A Not-So-Silent Night: A Csardas Christmas

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Last Show: Wednesday 11 th December 2019

The Pheasantry (Chelsea)

Birgit and Phil Lee-Thomas present a concert of Csardas (Hungarian blues), popular opera arias, classical crossover, evergreens and popular festive favourites and carols. Soprano Birgit Beer grew up in Vienna, with a career that has seen her perform in the world's greatest opera houses including Berlin, Vienna, Paris and Munich, under the likes of Solti, Domingo, Abbado and Del Monaco. Her international career has also seen her become one of the most famous sopranos in Central and South America, having worked extensively in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Brazil and Argentina.

Musical theatre, jazz and swing baritone Phil Lee-Thomas is a stalwart on the London Cabaret scene, having had sell out shows at the Pheasantry, Crazy Coqs, The Other Palace and the Hippodrome Casino. Alongside musical and Great American Songbook standards, Phil will be singing some of his favourite festive songs, including classics by Mel Tormé and Irving Berlin. 

Birgit and Phil will be joined by pianist and arranger David George Harrington, and international violinist Orpheus Leander Papafillipou.