SOFIA KIRWAN-BAEZ vocals/narrator
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Monday 24 February 2025Doors: 6.30pm
Concert: 7.30pm (approx. 75 min, no interval) Meet the artists in the bar after the performance Tickets: £30 |
Sofia Kirwan-Baez and Alex Norton bring you an evening of highlights and anecdotes from the life of Cole Porter, accompanied accordingly by his wonderful music.
Turning away from a comfortable life as a lawyer in Indiana, the bold Cole Porter opted for an extravagant life writing for musicals. We will be recounting the colourful stories of a man at the dawn of America’s Golden Age era for musicals, known for incessantly challenging boundaries throughout his life.
Turning away from a comfortable life as a lawyer in Indiana, the bold Cole Porter opted for an extravagant life writing for musicals. We will be recounting the colourful stories of a man at the dawn of America’s Golden Age era for musicals, known for incessantly challenging boundaries throughout his life.
ProgrammeAll the music performed is by Cole Porter, including:
Old Fashioned Garden from Hitchy-Koo 1919 Let's do it, let's fall in love from Paris 1928 What is this thing called Love? and I'm a gigolo from Wake up and dream 1929 You do something to me from Fifty Million Frenchmen 1929 Love for sale from The New Yorkers 1930 Night and day from Gay Divorce 1932 The Physician from Nymph Errant 1933 Anything goes and I get a kick out of you from Anything Goes 1934 Miss Otis regrets from the revue Hi Diddle Diddle 1934 Begin the beguine from Jubilee 1935 I've got you under my skin from Born to dance 1936 It's De-Lovely from Red Hot and Blue 1936 My heart belongs to Daddy from Leave it to Me! 1938 You'd be so nice to come home to from Something to shout about 1943 So in Love from Kiss me, Kate 1948 C'est Magnifique and I love Paris from Can-can 1953 Satin and silk and All of you from Silk Stockings 1954 Trust your destiny to a star from Aladdin 1958 |
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Sofia Kirwan-BaezFresh from her performances as Musetta in Longborough Festival Opera’s La Bohème, Sofia Kirwan-Baez (Young Artist at the National Opera Studio 23/24) has performed at Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Sadler’s Wells, the Royal Opera House (the Crush Room), Wales Millennium Centre, the Royal Albert Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Usher Hall, among others. She has hosted Cabaret-Piano Lounge nights at the OSO Arts Centre since October 2020.
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Alex NortonAlex Norton is a British pianist and continuo player, who trained as a Young Artist at the National Opera Studio (2022/23). Alex has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Wigmore Hall, various internationally-renowned European venues, and made his concerto debut with the Leeds Symphony Orchestra performing Gershwin’s piano concerto.
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Monday
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Doors: 6.30pm
Concert: 7.30pm (approx. 75 min, no interval) Meet the artists in the bar after the performance Tickets: £30 |