Fundraising concert set to take place at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds featuring coloratura soprano Christina Johnson

Coloratura soprano Christina Johnson is to appear at the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds later this month in a fundraising concert.

Her appearance has come following after a member of the board of the trustees of the theatre won a lot in the Made In Suffolk Legacy Auction to have a private concert with the singer.

The auction was organised by the GeeWizz charity which raised  £500,000 for children and young people, across East Anglia, with disabilities and life-limiting illness.

The bid came from Mr and Mrs Ben Fisher who secured the Christina event and donated it to Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds where Emma Fisher is on the Board of Trustees.

The fundraising event, which is taking place on Sunday, May 30, at 7.30pm, will feature music by Mozart to Puccini.

Christina will be singing some of the most difficult arias written for soprano including “Queen of the Night” from Mozart’s “Magic Flute” to the dazzling character “Mimi” from Puccini’s comic opera “Gianni Schicchi”.

Born in Framlingham and recently returned from making her name in Europe, she will be accompanied by pianist William Saunders (head of music at St Edmundsbury Cathedral) who is one of Britain’s leading young concert organists.

This  event is part of Theatre Royal’s grand reopening after 14 months of closure and guests will receive a glass of Prosecco and a souvenir programme on arrival.

Tickets are on sale now at www.theatreroyal.org