Five Opera Heroines: hear the world's best sopranos sing their hearts out
Five Opera Heroines: where to hear the world's best sopranos sing their hearts out
Verdi's La Traviata, Opera Holland Park
International Opera Awards nominee Lauren Fagan stars as the doomed society hostess Violetta in a new production of this moving and melodious classic. Photo: Victoria Cadisch
Read more ...Puccini's Tosca, Royal Opera House
A painter and an opera singer, living, loving and working in Rome, put themselves in great danger as they defy a tyrannical chief of police. The title role of Tosca includes the great aria Vissi d'arte – 'I lived for art'.
Verdi's La Traviata, English National Opera, Coliseum
Violetta appears to live the high life from day to day, but when real love arrives, she has to choose between her own future and her duty to the family of her lover, Alfredo. First production for ENO by new artistic director Daniel Kramer
Read more ...Mozart's Così Fan Tutte, Opera Holland Park
Two pairs of lovers swap partners when a challenge is thrown down to the young men. Luckily the genius of Mozart can unravel this knot. Listen out for Eleanor Dennis in the florid role of Fiordiligi
Read more ...Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
The heartbreaking story of a young Japanese woman married on a whim by an American naval officer and abandoned by him is the inspiration for Puccini's ravishing opera, Madama Butterfly, with wonderful music for the soprano in the title role.
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