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Suor Angelica
ShortWorks - 17th Oct (15:30), 20th Oct (15:30), 23rd Oct (15:30), 26th Oct (11:00), 29th Oct (15:30)
€20.00
Pucchini’s personal favourite of the three pieces that make up his famous Trittico. This is the tragic story of Sister Angelica who has been confined to a convent for seven years in order to expiate the sin of an illicit liaison – but redemption for her is not in this life – Beautiful lush music with an all- female cast.
- Giacomo Puccini
- (Sung in Italian with English Surtitles)
Il Signor Bruschino
ShortWorks - 18th Oct (15:30), 21st Oct (15:30), 24th Oct (15:30), 27th Oct (15:30), 30th Oct (15:30)
€20.00
This hilarious opera exploits the predictable mix of voice-types, featuring young (and not so-young) lovers, implacable guardians and bad tempered fathers, all doing their best to become still more mixed as various cases of mistaken identity are played out against the familiar backdrop of an Italian country and nearby village.
- Gioachino Rossini
- (Sung in Italian with English Surtitles)
The Old Maid & the Thief
ShortWorks - 19th Oct (15:30), 22nd Oct (15:30), 25th Oct (15:30), 28th Oct (15:30), 31st Oct (15:30)
€20.00
The first ever opera commissioned for radio is a light and apparently inconsequential satire on women’s innate ability to make reality suit their own needs: in his own words, ‘ woman can do that devil himself can’t do: make a thief of an honest man’
- Gian Carlo Menotti
- (Sung in English)
That’s as may be; Menotti’s little drama is in any case a bit more complicated, featuring a good deal of drinking, and intoxicating music to match.
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"There are two big opera anniversaries this year: 150
years since the birth of Puccini, and 100 years since the death of
Rimsky-Korsakov. We are managing to celebrate both. The
choice of Snegurochka to the
main stage gives us an opportunity to introduce
audiences to a masterpiece very rarely performed outside Russia. Two long running themes of the Festival, the
exploration of neglected but worthy opera in English and
that of pre-Verdian Italian opera, are developed this year in the shape
of the Mines of
Sulphur and Tutti in
Maschera"
- David Agler - Artistic
Director
