British Youth Opera

Archive Listings for British Youth Opera

Le Nozze di Figaro (Sep 3/6/9)/The Rape of Lucretia (Sep 7/10) - T01934205393 British Youth Opera, in association with Southbank Sinfonia, returns to the Peacock Theatre for an eighth year, with two new productions featuring the next generation of professional opera singers. Mozart s masterly comedy of class, cross-dressing, mistaken identities and marriage, Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata (The Marriage of Figaro, or The Day of Madness), provides a perfect vehicle for the high-energy performances that have become a hallmark of British Youth Opera productions. Written in 1946, Britten s chamber opera The Rape of Lucretia is an intimate portrayal of a personal tragedy with historic consequences, set against a backdrop of war. The iconic tale of the last Prince of Rome s assault on the virtuous Lucretia makes for a piece of darkly dramatic and morally ambiguous theatre, its searing intensity heightened by Britten s music: dramatic, lyrical, and perfectly suited to a cast drawn from the country s top young singers.
3 Sep 11 to 10 Sep 11	Peacock Theatre, Inner London :: V222 listing details L1357689254
Double Bill/The Rake's Progress - T130357994 A double bill of Rossini comedies, Il Signor Bruschino and La Scala di Seta (The Silken Ladder) shows the composer at his most imaginative, featuring cunning plans, farcical misunderstandings, mistaken identities and inevitable happy endings. The programme is completed by Igor Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress which charts the dissolute career and eventual downfall of Tom Rakewell.Company Southbank Sinfonia.
4 Sep 09 to 12 Sep 09	Peacock Theatre, Inner London :: V222 listing details L1477663021
Flight - T018486860 Flight was first performed in 1998. Set in a busy airport, and inspired by a true story, the opera presents a group of people whoese lives happen to intersect on one particular day.Music Johnathan Dove.
6 Sep 08 to 12 Sep 08	Peacock Theatre, Inner London :: V222 listing details L01450648737
Don Giovanni/Eugene Onegin - T299375701
8 Sep 06 to 16 Sep 06	Peacock Theatre, Inner London :: V222 listing details L125531684
Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen - T01427185535
8 Sep 04 to 12 Sep 04	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L922956416
Handel's Semele - T01600919901
7 Sep 04 to 11 Sep 04	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L0532809622
Rising Stars - T142605698 Exciting young singers present a concert of love duets and arias for Valentine's Night linking love, music and the stars.Performer Valerie Masterson (soprano). Performer Russell Grant.
14 Feb 03	St John's, Smith Square, Inner London :: V01501089046 listing details L01474413275
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28 Aug 99 to 4 Sep 99	Peacock Theatre, Inner London :: V222 listing details L1764573390

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Concert :: Founded by Denis Coe, British Youth Opera nurtures and trains young operatic talent by offering the experience of working in a professional company and performing at major venues.