Performances of John Findon at BBC Proms

Thu 6 Aug 2026

• 19:00

  Elder Conducts Weber’s ‘Oberon’

  Royal Albert Hall

  Sir Mark Elder conducts the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir and star soloists in Weber’s final opera, featuring a new narration that brings fresh life and wit to this chivalric fantasy of shipwrecks and magic horns

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  Sir Mark Elder conducts the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir and star soloists in Weber’s final opera, featuring a new narration that brings fresh life and wit to this chivalric fantasy of shipwrecks and magic horns

  Programme

  • • • Carl Maria von Weber
      • Oberon(120 mins)(semi-staged; sung in English, with English surtitles)

  Performers

  • Nicky Spence

    Oberon
    Oberon
  • Jennifer Davis

    Reiza
    Reiza
  • John Findon

    Sir Huon of Bordeaux
    Sir Huon of Bordeaux
  • Yannick Debus

    Sherasmin
    Sherasmin
  • Rachael Wilson

    Fatima
    Fatima
  • J’Nai Bridges

    Puck
    Puck
  • Charlotte Bowden

    Mermaid
    Mermaid
  • Jessica Cale

    Mermaid
    Mermaid
  • Tamsin Greig

    narrator
    narrator
  • Monteverdi Choir
  • Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
  • Emma Doherty

    stage director
    stage director
  • Sir Mark Elder

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Carl Maria von Weber

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  Part of

  Proms 2026 Audio-Described Proms Choral music and opera