{"id":14608,"date":"2012-11-27T15:22:59","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T15:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=14608"},"modified":"2012-11-27T15:22:59","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T15:22:59","slug":"popera-heads-to-penarth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/11\/27\/popera-heads-to-penarth\/","title":{"rendered":"Popera heads to Penarth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14612\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/timthumb.php_.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14612\" title=\"Hamptons\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/timthumb.php_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/timthumb.php_.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/timthumb.php_-300x138.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14612\" title=\"Hamptons\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/timthumb.php_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/timthumb.php_.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/timthumb.php_-300x138.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Popular caf\u00e9 Hamptons will be hosting a classical crossover music night this month<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Classical music is no longer just for the elite. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamptons-design.co.uk\">Hamptons<\/a>, an independent shop and caf\u00e9 based in Penarth, are hosting a night of \u201cPopera\u201d, a classical crossover genre combining popular music and opera.<\/p>\n<p>The performers, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samanthalink.co.uk\">Samantha Link<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bruceanderson-thesinger.co.uk\">Bruce Anderson<\/a>, will sing a variety of rock, pop and musical numbers, all in a classical style. There will also be a smattering of popular Christmas songs given an operatic revamp.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Peter Knowles, who co-owns the store, said, \u201cIt\u2019ll be much in the vein of performers like Katherine Jenkins or Russell Watson.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guests will be greeted with cocktails, and served a five-course meal during the show, including a main course of chicken and tarragon pie.<\/p>\n<p>The performance will take place on 29 November, and tickets cost \u00a335.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classical music is no longer just for the elite. Hamptons, an independent shop and caf\u00e9 based in Penarth, are hosting a night of \u201cPopera\u201d, a classical crossover genre combining popular music and opera. The performers, Samantha Link and Bruce Anderson, will sing a variety of rock, pop and musical numbers, all in a classical style. There will also be a smattering of popular Christmas songs given an operatic revamp.\u00a0 Peter Knowles, who co-owns the store, said, \u201cIt\u2019ll be much in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":14611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2606,1230,2607,608,2608,2609],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-14608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-classical-crossover","tag-classical-music","tag-hamptons","tag-penarth","tag-pop-music","tag-popera"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Popera heads to Penarth - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/11\/27\/popera-heads-to-penarth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Popera heads to Penarth - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Classical music is no longer just for the elite. 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