Events May, 25th 2010 by Dario Poli

Stephen Lloyd-Morgan with The Marbella Concert Orchestra

Following the phenomenal success of The Summer Event Concert last year; reviewed as “World Class entertainment delivered direct to our door step”; this Summer, in collaboration with the Ayuntamiento de Manilva, there will be two concerts inside the magnificent and intimate setting of El Castillo de la Duquesa on Saturday 24th July & Saturday 21st August.

The concerts will star popular tenor Stephen Lloyd-Morgan with the new and specially formed 16-piece Marbella Concert Orchestra, conducted by renowned Musical Director Ian Green, with a selection of songs from Musical Theatre, Opera and Cross-Over, sung in English, Italian and Spanish.

Special guest artists also bringing an eclectic and contemporary repertoire to the event include Yazz, International Recording Artist; Julie-Anne Hunter, Mezzo Soprano ENO & Royal Festival Hall; María Lourdes Benítez, Soprano El Coro de Ópera de Málaga and Spain’s WOW Factor Winner and Runner-up, Christian Fa & Rebecca Tate, and The Unity Gospel Singers.

We are very excited about bringing the Marbella Concert Orchestra to accompany Steve at this year’s concerts in Duquesa. We are also delighted that Yazz, who very rarely performs in Spain, has agreed to join the special guest line-up. The costs incurred by bringing a live orchestra, as well as a more spectacular sound and lighting show, has resulted in an increase in ticket price this year. But we are certain the sweeping improvements we have made since last year to both the content and staging of the concerts will be appreciated by the audiences and we hope this will lead to another very unique and successful event! Nick Holland, event organiser

Steve’s first performance with The Marbella Concert Orchestra will be at the prestigious 10th Anniversary Max Clifford Celebrity Butterfly Ball Gala in aid of The Rhys Daniels Trust at the Hotel Puente Romano on 5th June. Later this summer he will record a new album with the Orchestra as well as performing with them in Madrid and Barcelona.

Ticket numbers are strictly limited at this venue and last year was sold out several weeks before the concert! All tickets must be prepaid, although available for collection on the door. Doors & Bar open from 20:00 – 01:00.

Tickets, priced at €40, will go on sale from 9th June. Please call +34 697 783 942 for orders.

Dario Poli

Composer, artist, and a published author and illustrator. He is initiator of the campaign to present a better image Internationally, of Marbella and the Costa del Sol. Composer of the music "Marbella Marbella" used as the anthem of the campaign and also many other recorded compositions including Nostradamus, and Corazon, for The Children for Peace Onlus charity in Rome as well as the co-author of the powerful musical drama Lady X and The Power of Destiny. He is also the editor and a founder member of this website.