Theatre Royal
Opera North Spring Season
Tuesday 22 - Saturday 26 February 2011
Carmen Tuesday 22 & Saturday 26 February 7pm
The Merry Widow
Wednesday 23 February 7.30pm
Friday 25 February 7.30pm (AD & SLIP)
The Portrait Thursday 24 February 7.30pm
Prices
Stalls £46, £37.50 , £27.50
Dress Circle £55, £49.50, £42
Upper Circle £41, £32.50, £23.50
Balcony £23.50, £15
Tickets subject to a credit/debit card booking fee.
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Under 18s / Registered Unwaged
Save 50% Tuesday to Friday
Students
Stalls tickets £10 Tuesday to Friday (full time students only)
Retired Over 60s
Save 10% Tuesday to Friday
Groups (8+)
Save 20%
School Parties (10+)
Save 50% in the Balcony with one free teacher place per 20 tickets purchased Tuesday to Friday.
Customers with Disabilities and essential companion
Save 50% (Stalls only)
Concession Holders
Subject to general seat availability - 20 tickets available at half price (max 2 tickets per person and only avaialble on the day)
Under 26s
Stalls tickets £7.50 (available from 6pm on the day - subject to availability and excluding Dress Circle)
Aged 16 and Under
Tickets £5 (max 4 per adult ticket purchased). The Adventures of Pinocchio only
Please note there are also season packages available when booking 3 or more operas. Please contact the box office for details on 0115 989 5555
Carmen
Georges Bizet
Carmen, the ultimate femme fatale, is at the centre of Bizet's fiery and passionate opera, a heady mix of sex and death in which every tune is a hit. Mezzo-soprano Heather Shipp sings the title role of an opera that outraged it's first night audience in Paris back in 1875, yet which has gone on to become one of the world's most popular operas.
Conductor: Andreas Delfs, Andrea Licata
Director: Daniel Kramer
Sung in French with English titles
The Merry Widow
Lehár
An exuberant evening of fun and romance with glorious music, sumptuous period costumes and dazzling dancing, choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood.
This new production, set in 1905, infuses Parisian sensuality with Viennese sophistication as the young, beautiful and exceptionally wealthy widow, Hanna Glawari seeks a new husband who will love her for herself and not her fortune.
With a glittering cast and creative team, this timeless classic will be a treat.
Conductor:Wyn Davies
Director: Giles Havergal
Sung in English
Lasts approximately 2 hours 30 minutes.
A co-production with Opera Australia
Audio Described and Sign Language Interpreted Performance
Fri 25 February
The Portrait
Mieczyslaw Weinberg
Chartkov, a poor but talented artist, acquires a painting in a Petersburg art shop that exerts a diabolical inflence over his life, granting him wealth and success, but at the cost of his artistic soul. From a fantastical story by Gogol, the Polish composer Weinberg, who was both influenced and championed by Shostakovich, fashions a powerful opera that emerges as a tale for our times.
Conductor: Rossen Gergov
Director: David Pountney
Sung in English
A co-production with Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy.
