World Opera Day Recital: Two Temple Place
Joins us for a free lunchtime recital at Two Temple Place, the second concert in our series celebrating World Opera Day!
About this Event
In this second recital given by Alumni of the National Opera Studio, Margo Arsane (mezzo-soprano) is accompanied by Emily Hooker on piano to present a repertoire including pieces from Handel’s Giulio Cesare, Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
Margo Arsane is a Two Temple Place Fellow and the National Opera Studio is very grateful to the Bulldog Trust for its support of the Young Artists training programme.
The concert will be an hour, without an interval. Please note there are no café facilities on-site. Doors open from 12pm and seating is unreserved.
About our performer:
French mezzo-soprano Margo Arsane studied the violin for 14 years, she trained as a soprano at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Lyon, the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich and the Opera Course at the GSMD. After leaving, she retrained as a mezzo-soprano, and now studies privately with Gary Coward. Prizes at international competitions include First prize at Mozarteum Sommerakademie Wettbewerb in Salzburg and the “Prix Jeune Espoir” at the Concours International de Chant de Clermont-Ferrand. In August 2018, Margo made her debut as Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro at Dartington Festival. Recent roles include cover Mélisande Pelléas et Mélisande (Garsington Opera), Susanna Le nozze di Figaro (Clonter Opera), Polissena Radamisto (GSMD), Climène in Molière/Lully’s Les Amants Magnifiques (Opéra d’Avignon, Opéra de Rennes and Opéra de Massy), and Concepcion L’heure espagnole for Festival Pentecote en Berry. In autumn 2019. Margo Arsane will cover the role of Sesto in Handel’s Giulio Cesare for Opera North. Other forthcoming engagements include performing the roles of Sméraldine and Linette in The Love for Three Oranges by Prokofiev at Opéra national de Lorraine, in Nancy, in early 2020.
