ROYAL OPERA OF LONDON
Plácido Domingo in
NABUCCO

Sunday, May 12 - 1:30pm
Wednesday, May 15 - 1:30pm

$15 Adults | $13 Seniors/Students
ALL SEATING GENERAL ADMISSION

Giuseppe Verdi | Opera in four acts | Sung in Italian
Running time: 170 minutes including one intermission

Plácido Domingo, one of the most celebrated talents of our time, is making a major role debut. This is a rare chance to see a genre-defining masterwork, containing some of the greatest choral music ever written, along with some wonderful arias and ensembles. This new production of NABUCCO is unmissable.

Domingo takes another thrilling step into the baritone repertory following his triumphs as Simon Boccanegra, as he sings the title role of Nabucco for the first time. He is joined by an exciting young cast including Ukranian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska as the power-hungry priestess Abigaille.

Acclaimed theatre and opera director Daniele Abbado makes his Royal Opera debut directing this coproduction with La Scala, Milan.

The plot is based on the biblical story of King Nebuchadnezzar (Nabucco), and focuses on his imprisonment of the Hebrews, his struggle against his unscrupulous daughter, Abigaille, his divine punishment and final salvation.

Verdi’s rich score offers melody, power and raw drama on a scale that does full justice to the opera’s epic themes of nationhood, faith, love and redemption and calls upon the full might of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus.

CAST
Nabucco: Plácido Domingo
Ismaele: Andrea Caré
Zaccaria: Vitalij Kowaljow
Abigaille: Liudmyla Monastyrska
Fenena: Marianna Pizzolato

CREATIVE
Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
Director: Daniele Abbado
Designs: Alison Chitty
Lighting design: Alessandro Carletti
Movement: Simona Bucci
Video designs: Luca Scarzella
 

ROYAL BALLET OF LONDON
GISELLE

Sunday, May 19 - 1:30pm
Wednesday, May 22 - 1:30pm

$15 Adults | $13 Seniors/Students
ALL SEATING GENERAL ADMISSION

Music by Adolphe Adam | A Ballet in Two Acts
Choreography by Marius Petipa
Running time 150 minutes including one intermission

GISELLE, is one of the most influential of all Romantic ballets, and one of the greatest and most popular works of the dance canon and of The Royal Ballet’s repertory. The title role (expertly danced by Critics’ Circle National Dance Award Winner Marianela Nuñez) presents the transcendental power of a woman’s love in the face of betrayal and is one of the most technically demanding and emotionally challenging roles in classical dance.

Fellow winner Critics’ Circle National Dance Award Rupert Pennefather co-stars as Albrecht.

Peter Wright’s sensitive staging in the atmospheric designs by John Macfarlane heightens the contrast as the story moves between the human and supernatural worlds..

The Telegraph raves: “The Royal Ballet's revival of GISELLE provides the succulent spectacle of a world-class company at the top of its game.”

Kenneth Branagh's Film Verison of
THE MAGIC FLUTE

Sunday, June 9 - 2:00pm
Tuesday, June 11 - 1:30pm

$15 Adults | $13 Seniors/Students
ALL SEATING GENERAL ADMISSION

Sung in English | Running time: 134 minutes

Mozart’s classic opera The Magic Flute is breathtakingly transformed in a spectacular film version conceived and directed by Kenneth Branagh, never before seen in the U.S.

Tivoli audiences can participate in an live, interactive, simulcast Q&A with Kenneth Branagh at the June 9th broadcast.

With a newly-adapted libretto by Stephen Fry and musical director James Conlon conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the film showcases opera stars René Pape, Tom Randle, Lyubov Petrova, Silvia Moi, Joseph Kaiser and Amy Carson in a romantic adventure story of humanity and fellowship, weaving drama with comedy.

“Branagh rings magic and a new life to Mozart.” (Classic FM)

A perennial favorite for generations of opera-goers this production is a visually extraordinary cinematic experience that the LA Times called “exuberant!”

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