Grammy Award winner Angelika Kirchschlager will be performing in the north east for the first time at an event in Jesmond hosted by arts charity Samling. The Austrian mezzo-soprano will be performing at the Royal Grammar School on Saturday 27^th March 2010, accompanied by pianist Malcolm Martineau, Patricia MacMahon, Christopher Glynn, and seven young performers from Samling’s Masterclass Programme.

The concert will include arias and ensembles from some of the most famous operas, including Puccini’s La Bohème, Bizet’s Carmen, Strauss’s Die Fledermaus and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.

Tickets are available from The Sage Gateshead ticket office on 0191 443 4661, online, or in person from the ticket office. The tickets are priced at £18, or £14 concession. To find out more about Samling and the work it does, visit here.

And to find out more about Angelika Kirchschlager, take a look here.