Helen May da Silva

Soprano | MA (Dist.), DipRAM - @RoyalAcadMusic | @Ensemble_OrQ Company | General Manager @HastingsPhil | Former Scholar @StJohnsHP.

[Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra @HastingsPhil]

We are thrilled that our #HPOEnsemble are performing @cockpittheatre for the @Ensemble_OrQ production of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro.

There are two more shows remaining - Fri 23rd & Sat 24th Feb 2024 - don't miss the opportunity to see them perform!

🎟️ https://t.co/ciN1yG39Yl

[Yehuda Shapiro @YehudaShapiro]

A characteristically refreshing, vividly theatrical take on Le nozze di Figaro from @Ensemble_OrQ @cockpittheatre Marylebone, running till Saturday. There's even a bit of audience participation.
https://t.co/hXucCzDD3q

[Ensemble OrQuesta @Ensemble_OrQ]

Join us this week @cockpittheatre for Le Nozze di Figaro!

Don't miss our dynamic and creative production of Mozart's beloved classic.

21, 23, 24 FEB 2024, 7PM
ENSEMBLE ORQUESTA

22 FEB 2024, 7PM
EOOA

Performed in Italian, with English subtitles and HPO.
https://t.co/hBwA37qpAe

[Ensemble OrQuesta @Ensemble_OrQ]

EO | Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro
@cockpittheatre | 21, 23, 24 February 2024

Marcio da Silva | Figaro
Helen May | Susanna
More information ➡️ https://t.co/bEGzOujsHc

🎟️ https://t.co/hBwA37qXpM

[Yehuda Shapiro @YehudaShapiro]

Feeling a bit of a pioneer here. It was something of a revelation to experience Lully's Armide, staged by @Ensemble_OrQ @arcolatheatre, back in 2017.

[Nicholas Kenyon @NickRKenyon]

Opera lives, with French baroque passion in deepest Dalston: the ever-adventurous @arcolatheatre grimeborn festival has a UK premiere of 18th-century opera by Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, inventively staged in a tiny space by Ensemble OrQuesta. Some superbly stylish singing.

[Ensemble OrQuesta @Ensemble_OrQ]

☑️ Three shows, done!
➡️3️⃣ Three shows to go!

Only three more opportunities to see our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (The Stage, Plays to See) production of Céphale et Procris @arcolatheatre #Grimeborn Festival.

#EOCéphale
29th August - 2nd September 2023

Tickets 🎟️ https://t.co/ILCRaO1in6

[Owen Davies @OwenMillsD]

@Ensemble_OrQ @arcolatheatre @HelenF_May @AnnaLuiseWagner @marcio_dasilva @PoppySoprano @KWhiteTenor @Flavio_Lauria @pgosta @jackvlj Superb, as always. Congratulations to all of the EO team.

[bigfanof @HistoryNThings]

@marcio_dasilva @Ensemble_OrQ And we are so privileged to have world class haute-contre @KWhiteTenor @arcolatheatre but the others soloists like @PoppySoprano and those at least doubling roles, all contributing to a superb night of drama. Bravo. Five stars from me. Go, it's a very well connected venue! /End

[bigfanof @HistoryNThings]

@marcio_dasilva @Ensemble_OrQ The score kept up a classic French baroque tension throughout as the tragedy played out in recit, solos, ravishing duets, stunning trios (the zephyrs, the guys in red) and choruses (the guys in black) /3

[bigfanof @HistoryNThings]

but #CéphaleEtProcris more personal, tragic, intimate than Rameau, more Monteverdi in fact. Hats off to superbly versatile playing/singing @marcio_dasilva @Ensemble_OrQ for producing such a workable and sympathetic score, aptly minimal staging, choreography and lighting /2

[bigfanof @HistoryNThings]

What a revelation #CéphaleEtProcris as good as a top Monteverdi opera (and they are very top) critics have written off #ElizabethJacquetDeLaGuerre but the miniscule forces of @Ensemble_OrQ proved them so wrong - better than overrated contemporary Lully, as tuneful as Rameau /1

[Ensemble OrQuesta @Ensemble_OrQ]

That’s a wrap on Show No. 2!

Join us @arcolatheatre for our remaining performances in the #Grimeborn Opera Festival until the 2nd September 2023.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Stage, Plays to See

Céphale et Procris | #EOCéphale

Tickets 🎟️ https://t.co/fA0N1BTYZB

[Alastair Owens @AlastairHackney]

Having a me, myself and I evening to see performance of opera Céphale et Procris by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (a very talented C17th composer in court of Louis XIV).

In Dalston @arcolatheatre part of fab Grimeborn radical opera festival with the talented @Ensemble_OrQ

[Arcola Theatre @arcolatheatre]

Céphale et Procris Open Tomorrow Night!
Returning to GRIMEBORN for a sixth consecutive year!

A 4-star production by Ensemble OrQuesta - ‘A Baroque Opera Company for the 21st Century’

★★★★ 'Eloquent: Musical and dramatic integrity spiced with invention'.- The Stage

[Arcola Theatre @arcolatheatre]

1 Week until Céphale et Procris presented by Ensemble OrQuesta - A Baroque Opera Company for the 21st Century!
This forgotten opera explores the timeless tensions of gender inequality.

★★★★ 'a thoroughly engrossing and absorbing evening' Plays to See

[Arcola Theatre @arcolatheatre]

🌟 CÉPHALE ET PROCRIS 🌟
📆 29 August – 2 September
@Ensemble_OrQ presents a story that shows how French Baroque Opera can be relevant today: beautiful singing, Baroque instruments, minimalist setting, symbolism, and physical theatre.
🎟️ https://t.co/XmVRKcijql

[Helen Bradshaw @HelenBradshaw19]

@arcolatheatre #Grimeborne the fabulous Ensemble OrQuestra perform CÉPHALE ET PROCRIS. They were rehearsing today @StMarysPutney and sounding wonderful #womencomposers

[Ensemble OrQuesta @Ensemble_OrQ]

-COMING SOON TO GRIMEBORN-

CÉPHALE ET PROCRIS
29th Aug - 2nd Sept 2023
@arcolatheatre

★★★★ ‘Eloquent: Musical and dramatic integrity spiced with invention’. @TheStage

★★★★ ‘a thoroughly engrossing and absorbing evening’ @PlaystoSee

TICKETS 🎟️ https://t.co/s0z7Ci2v1L

[Ensemble OrQuesta @Ensemble_OrQ]

The team is back together! After a busy week of rehearsals we’ve moved to the @arcolatheatre for our first performance.

Don’t miss this opportunity to see our ★ ★ ★ ★ UK premiere production of Céphale et Procris!

#EOCéphale | #Grimeborn

Tickets 🎟️ https://t.co/ILCRaO0Kxy