Mezzo-soprano
Anita Monserrat
British mezzo-soprano Anita Monserrat is recognised for her poised musicianship and richly coloured voice.
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Guiting Music Festival: From Mahler to Manhattan
Saturday
1
August
2026
,
6:30 pm
Guiting Music Festival
Guiting Power
Cheltenham
GL54 5TX
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Ellington Take the "A" Train
Gershwin Someone to watch over me from Oh, Kay!
Kern Can't help lovin' dat man from Show Boat
Gustav Mahler Adagietto from Symphony no. 5
Alma Mahler Mild Summer Night from Five Songs 1910
Alma Mahler Harvest Song from Four Songs 1915
Strauss Serenade op. 7
interval
Kern The Way You Look Tonight from Swing Time
Elgar Chanson de Nuit
Strauss Die Nacht from Songs op. 10
Elgar Chanson de Matin
Strauss Morgen from Four Songs op. 27
Sondheim Send in the Clowns from A Little Night Music
Porter I Get a Kick Out of You
Gershwin Let's Call the Whole Thing Off from Shall We Dance
With arrangements by Harry Baker
Anita Monserrat
Mezzo-soprano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Conductor
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Fantasia returns to Guiting Music Festival with a programme featuring the soaring romanticism of Alma Mahler and Richard Strauss to the bittersweet elegance of Cole Porter and Stephen Sondheim.
A love letter to twentieth century song in its many different forms, this programme has lush orchestral arrangements of songs for solo voice that are heard alongside music from beloved twentieth century shows and musicals.
Join us in the idyllic Cotswold village of Guiting Power, with its rolling hills and glorious countryside, for a concert that features British mezzo-soprano Anita Monserrat.
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Anita Monserrat
British mezzo-soprano Anita Monserrat recently won 1st prize at the 2024 SWR Junge Opernstars competition, 2nd prize at Neue Stimmen 2024 and was a semi-finalist at the 30th edition of Plácido Domingo’s Operalia Competition. In the UK, she reached the final of both the 2023 Kathleen Ferrier Awards and the 2022 Handel Singing Competition. She was a member of the Young Singer’s Project at the 2023 Salzburger Festspiele and also took part in the 2024 International Meistersinger Akademie (IMA).
Concert highlights
Conductor
Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Tom is Fantasia's Conductor & Artistic Director.
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Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Tom’s musical journey began aged four, when his grandmother introduced him to an inspiring violin teacher. At eight, he became a Westminster Abbey chorister, describing the experience as “transformative”, and later attended Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School.
Alongside violin, singing and organ, Tom discovered conducting and a love of bringing musicians together. In 2016, during his final year at school, he founded Fantasia Orchestra.
Today, Tom works with major orchestras including the BBC Philharmonic and National Symphony Orchestra Ireland. Away from music, he enjoys running, jazz and cooking, a process he likens to conducting through balance, pacing and collaboration.
Venue
Guiting Power Village
A picturesque village nestled high in the Cotswolds.
Guiting Music Festival
Guiting Power
Cheltenham
GL54 5TX