Prom 21: The John Wilson Orchestra 鈥� Kiss Me, Kate

2 Aug 2014, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sat 2 Aug 2014 Next Event

Proms 2014 Prom 21: The John Wilson Orchestra 鈥� Kiss Me, Kate

19:30 Sat 2 Aug 2014 Royal Albert Hall

Following the enormous success of their staged performance of My Fair Lady in 2012, John Wilson and his orchestra return to perform Kiss Me, Kate 鈥� Cole Porter鈥檚 Tony Award- reworking of Shakespeare鈥檚 The Taming of the Shrew.

Programme

- - Cole Porter
  - Kiss Me Kate(165 mins)

Performers

Ben Davis
singer (Fred Graham / Petruchio)
singer (Fred Graham / Petruchio)
Alexandra Silber
singer (Lilli Vanessi / Katherine)
singer (Lilli Vanessi / Katherine)
Tony Yazbeck
singer (Bill Calhoun / Lucentio)
singer (Bill Calhoun / Lucentio)
Louise Dearman
singer (Lois Lane / Bianca)
singer (Lois Lane / Bianca)
John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson
conductor
conductor

Composers

Cole Porter

About this event

The appearances of John Wilson and his orchestra have become one of the annual highlights of the Proms. Following the enormous success of the staged performance of My Fair Lady in 2012, John Wilson returns to perform Cole Porter鈥檚 Tony Award-winning musical Kiss Me, Kate in its original 1948 arrangements. He is joined by a cast of leading singers in this irreverent reworking of The Taming of the Shrew 鈥� a play within a play.听