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| Broadway Rhapsody: Anush Hovhannisyan & Sam Jewison |
Soprano Anush Hovhannisyan is familiar from her performances as Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Space at the Grange Festival [see my review], Tatyana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at Opera Holland Park [see my review], and Verdi's Les vêpres Siciliennes at WNO [back in 2020 when the company could still afford to stage grand opera, see my review] but in July we will be seeing another side to her.
On 26 July 2026, Hovhannisyan is joined at Opera Holland Park by singer and pianist Sam Jewison and a 40-piece orchestra for Broadway Rhapsody, a celebration of Broadway musicals with music from Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls, Show Boat, Porgy and Bess, Anything Goes and more, blending the golden age of Broadway with classical flair.
This is very much a passion project for Hovhannisyan and she describes it as "a bold, artist-led, no-safety-net adventure, which means no big backers, just us, the music".
She is joined by Scarborough-born jazz pianist and vocalist Sam Jewison whose performances have included sold-out EFG London Jazz Festival shows in 2022 and 2023, as well as appearances at the West End’s Crazy Coqs, Camden’s Jazz Café, Westminster Abbey and, not least, the Royal Opera House.
Tickets are available from the Opera Holland Park website, and what better way to spend a summer evening.
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