Experience the drama and intensity of Bach’s St John Passion with the Temple Singers, as Thomas Allery continues to shape the ensemble into one of London’s most exciting professional choirs.
Join us on Thursday 12 March for an exceptional and atmospheric performance of this masterwork, featuring a hand-picked Baroque orchestra and outstanding soloists including James Beddoe as the Evangelist.
A powerful musical telling of the Passion story you won’t want to miss.
#StJohnPassion #Bach #TempleSingers #LondonChoir #SacredMusic #LiveClassicalMusic
🎼 And we are off!!!
Rehearsals are well underway for La Cenerentola!
It is wonderful to see what our cast and creative team are cooking up - mischief, laughter, romance, and above all, truly beautiful music-making!
#cenerentola #HCOLaCenerentola #opera #operarehearsals
✨ Meet British Tenor, James Beddoe who will be performing the role of Prince Ramiro in our upcoming production of La Cenerentola.
✨ James hails from Southwell, Nottinghamshire, and is an Artist Masters graduate from Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Hurn Court Opera’s performance of La Cenerentola will be his fourth appearance as ‘Prince Ramiro’. In 2025, he will also perform with Stanley Arts for Coleridge Taylor’s Dream Lovers as ‘Manuel’. Other roles in 2022-24 include ‘The Duke’ The Duchess of Padua, ‘Fintan O’Riordan’ The Ballybruff Trilogy, ‘Nemorino’ Donizetti L’elisir d’amore, ‘Schoolmaster’ Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen, ‘Rodolfo’ Puccini La bohème, ‘Lensky’ Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin, ‘Aeneas’ Purcell Dido & Aeneas. In addition, James regularly performs as an oratorio soloist and Evangelist. “It was James Beddoe’s tenor that moved me most, both musically and dramatically: he made something really touching of Rodolfo’s Che gelida manina and Nemorino’s Una furtiva lagrima” Seen and Heard International, 2024
“Elegant of phrase and patrician of manner. There’s a beguiling smile in his voice” The Stage, 2023.
✨ We cannot wait to see James take to the stage as Prince Ramiro!
🎫 Get your tickets now to see James in action in La Cenerentola:
🗓️ 14 April 2025
⏰ 7.30pm
📍 Theatre Royal Winchester
🗓️ 16 April 2025
⏰ 7.30pm
📍 Coade Theatre, Bryanston School
🗓️ 18 April 2025
⏰ 7.30pm
📍 Regent Theatre, Christchurch
🔗 Link in bio to get your tickets!
@beddoejames #lacenerentola #rossini #opera #rossiniopera #whatson #whatsonsouthwest #whatsonopera
Some fab photos @craigfullerphotography from rehearsals of @gothic_opera ‘s performance of Donizetti’s Maria de Rudenz! Such a great team and some great music too… think Lucia di Lammermoor but more ghostly 👻
Less than a week away till the shows @batterseaartscentre (what an awesome venue!): I’m on 31 Oct/matinee 2 Nov, with the marvellous other cast on 1/eve 2 Nov 😊 tickets at bac.org.uk 🎟️
Had a lovely trip back home for a ‘Music in the State Chamber’ recital with Jonathan Allsopp earlier this month, which supports the @southwellminster Choir Association.
It was truly a pleasure to perform Finzi’s stunning ‘Dies natalis’ in a place full of childhood memories, attended by friends, family and teachers from home :)
Back to perform with Jonny on 10th December for the Choir Association Messiah in Southwell Minster!
I can’t believe it’s been a month since taking part in Shirley Keane and Luke Byrne’s fantastic new production, ‘The Ballybruff Trilogy’ with @operaworkshoplimerick . It was a truly collaborative creative process, and a total joy to work with a wonderful team that I very much miss. What fun to play the wide-eyed, exuberant Fintan O’Riordan: I need him back in my life, not to mention those flares!
#whatwouldpaulnewmando
Photographer: Shane Vaughan
Delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for “The Ballybruff Trilogy”
The Ballybruff Trilogy is three short operas in one featuring The Proposal, Parochial House, and the original short opera which started it all, Bloody Murder. A cast of six exceptional singers will be joined by a live five-piece ensemble, conducted by composer Luke Byrne, and directed by Opera Workshop Artistic Director Shirley Keane.
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🗓️ May Weds 29th, Fri 31st & Sat 1st June
🕰️ 7.30pm
🎫 link in the bio
@artscouncilireland@limerickarts@honestarts@rtelyricfm@belltable
#operaworkshoplimerick #belltable #contemporaryopera #accidentswillhappen
Finally had the chance to climb Ivinghoe Beacon with @hbeddoe1 for her birthday! Stunning views of our local area, but sadly the World Cup portkey was out of order*… but we did see an ACTUAL white stag (you can just make it out in the last picture)
*The Beacon was used for several Harry Potter films, including that moment in the Goblet of Fire
#ivinghoebeacon #birthdaywalk #muddy
Opening night tonight! Performing as the Duke in ‘The Duchess of Padua’: a dark tragedy based on the Oscar Wilde play, where I play a thoroughly irredeemable monster… and he’s not even the worst person in the show! Magnificent performances from my colleagues: do come and see us!
#oscarwilde #tenor #operasingersofinstagram
THE DUCHESS OF PADUA
Composed by Edward Lambert, an adaptation of the play by @oscar_wilde.official@musictroupe
Directed by Fleur Snow
Duchess @ellieneatesoprano
Guido @annaelizabethcooper_mezzo
Moranzone @henrygrantkerswell
Duke @beddoejames
Pianists @adrian.salinero & @alexnortonpianist
Photo Credit @claireshov
20-25th Feb @thespacetheatre
Livestream on 22nd Feb
Mini-Tour to Yorkshire, Manchester & Berkshire
Had a wonderful time performing the last two Messiahs of the season with @manchesterbaroquehistperf and @rugby_philharmonic_choir , each with a superb team! Great to see several old friends amongst the travelling too ❤️
#handel #messiah #tenor #nearlythere
Overjoyed to be taking up a regular position @templechurchldn next year! Such a wonderful place to make music, with a superb team and exciting plans for the future. A real pleasure to perform a cracking @templemusicfdn concert of German baroque music in the week of hearing the news: had a look around and took these in the break.
It will be extremely sad to leave @stbrideschurch , where I had the absolute best time with the finest of colleagues. Such a welcoming place with a lot of happy memories, and I’m sure there’ll be more in my remaining time there. When the time comes to appoint, I cannot recommend it highly enough for anyone thinking of applying!
#templechurch #newjob #farewell
First time singing the B Minor Mass solos back home at @southwellminster with Peter Siepmann, @ehwturner and Nottingham Bach Choir, alongside a fantastic team of soloists!
Mislaid part of my waistcoat, so a spare USB cable came to the rescue! Surely there’s a quip about charging a tenor in there somewhere…
#southwell #bach #nottinghambachchoir #tenor #improvise
