Ellen Kent Brighton
UK Season (2 shows)
Tue 25 Apr - Wed 26 Apr 2023 Tickets available from £13.00 to £47.75
subject to a transaction fee of up to £3.80
Opera
Puccini’s La Bohème
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Ellen Kent's La Bohème
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Ellen Kent's Madama Butterfly
Wed 26 Apr 2023
Senbla presents Opera International's award-winning Ellen Kent Production featuring the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv, with international soloists, highly-praised chorus and full orchestra.
UK season (2 shows)
Tue 25 Apr - Wed 26 Apr 2023
Starring Ukrainian soprano Alyona Kistenyova, Korean soprano Elena Dee and French soprano Olga Perrier*
Directed by Ellen Kent, this brand new production is traditionally staged and features beautiful sets and costumes.
La Bohème is one of the most romantic operas ever written. It tells the tragic tale of the doomed, consumptive Mimi and her love for a penniless writer.
The set reflects the Bohemian art of the period and will include, a local brass band, snow effects and Muzetta’s dog will also make an entrance.
This classic tale of Parisian love and loss features many famous arias including Your Tiny Hand is Frozen, They Call Me Mimi and Muzetta’s Waltz.
‘Authentic, tender and passionate’ - DAILY TELEGRAPH
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
Welcoming back the fabulous Korean soprano Elena Dee, Ukrainian soprano Alyona Kistenyova and Ukrainian mezzo-soprano Natalia Matveeva*
Back by overwhelming public demand, this award-winning Opera returns in a new production with exquisite sets including a spectacular Japanese garden and fabulous costumes including antique wedding kimonos from Japan.
One of the world’s most popular operas, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly tells the heart-breaking story of the beautiful young Japanese girl who falls in love with an American naval lieutenant – with dramatic results.
Highlights include the melodic Humming Chorus, the moving aria One Fine Day and the unforgettable Love Duet.
‘Above all it was a production which captured the raw emotion at the centre of the opera. Don’t take a handkerchief with you, take a box of them’ - THE INDEPENDENT
Both operas sung in Italian with English surtitles
*Cast subject to change.