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A Visit to Friends is an opera about love. Or, more accurately, about love’s frustrations. Drawing on Anton Chekhov’s short story and William Boyd’s Chekhovian play Longing, Colin Matthews’ opera (with libretto written by William Boyd) is, beguilingly, an opera within an opera, with music strongly influenced by Scriabin.

Aldeburgh Festival Opera: A Visit To Friends

Snape Maltings

A distinguished gathering of musicians and singers join together to celebrate the life and legacy of Ronald Corp OBE, the much-loved British composer, conductor and Anglican priest, who died in May 2025. Ronald Corp founded New London Orchestra, New London Children’s Choir and was Musical Director of Highgate Choral Society and The London Chorus.

The concert is presented by Petroc Trelawny and features some of Ronald Corp’s compositions as well as British light music classics of which he was a tireless champion.

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Ronald Corp OBE

Cadogan Hall 

A Visit to Friends

Aurora Symphony Orchestra

Missa San Marco

Cadogan Hall

Elegy for Himself

Commotio

The Watermill

London Landmarks – The Horse Guards; Whitehall

Baritone

Marcus Farnsworth

Events

Upcoming events

Jun 23, 2026

Ronald Corp OBE · Cadogan Hall

Past events

13 - 14 Jun, 2025

Aldeburgh Festival Opera: A Visit To Friends · Aurora Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Marcus, Misha in A Visit to Friends by Matthews

Aurora Symphony Orchestra

Singer in Missa San Marco by Corp

Cadogan Hall

Singer in Elegy for Himself by Corp

Cadogan Hall

Singer in Commotio by Corp

Cadogan Hall

Singer in The Watermill by Binge

Cadogan Hall

Singer in London Landmarks – The Horse Guards; Whitehall by Wood

Cadogan Hall

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