Director

A Visit to Friends is an opera about love. Or, more accurately, about love’s frustrations. Drawing on Anton Chekhov’s short story and William Boyd’s Chekhovian play Longing, Colin Matthews’ opera (with libretto written by William Boyd) is, beguilingly, an opera within an opera, with music strongly influenced by Scriabin.

Aldeburgh Festival Opera: A Visit To Friends

Snape Maltings

The Dutchman’s mysterious ghost ship is doomed to roam the seas until he finds true love on land. The young Senta dreams of the mythical Dutchman and longs to break his curse. But a chance to do so only occurs every seven years.

Director

Rachael Hewer

Events

Past events

13 - 14 Jun, 2025

Aldeburgh Festival Opera: A Visit To Friends · Aurora Symphony Orchestra

23 - 29 Mar, 2025

The Flying Dutchman · Irish National Opera

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