Seth Mease Carico – An officer

The tempestuous story of the love affair between Count Almaviva and Rosina, whose happy ending is thanks only to the wiles of Figaro, the barber, has been considered the archetypal work of opera buffa ever since its premiere. Rossini’s score serves up a characteristically florid dish of melodies and rousing, … read more

Tom Corbeil – English Clerk

An aging writer in crisis seeks salvation in the light and splendour of Venice. Confronted instead with a decaying city, and thwarted in his search for creative inspiration, he becomes bewitched with the vitality and beauty of a young boy. Based on Thomas Mann’s novella, Death in Venice was Benjamin … read more

Alison Trainer: Lisa

Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece.  Tickets & Information.… read more

Steven Sanders: Ottavio

Aided by his faithful servant Leporello, Don Giovanni adds conquest to his ever growing list. Three of his victims try to find justice but it takes divine intervention to drag him down to his fiery end!  Tickets & Informationread more

Levi Hernandez: Sharpless

At her wedding to Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton the Geisha, Cio-Cio-San promises to be his for life; just three years later, abandoned and on the verge of poverty, she and her young son wait with fierce hope for his return. This visually stunning new production by the internationally acclaimed creative team … read more

Michael Mayes: Don Giovanni

Aided by his faithful servant Leporello, Don Giovanni adds conquest to his ever growing list. Three of his victims try to find justice but it takes divine intervention to drag him down to his fiery end!  Tickets & Informationread more

Scott Scully: Simpleton (cover)

Valery Gergiev conducts Mussorgsky’s soulful spectacle, which captures the suffering and ambition of a nation. “Boris Godunov is a masterpiece,” Stein says. “The challenge is to transmit the enormous emotional depth of the whole thing. Boris is the czar, but he is expressing a problem we all have: the … read more

Jesse Blumberg: John Sargent

In 1888 an odd, quiet man named John Sargent moved from Maine to Wyoming with his business partner and his family. Within a few years he was penniless and alone: he was suspected of murdering both wife and partner, and his children had been removed from his care. He left.  Later … read more