Blog | December 09, 2016
Shakespeare in Love: East Asia Tour
To mark the 400th anniversary of the death of England’s greatest playwright, The English Concert, led by Artistic Director Harry Bicket, embark on their second tour to China. Exploring the Bard’s influence over key English baroque composers, British vocalists Mary Bevan and Tim Mead add a romantic twist with. joining the orchestra for arias and love duets from baroque operas
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Countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen filed this wonderful dispatch from onboard the Shanghai to Beijing bullet train, on tour with TEC as Rinaldo in October 2025.
In summer 2026, The English Concert continues its residency at Garsington Opera on the Wormsley Estate.
Mary Bevan and Harry Bicket rehearse ‘Lascia ch’io pianga’ from Handel’s Rinaldo
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