We have had a productive week of rehearsals here in London for Waterperry Opera Festival’s production of Mansfield Park. Next week we travel over to Oxford to start the staging at the venue. I can’t wait to see where we will be performing and soak up the atmosphere of the house to see if we can bring a little something extra to our characterisations.
I will try and get some pictures over the course of the week and share them with you once the performances are over or put them on Instagram.
Scottish Opera are putting on a Scottish tour of BambinO this autumn and I have been asked back to perform alongside Samuel Pantcheff who will be taking on the role of Pulcino, with Andrew Drummond Huggan on Cello and Michael D Clark on Percussion, they are currently performing at the Edinburgh Fringe if you are in Edinburgh next week with your baby check it out with Hazel McBain as Uccelina.
The tour will start in Aberdeen where I will join up with the cast and my first performances of the tour will be in Inverness on the 10th and 11th September 2018.
We then travel to Perth with performances on the 14th and 15th September 2018.
The next stage takes us back down to Motherwell with performances on the 17th and 18th September 2018.
Finally, we fly from Glasgow to Lerwick, on the Shetland Islands for our final performances on 21st and 22nd September 2018.
Hopefully, there will be opportunities to get some pictures with the new cast members to share with you as the tour progresses. I am looking forward to meeting and working with
the new cast and also catching up with old friends, especially David Sneddon our tour manager, who always keeps things running so smoothly for us all.
What a picturesque tour you have ahead of you, Charlotte! I know you will find lots of thing to amuse us with! I would say bring some woolies though – Lerwick looks very far north. What is the name of that island? Have fun!
I think it is the Shetland Islands, and yes after a sweltering London I best dig out my thermals 😄. I never got that far North in the four years I lived in Glasgow so that’s exciting.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Charlotte, you are going to be so busy!!! We watched the PBS series Shetland and know where Lerwick is, they filmed there. You are going to have a great TIME!!! Keep up the wonderful work dear Charlotte, Darlene
Thank you Darlene, I will try to get some good scenic shots, I hope there are lots of babies and toddlers who can come to watch and take part.
All my best wishes
Charlotte
BambinO is rapidly becoming *your* signature role, Charlotte, you’ll have to take care not to be typecast…
Uccelina is a great role it will be interesting to see what the new team have created, when I see them in Aberdeen and adapt my performance to fit in with them. I’m very fortunate with the variety of roles this year and this latest Mansfield Park is very different from anything I’ve done before.
I’m so happy with any work Martin being freelance can be stressful for musicians and too many have to stop to take up regular jobs, i’ll be happy over the next few years for all experiences that help me cover my living costs and if I’m singing and performing I’m happy.
All my best wishes
Charlotte
Spoken like a true artist, and with the very best attitude to have. You are simply a delight to know.
Lovely areas to tour in. You are certainly getting stacks of experience in entertaining tiny children in preparation for if or when you have any of your own!
Scotland is just beautiful, I’m excited to see more of it. I’ve always had lots of empathy with children, I was in a practice room with my teacher a few months back and I was running through some arias and Rosa signalled me to look through the window, there was a little girl with her head pressed against the railings listening and when her Mum tried to tug her away she insisted on staying to listen it was lovely. Never changed a nappy though! Hehe
Best wishes
Charlotte
Such unsolicited applause is priceless! Nappies are easy, as I learnt when I had to be a mommy for a few weeks. Just a matter of deftness and breath control The secret is to hold one’s breath until the job is completed! That’ll come easily to a trained singer.
Best wishes. i loved Inverness when there last summer.
Yes I remember seeing your photos of your visit to Scotland, sometimes we never see what’s on our doorstep so it’s great I get the opportunity to see these places.
All my best wishes
Charlotte
Yes it is. Enjoy.
Sounds like you have a busy schedule ahead of you. Best of luck with the show. You’ve got this one down to a science now. Hugs xx
Thanks Janice, it will be a new learning curve with a new cast so that’s exciting. I’ve got some new songs to learn too so hopefully i’ll get some time to sort them out.
All my best wishes
Charlotte
You will be fabulous, Charlotte! Hugs xo
Sounds like a great tour and will be a lot of fun. Please have a great time!
Thank you, new people to get to work with and know, I’m excited to be back in Scotland to places I’ve not been before.
All my best wishes
Charlotte
You are going to be a busy lady with some great places to see too.
I’ve got a couple of weeks between shows to try and sort the rest of my life out, like trying to find somewhere to live in London at the end of the tour on a tight budget 😳!
All my best wishes
Charlotte
I love that the joy of Bambino is still alive and being shared. <3
So do I! They sold out in Edinburgh for a second year running and I’m excited to see the Highlands in a fortnights time.
All my best wishes
Charlotte
So scenic! Thanks for sharing, and good luck to you!
Thank you Kabir 😊.
All my best wishes
Charlotte
My pleasure! 🙂
That is awesome! Well, you know Scotland is one of our most favorite places (I’m sure Kirkwall would have loved to see you too, perhaps next time). Have fun!
I’m excited to meet and get to know the new cast and I’m happy to have the extra work this autumn.
All my best wishes
Charlotte
Bravo, je suis très fière de Toi chère Charlotte – Very proud of you my dear ! Take care, prend soin de Toi – Wish you the best Lady rainbow voice !
I have a couple of weeks now between productions to try to sort out where to live in London after the tour and learn some new repertoire to a deadline I have, oh and shoot a video!
All my best wishes
Charlotte
Amazing. And thank you for sharing all the photographs.
I must practice with my iPhone to try to get some good landscape shots during the tour. I put some extra photos on the Voice of the Future post from the Llangollen Eisteddfod the organisers have let me use. https://charlottehoatherblog.com/2018/07/09/llangollen-international-eisteddfod-pendine-international-voice-of-the-future/ if you want a peak.
All my best wishes
Charlotte
Fantastic Charlotte, I love Scotland and used to live in Inverness. The places you’re visiting look awesome, I’ll look forward to following your tour and looking at your pictures as you travel along. Best wishes for your Mansfield performance, you’ll nail it as usual😘😘
I remember you lived there when Andrea was born. I must practice with my iPhone with Landscape photos they always seem too dark when I take them.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Dear Charlotte,
Congratulations on being asked to perform in the opera in the fall you will be a great success. May the Lord bless you richly my Beloved.
Thank you Rev.Tim, just the BambinO tour now in September then hopefully auditions start again.
Best wishes
Charlotte
So happy for you Charlotte, and just keep up the good work. May the Lord bless you richly my Beloved.
I’m so happy for you! I wish you all the luck 😊 have fun and good luck with everything.
Thank you Silvia most kind of you.
All my best wishes
Charlotte
Charlotte, Good luck for Mansfield park performance..
I’m excited for you to be doing Bambino again, I know how much you enjoyed it last time. The venues look fabulous , love all the photo ‘s.xx
Such variety this year don’t you think, a Carmelite nun; flight controller; governess; fallen Nobleman’s daughter, regency wife and adulterer and a mothering bird, I can’t wait to take the tail feathers for a spin again. More photos added here you might enjoy https://charlottehoatherblog.com/2018/07/09/llangollen-international-eisteddfod-pendine-international-voice-of-the-future/
Best wishes
Charlotte
Wonderful to hear your professional career is off to such a busy start! Congratulations on being chosen to do BambinO in Scotland. It must be magical to sing for babies and see their engagement in the opera.
The babies make the show different in every location as they become part of each production, it’s going to be a new challenge to fit in to a new cast quickly which is exciting too.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Great post. Scotland must be so beautiful. While in the Shetlands, keep an eye out for their ponies! We had a couple of those wonderful animals in Holland. Boy were they headstrong.
If I see any ponies I’ll try to get a photograph of them Gerard.
All my best wishes
Charlotte
Scotland is such a feast for the eyes. All the best.
Indeed, I’ve been planning the travel and guest houses up there with the help of the crew. Only two weeks to go now before I fly up to Aberdeen for a recee before my first performance in Inverness.
All my best wishes
Charlotte
I have seen images of Aberdeen and watched shows centered there; gorgeous place.
That sounds like the best adventure! Wow!
It’s a shame it’s not John O’Groats because then I could have said ‘I did Lands End to John O’Groats (it’s the travel of the whole length of the UK mainland between the two most extreme points SW to NE 874 miles so maybe not far in Canadian terms) in one year of performances’ hehe. But then Lerwick is further North still than Land’s End!
All my best wishes
Charlotte
The Scottish Tour looks good! I hope it all goes well, Charlotte.