Rodelinda, Handel: Cambridge Handel Opera Company
The Great Hall The Leys School, CambridgeCambridge Handel Opera Company (CHOC) celebrates the fusion of music and the stage with performances that are not just ‘historically informed’, but ‘historically inspired’. Led from the harpsichord by Artistic Director Julian Perkins, the company combines period instrumentalists from the ensemble Sounds Baroque with advanced students. The cast brings together young professional solo singers for what promises to be…
Pre-performance talk by Charlotte Valori: Verdi and Macbeth
Fisher Theatre 10 Broad Street, Bungay, SuffolkCome along to the Fisher Theatre bar before their screening of the Royal Opera House’s production of Macbeth, directed by Phyllida Lloyd, and you will find me talking about Verdi and his Macbeths - yes, there were two - and why this dark, Shakespearian tale of Scottish murder so utterly captivated the Italian composer for much…
ROH Live Screening: Verdi’s Macbeth
Fisher Theatre 10 Broad Street, Bungay, SuffolkThe warrior Macbeth fights on the side of the King of Scotland – but when a coven of witches prophesy that he shall become king himself, a ruthless ambition drives Macbeth and his wife to horrific acts. Murder makes Macbeth king, and intrigue and butchery are the hallmarks of his brief, doomed reign. The witches make…
Norwich Opera Club: Götterdämmerung, Wagner (Part One)
Assembly House Theatre Street, Norwich, NorfolkTonight's programme: a screening of the first part of Wagner's Götterdämmerung (DVD presented by John Newby); the second half will be presented on 19 April due to time constrictions. Norwich Opera Club is a sociable, informal gathering of opera enthusiasts. The Club doesn't produce performances, so you don't need to be able to sing. You may want…
Jane Eyre – The Musical, Norfolk Youth Music Theatre
Norwich Playhouse 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, NorfolkThe award winning Norfolk Youth Music Theatre bring Charlotte Bronte's great love story to life with singing to lift your heart. This beloved tale of secrets and the lies that secrets create, of unimaginable hope and unspoken passion, reminds us what it is to fall deeply, truly and completely in love. An amateur production. Music…
The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart: English Touring Opera
Snape Maltings Concert Hall Snape, SuffolkEnglish Touring Opera presents an energetic new production of one of the world’s most beloved operas, Mozart’s classic comedy The Marriage of Figaro. During the course of one eventful day, Figaro and Susanna must overcome every obstacle put in their way by Count Almaviva and his cronies before they can finally be united as man and…
Shackleton’s Cat, English Touring Opera
Britten Studio Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, SuffolkShackleton’s Cat returns in 2018, as part of ETO’s award-winning strand of operas for young people. The opera features nine performers, including singers and players, and tells the story of the voyage and destruction of the Endurance 100 years ago, and the subsequent tale of survival against all odds. The story itself begins in 2015,…
MET Opera Screening: Verdi’s Luisa Miller
Cinema City St Andrew's Street, Norwich, NorfolkPlácido Domingo adds yet another chapter to his legendary Met career with this rarely performed Verdi gem, a heart-wrenching tragedy based on Friedrich Schiller’s novel Intrigue and Love. The young maiden Luisa loves Rodolfo, unaware that he is actually the son of the local lord. An unscrupulous rival for her affections tells her father of…
Il Tabarro and Gianni Schicchi, Puccini: English Touring Opera
Snape Maltings Concert Hall Snape, SuffolkPuccini’s one-act operas Il tabarro and Gianni Schicchi could hardly be more different: one is a moody romance ending in a grotesque murder on a barge in Paris, and the other is a sparkling comedy about a family inheritance in Florence. First performed in 2011 to great critical acclaim, this double bill shows Puccini at his finest as a…
MET Opera: Massenet’s Cendrillon
Cinema City St Andrew's Street, Norwich, NorfolkA fairy godmother, a glass slipper, an opulent ball, an enchanted forest, and a Prince Charming who loves her – did all that really happen, or was it just a dream? Long-suffering Cendrillon lives a life of drudgery with her good-natured father and his imperious wife, until fate, romance, and a touch of fairy magic…
The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart: English Touring Opera
Cambridge Arts Theatre 6 St Edwards Passage, CambridgeWith a pre-show talk at 6:30pm: (booking essential on 01223 503333). Opera at 7:30pm. English Touring Opera presents an energetic new production of one of the world’s most beloved operas, Mozart’s classic comedy The Marriage of Figaro. During the course of one eventful day, Figaro and Susanna must overcome every obstacle put in their way by Count…
Il Tabarro and Gianni Schicchi, Puccini: English Touring Opera
Cambridge Arts Theatre 6 St Edwards Passage, CambridgePuccini’s one-act operas Il tabarro and Gianni Schicchi could hardly be more different: one is a moody romance ending in a grotesque murder on a barge in Paris, and the other is a sparkling comedy about a family inheritance in Florence. First performed in 2011 to great critical acclaim, this double bill shows Puccini at his finest as a…
Norwich Opera Club: Götterdämmerung, Wagner (Part Two)
Assembly House Theatre Street, Norwich, NorfolkTonight's programme: a screening of the second part of Wagner's Götterdämmerung (DVD presented by John Newby); the first half will have been already presented on 5 April due to time constrictions. Norwich Opera Club is a sociable, informal gathering of opera enthusiasts. The Club doesn't produce performances, so you don't need to be able to sing. You…
The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart: English Touring Opera
Cambridge Arts Theatre 6 St Edwards Passage, CambridgeEnglish Touring Opera presents an energetic new production of one of the world’s most beloved operas, Mozart’s classic comedy The Marriage of Figaro. During the course of one eventful day, Figaro and Susanna must overcome every obstacle put in their way by Count Almaviva and his cronies before they can finally be united as man and…
Shackleton’s Cat, English Touring Opera
Scott Polar Research Institute Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CambridgeshireShackleton’s Cat returns in 2018, as part of ETO’s award-winning strand of operas for young people. The opera features nine performers, including singers and players, and tells the story of the voyage and destruction of the Endurance 100 years ago, and the subsequent tale of survival against all odds. The story itself begins in 2015,…