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The Coliseum, London, UK Thu, 8th November 2007 - Fri, 7th December 2007 From £16.00*NEW PRODUCTION ENO’s commitment to reinvigorating the Italian repertoire, in particular Verdi’s operatic canon, continues with this major new production of Aida, an intoxicating work that blends impressive scale with moving intimacy. The Company’s first new Aida in more than 20 years sees ENO Music Director Edward Gardner working with the ENO Orchestra and Chorus to meet the full potential of Verdi’s marvellous score. In her house debut renowned British fashion designer Zandra Rhodes presents a vibrant re-imagining of ancient Egypt with her colourful sets and costumes. ...
The Coliseum, London, UK Fri, 19th October 2007 - Fri, 23rd November 2007 From £16.00*NEW PRODUCTION ENO begins the 2007/08 Sky Arts Season with an exhilarating, original staging of Carmen, one of the most beloved operas of all time. Film director Sally Potter ’ who won international acclaim for her Oscar nominated adaptation of Orlando in 1992 ’ makes her operatic debut, collaborating with designer Es Devlin and choreographer Pablo Veron to present a modern-day vision of this timeless drama. Drawing on the emotional essence of Bizet’s masterpiece, this new realisation marries vivid storytelling with dynamic dance elements. ENO Music Director Edward Gardner...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Mon, 28th January 2008 - Sat, 1st March 2008 From £35.00*Running time: 3 hours Sung in German with English surtitles * Jette Parker Young Artist Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte is always a favourite among operas, its magic weaving through not just the plot, but the music. In David McVicar’s wonderful staging for The Royal Opera, the comedy and pathos, the twists of the plot and the strong characterizations all combine beautifully, while John Macfarlane’s elegantly dark designs heighten the Enlightenment symbolism of a thoughtful and evocative interpretation.  The story begins as young prince Tamino battles a monster; when three ladies ...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Sat, 8th March 2008 - Mon, 7th April 2008 From £35.00*Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Running time: 3 hours Sung in Russian with English surtitles * Jette Parker Young Artist Tchaikovsky was drawn to Pushkin’s famous verse novel of 1833 as the subject for an opera by its ’Intimate and powerful drama’Š which can touch me to the quick’. Emotionally intense, the result has similarly touched audiences since its Moscow premiere in 1881. The music has Tchaikovsky at his most dramatic, from the emotional intimacy of the famous Letter scene to the grandeur of St Petersburg society on display. This production by the late Steven Pi...
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, UK Tue, 4th December 2007 - Sat, 8th December 2007 From £70.00*After last season’s sell-out performances, Glyndebourne on Tour returns to Sadler’s Wells with three more exceptional operas. This opera company, one of the world’s finest, is renowned for its guaranteed first-class productions, which offer a stunning variety of musical and theatrical styles. The Tour opens with a Glyndebourne classic - Peter Hall’s marvellous staging of Britten’s Albert Herring, which enjoyed such critical acclaim when it toured five years ago. ’If such a thing as a definitive production of the work exists, this is it’ SUNDAY TE...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Tue, 13th November 2007 - Thu, 29th November 2007 From £39.00*The therapeutic effects of a good bottle of red wine are well known ’ but as a love potion? In Donizetti’s charmingly popular L’elisir d’amore, Dr Dulcamara tries this bit of trickery on Nemorino, who has set his sights on the wealthy Adina, even though she seems smitten by a dashing sergeant. Donizetti’s music has wonderful ensembles, coloratura vocal fireworks and a wealth of tuneful melodies. The lively production, set in a contemporary Italian village, is by Laurent Pelly and the same team as last Season’s hot hit, La Fille du rĂ©giment. Mikko Franck co...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Mon, 17th December 2007 - Wed, 9th January 2008 From £35.00*December 17, 2007 to January 9, 2008 Running time: 3 hours Sung in Italian with English surtitle Background This Christmas The Royal Opera presents a different festive take on the familiar ’Cinderella’ story with Rossini’s La Cenerentola in its ever-popular and elegant production ’ 1950s chic, and even a limousine for that special journey to the all-important ball. Angelina beats her unpleasant sisters Clorinda and Tisbe to the heart of the handsome prince Don Ramiro, despite his disguise. Rossini’s music is at its most diverting, with lyrical tunes, characterfu...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Mon, 14th January 2008 - Thu, 14th February 2008 From £35.00** Jette Parker Young Artist A toast to the pleasures of life! ’ so sing the beautiful Parisian courtesan, her new admirer and her party guests, and all to one of Verdi’s most famous melodies. And so also begins the drama of this great opera based on La Dame aux camĂ©lias. When Violetta ValĂ©ry breaks society’s conventions for a life with Alfredo Germont their arrangement threatens to bring scandal on Alfredo’s family and ruin the future of his sister. Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s stern father, discovers that Violetta’s love is truly noble, while only too late...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Thu, 21st February 2008 - Wed, 12th March 2008 From £31.00*Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes (no interval) Sung in German with English surtitles Please note: This opera contains scenes of nudity and violence * Jette Parker Young Artist ’Dance Salome, dance for me’. At these words King Herod’s stepdaughter, the sensuous Salome, begins her famous Dance of the Seven Veils to arouse him. In return, she demands the head of John the Baptist on a silver charger: if the religious prophet she desired had refused her kiss in life, his severed head will not be able to refuse her lips in death. Even though Strauss’s operatic setting of th...
The Coliseum, London, UK Thu, 18th October 2007 - Tue, 6th November 2007 From £16.00*NEW PRODUCTION Making a welcome return to the London Coliseum, director Chen Shi-Zheng follows the critical success of his sumptuous staging of Orfeo with this highly anticipated new production of Monteverdi’s last opera, The Coronation of Poppea. Acclaimed for his graceful and fluid interpretation of early works, Chen Shi-Zheng creates a beautiful production in which Monteverdi’s masterful drama of lust and ambition triumphing over reason is given a magical setting. Enriched by cinematic qualities, it provides the perfect vehicle for the cream of young British talent ’ Kate...
The Coliseum, London, UK Mon, 26th November 2007 - Sat, 8th December 2007 From £19.00*NEW PRODUCTION ENO reaffirms its status as a world-leading Britten exponent with the UK premiere of David McVicar’s The Turn of the Screw, a beautiful production that ’transfixed audiences’ (The St Petersburg Times) when first staged at the Mariinsky (Kirov) Theatre in 2006. Considered the most dramatically arresting of all his stage works, Britten’s chamber opera is inspired by Henry James’s novella of the same name, a spinetingling ghost story in which forces of good and evil battle for a child’s soul. With a brooding filmic quality, this new production ...
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