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Masterclass
Saturday 11 November from 9.30am - 12.30pm
Truro (exact venue tbc) with David Sulkin (Director of The Wreckers) and Annabella Waite. The focus will be on Singing and Staging Opera. Open to all but places must be booked in advance. Please contact Claire Drakeley on 01326 379806 or email administrator@duchyopera.co.uk
Open Debate on Wrecking in Cornwall
Friday 10 November 6pm - 7pm
Assembly Room, Hall for Cornwall - Chaired by Sarah Pym with Bert Biscoe and Will Coleman. Admission Free . All welcome. Ring Hall for Cornwall to reserve a seat. 01872 262466
Bella Bathurst Booksigning
Friday 27th October 7.00pm-
Wreckers evening at Ottakar's/Waterstone's book shop, Truro. Bella Bathurst author of 'The Wreckers' a non- fictional account of Wrecking in the UK, in conversation with Paul Drayton, Director of Duchy Opera with books signing. £2 a ticket (including a glass of wine) ring 01872 225765 to reserve a seat.
Exhibition of Maritime and Wrecking Paintings
21 October - 18 November
Wreckers exhibition at the Lander Gallery, Lemon Street Market, Lemon Street, Truro TR1 2PN. Open Monday - Saturday 9.00am - 5.30pm
Works with a maritime flavour; boats waves, sunny coastal paths, turbulent waters, atmospheric skies, ships under sail, driftwood, distant horizons - even one or two shipwrecks!
'March of the Women'
Friday 20th October 12.30pm
Victoria Square to Lemon Street, Truro - Ladies of Duchy Chorus sing the March of the Women by Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) composer, writer and suffragette as the walk through town and end being arrested.
June - Royal Cornwall Show
Wadebridge
Come and visit the 'Wreckers Cornwall 2006' stand and find out more about this exciting 'year of wrecking'. Sponsored by Rowes Honda.
Visit the Royal Cornwall Show website for more information about the Show.
May and September - 'Essentially Ethel'
St Fimbarrus Church, Fowey - 14th May at the Daphne du Maurier Festival
The Burrell Theatre, Truro - 15 September
Falmouth Arts Centre, Falmouth (TBC)
A one-woman show from London touring venues across Cornwall and performed by Gill Stoker. It portrays the life of Ethel Smyth and focuses on her feminism, involvement in the suffrage movement and her career as a composer and writer. Supported by Members of Duchy Opera who will be performing music with a maritime theme.
22nd & 23rd April - Vocal Masterclass and Recital
Truro High School
Extending the annual Duchy Opera vocal masterclass to include some of the cast from The Wreckers, the distinquished Richard Jackson and Russell Smythe will be instructing and guiding singers and teachers througout this weekend event.
15th January Launch of 'Wreckers Cornwall 2006'
Hall for Cornwall
Wreckers Cornwall 2006 launch day is sponsored by the Hall for Cornwall. Members of Duchy Opera and Friends of Duchy Opera, sponsors, the media and many others will be invited to a day of presentations, short excerpts from The Wreckers by members of the cast and presentations featuring the background of Dame Ethel Smyth and Wrecking in Cornwall |
