Opera Anywhere

Puccini

TRIUMPH & TRAGEDY

Madame Butterfly

Humming Chorus

Tutti Fior (Cio-Cio-San & Suzuki)

Turandot

Signore ascolta (Liu), Tu che di gel seil cinta (Liu)

Puccini songs

E l’uccellino canta sulla fronda

Terra e Mare

Gianni Schicchi

O mio babino caro (Lauretta)

La Boheme

Quando men vo (Musetta), Donde lieta (Mimi)

La Fancuila del West

Oh! Se Sapeste (Minnie)

Il Tabarro

Se tu sapesi gli oggetti strani (oh let me show things rare and pretty); sung in English (Frugola & Georgette)

Tosca

Vissi d’arte (Tosca)

 

INTERVAL

 

Sister Angelica

 

We are delighted to welcome back Opera Anywhere for a wonderful programme of Puccini and his operatic heroines. Founders & Directors of Opera Anywhere, Mike & Vanessa Woodward, again bring a fine ensemble of young singers, mini-band & support team, for a show directed by long-term Opera Anywhere member Katie Blackwell.

In the first half, you will hear popular arias, duets and ensembles with female operatic characters from operas Madame Butterfly, Turandot, Gianni Schicchi, La Bohème, La Fanciulla del West, Il Tabarro & Tosca. Many of these are also well-known as separate pieces. Puccini had an uncanny knack of conveying women with a mix of pathos and power, vulnerability and strength, love and longing. You will share their dramas.

In the second half, we hear the deeply touching tale of Sister Angelica, a one-act opera that the director has chosen to set in the Ireland of the 1950s, in a rural convent – a superstitious and isolated community. With a socio-political background (very appropriate for Puccini), it is a moving story of love and faith, with the ‘disgraced’ Angelica the only character really deserving of redemption. 

Members of the cast include Helen Winter, Freya Jacklin and Vanessa Woodward, who featured in their terrific Magic Flute two years ago.

 

 

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