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Explore the 2023/24 season

Falstaff

Falstaff, Verdi

Wed 15 Nov 2023 at 7pm

Sat 18 Nov 2023 at 2pm

Merry wives and mischief

Join Shakespeare’s beloved rogue in this irreverent comedy that will have you rolling with laughter. Falstaff may be down on his luck, but he still thinks he’s the most charming man in Windsor. When he targets two wealthy wives he believes he’s hit the jackpot, but these women are no pushovers and they concoct a plan to teach Falstaff a lesson he’ll never forget…

Verdi’s score bursts with energy and wicked humour. With its unforgettable characters and unexpected twists, this new production promises to be a riot!

Part of Opera North’s Green Season.

#OperaGoes Green

Sung in English with English titles
Running time approximately 2 hours 20 minutes
Audio Described and Signed matinee performance on Sat 18 November

Masque of Might

Masque of Might, Purcell

Thu 16 Nov 2023 at 7pm 

An Eco-Entertainment

Don’t miss the world premiere of a witty new recycled opera. Sir David Pountney skilfully assembles Henry Purcell’s music to create a fantastical tale of power and the demise of the planet. Brace yourself as a tyrannical climate-denying ruler unleashes chaos on the planet until an eco-warrior arrives to save the day. But can nature fight back?

Inspired by the ‘masque’ (the 17th century equivalent of a variety show!) expect a unique performance of song, dance and spectacle. Taking place on a repurposed set, featuring re-used costumes and props, this recycled opera is the star of Opera North’s Green Season.

Music by Henry Purcell
Libretto assembled and adapted by Sir David Pountney

Part of Opera North’s Green Season.

#OperaGoes Green

Sung In English with English titles
Running time approx 2 hours 30 minutes  

La Rondine

La rondine, Puccini

Fri 17 Nov 2023 at 7pm

Merry wives and mischief

Join Shakespeare’s beloved rogue in this irreverent comedy that will have you rolling with laughter. Falstaff may be down on his luck, but he still thinks he’s the most charming man in Windsor. When he targets two wealthy wives he believes he’s hit the jackpot, but these women are no pushovers and they concoct a plan to teach Falstaff a lesson he’ll never forget…

Verdi’s score bursts with energy and wicked humour. With its unforgettable characters and unexpected twists, this new production promises to be a riot!

Part of Opera North’s Green Season.

#OperaGoes Green

Sung in Italian with English titles
Running time approximately 2 hours

Cavalleria rusticana/ Aleko, Mascagni / Rachmaninov

Wed 20 2024 at 7pm

Fri 22 Mar 2024 at 7pm

Enjoy twice the thrill with this double bill of the ever-popular Cavalleria rusticana and Rachmaninov’s rarely heard Aleko. In both gritty blood-soaked dramas, jealous love triangles plummet to violent ends.

Cavalleria rusticana
Turiddù and Lola were once lovers; but when he left to join the army, Lola married another man. Although Turridù finds consolation in the arms of Santuzza, his obsessive passion for Lola still burns fiercely. Thus the stage is set for a tale of faithlessness, jealousy and violence, set in a rural community where the church maintains an iron grip on the souls of its people.

A celebrated overnight success in its day, Cavalleria rusticana spearheaded the verismo movement which demonstrated that ordinary people can have opera-sized emotions too. Mascagni displays a masterly control of pacing, conveying a taut, gritty drama through a succession of gorgeously lyrical melodies. With a score that includes the famous Easter Hymn and Intermezzo, Cavalleria rusticana remains for many the very essence of Italian opera.

‘…Sofulak creates a potent atmosphere that gives fresh impetus to the tragedy’
★★★★ — The Telegraph (2017)

Aleko
Rachmaninov’s first opera is a story of emotion run riot. In the past, Aleko turned his back on the restrictions of conventional society and joined a marginalised community where he fell in love with a young woman, Zemfira. But her love for him has grown cold and she finds solace in the arms of a young lover. Driven on by the unforgiving code of honour he has inherited, Aleko exacts a bloody vengeance for this betrayal.

Composed when he was just 19 years old, Rachmaninov’s passionate score displays the rich orchestral palette familiar from his piano concertos and symphonies, as well as his unparalleled gift for melody – nowhere more so than in Aleko’s moving Cavatina. Karolina Sofulak’s new production shares the bill with Cavalleria rusticana, and is designed as a companion piece for Mascagni’s equally youthful masterpiece.

Cavalleria rusticana | Sung in Italian with English titles
Aleko | Sung in Russian with English titles
Running Time: Cavalleria rusticana | Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes
Aleko | 1 hour

Audio Described performance and Touch Tour on Fri 22 March
Age Recommendation: 12+ years old

Così fan tutte

Così fan tutte, Mozart

Thu 21 2024 at 7pm

Sat 23 Mar 2024 at 7pm

It starts with a casual bet. The wily cynic Don Alfonso wagers that the fiancées of two young men, complacent in their romantic notions of love, won’t stay faithful for a minute if put to the test. It sounds harmless enough and, anyway, the lovers are entirely sure of themselves. But there is cruelty in this game of love and chance.

It’s difficult to think of an opera that contains more music of sheer beauty than Così fan tutte – or has a libretto that is more unsettling. The plot is a work of supreme artifice, yet the opera charts the boundaries of real and feigned emotion, trust and deception, loyalty and desire, with unsparing accuracy and truthfulness. Tim Albery’s beautiful, thoughtful, 18th Century styled production is set firmly in a pitiless Age of Reason.

‘Go to this production: there are lots of good Cosìs, but this is in a class apart.’
— The Spectator

Sung in English with English titles
Running time approximately 3 hours

GREEN SEASON

Underlining its commitment to sustainability, Autumn sees Opera North performing its first full sustainable season in an ambitious and progressive programme guided by the Theatre Green Book.

All three operas will share scenic elements to create interlinked yet distinctive designs, enabling Opera North to reduce its use of materials, and all sets, props and costumes will be sourced from previous productions or purchased second-hand. More matinee performances have also been introduced in order to make it easier for audiences to travel on public transport.

Find out more here.