London Gay Symphony Orchestra (LGSO)

A programme of works comprising:

Bernstein: Glitter and be Gay (Candide)
Bizet: Toreador Song (Carmen)
Delibes: Flower Duet (Lakmé)
Puccini: O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi), Nessun Dorma (Turandot), O Mimì, tu più non torni (La Boheme)
Mozart: Overture: The Magic Flute
Rossini: Overture: William Tell) Una voce poco fa (Barber of Seville)
Saint Saens: Mon coeur s'ouvre a at voix (Samson & Delilah)
Verdi: Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore), Chorus of Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco), Brindisi (La Traviata)
Wagner: O Du, mein holder Abenstern (Tannhauser)

The LGSO celebrate turning 18 with an Opera Gala at Milton Court Concert Hall, the Barbican's exciting new state-of-the-art venue. They've teamed up with a quartet of rising singing stars – Soraya Mafi (soprano), Michelle Daly (mezzo), Nicky Spence (tenor) and Timothy Connor (baritone) – for a packed programme of popular operatic overtures and arias, all polished by conductor Christopher Braime and
presented by compère Amy Lamé.