Sir Willard White & Brodsky Quartet
Fri 20 Mar 2026 7:30pm
Fri 20 Mar 2026 7:30pm
Opera star makes WMC debut alongside long-time favourites
Programme to include:
COPLAND ARR P CASSIDY / J THOMAS Hoedown
GERSHWIN ARR P CASSIDY Excerpts from Porgy and Bess
BARBER Dover Beach
BRITTEN Poème
HOFFMAN / LAMPL / LIVINGSTONE ARR A HAVERON Close To You
One of Britain’s best-loved and most versatile opera stars of the last forty years, Sir Willard White’s illustrious career has taken him to the most prestigious opera houses and concert halls throughout the world. In his much-anticipated WMC debut, he joins forces with the celebrated Brodsky Quartet in a concert that pays homage to the collaboration between the Hollywood Quartet and Frank Sinatra in the ’50s, which resulted in the classic ‘Close to You’ album.
One of the best-loved and most versatile opera stars of the last 40 years, Sir Willard White’s illustrious career has taken him to the most prestigious opera houses and concert halls throughout the world. In his much-anticipated WMC debut, he joins forces with the celebrated Brodsky Quartet in a concert that pays homage to the collaboration between the Hollywood Quartet and Frank Sinatra in the ‘50s, which resulted in the classic ‘Close to You’ album. The programme has a strong American theme with Barber’s hauntingly beautiful “Dover Beach”, songs by Copland, Gershwin, Kern, Weill with a European twist from Britten, Ravel and Massenet.
Willard White - “Extraordinary”
Opera Critique