Opera Illuminated

The Riff Corner present Opera Illuminated: a candle-lit evening of opera and classical music with Katy Garden, Soprano and Ben Jenkins, Piano.  The concert will feature both familiar and hidden gems from opera and classical repertoire. You’ll hear music by Debussy, Handel, Massenet, Mozart, Puccini and many more.

About:

Katy (also known as Katy Read) hails from Canada originally and studied at the Royal College of Music (MMus) and has performed internationally across Canada, the US, Europe & Norway. She teaches voice, music and musical theatre at Clevedon School and she regularly performs as a classical soloist at The Curzon Cinema and around Bristol & North Somerset. Her next role is Belinda in ‘Dido and Aeneas’ by Purcell with Opera in a Box at the Alma Tavern. Katy first collaborated with Ben Jenkins at the Bristol Beacon for an Ukraine Fundraiser with Bozart Band and they have been working together ever since.

Ben Jenkins is a pianist, conductor and director and has performed as a pianist and conductor at St George’s Bristol and the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury. Ben collaborates as a pianist with several musicians and plays regularly with Bristol Synphony Orchestra. Ben conducts many groups including Bristol Reggae Orchestra and he also directs and produces theatre. His next project is Dracula at the Mount Without in October 2026.