sung in English in a translation by Graham Billing.

Thursday 15th – Saturday 17th February 2024

1532 Performing Arts Centre
Elton Road, Clifton,
Bristol BS8 1SJ

Bristol Opera Chorus and Soloists
Bristol Opera Orchestra
Arne Kovac Musical Director
Frazer Meakin Director and Producer
Sophie Kirk-Harris Mrs Ford
Rebecca Chellappah Mrs Page
Jennifer Rogers Anne Page
Robert Marson Mr Ford
Roderick Hunt Mr Page
Robert Felstead Fenton
John DesLauriers Falstaff
James Ward Dr Cajus
Steve Harris Slender

Autumn Concert

Saturday 25th November 2023 at 7pm

Llandaff Cathedral
Cardiff CF5 2LA

Programme
Solemn Vespers K339 - Mozart
Requiem - Michael Haydn

Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society
Simon Lovell-Jones Conductor
Gail Pearson Soprano
Anastasia Micklethwaite Contralto
William Searle Tenor
Robert Marson Bass

Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society

Coronation Concert

Saturday 13th May 2023 at 7.30pm

St Mary's Church
Thornbury BS35 1HQ

Programme
Coronation Anthems - Handel
Coronation Mass in C major K317 - Mozart

Thornbury Choral Society
Thornbury Camerata
Steven Kings Conductor
Dani May Soprano
Rebecca Chellappah Contralto
John Bacon Tenor
Robert Marson Bass

Thornbury Choral Society

La Traviata

by Giuseppe Verdi

Sung in English in a translation by Graham Billing.

Wednesday 15th – Saturday 18th February 2023

1532 Performing Arts Centre
Elton Road, Clifton,
Bristol BS8 1SJ

Bristol Opera Chorus and Soloists
Bristol Opera Orchestra
Arne Kovac Musical Director
Charlotte Monk Director and Producer
Rebecca de Coverly Veale / Jennifer Walker Violetta
John Haque Alfredo
Niall Hoskin Giorgio Germont
Timothy Allan Marquis d’Obigny
Gigi Strong Flora
Robert Marson Doctor Grenvil
Richard Kamm Gaston
Ollie Parry Baron Douphol
Ethel-Jane Cormack Annina
Graham Billing Josef

Tosca

by Giacomo Puccini

Saturday 18th June - Strode Theatre, Street
Friday 24th June - Rook Lane Chapel, Frome
Friday 1st July - Malmesbury Abbey
Saturday 2nd July - Rondo Theatre, Bath
Friday 8th July - Great Chalfield Manor
Saturday 9th July - Great Chalfield Manor
Friday 15th July - Memorial Hall, Wincanton
Saturday 16th July - Memorial Hall, Wincanton
Saturday 23th July - Julian Slade Theatre, Bath

Ghiulnara Raileanu Tosca
Robert Felstead Cavaradossi
Niall Hoskin Scarpia
Edward Harper Sacristan
Robert Marson Angelotti / Sciarrone
Dave Key Pugh Spoletta
Peter Blackwood Musical Director
Jane Clark Stage Director
John Clark Designer

Bath Opera

A Concert of Wagner Highlights

Saturday 23rd April 2022 at 7.30pm

Saint Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol

Programme

Overture to The Mastersingers
Isolde's Liebestod
Wotan's Farewell
The Ride of the Valkyries

and celebrated extracts from Lohengrin, The Flying Dutchman, Tannhäuser, the Ring Cycle and Wesendonck Lieder

Tarnhelm Opera
Emma Pooley Soprano
Anando Mukerjee Tenor
Niall Hoskin Baritone
Robert Marson Bass-Baritone
Roderick Hunt Bass
Claire Alsop Organ
Peter Blackwood Piano

Tickets £20, £15, £10, £8

Tarnhelm Opera

Samson and Delilah

by Camille Saint-Saëns

Sung in English in a translation by Graham Billing.

Thursday 20th – Saturday 22nd February 2020

1532 Performing Arts Centre
Elton Road, Clifton,
Bristol BS8 1SJ

Bristol Opera Chorus and Soloists
Bristol Opera Orchestra
Arne Kovac Musical Director
Charlotte Monk Stage Director
Richard Lloyd-Owen Samson
Rebecca Chellappah Delilah
Niall Hoskin High Priest
Robert Marson Abimelech
Steven Harris Old Hebrew
Clare Daly Hebrew Messenger
Graham Billing First Philistine
Saul Formoso Second Philistine

Das Rheingold

by Richard Wagner

Sung in German with English surtitles.

Thursday 17th October 2019 – St Mary's Church, Bathwick, Bath
Saturday 19th October 2019 – Gloucester Cathedral
Friday 25th October 2019 – Worcester Cathedral
Saturday 2nd November 2019 – St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
Saturday 16th November 2019 – Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff

Peter Blackwood Musical Director
Alexandra Denman Stage Director
Robert Marson Wotan
Aleksi Koponen Donner
Thomas Wood Froh
Robert Felstead Loge
Judy Davis Fricka
Sophie Kirk-Harris Freia
Alexandra Denman Erda
Wendy Silvester Erda
Niall Hoskin Alberich
William Stevens Fasolt
Roderick Hunt Fafner
Julia O'Connor Woglinde
Amanda Wagg Wellgunde
Rebecca Chellappah Flosshilde
David Bednall Organ

Tickets

Tarnhelm Opera

From Russia with Love

Saturday 8th June 2019 at 7.30pm

Portishead Methodist Church, Portishead BS20 6EN

Programme

3 Russian Folksongs – Shostakovich
Prince Gremin’s Aria (Eugene Onegin) – Tchaikovsky
Works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Borodin and Prokofiev

Song of the Volga Boatmen, Kalinka, Moscow Nights, Katyusha

Portishead Choral Society
Jonathan Palmer Conductor
Robert Marson Bass
Damir Yakubov Guitar, Dombra
Richard Lennox Piano

Tickets £12 (£6)

Portishead Choral Society

Recital of Songs and Arias

Wednesday 20th March 2019

1.10pm - 1.50pm

St Stephen’s Church, Bristol BS1 1EQ

Quoniam tu solus sanctus (B minor Mass) – Bach

Recit.: Am Abend, da es kühle war
Aria: Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (St. Matthew Passion) – Bach

An die ferne Geliebte – Beethoven, Op. 98

Wotan’s Farewell (Die Walküre) – Wagner

Robert Marson Bass
John Lambert Piano

Retiring collection.

Song Recital

Friday 25th January 2019

1.10pm - 1.50pm

St Francis’ Church, Bristol BS3 1JP

An die ferne Geliebte – Beethoven, Op. 98

Four songs – Strauss, Op. 27

Ruhe, meine Seele!
Cäcilie (Wenn du es wüsstest)
Heimliche Aufforderung
Morgen!

Wotan’s Farewell (Die Walküre) – Wagner

Robert Marson Bass
John Lambert Piano

Retiring collection.

Recital of Opera Arias

Wednesday 5th September 2018

1.10pm - 1.50pm

St Stephen’s Church, Bristol BS1 1EQ

Lascia amor (Orlando) – Handel
Bois épais (Amadis) – Lully
La vendetta (Le nozze di Figaro) – Mozart
Vi ravviso (La sonnambula) – Bellini

Come dal ciel precipita (Macbeth) – Verdi
Was duftet doch der Flieder (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) – Wagner
Aleko’s Cavatina (Aleko) – Rachmaninov

Robert Marson Bass
Peter Blackwood Piano

Retiring collection.

Carmen

by Georges Bizet

Sung in English

Tuesday 17th – Saturday 21st July 2018

King’s College Theatre
Taunton

Somerset Opera
Somerset Opera Orchestra
Christopher Ball Musical Director
Phil Turley DIrector
Olivia Sjoberg Carmen
Roberto Abate Don José
James Schouten Escamillo
Josie Cresswell Micaela
Camilla Foster Mitchell Frasquita
Maria Liu Mercedes
Robert Marson Zuniga
Charlie Webb Morales
Alan Coles Dancairo
Stephen Grimshaw Remendado

Recital of Opera Arias

Friday 18th May 2018

1.10pm - 1.50pm

St Francis’ Church, Bristol BS3 1JP

Air of the Cold Genius (King Arthur) – Purcell
La Vendetta (Le Nozze di Figaro) – Mozart
In diesen heil’gen Hallen (Die Zauberflöte) – Mozart
Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni (La Sonnambula) – Bellini

Flute and piano: Entr’acte to Act III (Carmen) – Bizet

O tu, Palermo (I Vespri Siciliani) – Verdi
Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn! (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) – Wagner
Prince Gremin’s Aria (Eugene Onegin) – Tchaikovsky

Robert Marson Bass
John Lambert Piano

Retiring collection.

Der Freischütz

by Carl Maria von Weber

Sung in English in a new translation by Graham Billing.

Wednesday 11th – Saturday 14th April 2018

1532 Performing Arts Centre
Elton Road, Clifton,
Bristol BS8 1SJ

Bristol Opera Chorus and Soloists
Bristol Opera Orchestra
Arne Kovac Musical Director
Graham Billing Stage Director
Ethel-Jane Cormack Agathe
Kimberley Jones Ännchen
Dean Ward Max
Robert Marson Kaspar
Edward Harper Kuno
Dave Key-Pugh Kilian
Niall Hoskin Ottokar
Roderick Hunt The Hermit
Graham Billing Samiel

Eugene Onegin

by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Sung in English.

Friday 23rd – Saturday 24th March 2018

7pm

Church of St Andrew and St Teilo
Woodville Road
Cardiff CF24 4ED

Serenata Singers
William Stevens Conductor
Ben Watkins Eugene Onegin
Jana Holesworth Tatyana
Olivia Gomez Olga
Jack Parry Lensky
Rebecca Chellappah Madame Larina
Wendy Silvester Filipyevna
Robert Marson Prince Gremin

Tickets £12 (£5) from ticketsource.co.uk

Puss in Boots

A Fairytale Opera for Children by César Cui

Sunday 19th and Sunday 26th November 2017

2pm and 4pm

Mackay Theatre
at 1532 Performing Arts Centre
Elton Road, Clifton,
Bristol BS8 1SJ

Tessitoura Children’s Chorus and Soloists
Sophie Kirk-Harris Director and The Cat
Jennifer Walker The Princess
Thomas Wood Jean, Youngest Brother and Marquis of Carabas
Robert Marson The King and Middle Brother
Harry Benfield The Ogre and Eldest Brother

Tickets £7 (£5) via www.tessitoura.co.uk

Tales of Russia

Saturday 7th October 2017

7.30pm

St Alban’s Church, Bristol BS6 7NU

Programme

Excerpts of popular Russian operas in concert performance
Boris Godunov (Coronation scene) – Mussorgsky
Aleko (complete) – Rachmaninov

Bristol Opera Chorus and Soloists
Bristol Opera Orchestra
Arne Kovac Musical Director
Roderick Hunt Boris Godunov and The Old Gypsy
Robert Marson Aleko
Georgia Katsiroumpa Zemfira
Jack Parry The Young Gypsy
Susan Weaver An Old Gypsy Woman

Tickets £12 (£7) via tickets@bristolopera.co.uk

Song Recital

Monday 25th September 2017

1.10pm - 1.55pm

St Stephen’s, Bristol BS1 1EQ

A selection of art songs:

Four Serious Songs – Brahms
Romances Op. 38 (selection) – Tchaikovsky including “At the Ball”
Sea Pictures (selection) – Elgar including “Where Corals Lie”

Robert Marson Bass
Alexandra Kim Piano

Retiring collection.

Memorial Concert

In memory of Sara Lovell

Sunday 17th September 2017

7.30pm

St German’s Church, Cardiff CF24 0LA

Programme

Gabriel’s Oboe – Ennio Morricone
Song of the Birds – Pablo Casals
Zadok the Priest – Handel
Hebrides Overture – Mendelssohn
O Mio Babbino Caro – Puccini
Slumber-song from Sea Pictures – Elgar
Requiem (excerpts) – Mozart

Concert Orchestra De Cymru
Simon Lovell-Jones Conductor
Barry Haskey Leader
Charlie Lovell-Jones Violin soloist
Ffion Perrett Soprano
Robert Marson Bass Baritone
The ABC Singers

Tickets £15 (£12) sold in aid of Penny Brohn UK.