Satanic Rhapsody / Rustic Chivalry

Comunale Nouveau

At the very centre of Puccini’s late one-act opera is a nun with a tragic secret. Set in 20th century Italy, Suor Angelica follows the story of Sister Angelica, whose search for peace is troubled by her past. The opera contains some of Puccini’s most intimate and atmospheric music, including Angelica’s haunting solo, ‘Senza mamma’.

LSO: Puccini’s Suor Angelica

Usher Hall

At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andréa Chenier delivers an impassioned denunciation of Louis XVI. Five years later, the Revolution has given way to the Terror, transforming the power balance between Chénier, his beloved Maddalena, and Gérard, the man who could destroy him...

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Andrea Chenier (12A) Royal Opera House Live 23-24

Barbican Centre

A dazzling one-act opera, a journey into the psyche of a betrayed woman, consumed by rage and abandonment—feelings that awaken ancient, blood-soaked codes of honour. If Giovanni Verga’s eponymous novella has, over time, shaped the imagination of all Sicilian dramas of jealousy, this is also due to the music of Pietro Mascagni: direct, immediate, rough, with a special luminosity in evoking the landscape of the small town of Vizzini and a sudden violence in the eruption of passions. The emotional impact on the listener has endured since, to quote Sciascia, “the cry ‘they have killed compadre Turiddu’ for the first time sent a shiver down the spine of opera lovers.”

Cavalleria rusticana

Teatro Regio di Torino

Director Richard Jones updates Puccini’s triptych to the years following World War II, focusing on themes of class, morality and mortality. Speranza Scappucci conducts three casts featuring Natalya Romaniw, Étienne Dupuis, SeokJong Baek, Ermonela Jaho and Bryn Terfel. Conducted by Speranza Scappucci.

Elena Zilio

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 13 - Nov 21, 2026

Cavalleria rusticana · Teatro Regio Torino

5 - 18 Mar, 2027

Il trittico · Royal Opera House

Past events

21 - 29 Mar, 2026

Satanic Rhapsody / Rustic Chivalry · Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Aug 16, 2025

LSO: Puccini’s Suor Angelica · Usher Hall

Future and recently performed repertoire

Mother Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni

Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Monitress in Il trittico by Puccini

Royal Opera House

Lucia in Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni

Teatro Regio Torino

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