Death was never going to confine the force of nature that was Ethel Smyth to obscurity for long. A trailblazing composer, conductor and feminist; she was a breaker of windows for the suffragettes, and a breaker of glass ceilings for women musicians of the Victorian era. During her life she met discrimination towards her work with defiance, becoming the first woman to have an opera performed at the New York Met and the first female composer to become a Dame.

The Boatswain's Mate

The Pavilion Gardens

Ernani is the opera that propelled Verdi to worldwide fame but has since become one of his lesser-performed works. It was his first collaboration with librettist Francesco Maria Piave, a hugely successful pairing that was followed by La traviata and Rigoletto.

Ernani

Buxton Opera House

UCOpera 2024 are proud to present a production of Robert Ward’s ‘The Crucible’. Performed in English, this opera is loosely inspired by Arthur Miller’s play of the same name. The story follows a small community in Salem, exploring accusations of witchcraft, betrayal and the frenzy and terror that can be whipped up by small communities.

Theo Perry

Events

Past events

14 - 19 Jul, 2024

The Boatswain's Mate · Buxton Opera House

12 - 17 Jul, 2024

Ernani · Buxton Opera House

Future and recently performed repertoire

Ned Travers in The Boatswain's Mate by Smyth

Buxton Opera House

Jago in Ernani by Verdi

Buxton Opera House

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