International Concert Series 2024-25
Royal Holloway alum, Dame Felicity Lott, has built a career as one of Britain’s best-loved sopranos. We are honoured to welcome her back to Royal Holloway to perform with a host of our eminent alumni.
Please note that this concert will be preceded by a drinks reception beginning at 7.30pm, which all ticket holders are warmly invited to, and music will commence from 8.00pm.
You are also more than welcome to join us for a masterclass with Dame Felicity Lott, in partnership with Royal Academy of Music, between 5.00pm-7.00pm on the same day.
This event is presented as part of the International Concert Series 2024-25 at Royal Holloway.
Event programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): 'Voi che sapete' from Le Nozze di Figaro
Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Zueignung
- Performed by Leilani Barratt (mezzo-soprano)
- Performed by James Gooding (bass)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): 'Vedrommi intorno' from Idomeneo
- Performed by Zachary Smith (tenor)
Benjamin Godard (1849-1895): 1. Allegretto from Suite de Trois Morceaux
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Andante in C, K.315
- Performed by Susie Walsh (flute)
- Performed by Ruth Hopkins (soprano)
Jules Massenet (1842-1912): 'Va Laisse couler mes larmes' from Werther
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): 'Schmerzen' from Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91
- Performed by India Lord (mezzo-soprano)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): 'Ja vas lyublyu' from The Queen of Spades, Op. 68
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956): 'Childhood among the Ferns' from Before and After Summer, Op. 16
- Performed by Adam Jarman (bass-baritone)
Henry Purcell (d. 1695): 'Music for a While' from Oedipus, Z. 583
Roger Quilter (1877-1953): 'Go, lovely rose' from 5 English Love Lyrics, Op. 24
- Performed by Adrian Green (tenor)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): 6. Deh, pietoso, oh Addolorata from Seste Romanze I
Toivo Kuula (1883-1918): Syystunnelma, Op. 2 No. 1
- Performed by Yolanda Harding (soprano)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): 'Che gelida manina' from La bohème
Franz Lehár (1870-1948): 'Dein ist mein Ganzes Herz' from Das Land des Lächelns
- Performed by Thomas Elwin (tenor)
This event will also feature some of the opera stages most beloved opera choruses from Puccini's Madama Butterfly and Verdi's La Traviata.
About Dame Felicity Lott
Dame Felicity Lott is one of Britain’s best-loved sopranos. In opera, her portrayals of the Strauss and Mozart roles in particular have led to critical and popular acclaim worldwide. Her concert engagements have taken her to the major orchestras, working with Sir Simon Rattle, Bernard Haitink, Mehta, Previn, Masur, Welser-Möst, Sawallisch and Sir Andrew Davis. Much of her concert and recital repertoire is recorded, as are many of her great operatic roles: from her wonderful Marschallin under Carlos Kleiber to her Belle Helene, with which she enchanted the Parisians when she sang the role for the first time at the Chatelet in Paris in 2000. A founder member of The Songmakers’ Almanac, Felicity has appeared on the major recital platforms of the world and in June 2005 she celebrated the 30th anniversary of her recital debut at the Wigmore Hall, with whom she has a particularly close association and received the Wigmore Hall Medal in 2010 for her exceptional contribution to the hall. Read more.
Car parking
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Car park 12 can be accessed by turning right as you enter the main College gates and is located next to the tennis courts. If this car park is full, please drive further onto our campus to car park 4, which can be accessed by turning left at the mini-roundabout behind the Students’ Union. We would advise that you bring the College map to campus with you and give yourself plenty of time to park.
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Please note that we operate an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system on certain parts of our campus, however if you are here for an organised event, parking is unrestricted for event guests in car parks 12, 4 or 14 (or display your blue badge permit if parking in a disabled bay). If you have any questions about parking, please email: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk

Dame Felicty Lott
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Advanced booking is essential.
Tickets
Ticket prices are £12.50 (standard); £10.00 (Concession; over 60s); £5.00 for Royal Holloway alumni and non-Royal Holloway students; FREE for Royal Holloway students, Royal Holloway staff and children under the age of 16. Season Tickets apply to this event.
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