Voices of Desire

7.45 p.m
£18.50 Reserved/Unreserved £14, Concessions £9.25 Reserved/Unreserved £7

Ruby Hughes soprano
Joanna MacGregor piano

Schumann Frauenliebe und Leben Op.42
Mahler Rückert-Lieder
Debussy Chanson de Bilitis
Britten Funeral Blues and Calypso from Cabaret Songs
Kurt Weill Speak Low; Surabaya Johnny; Here I’ll Stay; Buddy on the Night Shift

‘Ruby Hughes is a fantastic soprano who communicates wonderfully; stylistically and vocally sublime...’ Bernhard Morbach. Kulturradio

The charismatic young soprano Ruby Hughes performs a recital of songs about love and desire: from the warmth and romance of Schumann and Mahler to the sophisticated cabaret style of Britten and Kurt Weill. Ruby has a divine, effortless virtuosity and a sparkling, warm communication: her recital with Artistic Director Joanna MacGregor will be very special indeed.

Holder of a 2014 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, shortlisted for a 2014 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award, winner of both First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2009 London Handel Singing Competition and a BBC New Generation Artist for 2011-2013, Ruby Hughes is the daughter of the celebrated Welsh ceramicist Elizabeth Fritsch. She has sung at the London Handel Festival, Buxton Festival and the role of Euridice in L’Orfeo at the Aix-en-Provence Festival with René Jacobs.

In the UK she has appeared with English National Opera, Early Opera Company, Garsington Opera, The Opera Group, Music Theatre Wales and Scottish Opera. She also appeared in Sir Jonathan Miller’s production of the St Matthew Passion at the National Theatre.

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