Claxton Opera

FEBRUARY 2012

With great sadness we regret to announce that there will be no performance of Die Fledermaus this summer as previously announced.

Richard White’s wife is in full time residential care but her situation has barely changed in the last six months and it is for this reason above all others that Richard has decided not to commit to the heavy demands that a full length, fully staged opera, would make on him.

There are two further reasons that have to be taken into account however: the first is that Richard fell and damaged his shoulder last summer. Richard being Richard did too much too soon with the result that the continuous debilitating pain necessitates an operation in the spring and this in turn must be followed by a reasonable period of rehabilitation.

The second reason concerns our perennial problem – parking. Richard’s dear friends and neighbours, Robin and Genni Godber, have moved from the next house in Folly Lane: this is where the cast and stage crew used to park their cars. Lady Ann McKenzie, on whose drive the orchestra used to park, has also moved so we have real issues to resolve.

We are not idle however and Richard is working on a business plan for an operatic project for 2013 which, if it comes to fruition, will be one of his most ambitious in recent years.

Although we realise you will share our bitter disappointment this year, we trust you will understand and respect the reasons for it and that you, like us, look forward to next year.

Sue Prutton
41 Waldemar Avenue  Norwich  NR6 6TB
sue@claxtonopera.co.uk

For more information please contact Sue, our administrator: sue@claxtonopera.co.uk

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