By Diane Parkes For stage designer Charles Edwards, Giacomo Puccini is the greatest opera composer because his stories cut straight to the heart. Puccini’s understanding of people ensures his works, which include Tosca, La bohème and Madam Butterfly,are among the most popular and frequently staged operas worldwide. And it...
Articles with the Tag opera favourites
Preview: Welsh National Opera, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Photo credit: Kirsten McTernan Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) Autumn Season comes to Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 13 to Saturday 16 November 2024, and includes Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi, Rigoletto, and Opera Favourites. Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi Following its WNO premiere in June 2024, Puccini’s triptych of one-act...
Preview: WNO Death in Venice, Così fan tutte, and Opera Favourites, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) Spring Season comes at Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 20 to Saturday 23 March 2024, with two new productions, Death in Venice and Così fan tutte Death in Venice WNO will stage a new production of Britten’s Death in Venice , which will be the first...