Puccini, Pearl Fishers and all the Prom favourites!

The University of Kent will present its ever-popular Opera Gala Prom on Saturday 2 June, as part of the ArtsFest on the Canterbury campus. The concert takes place in Eliot College Hall at 8pm and will feature operatic lollipops and all the prom favourites, performed by the University's Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Director of Music, Susan Wanless. They will be joined by two soloists, tenor Bradley Daley and baritone Peter Cox. The programme will include the famous duet from The Pearl Fishers, Puccini's Nessun dorma and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances, and will conclude with rousing renditions of Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory - complete with balloons! The audience will then be treated to a spectacular firework display overlooking the Cathedral.

Tickets £10 (adults), £6 (students and children) are available from: Canterbury Bookings Box Office, 12/13 Sun Street, The Buttermarket, Canterbury, Tel. 01227 378188; and the University Music Office, Eliot College, Tel. 01227 827335 (credit/debit card payment available).

If you would like further information about any music events or activities at the University contact Susan Wanless, Director of Music, on 01227 823305, S.J.Wanless@kent.ac.uk.