Spectra Ensemble

Giving life to unperformed and underperformed operatic works, inspired by early-C20 collaborations. Recently: The Boatswain's Mate, Treemonisha 💃🏽

[Retrospect Opera @RetrospectOpera]

On the birthday of @DameEthelSmyth, @RetrospectOpera is announcing its plan to record her final opera, Entente Cordiale. Read the full statement here: https://t.co/jnvCEKsw6c

[@kreidler.bsky.social @_Kreidler]

Rare image of composer Arnold Schoenberg in his office with lots of bananas, L.A. 1937 probably

[Alexandra Coghlan @AlexaCoghlan]

Can't help feeling that ACE is treating opera as a symbol as much as anything else here.

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

You can learn more about the "genre-defying and epically ambitious" Treemonisha here - especially its range of musical influences, including ragtime, jazz and African-American spirituals.

Watch from around an hour in 🕒
https://t.co/wVxFMs4EQz

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

As #BlackHistoryMonth comes to an end, we're remembering our glorious production of Treemonisha, written by Scott Joplin in 1911 but not fully staged until the 1970s. Treemonisha is about a Black community living in Arkansas in the 1880s and reckoning with the legacy of slavery.

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

📸 (clockwise from top left): @lidiacrisafulli, @BobWorkman_, @claireshov, Katie Edwards

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

Happy #WorldOperaDay!

We're proud to be helping to create an opera world that is more expansive and inclusive - in it stories, its sounds, its aesthetics; for audiences and for those on and off the stage who make it all happen.

Here's to an art form that is full of life ✨

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

MT singers! Get your hands on this new release from our friend @shaunaquilina 📚

[Shaun @shaunaquilina]

It's release day!! My book on singing Musical Theatre is now available. I really hope it will help singers unlock their true voice and sing with freedom, expression and impact! https://t.co/31d7tW44vC via @AmazonUK

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

We’ll probably be a bit quieter for the next couple of months, but the work is continuing behind the scenes so please stay tuned 👀

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

We said goodbye to The Boatswain’s Mate at the weekend! 👋🏼

Thank you to the beautiful @StGeorgesGY for hosting our last performance, and congratulations to the whole company for a fantastic run. We’re proud to have been able to spread appreciation for Ethel Smyth across the UK.

[Cecilia Stinton @CeciliaStinton]

Preparations continue for @SpectraEns’s performance at @StGeorgesGY tonight! What a pleasure to cruise around the seafront - we cannot wait to meet our audience!

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

Great Yarmouth, we are ready for you!

We're performing at @StGeorgesGY at 7pm - a few tickets left here: https://t.co/BcuHo2uooZ

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

Sadly @Josephine_FG is unwell today for our performance at @StGeorgesGY, but we are very lucky to have @HilaryCronin stepping in to sing as Mrs Waters after having performed the role with us in 2018. Welcome Hilary and thank you for joining us at short notice!

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

Hello Great Yarmouth! 👋🏼

Our advance party has arrived and we are looking forward to performing at @StGeorgesGY tomorrow 🎵

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

@lib_thinks Delighted you enjoyed it and will certainly be using this descriptor for Ethel in future!

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

We loved performing at @AldeJubileeHall a couple of weeks ago, highly recommend an autumn visit!

[Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall @AldeJubileeHall]

Need a culture fix? Live entertainment is in abundance at Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall this October and November. Click on the link below to book your tickets for theatre, music and inspiring talks: 🎭🎼🎻🎤🎸 https://t.co/O1MX3MDOg6

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

And what about this one, featuring a swimsuit we just LOVE?

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

Posters like this one inspired the aesthetic for our production of The Boatswain's Mate - so we're very excited to be taking the show to Great Yarmouth this Sunday!

Come and join us at @StGeorgesGY for the last stop on our tour 🏖️

🎟️ https://t.co/BcuHo2cNxr

[Dr Leah Broad @LeahBroad]

YOU CAN NOW PRE-ORDER QUARTET!!!! https://t.co/VpU6JaFrcp

[Spectra Ensemble @SpectraEns]

Very pleased to be able to offer free tickets to young people in Norfolk via @NMHub! The Boatswain's Mate boasts a really interesting range of musical styles; it's fantastically funny, performed in English, and only 80 minutes long - a great first opera 💃

[Norfolk & Suffolk Music Hub @NMHub]

📣 Free tickets for all students aged 10+ and their families! Join @StGeorgesGY for a revival of Dame Ethel Smyth’s opera The Boatswain's Mate on 9th October.

Show info: https://t.co/Q9SaRctRJ6

To book free tickets please email [email protected]