English Touring Opera
Presented by English Touring Opera
Monday - Rusalka, Tuesday - La tragédie de Carmen
Monday 3rd November - Tuesday 4th November
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Rusalka
By Dvořák, adapted by Iain Farrington
She is the mermaid forbidden to mix with mortals. He is the handsome prince for whom she risks everything. Together they embark on a love affair that sees her sacrifice her home and her immortality. Dvorak’s rapturous score is crowned by the poignant Song to the Moon.
A new, highly theatrical production by James Conway and Tom Daley, conducted by Alex Ingram, with designs by Paul Wills. Donna Bateman (Susannah, ETO Spring 2008) sings the title role, with Richard Roberts as the Prince, Fiona Kimm as Ježibaba and Camilla Roberts as the Foreign Princess.
La tragédie de Carmen
By Bizet, adapted by Peter Brook, Marius Constant, Jean-Claude Carrière
La tragédie de Carmen is opera at its most powerful, a raw and visceral adaptation of Bizet’s most popular work.A soldier, Don Jose, falls madly in love with the gypsey, Carmen. Despite the protestations of his faithful fiancee, Jose’s fate is sealed and his passion for the dimissive temptress can only lead to tragedy.
The score retains all of the most famous musical moments of the original; Carmen’s Habanera and Seguidilla, Don Jose’s Flower Song, and Escamillo’s swaggering Toreador Song. Directed by Andrew Steggall, conducted by Gareth Hancock, and features Leah Marian Jones singing the title role, with Sinead Campbell as Micaëla, David Curry as Don Jose, and Nicholas Garrett as Escamillo
“A raw, brutal tale of mutual self destruction that’s fuelled by both lust and existential bloodlust – and is as deadly for others as it is for themselves” – New York Times
| Evenings 7.30pm | £21.50 | £27.50 | £31.00 | £33.00 | £35.00 |
Performance Times
Monday: Rusalka 7.30pm
Tuesday: La Tragedie de Carmen 7.30pm
Pre–Show Talk: for both productions 6.30pm in the 1805 Rooms