Don’t miss the chance to see these three incredible operas from Ellen Kent in Manchester
04.03.2022 - 11:43
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The award-winning producer Ellen Kent returns in Spring 2022 with the International Opera Festival tour, with Tosca, Carmen and Madama Butterfly.
Senbla, by arrangement with Opera International, proudly presents these three Ellen Kent productions with international soloists, highly-praised chorus and full orchestras.
As with any of Ellen Kent’s shows, all of the soloists have been hand-picked and directed by Ellen to create visually beautiful and moving productions.
Ellen said: “My operas have to be emotional and beautiful.”
Here’s more about each opera, take your pick!
Tosca has stood the test of time and is one of the undisputed classics of the opera repertoire. A tragic story of betrayal and lust, love and lies, Puccini’s Tosca is a masterpiece. The show features a wonderful children’s choir as well as one child solo.
Tosca is one the most popular operas, with its tender and moving arias Recondita Armonia, Vissi d’Arte and E Lucevan le Stelle, is a heady mixture of true love, torture and treachery, with two of the best roles for tenor and soprano, plus a pure evil villain as the baritone.
The sets for Tosca are rich, grand and lavish with beautiful period Italian tapestries, chandeliers and costumes replicating Rome in the early nineteenth century. The magnificent set was built by Set Up Scenery who also builds sets for the Royal Opera Covent Garden.
Welcoming back the celebrated Moldovan baritone Vladimir Dragos who will sing Scarpia, and the international stars, Elena Dee and Alyona Kistenyova with Petru Racovita, the International Moldovian baritone, sharing the role of Scarpia.
Two royal greyhounds from the West Yorkshire Greyhound Trust will appear in Act 1 with Scarpia's entrance.
This production will be sung