William Shield Ten - The Flitch of Bacon

Name: William Shield Ten - The Flitch of Bacon
Start: 2026-11-20T19:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-20T21:30:00+00:00
Location: St Mary's Church

Schedule

Fri Nov 20 2026 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

St Mary's Church | Whitley Bay, EN

Rocket Opera & the William Shield Chamber Orchestra William Shield's first operatic masterpiece of 1778.
About this Event

This is the first performance in modern times, in a new edition by Alexander Walls, tonight's conductor. Rocket Opera provides the outstanding soloists. The story is based on the ancient custom in which couples who had been happily married for a year and a day could claim a flitch (side) of bacon. Plenty of popular airs and original compositions helped establish Shield as a leading composer of comic operas in the late 18th century.