Linbury Studio Theatre Royal Opera House £11–£25.50 www.roh.org.uk 020 7304 4000
Albert Herring The Emperor of Atlantis Albert Herring Albert Herring The Lighthouse The Emperor of Atlantis The Lighthouse
Thursday 4 October Friday 5 October Saturday 6 October Wednesday 10 October Thursday 11 October Friday 12 October Saturday 13 October
7.45pm 7.15pm/8pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 7.15pm/8pm 7.45pm
West Road Concert Hall Cambridge £12–£35 www.adcticketing.com 01223 300085
The Lighthouse Albert Herring The Emperor of Atlantis Albert Herring
Tuesday 16 October Wednesday 17 October Thursday 18 October Friday 19 October
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm/8.15pm 7.30pm
Exeter Northcott £18–£31 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 01392 493 493
The Lighthouse Albert Herring The Emperor of Atlantis Albert Herring
Wednesday 24 October Thursday 25 October Friday 26 October Saturday 27 October
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm/8.15pm 7.30pm
Assembly Hall Theatre Tunbridge Wells £19.50–£25.50 www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk 01892 530613/532072
The Emperor of Atlantis Albert Herring
Monday 29 October Tuesday 30 October
7.30pm/8.15pm 7.30pm
Harrogate Theatre £22 www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk 01423 502 116
The Lighthouse Albert Herring The Emperor of Atlantis
Thursday 1 November Friday 2 November Saturday 3 November
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm/8.15pm
Theatre Royal Bath £22.50–£36 www.theatreroyal.org.uk 01225 448844
Albert Herring The Lighthouse
Monday 5 November Tuesday 6 November
7.30pm 7.30pm
Snape Maltings Concert Hall £12–£29 www.aldeburgh.co.uk 01728 687 110
The Lighthouse Albert Herring The Emperor of Atlantis
Friday 9 November Saturday 10 November Sunday 11 November
7.30pm 7.30pm 4pm
Malvern Theatres £16–£25
Albert Herring
Tuesday 13 November
7.30pm
Malvern Priory £20 www.malvern-theatres.co.uk 01684 892277
The Emperor of Atlantis (semi-staged concert performance)
Wednesday 14 November
7.30pm/8.15pm
Buxton Opera House £17–£30 www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk 0845 127 2190
Albert Herring The Emperor of Atlantis
Friday 16 November Saturday 17 November
7.30pm 7.30pm/8.15pm
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English Touring Opera’s new season in Autumn 2012 is surprising, dramatic, risky and entertaining. ETO invites you to try operas you have not yet experienced – very different evenings of music and theatre, each a masterpiece.
This second collaboration with the award-winning Aurora Orchestra includes a village comedy of manners (Albert Herring), a psychological twister (The Lighthouse), and a poignant tribute to life in the face of death (The Emperor of Atlantis). The musical styles are just as various – ranging from Britten’s witty ensembles and sharply characterised songs to Maxwell Davies’ evocation of madness in a lonely lighthouse. In between are the ravishing melodies, the dance-like music hall numbers, and the glorious chorale of Viktor Ullmann’s rarely performed opera, smuggled from a concentration camp after his murder.
Rich and unusual as these operas are, they are all highly entertaining in very different ways. For those new to opera – of all ages – they offer an exciting ‘way in’, through drama, dance and song. For people who already love opera, here is a chance to see some unusual repertoire, performed with care and excellence by superb singers and players. This is opera beyond the ‘top ten’ titles – each one a remarkable record of a special moment in the 20th century, when things changed forever.
Autumn 2012
Peter Maxwell Davies
Viktor Ullmann
Benjamin Britten
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