Pegasus Opera Company will be honouring the life of its founder Lloyd Newton and Black History month by staging a Celebrate Pegasus! concert on Thursday 5th October at the Actors Church (St Paul’s) in uptown Covent Garden – and we have a pair of free tickets up for grabs!
The Brixton-bBased company will be celebrating black presence in opera, with some of the most celebrated Black British singers taking part in this historical musical journey, including soprano Alison Buchanan, mezzo Denise Hector, tenor Ronald Samm, bass-baritone Keel Watson and Allyson Devenish on piano.
The Opera company’s ensemble will be showcasing black composers and premiere some of their work in the UK for the first time, performing pieces from Queen Nanny of the Maroons in Jamaica, celebrated African American poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar and the woman who inspired Toni Morison’s Beloved, Margaret Garner. Also, hear pieces based in colonial India and in Nigeria by Wole Soyinka.
Pegasus Opera Company will be honouring the life of its founder Lloyd Newton and Black History month by staging a Celebrate Pegasus! concert on Thursday 5th October at the Actors Church (St Paul’s) in uptown Covent Garden – and we have a pair of free tickets up for grabs!
The Brixton-bBased company will be celebrating black presence in opera, with some of the most celebrated Black British singers taking part in this historical musical journey, including soprano Alison Buchanan, mezzo Denise Hector, tenor Ronald Samm, bass-baritone Keel Watson and Allyson Devenish on piano.
The Opera company’s ensemble will be showcasing black composers and premiere some of their work in the UK for the first time, performing pieces from Queen Nanny of the Maroons in Jamaica, celebrated African American poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar and the woman who inspired Toni Morison’s Beloved, Margaret Garner. Also, hear pieces based in colonial India and in Nigeria by Wole Soyinka.
‘Pegasus has led the way in creating opportunities for ethnic minorities’ – The Independent
‘The concert is a celebration of my great friend and founder of Pegasus Opera, Lloyd Newton, who fearlessly led the company for 25 years presenting groundbreaking opera. The Celebration Concert also highlights the contribution of black performers in opera. Additionally, we are inviting people to join in and be part of the future of Pegasus Opera, we have exciting events coming up, locally, nationally and internationally.’ – Alison Buchanan, Artistic Director, Pegasus Opera Company.
Win tickets!
To be in with a chance of bagging the two free tickets, simply email us your name and email address
All entries must be received by midday Wednesday 4th October. The winner will be randomly selected by our cat Ziggy (pictured below) – wherever his paw lands will be the winner. Good luck!
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