Opera Favourites
Archived: 2023/2024Overview
Welsh National Opera bring an unforgettable night of opera favourites to the concert stage.
Whether an opera enthusiast or curious to give it a go, take a seat and join us on a journey through some of the best-known pieces in the operatic world, which are more familiar than you might think.
Enjoy a wealth of delightful arias, from the beautifully exquisite O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) to the instantly recognisable La donna è mobile (Rigoletto), plus sublime choral and orchestral numbers from other great operas. The evening will feature music regularly heard in popular culture from Mozart to Verdi, Puccini, Britten and more – the ultimate operatic pick-and-mix.
Verdi Opening Scene Una vela! from Otello
Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart Non più andrai from The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart Voi che sapete from The Marriage of Figaro
Britten Act 1 Duet and Storm Interlude from Peter Grimes
Humperdinck Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel
Verdi Act 1 Duet È lui! Desso! L’infante! from Don Carlo
Bizet Habanera L’amour est un oiseau rebelle from Carmen
Puccini Signore Ascolta from Turandot
INTERVAL
Tchaikovsky Entr’acte and Waltz from Eugene Onegin
Puccini O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi
Puccini Humming Chorus from Madam Butterfly
Verdi La donna è mobile from Rigoletto
Verdi Duca, duca!... Scorrendo uniti from Rigoletto
Verdi Act 3 Quartet Bella figlia dell’amore from Rigoletto
Delibes Sous le dôme épais (The Flower Duet) from Lakmé
Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
Mascagni Easter Hymn from Cavalleria rusticana
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