ON OUR RADAR

Aspects of Love

A lunchtime concert with mezzo-soprano Iryna Ilnytska to raise funds for Ukraine.

Leigh Curtis

Classical singer Iryna Ilnytska will perform a series of arias at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 15 February to raise funds for Ukraine.

The lunchtime concert will include arias by Claudio Monteverdi, Henry Purcell, Giachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi and Giovanni Paisiello.

The concert will also feature piano solos by Richard Lucas.

Iryna Ilnytska in Exeter Cathedral Iryna Ilnytska

Iryna Ilnytska, a mezzo-soprano from Ukraine, began studying music aged eight before performing at Kyiv Opera House in her teens. She later studied classical voice in Milan with Vincenzo Manno.

In the UK, she has worked with companies including Red Earth Opera, Staircase Opera and Opera in a Box, and has performed with the Stella Maris Trio at venues in Devon and Oxfordshire, including Blenheim Palace.

She has given several charity concerts to raise funds for volunteers who are supporting victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Aspects of Love takes place at 1pm on Saturday 15 February 2025 at Exeter Cathedral.

Concert entry is included in standard cathedral admission, which costs £10. Donations are invited to support Ukrainian volunteers.

Exeter residents with EX1-EX4 postcodes are eligible for free entry to the Cathedral during normal opening hours with a resident’s card.


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