Saturday 4 March 2017 – 7:00pm – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
John Wilson Conductor
Sarah Fox Elsie Maynard
Heather Shipp Phoebe
Benjamin Hulett Colonel Fairfax
Simon Butteriss Jack Point
Sir Thomas Allen Sergeant Meryl
BOŽIDAR SMILJANIĆ Wilfred Shadbolt
University of Birmingham Voices
“I have a song to sing, O…” The Yeomen of the Guard isn’t just one of Britain’s finest comic operas, packed with wit and infectiously hummable tunes – its story of love and loss in the Tower of London has a bittersweet sting in the tail. The greatest British opera of the 19th century? Light music king John Wilson and a hand-picked cast will make a gloriously enjoyable case.
There will be a 20-minute interval after Act 1