Lighting Designer

I Puritani was Vincenzo Bellini's last opera – a shining example of the beauty and drama of the bel canto tradition. The work was written for four of the foremost singers of the time, and its power rests largely on the singers' technical brilliance and expressiveness.

Here we see how the thin veil of reason can easily be torn – and madness takes over. In the demanding lead roles we hear a world-leading quartet: Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee as Elvira and Arturo, lovers torn apart by the chaos of civil war, Artur Ruciński as the jealous Riccardo, and Christian Van Horn as the warm-hearted Giorgio.

Opera (live) at the cinema: I Puritani

Umeå Folkets Hus

For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals. On New Year’s Eve, the curtain goes up on the first new Met production of Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly 50 years—a striking staging by Charles Edwards, who makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer. The Met has assembled a world-beating quartet of stars, conducted by Marco Armiliato, for the demanding principal roles. Soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee are Elvira and Arturo, brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War, with baritone Artur Ruciński as Riccardo, betrothed to Elvira against her will, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as Elvira’s sympathetic uncle, Giorgio.

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I Puritani

Lincoln Center

This world première delves into the intrigues and passions of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, who ruled over a fifth of world population in the 17th century. His love for his chief consort Mumtaz is enshrined in the Taj Mahal.

Taj Mahal

Grange Park Opera

This is a rare chance to hear Tchaikovsky’s rich, multi-layered score. Set against a background of aspiring Ukrainian independence, David Stout assumes the demanding title role, marshalling his Cossack troops.

Mazeppa

Japan meets America with disastrous results. A great love is met with devastating, casual betrayal.

Madama Butterfly

The plebeians plan to overthrow the aristos; a former pirate becomes Doge; a little girl disappears; poison is poured into a glass of drinking water.

Simon Boccanegra

Experience Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro like never before in this traditional production with a modern twist…

Set within a grand estate near Seville, titled (and entitled) aristocracy and the working classes live cheek by jowl in a self-contained world. Figaro, the quick-witted valet, and Susanna, his clever bride-to-be, find themselves navigating the tangled desires of their aristocratic master, Count Almaviva.

But in this world, the rules are crumbling. The old ways are being questioned and hierarchies are becoming blurred. Servants and masters share quarters, secrets, and even identities. In the estate’s hidden corners and enchanted woods, their paths collide, and finally, the human qualities of love and forgiveness transcend the madness.

Le nozze di Figaro

Royal College of Music

 Le nozze di Figaro

The legendary Nottingham Playhouse panto reaches new heights with a giant of a show – Jack and the Beanstalk! 
When Jack exchanges the family cow for mysterious beans, he begins an epic adventure when they grow into an enormous beanstalk. Join Jack as he bravely climbs to discover a land above the clouds, where a ferocious giant lurks in his castle. Will Jack outwit the giant and leave with his magic harp? And can he bag the golden egg-laying goose that will change his family’s fortunes forever? 

Jack and the Beanstalk

Nottingham Playhouse

Join Dick on his search for fortune, fame and new beginnings! Along the way, he’ll experience the adventure of a lifetime, battling rats, falling in love, and finding himself on the path to becoming the Mayor of London.

Dick Whittington and his Cat

Hackney Empire

Aleko is Rachmaninoff at his most effusive, in an exquisite score brimming with his trademark soaring melodies.

Sir Bryn Terfel is Pushkin’s Romantic hero, a tormented victim of passion with a knife at the ready for any wrong-doing.

He has turned his back on the ordinary world to be with Zemfira who breaks him. The blood-drenched show-down presents a side of Bryn that is rarely – if ever – seen.

n marked contrast, Bryn is Puccini’s comic trickster Gianni Schicchi
(pronounced Junny Skikki), called in by the wealthy Donatis to solve a family problem.

He refuses – until his daughter sings Puccini’s most famous aria O mio babbino caro.

This comic masterpiece (Puccini’s only comedy and written towards the end of his life) is built on every family’s nightmare: the reading of a will that goes disastrously wrong.

If you’ve never laughed out loud at an opera, try this!

Lighting Designer

Tim Mitchell

Events

Past events

Jan 10, 2026

Opera (live) at the cinema: I Puritani · Umeå Folkets Hus

Dec 31, 2025 - Jan 18, 2026

I Puritani · The Metropolitan Opera

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