Anna Dennis “On the Town” in Japan

Anna Dennis is in Japan playing the role of Lucy Schmeeler in Bernstein’s “On the Town”. A brilliant stage actor, this is a straight acting part for Anna in a new production by the Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Osaka, with stage director/set & costume designer Antony McDonald and conducted by Yutaka Sado, the Artistic director of Hyogo Performing Arts Center.

Performances run in Osaka from 12-21 July 2019 before moving to Tokyo for 4 further performances from 25-28 July 2019.

The production has a website at www.gcenter-hyogo.jp/on-the-town/

A flyer for Osaka is here and for Tokyo here.

David Allsopp at the Concertgebouw

David will sing make his Concertgebouw solo debut on Monday 2nd July when he joins the Netherlands Radio Choir and composer/conductor Eric Whitacre in a performance of Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms”. See more about the concert here.

This year is the centenary of Bernstein’s birth, with David the choice countertenor in other performances in Europe. The choir Tenebrae has recently released an album called “Symphonic Psalms and Prayers” on Signum Records which featured David performing the same iconic solo.

See more about David here.