
Recital: Songs of the Countryside
A celebration of the great outdoors for the City Music Foundation lunchtime series.
Songs by Clara Schumann, George Butterworth, Johannes Brahms & Muriel Herbert.
George Robarts, baritone
Edward Picton-Turbervill, piano
Tickets: £10; £5 concessions
GILBERT & SULLIVAN: The Pirates of Penzance
Samuel in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance for the National G&S Festival in Buxton and Malvern.
Director: John Savournin
Buxton Opera House: August 2 (mat & eve), 9, 13, 16 (mat only)
Malvern Theatre: September 6 (mat & eve)
MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro
Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro for Cumbria Opera Group.
Director: Persia Babayan-Taylor
Conductor: Melvin Tay
Performances: 21, 22, 23 August
Oxford International Song Festival: Folksongs of the British Isles
Folksongs from Scotland, England and Ireland, including arrangements by Grainger, Britten, Purcell, Gurney, Ravel and Vaughan Williams.
George Robarts, baritone
Thomas Eeckhout, piano
Tickets £14; £10 concessions
Oxford International Song Festival: Schubert in 1825
Graham Johnson continues his survey of the final years of Schubert’s life, 200 years on.
Graham Johnson, piano
Martha Guth & Zoë Jackson, sopranos
Nancy Holt, mezzo-soprano
Magnus Walker & Sebastian Hill, tenors
Benoît Déchelotte & George Robarts, baritones
Tickets £30; £10 concessions
Recital: Victorian London to Jazz-Age Paris
Romantic sentimentalism meets breezy decadence in this sparkling portrait of turn-of-the-century Britain and France.
Songs by Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Maude Valérie White, William Denis Browne & Muriel Herbert.
George Robarts, baritone
Nigel Yandell, piano
Tickets free, by reservation
Recital: Songs of the Countryside
Songs by Ravel, Schubert, Brahms, Clara Schumann, Erich Korngold, George Butterworth & Muriel Herbert. Hosted by Iffley Music Society.
George Robarts, baritone
Edward Picton-Turbervill, piano
BERNSTEIN: on Broadway
Chorus for Bernstein on Broadway at the Grange Festival.
Conductor: Karen Kamensek
June 26 & 29
STRAUSS: Die Fledermaus
Chorus in Die Fledermaus for the Grange Festival.
Director: Paul Curran
Conductor: Paul Daniel
June 20, 22, 25, 28; July 5
VERDI: La traviata
Commissario and cover Barone Douphol in La traviata at the Grange Festival.
Director: Maxine Braham
Conductor: Richard Farnes
June 4, 7, 14, 21, 24, 27; July 4, 6
Lotte Lenya Competition Final
George is a finalist in this year’s Lotte Lenya Competition in the US, performing a programme of opera, classic & contemporary musical theatre, and Kurt Weill.
Final: 1pm (BST -5)
Finalists Concert: 7pm (BST -5)
HAYDN: The Creation
Soloist in Haydn’s Creation with the Campden Chorus.
Eleanor Broomfield, soprano
Philip O’Connor, tenor
George Robarts, baritone
Conductor: Charles Matthews
MENDELSSOHN: Elijah
Title role in Elijah with Godalming Choral Society.
Conductor: George de Voil
PERGOLESI: The Revolting Maid (La serva padrona)
The premiere of George’s prize-winning new translation of Pergolesi’s classic comic opera La serva padrona – re-christened The Revolting Maid. Produced thanks to generous funding from the City Music Foundation.
Sir Hubert: George Robarts
Medusa: Theano Papadaki
Director: Sophie Daneman
Music: Frederick Waxman & Figure Ensemble
MOZART: Requiem
Mozart’s Requiem at St Martin-in-the-Fields with St Martin’s Voices & St Martin’s Chamber Orchestra.
Conductor: Polina Sosnina
Lotte Lenya Competition Semi-Finals (closed event)
George is a semi-finalist in this year’s Lotte Lenya Competition, performing a programme of opera, classic & contemporary musical theatre, and Kurt Weill.
Song Recital: Alternative Canon Project
A feast of rarely heard songs by Maude Valérie White, Amy Woodforde-Finden, Rebecca Clarke, Muriel Herbert, and more.
George Robarts, baritone
Thomas Eeckhout, piano
Songs with Strings
Lunchtime recital at St Martin-in-the-Fields as part of the City Music Foundation series.
Theano Papadaki (soprano) and George Robarts (baritone) with the Kyan Quartet
Works by Felix Mendelssohn, Roxanna Panufnik and Kurt Weill
DONIZETTI: L’elisir d'amore
Cover Belcore & Dulcamara in an adaptation of L’elisir d’amore for primary schools.
Stage Director: Maria Jagusz
Musical Director: William Sharma
HANDEL: Messiah
Step-out soloist in Handel’s Messiah at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
St Martin’s Voices
St Martin’s Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Andrew Earis
HANDEL: Messiah
Messiah soloist at the Mayfield Festival.
Theano Papadaki, soprano
Louisa Stuart-Smith, mezzo-soprano
Sebastian Hill, tenor
George Robarts, baritone
Conductor: Jack Gonzalez-Harding
BACH: Christmas Oratorio
Step out soloist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
St Martin’s Voices
St Martin’s Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Andrew Earis
Oxford Song Schools Performance
Soloist for the Oxford International Song Festival’s schools project performance at the Sheldonian Theatre.
Christmas at Longborough
Soloist supporting the Longborough Festival Opera Youth Chorus for their annual Christmas concert.
Performances at 4pm and 6pm
CHABRIER: An Incomplete Education
Pausanias in a new translation of Une éducation manquée.
Chabrier’s irresistibly sweet and funny chamber opera explores the comic predicament of a newly-married couple who don’t know what to do on their wedding night. Their only available guide, a crusty Latin tutor, is embarrassed to reveal he too has no idea.
Gontran: Madeline Robinson
Hélène: Joanna Harries
Pausanias: George Robarts
Conductor: Mark Austin
Director: James Hurley
Stamford Chamber Orchestra
BRITTEN: Noye's Fludde
Noye in Noye’s Fludde as part of the Flooded! community project in Bury St Edmunds.
Crafted for a diverse ensemble of professional and community performers, Noye’s Fludde brings the legendary story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood to life, showcasing a mix of beautiful music and spirited action.
Anna Pool, director
Claudia Grinnell, conductor
Performances: 15 & 16 November
Oxford Song Mastercourse
Young Artist masterclasses alongside Thomas Eeckhout (piano) at the Oxford International Song Festival.
Recital at Oxford International Song Festival
Emerging Artist showcase performance before Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton’s headline recital at the Oxford International Song Festival.
George Robarts, baritone
Thomas Eeckhout, piano
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Mystical Songs
Baritone soloist for Five Mystical Songs with Barbican Sinfonia at St John’s Smith Square.
Hubert Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Ralph Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs
R. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
R. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major
Jack Gonzalez-Harding, conductor
Fenella Humphreys, violin
George Robarts, baritone
Ludlow Song: New Compositions
New composition workshop followed by a free, early evening concert.
Harriet Burns, soprano
George Robarts, baritone
Thomas Eeckhout, piano
STRAUSS: Capriccio
Zweiter Diener in Strauss’s Capriccio for the Edinburgh International Festival closing concert at Usher Hall.
Which is the greater, music or poetry? The arts-loving Countess Madeleine struggles to find the answer – and to choose between her two suitors, the tender composer Flamand and the fiery poet Olivier.
Conductor: Alexander Soddy
ROSSINI: Petite Messe Solennelle
Step-out soloist at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Leading chamber pianist James Baillieu directs twelve emerging artists in an intimate performance of Gioachino Rossini's musical swansong, Petite Messe solennelle.
Piano: James Baillieu, Mark Austin
BRITTEN: The Rape of Lucretia
Junius in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia for British Youth Opera.
Conductor: Thomas Payne
Director: Talia Stern
Performances: 13, 15 August
Garsington Alvarez Young Artist Showcase
2024 Alvarez Young Artist scenes showcase for Garsington Opera.
Garsington OperaFirst: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Starveling in Garsington Opera’s primary schools performance of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Conductor: Douglas Boyd
Director: Netia Jones
VERDI: Un giorno di regno
Cover Servant and Chorus in Verdi’s Un giorno di regno for Garsington Opera.
Conductor: Chris Hopkins
Director: Christopher Alden
Performances: 29 June; 1, 5, 12, 15, 17, 20, 22 July