Pearl Fishers duet | Filipe Manu, Benson Wilson, Chad Vindin | Richard Bonynge 90th Birthday Gala

Celebrating the 90th Birthday of Maestro Richard Bonynge AC CBE Courtesy of the Australian High Commissioner Artistic Director: Rosemary Tuck Ballet Artistic Director: Leanne Benjamin AM OBE Introducing the new book Chalet Monet In the presence of the Australian High Commissioner His Excellency the Honourable George Brandis QC Sincerest thanks to The Royal Ballet and its Director, Kevin O'Hare for their invaluable assistance. Event Sponsor: Elspeth Turner Laing Special Guests include: John Copley CBE, theatre and opera producer and director David Mellor QC, broadcaster, barrister, and former politician Guest Artists: (in order of appearance) Yvonne Kenny AM, soprano Rosemary Tuck, piano* Emma Matthews, soprano Anna Sleptsova, piano Fumi Kaneko, ballet ** Reece Clarke, ballet ** Helena Dix, soprano Chad Vindin, piano* Benson Wilson, baritone* Filipe Manu, tenor* Calvin Richardson, ballet* & ** Valda Wilson, soprano* Hermina Szabó, violin Andreas Bittl, accordion Catherine Carby, mezzo-soprano* Waynne Kwon, cello* Jeffrey Black, baritone Tait Awardee ** Soloist Royal Ballet PROGRAMME Richard Bonynge 90th Birthday Concert Yvonne Kenny – By Strauss (The Show is On) George Gershwin Rosemary Tuck: Liszt – Venezia e Napoli : Gondoliera Emma Matthews: Bellini : O quante volte from i Capuleti e i Montecchi Ballet- Sleeping Beauty : Fumi Kaneko and Reece Clarke Helena Dix: Bellini – Norma : Casta Diva David Mellor talking with John Copley and Yvonne Kenny about Richard, productions etc. Benson Wilson and Filipe Manu: Bizet : Pearl Fishers duo Au Fond du Temple Saint Ballet – Dying Swan (with cellist) : Calvin Richardson & Waynne Kwon Valda Wilson: Lehar – Meine Lippen, die küssen so heiß” Catherine Carby (with cellist) : Massenet : Élégie, no 5 from 10 Pièces de genre Op. 10 Jeffrey Black – Happy Birthday! David Mellor talking with Tait Chairman, Isla Baring about Richard, her father etc. **Donations can be added during the booking process Financial Assistance for Artists affected by the COVID-19 crisis: The Tait Memorial Trust has established an Emergency Relief Fund for Australia/New Zealand Artists to assist our talented young artists who overnight lost 6 months or more of work. Professional artists, some with losses in excess of £40,000, to artists just out of college who had a regular income of £500 to 3,000 per month which has now disappeared. Most, but thankfully not all, of the performing arts companies are claiming force majeur and leaving our awardees with an uncertain future. Currently many of them can’t get any assistance from the U.K. government stimulus package because they are self employed, nor do they qualify for Universal Credit because they are here on restricted visas and have no access to public funds. To support the Tait Emergency Artist Relief Fund for performing artists from Australia & New Zealand CAF Bank Ltd Tait Memorial Trust Sort Code: 40 52 40 Account Number: 00028428 CAF Donate: https://bit.ly/CAF_TaitERF PayPal: https://bit.ly/PayPal_TaitERF To book: http://taitmemorialtrust.org/events/