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Diary archive 2023 - 2024



​Soprano soloist
Britten, Hymn to St Cecilia
HPO Singers
Conductor - Marcio da Silva
St Clement's Church, Hastings
Tuesday, July 8th, 2025, 7.30pm.
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Soprano soloist
Vivaldi Dixit Dominus & Gloria 
Billingshurst Choral Society
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
St Mary's Church, Horsham.
Saturday, June 7th, 2025, 7.30pm.

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Soprano soloist
Dvořák Stabat Mater
Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, April 5th, 2025, 7pm.
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​Donna Elvira
Mozart, Don Giovanni
Ensemble OrQuesta Company
HPO Ensemble
Marcio da Silva: Stage/Music Director
The Cockpit, Marylebone
Wednesday, March 26th - Saturday, March 29th, 2025, 7pm


​Filia
Carissimi Jepthe
HPO Singers
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, February 22nd, 2025, 7pm
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​HPO Singers
HPO Songbirds
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor; Marcio da Silva
Christmas Gala
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, December 21st, 2024, 7pm


​Soprano soloist
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
A French Christmas
The Music of Charpentier
St. Thomas the Martyr, Winchelsea
Thursday, December 19th, 2024, 7.30pm
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​Assistant Music Director
HPO Songbirds
Showcase Performance
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Thursday, December 12th, 2024, 5.15pm




​​Soprano soloist
Handel, Messiah
HPO Singers
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Christ Church, St Leonards-on Sea
​Saturday, December 7th, 2024, 7pm
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​​Soprano soloist
Advent Concert
Billingshurst Choral Society
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
St Gabriel's Church, Billingshurst
Saturday, November 30th, 2024, 7.30pm.
REVIEWS

Susanna
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro
Ensemble OrQuesta, HPO Ensemble
​Stage Director: Marcio da Silva
​Conductor Kieran Staub
Grimeborn Opera Festival, Arcola Theatre
Tuesday, 27th August -
​Saturday, August 31st, 2024, 7.30pm.
REVIEWS
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​​Assistant Music Director
Songbirds in Summer
HPO Songbirds
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Wednesday, July 17th, 2024, 4.30pm.



​Soprano soloist
Verdi Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, July 13th, 2024, 7pm.
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​Soprano soloist
Monteverdi Madrigals
HPO Singers
Conductor Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, July 6th, 2024, 7pm.

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​Soprano soloist

Proms for All - Opera Gala
Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Lehár, Mascagni, & Gershwin

Opera South East/Hastings Philharmonic
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Sunday, June 23rd, 2024, 6pm.
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Soprano soloist
Gilbert & Sullivan's Greatest Hits
Billingshurst Choral Society
Conductor - Marcio da Silva
Billingshurst Community Centre
Saturday, June 22nd, 2024 7pm
REVIEWS



​​Opera Academy Manager
Cavalli, La Calisto
Ensemble OrQuesta

Hastings and Rye Creative Centre
Thursday, May 30th 2024 -
Sunday, June 9th, 2024.
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​Opera Academy Manager
Handel, Semele
Ensemble OrQuesta

Hastings and The Cockpit, London
Wednesday, April 24th 2024 -
Saturday, May 4th, 2024.

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​Adina
Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore
Opera South East
Director: Eleanor Strutt
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Friday, April 26th, 2024 and
Saturday, April 27th, 2024, 7.30pm
REVIEWS
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​Soprano soloist
Bach, Messaien, Tavener, Pritchard, Martlew
HPO Singers
Max Baillie: Violin
Marcio da Silva: Conductor
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
​Wednesday, April 17th, 2024, 7.30pm.



​Soprano soloist
Mozart Requiem
Billingshurst Choral Society
​HPO Ensemble
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
St Gabriel's Church, Billingshurst
Saturday, March 23rd, 2024, 7pm.
REVIEWS
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​Recital
Berg, Sieben Frühe Lieder
Schumann, Dichterliebe Op 48
Brahms, Fünf Duette, Op 66
​Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea.
Sunday, March 17th, 2024, 5pm


Susanna
Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro
Ensemble OrQuesta
HPO Ensemble
​Stage Director: Marcio da Silva
​Conductor: Predrag Gosta
The Cockpit, Marylebone
Wednesday, February 21st-
Saturday, February 24th, 2024, 7pm
REVIEWS
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​Susanna
Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro
Ensemble OrQuesta
HPO Ensemble
​Stage Director: Marcio da Silva
​Conductor: Predrag Gosta
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, February 17th, 2024, 7pm



​​Assistant Music Director
HPO Songbirds
Christmas Gala
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
​HPO Singers
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Wednesday, December 20th, 2023, 7pm.
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​Soprano & Recorder
Ensemble OrQuesta - In dulci Jubilo
Praetorius, Pez, Buxtehude, Bach, Telemann, & Schütz.
Winchelsea Arts,
St Thomas the Martyr, Winchelsea.
Tuesday, December 19th , 2023, 7.30pm.




​Assistant Music Director
HPO Songbirds
Showcase Performance
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Thursday, December 14th 2023, 4.15pm
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​Soprano soloist
Rameau, Aquilon et Arithie,

Gilles, Messe des Morts
HPO Singers
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, November 25th, 2023, 7pm.



​Soprano soloist
Rossini, Petite Messe Solennelle
Billingshurst Choral Society
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
St Gabriel's Church, Billingshurst
Saturday, November 18th, 2023, 7.30pm
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​Helen May Soprano
Marta Fontanals-Simmons Mezzo
Beethoven, Missa Solemnis
Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
​Conductor: Marcio da Silva
St John the Evangelist, St Leonards-on-Sea
​Saturday, November 11th, 2023, 7pm
REVIEWS

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Soprano soloist
Charpentier, Petits opéras,
​Ensemble OrQuesta
Music Director: Marcio da Silva
Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea 
Wednesday, September 20th, 7.30pm
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​​​Aurore
Jacquet de la Guerre, Céphale et Procris,
​Ensemble OrQuesta
Grimeborn Opera Festival 

Stage/Music Director: Marcio da Silva
Arcola Theatre
Tuesday, August 29th - Saturday, September 2nd, 7.30pm
REVIEWS



Helen May Soprano
Marta Fontanals-Simmons Mezzo

Mendelssohn, Elijah
Choirs from Germany and Hastings
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
Sunday, July 30th, 7pm, 2023.
REVIEWS
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Helen May Soprano
Emil Chakalov Violin
Boyan Ivanov Clarinet
Opera Favourites under the Stars
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra

​Marcio da Silva Conductor
Six Penny Lawn, Battle Abbey
Tuesday, July 25th, 7.30pm. 2023.



​Poulenc, Gloria, Da Silva Fantasia Te Deum
HPO Singers, Wealden Consort
HPO Ensemble
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, July 8th, 2023, 7.30pm. 2023.
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​Helen May, Anna-Luise Wagner - Sopranos
Alessandra Fasolo - Mezzo,
Marcio da Silva - Baritone
​Yau Cheng - Piano
Opera Gala
St Thomas the Martyr, Etchingham
Friday, June 30th, 2023, 7.30pm



​Academy Manager
Handel, Alcina
Ensemble OrQuesta Opera Academy
Academy Director: Marcio da Silva

St John's Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Wednesday, May 24th-Saturday, June 3rd. 2023.
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​Soprano soloist
Handel, Mozart, Canteloube, Gershwin
Bexhill Choral Society
Sussex Concert Orchestra
Conductor: Kenneth Roberts 
St Peter's Church, Bexhill
Saturday, May 13th, 2023, 7.30pm

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​Soprano soloist
Opera Gala
Billingshurst Choral Society
​HPO Ensemble
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Fishers Farm Theatre, RH14 OEG
Saturday, April 29th, 2023, 7.30pm
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​Soprano soloist
Mozart, Great Mass in C Minor
Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra 
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, April 15th, 2023, 7pm



​Pallade
Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Ensemble OrQuesta Opera Academy
Academy Director: Marcio da Silva
​Academy Manager: Helen May
Rye Creative Centre, TN31 7LS
Friday, March 10th-Saturday, March 11th 2023, 7pm.
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​Academy Manager
Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Ensemble OrQuesta Opera Academy
Academy Director: Marcio da Silva
Rye Creative Centre, TN31 7LS
Wednesday, March 1st-Saturday, March 11th 2023.



​Soprano soloist

Cavalli, Musiche Sacre
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HPO Singers, HPO Songbirds
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, February 25th, 2023, 7.30pm
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​​Aurore
Jacquet de la Guerre, Céphale et Procris,
​Ensemble OrQuesta 

Stage/Music Director: Marcio da Silva
The Cockpit, Marylebone
Tuesday, February 7th - Saturday, February 11th, 7.30pm
REVIEWS



Helen May, Recorder
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Kieran White - 12
Monteverdi, Cavalli, Cassini,
St Johns, Hyde Park
Sunday, January 23rd, 2023. 11.30am
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​Helen May, Soprano

Villa-Lobos, Bachianas No. 5
​Marcio da Silva, Baritone
Schubert Die Wintereisse
Francis Rayner, Piano

Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, January 14th, 2023, 4pm

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