Frankston’s Roger Lemke will perform alongside some of opera’s brightest stars at Daytime Music + Theatre’s Christmas Spectacular at the Frankston Arts Centre next month.

Roger is one of Australia’s most successful operatic and concert artists with a career spanning more than 30 years in opera, music theatre, film and concert. He made his operatic debut in 1985 with Victoria State Opera as Schaunard in La Boheme, and with Opera Australia as Schaunard in 1986.  Roger has been a regular performer with the Australian Pops Orchestra and on nationally televised musical events.  He has performed the roles of Old Deuteronomy in Cats, and Javert in the internationally acclaimed 10th anniversary season of Les Miserables, which then toured major cities in Australia and New Zealand.

Roger appears in the ABC’s recording of Baz Luhman’s La Boheme, The Gondoliers and The Gipsy Princess, and on its Classics label. He also made his film screen debut in The Wiggles Movie.  In Frankston he is a voice teacher, vocal coach, auctioneer and adjudicator and performs as a freelance concert and operatic artist.

The Christmas Spectacular is a wonderful mix of traditional Christmas carols blended with some contemporary Christmas songs and a whole lot of laughs in between. It will be led by spectacular tenor Roy Best, international soprano Alison Jones and concert pianist Len Vorster, with Chris McKenna as MC. This will be just the ticket to conclude a magnificent year of daytime shows at the FAC.

The Christmas Spectacular is on Friday, December 8, at 10.30am and 1.30pm. Tickets are $20 and can be booked on thefac.com.au, in person at Frankston Arts Centre or by phoning 9784 1060.

 

FRANKSTON ARTS CENTRE

A: 27-37 Davey St, Frankston

T: 9784 1060

W: thefac.com.au