Aida: A Recorded History by Giles Davies

26th March 2024

Giles has sung with Kentish Opera a number of times, appearing in The Yeomen of the Guard as Jack Point and our Opera at the Castle show in 2023. He joins us for Aida as the Pharaoh, and gives us a short history of Aida recordings to look out for.

An introduction to Aida with Stephen Anthony Brown

25th January 2024

Stephen Brown has both performed with and directed for Kentish Opera for many years. Cutting his KO teeth as Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, he subsequently directed The Tales of Hoffmann in 2022 which won a NODA award for 'Best Opera in the South East'...

Quick Questions and Answers with Helen Bailey

21st September 2023

Helen joins as as one of our soloists for our 70th Anniversary Concert in October of this year and answers our quick questions about her opera preferences and what else takes up her time...

Quick Questions and Answers with Giles Davies

25th June 2023

Giles Davies is back singing with Kentish Opera for the second time this year at our Gala on 2nd July, including songs from some of his favourite shows and composers.



Some pre-Gala fun with costumes

13th June 2023

Spectacular costumes are a big part of what makes our performances different. Our costume team put in a huge amount of work to create the right mood for every performance we give, and for our gala this means putting together an unbelievable 130+ different costumes. We thought we'd give our audience a flavour of things to come...

An interview with our Gala soprano, Stefanie

23rd May 2023

We are thrilled to be welcoming back Stefanie Kemball-Read, who has just sung the role of Elsie Maynard in our spring production of 'The Yeomen of the Guard', as one of the soloists in our forthcoming gala at Chiddingstone Castle.