Bristol Opera

Come and Sing Opera! 2025

10am-5pm on Saturday 20^th September 2025 at Trinity-Henleaze URC Church, Bristol BS9 4BT

Registration at 9.30am

Repertoire

Page numbers refer to the OUP Opera Choruses book

Chorus of wedding guests	Lucia di Lammermoor - Donizetti	p.107
Voyagers' chorus	Idomeneo - Mozart	p.167
Habanera	Carmen - Bizet	p.42
Easter Hymn	Cavalleria Rusticana - Mascagni	†
Opening chorus	The Bartered Bride - Smetana	†
Chorus of the Hebrew slaves	Nabucco - Verdi	p.253

† We are using our own edition of these two choruses.

Scores

If possible, please obtain and bring a copy of Opera Choruses, ed. John Rutter, published by OUP. Otherwise, library copies will be available at registration on the day. Please advise the Bristol Opera secretary if you are using your own copy, or whether you require to borrow one. The other two choruses will be available at registration, as loose-leaf copies with holes punched. Please bring an A4 ring binder to put these in.

Digital copies of all these scores are also available in advance and may be used for private study. In the case of Habanera, there are some markings regarding the division of parts; please take note. Please enter the password to access the scores.

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Study materials

Learning/practice tracks are available for all the choruses, suitable for private study before the event. The download link will be made available to all who sign up. You will be able to listen to the tracks applicable to your voice part, whether Soprano, Alto, Tenor or Bass, including splits into firsts and seconds. We'd encourage you to use these ahead of the event, in conjunction with the scores, to get the most out of the day.

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Schedule

for the day of the event, Saturday 20^th September 2025

9.30am	Registration of singers
	Collection of music and name badges

10.00am	Workshop commences
	Warm-up and First Session Robert Marson	- Chorus of the Hebrew slaves - Opening chorus (The Bartered Bride)

11.00am	Coffee break in the bar area

11.20pm	Second Session Robert Marson assisted by Rebecca Chellappah	- Habanera - Easter Hymn

12.30pm	Lunch in the bar area (No food is to be consumed in the church)

1.15pm	Third Session Robert Marson assisted by Sophie Kirk-Harris	- Voyagers’ chorus - Chorus of wedding guests

2.30pm	Short break

2.45-3.45pm	Run-through of programme

4.00pm	Family and friends join for informal concert - free of charge to attend

4.45pm	Finish

Additional rehearsals

You are very welcome to join in additional rehearsals if you wish, on the first three Thursday evenings of September. We'd be pleased to see you there, and there is no extra charge to do so if you have booked for the Come and Sing event itself.

Thursday 4^th September	7.30-9.30pm,	at Philip Street Chapel, Bristol BS3 4EA
Thursday 11^th September	7.30-9.30pm,	at Philip Street Chapel, Bristol BS3 4EA
Thursday 18^th September	7.30-9.30pm,	at Trinity-Henleaze URC Church, Bristol BS9 4BT

There is ample free-of-charge street parking nearby at both venues, added to which, Philip Street Chapel has its own car park.