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SUMMARY:CarmenCo -  An Afternoon of Opera\, Theatre and Comedy
DESCRIPTION:Artists: CarmenCo – Emily Andrews (voice and flute)\, David Massey (guitar) and Francisco Correa (guitar) \nConcert Sponsor: Rathbones Investment Management \nProgramme\nMy My My Delilah! – a concert and play\, telling the story of Samson and Delilah from Delilah’s point of view\, in CarmenCo’s own arrangements. The show includes well-known excerpts by Saint-Saëns\, Bizet\, Verdi\, Donizetti and others. \n\nGeorges Bizet – Habanera from Carmen\nGiuseppe Verdi – Triumphal March from Aida\nCamille Saint-Saëns – “Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix” from Samson et Dalila\nGioachino Rossini – overture to The Barber of Seville\nSee the full programme below\n\nAbout the Concert\nnadsa’s 2026–2027 season ends on Sunday 25 April with something gloriously different. The prizewinning trio CarmenCo brings My My My Delilah!\, their brand-new concert and play that retells the story of Samson and Delilah from Delilah’s own point of view. Part music\, part theatre and shot through with comedy\, it asks what really lay behind her infamous betrayal. Was she trying to impress? Was she jealous of his hair? And why is she here on stage playing the flute? By turns deeply moving\, irreverent and laugh-out-loud funny\, it is built around music from Saint-Saëns’s opera and a feast of operatic favourites in the trio’s own arrangements. \nAn Opera Reimagined\, for Flute\, Voice and Two Guitars\nThe afternoon weaves great operatic music into a single dramatic arc. From Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila come the sensuous Bacchanale\, the tender “Printemps qui commence” and the famous seduction aria “Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix\,” set alongside showstoppers from Bizet’s Carmen\, Verdi’s Aida and La Traviata\, and Donizetti’s La Favorita. A Spanish-tinted second half opens with Tárrega’s Capricho Árabe and Falla’s Miller’s Dance before Schubert’s beloved Ständchen and a sparkling finale\, the overture to Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. About seventy per cent music and thirty per cent spoken word\, the show is performed entirely from memory\, freeing the players to act\, move and draw the audience into the story. \nAbout the Ensemble\nFormed in 2017\, the prizewinning trio CarmenCo have performed all over England\, Scotland and Wales\, in every kind of venue from Kings Place and Buxton Festival to village halls and schools\, honing a distinctive approach built on their own imaginative arrangements of opera\, orchestral\, folk and world music. The trio comprises Emily Andrews\, flautist and mezzo-soprano\, and guitarists David Massey and Francisco Correa\, all Royal Academy of Music graduates. CarmenCo grew out of the Andrews Massey flute-and-guitar duo\, formed in 2009 and winner of the Tunnell Trust Award for 2012–2013\, when the addition of Francisco Correa\, himself an internationally acclaimed soloist\, brought richer textures and greater variety. Their earlier show A Pocket Opera\, an irreverent retelling of Carmen\, has been performed more than fifty times to unanimous acclaim. My My My Delilah! receives its premiere in Frome in October 2026\, ahead of a full UK tour. The Ayrshire Post hailed the trio as “first-rate musicians” offering a “superb range of musical colour and artistry throughout the programme.” \nWhy You Shouldn’t Miss This\nThis is more than a concert: it is a piece of musical theatre\, by turns beautiful\, funny and surprising\, and the perfect way to end the season. Performing from memory and in a less formal setting\, CarmenCo make great music irresistibly accessible. \nFull Programme\n\nCamille Saint-Saëns – Priestesses’ Dance from Samson et Dalila (flute\, two guitars)\nGeorges Bizet – Habanera from Carmen (voice\, two guitars)\nGiuseppe Verdi – Triumphal March from Aida (flute and guitar)\nGaetano Donizetti – “O mio Fernando” from La Favorita (voice\, two guitars)\nCamille Saint-Saëns – “Printemps qui commence” from Samson et Dalila (voice\, two guitars)\nGiuseppe Verdi (arr. Ferrer) – La Traviata Variations (two guitars)\nGiuseppe Verdi – “Possente Fthà” from Aida (voice/flute\, two guitars)\nCamille Saint-Saëns – Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila (flute/violin\, two guitars)\nInterval\nFrancisco Tárrega – Capricho Árabe (solo guitar)\nManuel de Falla – Miller’s Dance (two guitars)\nFranz Schubert (arr. Boehm/Massey) – Ständchen (flute\, guitar)\nCamille Saint-Saëns – “Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix” from Samson et Dalila (voice\, two guitars)\nCamille Saint-Saëns – “L’amour! viens aider ma faiblesse” from Samson et Dalila (voice\, two guitars)\nGioachino Rossini – overture to The Barber of Seville (flute\, two guitars)
URL:https://nadsa.co.uk/event/carmenco/
LOCATION:The Courtenay Centre\, Kingsteignton Road\, Newton Abbot\, Devon\, TQ12 2QA\, United Kingdom
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