Due to the RMT Train/Tube strike called for 4 October, this concert has had to be cancelled. Ticketholders have been contacted and we apologise for any inconvenience caused. We are working with the artists to find a new date to reschedule this performance.
A whirlwind through four centuries, showcasing songs by well and lesser known female composers from Europe and North America.
"Bonbons is an intimate concert that offers a plethora of underrated arias, delivered in an innovative way [...]. The show is designed to highlight the works of under-represented female composers..."
"Underlining it all is a beautiful performance by a passionate and dedicated performer, who seems to truly enjoy music and wants nothing more than to give her audience the chance to enjoy it too. Her powerful voice delivers a range as wide as the repertoire, and each song is marked by a conviction that amplifies the artistry of the composition."
***** (5-star review) - Beth Oliver, The Wee Review, Edinburgh Fringe 2023
Programme
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Anne Boleyn (attributed) 1507-1536
O Death, rock me asleep Francesca Caccini 1587-1637 Per la più vaga e bella Isabella Colbran 1785-1845 Povero cor tu palpiti Louise Reichardt 1779-1826 Se non piange un infelice Corona Schröter 1751-1802 Für Männer uns zu plagen Anna Amalia 1739-1807 Auf dem Land und in der Stadt Josephine Lang 1815-1880 Frühzeitiger Frühling Maria Theresia von Paradis 1759-1824 Morgenlied eines armen Mannes Augusta Holmès 1847-1903 À Trianon Maria Felicità Malibran 1808-1836 Les Brigands Clara Schumann 1819-1896 Warum willst du andre fragen Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel 1805-1847 Suleika Bettina von Arnim 1785-1859 Ein Stern der Lieb' am Himmelslauf Lisa Lehmann 1862-1918 There are fairies at the bottom of our garden |
Amy Beach 1867-1944
Elle et moi Cécile Chaminade 1857-1944 L'été Pauline Viardot 1821-1910 Die Beschwörung Alma Schindler Mahler 1879-1964 Laue Sommernacht Rebecca Clarke 1886-1979 Down by the Sally Gardens Mary Howe 1882-1964 Men Jane Vieu 1871-1955 La Belle au Bois dormant Poldowski 1880-1932 Colombine Undine S. Moore 1904-1989 Love Let The Wind Cry … How I Adore Thee Florence Price 1887-1953 Hold Fast to Dreams Isabelle Aboulker b.1938 Je t'aime Esther Hopkins b.1972 You can’t hold me now Jeanine Tesori b.1961 The Girl in 14G |
Tamara Stein |
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Tamara Stein studied singing in Munich and London, where she also studied dance, acting and creative writing. She started performing professionally in TV and film before moving into theatre and opera. For years Tamara performed in cabaret with a comic-operatic act. More recently she has been concentrating on recital/concert work and writing. Currently, Tamara is working on an staged operatic-theatrical one-woman-show and a female composer showcase recital.
She appeared at Hylands House (Essex), The Barn Theatre and The Komedia (Sussex), The Hawth Theatre (Surrey), South Hill Park (Berkshire), Dicken’s World and The Tom Thumb Theatre (Kent), for Music at Park House in Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) and in London at the Southbank (Queen Elizabeth Hall and Royal Festival Hall), St John's Smith Square, Cadogan Hall, The V&A, The Pleasance, The Steiner Theatre, Arcola Grimeborn Opera Festival, Fitzroy Square Gardens, Severndroog Castle, The Chapel Playhouse, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, Proud Camden, Volupté Lounge, Madame Jojo’s, and as a recitalist and concert soloist in countless churches from Hampstead to Streatham, incl. St James' Church Piccadilly and St Paul's Church, Covent Garden. Since 2011 she has been asked to perform in open spaces, such as public gardens and markets, she is also in demand as a private entertainer. During the pandemic in 2020 Tamara created recitals for streaming and wrote the lyrics for a filmed aria by Esther Hopkins for Spare Tyres online production of Signal Fires in which she also sang. Tamara sang in works by contemporary composers as well as operas and operettas by Mozart, Verdi, Bizet, J. Strauss Jr., R. Strauss, Rossini and Borodin to name just a few. She acted in plays by Shakespeare, Frayn and Stoppard among others. She has directed several short plays, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream and staged versions of Haydn’s cantata Arianna a Naxos and Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben in which she also sang. She has won several singing competitions gaining first prizes in opera, operetta and song. Tamara is neurodiverse and has been suffering from ‘severe’ to ‘very severe’ M.E. and fibromyalgia, rendering her invisibly disabled. |
Panaretos Kyriatzidis |
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A native of the Greek island of Thasos, London-based Panaretos is in demand as a collaborative performer, vocal coach and musical director. A Britten Pears and Oxford Lieder young artist, Panaretos has won the Gerald Moore Award, Emmy Destinn Awards Accompanist Prize and the London Song Festival duo prize. Panaretos, was a Junior Fellow in Piano Accompaniment for two years at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where he also completed his postgraduate studies (MMus, PgAD) and was awarded various prizes for piano and chamber music.
He has performed extensively across the UK, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and has musically directed award-winning opera productions, one of which received an Olivier Award nomination. Panaretos (aka Pan) is a member of staff at Trinity Laban and Morley College and was recently the official vocal coach for the finalists of the Voice Of Black Opera competition. He is co-founder of the Opera Makers, holds a BA in Law, and is an avid food lover. |
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