{"id":6778,"date":"2021-08-23T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=6778"},"modified":"2021-08-21T11:33:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T11:33:28","slug":"mpo-is-back-with-a-special-concert-performance-of-the-arcadians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=6778","title":{"rendered":"MPO is back with a special concert performance of “The Arcadians”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Milborne Port Opera <\/strong>will emerge from its lockdown hibernation with a one-night-only \u201cconcert performance\u201d of its postponed production \u201cThe Arcadians\u201d. The performance will be on Saturday September 25th<\/sup> in Milborne Port Village Hall at 7.30 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original production was postponed 2 weeks before its opening night in April 2020 when the country went into lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Due to Covid precautions, the opera will not be fully staged.  The chorus will perform as a socially distanced choir, on a plain stage, with only the principals costumed. But the minimalistic version will enable the audience to enjoy the superb music of Lionel Moncton and Howard Talbot (the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice of their era).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director Linda Mumford has created a cut down version of the show which simplifies the plot while retaining the best musical numbers and the abundant humour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For health reasons the audience has been limited to 100 people. Seats are unreserved but there will be capacity for sensible social distancing. The cost is \u00a310 per ticket. Book online at  www. mpopera.co.uk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company is planning its next show for April 2022 \u2013 Franz Lehar\u2019s \u201cThe Merry Widow\u201d. Rehearsals start in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If anyone wants to take part, front or backstage, the company will give them a warm welcome. See their website \u2013 www.milborneportopera.co.uk<\/a>. Rehearsals are weekly, on Thursdays, so the time commitment is manageable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Milborne Port Opera will emerge from its lockdown hibernation with a one-night-only \u201cconcert performance\u201d of its postponed production \u201cThe Arcadians\u201d. The performance will be on Saturday September 25th in Milborne Port Village Hall at 7.30 pm. The original production was postponed 2 weeks before its opening night in April 2020 when the country went into … Continue reading “MPO is back with a special concert performance of “The Arcadians””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2757],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6glYD-1Lk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6782,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6778\/revisions\/6782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}