{"id":12,"date":"2012-04-09T21:23:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T20:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s411238002.websitehome.co.uk\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2022-05-03T18:00:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T17:00:14","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>London Lyric Opera was created in 2008 and has produced a diverse range of concerts including:\u00a0 Song Cycles with orchestra; a tribute to the beautiful music of Puccini entitled <em>The Passion of Puccini<\/em>;\u00a0 three classic operas, <em>Fidelio<\/em> and <em>Die Fledermaus<\/em> at Cadogan Hall and <em>The flying Dutchman <\/em>at the Barbican plus smaller boutique events in various London recital venues<em>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/page_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/page_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"874\" height=\"1240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/page_1.jpg 874w, https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/page_1-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/page_1-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/page_1-768x1090.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have been lucky to work with a host of hugely talented singers, performers and. Dramatic soprano, the late <a title=\"Vale Elizabeth Connell 1946 - 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/www.londonlyricopera.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/02\/vale-elizabeth-connell-1946-2012.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth Connell <\/a>thrilled our sold out Cadogan Hall audience with her emotionally-charged Leonore in <em>Fidelio<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LLO_Fidelio_Flyer_Final_Page_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LLO_Fidelio_Flyer_Final_Page_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1754\" height=\"2489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LLO_Fidelio_Flyer_Final_Page_1.png 1754w, https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LLO_Fidelio_Flyer_Final_Page_1-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LLO_Fidelio_Flyer_Final_Page_1-722x1024.png 722w, https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LLO_Fidelio_Flyer_Final_Page_1-768x1090.png 768w, https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LLO_Fidelio_Flyer_Final_Page_1-1082x1536.png 1082w, https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LLO_Fidelio_Flyer_Final_Page_1-1443x2048.png 1443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1754px) 100vw, 1754px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>while <a title=\"Gweneth-Ann Jeffers - Soprano\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ssartists.co.uk\/page38.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gweneth-Ann Jeffers&#8217;<\/a> glorious Senta conducted by Wagnerian specialist conductor, <a title=\"Lionel Friend - Conductor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lionelfriend.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lionel Friend<\/a>, touched the hearts of all who heard this remarkable debut at the Barbican.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LLO_Die_Fledermaus_Flyer_Page_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LLO_Die_Fledermaus_Flyer_Page_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LLO_Die_Fledermaus_Flyer_Page_1.png 585w, https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LLO_Die_Fledermaus_Flyer_Page_1-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our performances of <em>Die Fledermaus<\/em> by Johann Strauss II with the <a title=\"Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rpo.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Philharmonic Orchestra<\/a> and the <a title=\"Philharmonia Chorus\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philharmoniachorus.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philharmonia Chorus<\/a>, conducted by <a title=\"Madeleine Lovell - Conductor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sgco.co.uk\/conductor.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madeleine Lovell<\/a>, featured a special guest appearance by critically acclaimed concert pianist <a title=\"Leslie Howard - Virtuoso Pianist\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lesliehowardpianist.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leslie Howard<\/a>, whose virtuoso playing of a typically devilish piece by Liszt displayed all the\u00a0 flair for which he is justly famous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London Lyric Opera was created in 2008 and has produced a diverse range of concerts including:\u00a0 Song Cycles with orchestra; a tribute to the beautiful music of Puccini entitled The Passion of Puccini;\u00a0 three classic operas, Fidelio and Die Fledermaus at Cadogan Hall and The flying Dutchman at the Barbican plus smaller boutique events in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":151,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/190"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londonlyricopera.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}