HGO Trust explained
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Full Name: | HGO Trust |
Established: | 1990 |
Founder: | Roy Budden |
Founding Location: | London, United Kingdom |
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Registration Id: | 1168484 |
Status: | charity |
Purpose: | music education |
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Website: | http://www.hgo.org.uk |
Formerly: | Hampstead Garden Opera |
HGO Trust (HGO) (formerly Hampstead Garden Opera) was founded in 1990 by Roy Budden as an evening class at the Hampstead Garden Institute, London. Its objectives are to advance public education in the art and science of music with emphasis on operatic music.[1]
Objectives
HGO brings live opera, fully staged with orchestra, and offers performance opportunity and training to young singers. It performs two fully staged operas each year, usually in original language. Upstairs at The Gatehouse, Highgate Village, in the London Borough of Camden, was HGO's home from March 2001 until May 2016 when it relocated to the Jacksons Lane Theatre in Highgate. HGO is affiliated to the National Operatic and Dramatic Association.[2]
Productions
The original intention was to concentrate on the major operas of Mozart, but the repertoire has expanded to encompass works by others as well.[3]
The HGO production of Mozart's Così fan tutte won Best Opera Production 2012 at the Off West End Awards.[4]
HGO's productions for 2018 were Verdi's La traviata and Domenico Cimarosa's Il matrimonio segreto. In May 2019 it produced George Frideric Handel's Partenope which was a finalist in the Off West End Awards in 2020.[5] Its 2019 production of La bohème won a NODA London Opera Award in 2020.[6]
In August 2020 HGO was the first company to stage a live opera performance in North London after the COVID-19 epidemic when it produced Gustav Holst's opera Sāvitri at Lauderdale House.[7]
Board
The Directors of the Company and Trustees of the Charity, as of April 2020,[8] are:
- David Conway – Chairman
- Alastair Macgeorge – Chairman Emeritus
- Roger Sainsbury
- Martin Musgrave – Deputy Chairman
- Patricia Cabredo Hofherr
HGO's Co-Presidents are Dame Emma Kirkby and Howard Williams.
Productions 2009 – date
Recent productions
In August 2020, the company staged Gustav Holst's opera Sāvitri at Lauderdale House.[25] [26]
The company produced a new edition of Francesco Cavalli's 1643 opera L'Egisto at The Cockpit Theatre, London, in June 2021.[27] [28]
In March 2022, the company gave the British premiere of the 1774 Hebrew-language oratorio Ester by the Austrian composer Cristiano Lidarti with libretto by Jacob Raphael Saraval. The performance at the Free Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb raised £1,200 for the Red Cross Ukraine Emergency Appeal.[29] [30]
Notes and References
- Web site: 1168484 - HGO TRUST LTD . . 27 April 2019 .
- https://www.noda.org.uk/societies/hgo-trust-ltd NODA website
- https://hgo.org.uk/previous-productions-1991-to-date/ "Previous Productions"
- Web site: Full list of the winners of the Offies 2013 . OffWestEnd.com website . 22 December 2017 .
- https://offies.london/2020-finalists-nominations/ Offies website
- Web site: NODA London District Winners list 2020 . NODA website . NODA . 31 July 2020 .
- https://seenandheard-international.com/2020/08/hgos-open-air-savitri-marks-operas-return-to-london/ HGO’s open-air Sāvitri marks opera’s return to London
- Web site: Hampstead Garden Opera - People . Hampstead Garden Opera website . 20 April 2020 .
- Web site: Carlisle Floyd's Susannah at Hampstead Garden Opera . Karlin . David . 1 May 2009 . Bachtrack . 22 December 2017 .
- Web site: Punchy Opera - and all on a pub stage . White . Michael . HGO . . 22 December 2017 . 18 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210118064201/https://hgo.org.uk/docs/Ham%20and%20High%20-%20Susannah.pdf . dead .
- Web site: In praise of Mozart in small spaces . Karlin . David . 24 April 2010 . Bachtrack . 22 December 2017 .
- Web site: Mozart's Magic Flute at Hampstead Garden Opera . Karlin . David . 5 November 2010 . Bachtrack . 22 December 2017 .
- Web site: Hugh the Drover Over the Pub . Chandler . David . 22 November 2011 . Opera Today . 22 December 2017 .
- Web site: My Big Fat American Moustache: A Wartime Così Fan Tutte . Chandler . David . 9 May 2012 . Opera Today . 22 December 2017 .
- Web site: Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at Hampstead Garden Opera . Karlin . David . 12 November 2012 . Bachtrack . 22 December 2017 .
- Web site: Classical review: Mansfield Park, Hampstead Garden Opera, Gatehouse Theatre, London . Church . Michael . 22 April 2013 . . 22 December 2017 .
- Web site: Hampstead Garden Opera entertain thoroughly with Figaro . Karlin . David . 12 November 2013 . Bachtrack . 22 December 2017 .
- Web site: La Calisto, Hampstead Garden Opera: Cavalli's gods and goddesses take up residence in North London . Coghlan . Alexandra . 28 April 2014 . Theartsdesk.com . 22 December 2017 .
- Web site: The Enchanted Pig review at Jacksons Lane, London – 'hugely enjoyable' . Kjerntrup . Inge . 13 November 2017 . . 22 December 2017 .
- Web site: La Traviata review at Jackson's Lane, London – 'youthful energy' . Shapiro . Yehuda . 22 May 2018 . . 31 May 2018 .
- Web site: Opera review: The Secret Marriage, Hampstead Garden Opera, Jacksons Lane Theatre . Winskill . David . 21 November 2018 . Etcetera . . 3 March 2019 . 13 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191213095142/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/etcetera/theatre/opera-review-hampsead-garden-opera-at-jacksons-lane-1-5789061 . dead .
- Web site: Hampstead Garden Opera perform Partenope at Jackson's Lane . Winskill . David . 20 May 2019 . Etcetera . . 29 May 2019 . 29 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190529083532/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/etcetera/music/hampstead-garden-opera-at-jackson-s-lane-highgate-1-6060350 . dead .
- Web site: HGO serve up a treat with La bohème redux . Karlin . David . 10 November 2019 . Opera Reviews . . 21 April 2020 .
- Web site: Berry . Mark . Le nozze di Figaro: Hampstead Garden Opera . Opera Today. 2 December 2021 . November 2021.
- Web site: Lauderdale House to stage comedy, opera and cabaret on the lawn . Galton . Bridget . 10 July 2020 . etcetera . . 31 July 2020 .
- Web site: Savitri review — the unsettling folkishness casts a spell . Fisher . Neil . 21 August 2020 . . 25 October 2020 .
- Web site: 17th century revival: HGO makes modern drama of Cavalli's early masterpiece, L'Egisto. 2021-06-14. 2021-06-14. www.planethugill.com. Hugill. Robert.
- Web site: L'Egisto. 2021-06-09. The Stage. Shapiro. Yehuda.
- News: Galton . Bridget . 16 March 2022 . Opera premiere raises £1200 for Ukraine appeal . Hampstead and Highgate Gazette . 17 May 2022.
- White . Michael . March 2022 . A Hebrew Tale . 30 . 6 . 52–53 . BBC Music Magazine .