We’re so enjoying learning the music for our summer concert, Opera in the Afternoon, and we know that you’ll love it too! Please join us in the Ruddock Performing Arts Centre at 4pm on Sunday 14th July for an afternoon of favourite opera choruses and arias: Humming chorus, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Pilgrims’ Chorus, Witches’ Chorus, Easter hymn and many more.

Click here to see the full list of tuneful and dramatic choruses and arias.

Birmingham Festival Choral Society will be joined by Ellen Smith (mezzo soprano) and Abigail Baylis (soprano) who were both finalists in the most recent Oratorio Competition at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, sponsored by BFCS. Ellen Smith was the 2023 Prize winner.

Click to read an account of the 2023 BFCS Oratorio competition at the Conservatoire.

Kevin Gill will be accompanying this beautiful music on the piano, and David Wynne will be the conductor. We hope that you will be able to join us for this wonderful afternoon of Opera music!