An Evening with Sir Willard White and The Kymaera Duo will be live at Buxton Opera House on 1st May 2025

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.

Now audiences have the opportunity to share an evening with Sir Willard as he reminisces about his life on stage & screen and sings some of the songs that have been important to him from the Nat King Cole of his youth in Jamaica, through the first truly complete recording of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess in 1976 to the songs that made the Bass-Baritone singer Paul Robeson famous in the 1920s and ‘30s.

Sir Willard will be accompanied by the Kymaera guitar duo comprising Shane Hill and Simon James who have been performing together for over twenty years. Highlights of the partnership which features guitarists Shane Hill and Simon James have included appearing with the classical vocal legend Maria Ewing as well as the late UK jazz vocal legend Frank Holder.

Venue:

Buxton Opera House
Water Street
Buxton
Derbyshire
SK17 6XN

Date: Thursday 1st May 2025

Time: 7.30pm

Ticket Price: £29.50

Discounts: Early bird (to run for 1 month): £20 Equal Access/JSA/Income Support/Students/Children: £3 off

Book tickets here.