Tosca Josi Steinfeld 02/12/2024Puccini was so captivated by Sardou’s play La Tosca (performed in French by Sarah Bernhardt), that, despite not understanding a...
La Bohème Josi Steinfeld 18/11/2024In March 1893, shortly after the premiere of Manon Lescaut, Puccini met fellow composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo in a café. Puccini...
The Tales of Hoffmann Josi Steinfeld 18/11/2024Offenbach’s final opera, Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), presents three fantastical stories from the life of the poet...
The Elixir of Love René Weis FRSA 16/11/2024Donizetti’s comic opera The Elixir of Love is the quintessential light-touch, bel canto opera buffa. It is a perennial favourite...
Eugene Onegin Owen Davies 13/11/2024Eugene Onegin is a very Russian opera. Premiered in Moscow in March 1879, it is set first in a remote country...
Maria de Rudenz Owen Davies 06/11/2024Famed as Donizetti’s greatest flop after its premier in Venice in 1838, Maria de Rudenz is given a rare production...
Rigoletto René Weis FRSA 31/10/2024This is the 14th outing at the ENO of Jonathan Miller’s 1982 Godfather production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. The Renaissance Court of...
Fidelio Marc Berman 15/10/2024Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, is often seen as a “problem” piece. It has wonderful music, starting with the overture so...
Eugene Onegin Josi Steinfeld 03/10/2024Eugene Onegin tells the tale of the Larin sisters—Tatyana, a romantic dreamer, and Olga, a playful flirt—living on their estate....
Suor Angelica Josi Steinfeld 01/10/2024In Puccini’s centenary year, it is fitting that a lesser-known work takes center stage. Suor Angelica is the middle opera...
