Friday 12 May 2017 7pm Enjoy chamber music and opera at its finest in the perfect setting of the Marble Hall at Holkham. An evening of songs by de Falla, Turina, Fauré and others, together with a selection of opera arias “Her voice has a distinctive timbre with plaintive richness and a youthful bloom.” The New York Times. One of the world’s leading sopranos Ailyn Pérez was born in Chicago of Mexican parents. She studied at the Philadelphia Academy of Vocal Arts and at Indiana University. She won the coveted Richard Tucker Award in 2012, joining an illustrious roster of the greatest American singers who have received this award over the past 40 years, including Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato, Ruth Ann Swenson, Deborah Voigt and Eric Cutler. She won the 2016 Beverly Sills Artist Award from the Metropolitan Opera and many other important prizes. She made her début at the Metropolitan Opera in 2015 as Micaëla in Carmen, returning this season as Mimi in La bohème. Ailyn comes to Norfolk between singing Violetta in La traviata at the Staatsoper unter den Linden, Berlin and the Teatro alla Scala, Milan. Other highlights include Juliette at the Salzburg Festival and at the Santa Fe Opera, Desdemona at the Houston Grand Opera and Fiordiligi at the Netherlands Opera. At the Royal Opera House Covent Garden she has appeared in La traviata, where The Observer described her as “the ideal Violetta” and as Liu in Turandot. At the Glyndebourne Festival she sang Alice Ford in Falstaff. Ailyn Perez and Gary Matthewman gave their first recital together in the summer of 2016. Tickets: £35 – Includes a glass of champagne in the Saloon during the interval and an opportunity to view some of the other state rooms in the Hall. To book please telephone Holkham Ticket Office on 01328 713111 or visit www.holkham.co.uk More Information Price: £35 Location: Holkham Hall, North Norfolk Coast     Pump Cottage Brancaster Staithe Organising an Event? Submit it to our website by clicking here         Upcoming Events Norfolk by Design 30/04/2017 to 30/09/2017 Earth Sky: Richard Long 30/04/2017 to 26/10/2017 30 Days Wild 01/06/2017 to 30/06/2017 Pop Up Shops - Hindolveston Crafts in Action 22/06/2017 to 27/06/2017 Art Exhibition 24/06/2017 to 19/07/2017 NSO Concert 25/06/2017  Ringstead Open Gardens 25/06/2017  Tinks & Ball - Live Music Sunday 25/06/2017  Black Horse Acoustic Session 27/06/2017  Explore with the Experts 27/06/2017  music, chamber music, classical Ailyn Pérez Concert - Enjoy chamber music and opera at its finest in the perfect setting of the Marble Hall at Holkham.