Opera Live at Home: Relax, Pour Yourself a Drink and Enjoy!
Cliff Zammit Stevens’s recent performances include concerts and operas around Europe, notably Don Curzio and Don Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro with Garsington Opera on tour in Corfu, and Tebaldo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi across the UK and Otello in Rossini’s Otello. He was top of the bill for the concert in Berlin to celebrate Malta's EU presidency.
Recent reviews describe his singing as ‘a revelation’ (Daily Express), and as ‘showing exceptional promise’ (Opera Magazine).
Arias this evening include:
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön, (Tamino) Die Zauberflöte, K.620/Act 1, Mozart
Una furtiva Lagrima, (Nemorino) L'elisir d'amore, Donizetti
Kuda Kuda vi udalilis, (Lensky), Act 2, scene 2, Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky
Ah la Paterna Mano, (Macduff), Act 4, scene 1, Macbeth, Giuseppe Verdi
No puede ser, (Leandro), Act 2, La tabernera del puerto, Pablo Sorozábal
Granada by Lara Augustín
Cliff has also recently founded The Marcy Foundation in memory of his late mother, to raise awareness of and to tackle social issues including domestic violence, mental health, child abuse, drug and substance abuse, and HIV.
Programmes with translations will be sent out before the concert.
A short Q&A session follows the concert where the audience may ask questions to the artists.
nb: start time is 7.30pm (GMT, UK). Our concerts are global so please see the time zone for your country. This concert may be viewed on demand to all ticketholders after the transmission date.
Opera Live at Home was recently founded by Helen to provide a much needed performance platform for both UK-based opera singers and accomapnists as well as bringing live music to you. What makes us unique is the opportunity to meet the artists afterwards, something you would never normally experience in the opera house or concert hall.
If you would like to become a Patron of Opera Live at Home, please email helen@thehelenastridsingingacademy.com.
Helen Astrid is a former opera singer with English National Opera and Garsington Opera Festival. She has considerable experience in giving talks on the history of opera both online and in the classroom and her Tedx Talk 'Tell me the Truth about Opera' has been viewed by thousands.
Helen lectures for Bishopsgate Institute, Cambridge University and Imperial College London and the International School of London. She is also Director of Corporate Singing Workshops delivering bespoke training sessions for companies and organisations around the world.