Duncan Rock and Sarah Connolly to star in charity fundraiser

Sarah Connolly & Duncan Rock

Barihunk Duncan Rock with superstar mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly for a charity concert benefiting The Passage, an organization that provides resources to help people transition out of homelessness.

Rock will perform Butterworth's Loveliest of Trees (arranged by Lance Baker) and Is My Team ploughing?. Connolly will perform Handel's Largo, Dido's Lament and a special arrangement of Purcell's aria Fairest Isle done by composer Raymond Yiu. The concert, entitled "A Night Under The Stars" will take place at the Southbank Centre on the South Bank of the Thames on 27 October. Tickets are available online and you can also donate to The Passage online.

Duncan Rock can next be seen onstage as Marcello in La bohème at the English National Opera from 16 October 16 to 14 November. The cast includes Zach Borichevsky as Rodolfo, Corinne Winters as Mimi, Ashley Riches as Schaunard and Nicholas Masters as Colline.