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Jonas Kaufman in the title role of Verdi’s “Otello”.
Sat 10 June 3 2.30pm
MAIN HOUSE Tickets £15.00 £13.00 TLC £13.00 Concessions
NT LIVE: PETER PAN
All children, except one, grow up…
Captured live at the National Theatre, a recorded performance of J.M. Barrie’s much-loved tale screens in cinemas.
When Peter Pan, leader of the Lost Boys, loses his shadow, headstrong Wendy helps him to reattach it. In return, she is invited to Neverland, where Tinker Bell the fairy, Tiger Lily and the vengeful Captain Hook await. A riot of magic, music and make-believe ensues.
A delight for children and adults alike, Sally Cookson (Jane Eyre) directs this wondrously inventive production, a co-production with Bristol Old Vic theatre.
Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk 4 Thur 22 June 7.00pm
STUDIO THEATRE Tickets £15.00 £13.00 TLC £13.00 Concessions
SALOME
The story has been told before, but never like this.
An occupied desert nation. A radical from the wilderness on hunger strike. A girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world.
This charged retelling turns the infamous biblical tale on its head, placing the girl we call Salomé at the centre of a revolution. Internationally acclaimed theatre director Yaël Farber (Les Blancs) draws on multiple accounts to create her urgent, hypnotic production on the stage of the National Theatre.
“Epic. A near-perfect production.” Guardian (on Les Blancs)
Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk Wed 28 June 5 7.30pm
STUDIO THEATRE Tickets £19.00 £17.00 TLC £17.00 Concessions £8.50 Under 16s
(VERDI) OTELLO World-famous tenor Jonas Kaufmann makes his role debut as Otello in Verdi’s passionate retelling of Shakespeare’s great tragedy of jealousy, deception and murder. Soprano Maria Agresta will be his Desdemona and baritone Ludovic Tézier his nemesis Iago in a new production by Olivier Award-winning director Keith Warner.
A major work of the opera repertory, Verdi’s Otello draws on the full forces of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, the Royal Opera Chorus and this stellar line-up of principal singers, with exquisite duets, emotionally potent solo numbers and thrilling choruses. Particular highlights include Otello and Desdemona’s rapturous love duet and Desdemona’s poignant Willow Song.
Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts this Italian masterpiece.
Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk 6 15 July - 26 August 7.00pm
STUDIO THEATRE Tickets £19.00 £17.00 TLC £17.00 Concessions
SALZBURG FESTIVAL
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Mascagni)/ PAGLIACCI (Leoncavallo) Saturday 15 July 2017, 7:00pm Adapted from the short story written by Giovanni Verga, Cavalleria Rusticana is a one-act opera considered one of the classics of verismo opera, often paired with Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.
FIDELIO (Beethoven) Saturday 5 August 2017, 7:00pm Unaware that they are brothers, two men engage in mortal combat; fate interweaves this story with that of two strong women.
IL TROVATORE (Verdi) Saturday 26 August 2017, 7:00pm
Il Trovatore is a unique plea for humanity and justice, in the guise of an opera about escape and liberation.
Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk 20 & 27 July 7 7.00pm
STUDIO THEATRE Tickets £15.00 £13.00 TLC £13.00 Concessions
ANGELS IN AMERICA NT Live: Angels In America Part 1 Millennium Approaches Thursday 20th July 2017, 7:00pm
NT Live: Angels In America Part 2 Perestroika Thursday 27th July 2017, 7:00pm
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.
Andrew Garfield Silence,( Hacksaw Ridge) plays Prior Walter along with a cast including Denise Gough (People, Places and Things), Nathan Lane (The Producers), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Russell Tovey (The Pass).
This new staging of Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning two-part play is directed by Olivier and Tony award-winning director Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, War Horse).
Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk 8 Sat 22 July 7.00pm
Sun 23 July (encore) 3.00pm MAIN HOUSE Tickets £17.50 £16.50 Concessions
ANDR É RIEU
2017 MAASTRICHT CONCERT
‘The King of Waltz’, André Rieu is one of the world’s most popular music artists. His legendary annual Maastricht concert is the most eagerly anticipated cinema event of the year, last year setting new box office records in several countries. Set against the stunning medieval backdrop of the town square in André’s Dutch hometown, the spectacular Maastricht concert features the maestro in his element, along with his 60-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra, sopranos, tenors and very special guests. André delivers an unforgettable musical experience full of humour, fun and emotion for all ages.
Take a front row seat and experience this spectacular musical event on the big screen. Enjoy backstage access, interviews with André and his special guests, musical favourites and much, much more, exclusive to cinema.
Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk Thur 31 August 9 7.00pm
STUDIO THEATRE Tickets £19.00 £17.00 Concessions
NT LIVE: YERMA The incredible Billie Piper (Penny Dreadful, Great Britain) returns in her Evening Standard Best Actress award-winning role. A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece.
The unmissable theatre phenomenon sold out at the Young Vic and critics call it ‘an extraordinary theatrical triumph’ (The Times) and ‘stunning, searing, unmissable’ (Mail on Sunday). Billie Piper’s lead performance is described as ‘spellbinding’ (The Evening Standard), ‘astonishing’ (iNews) and ‘devastatingly powerful’ (The Daily Telegraph). Set in contemporary London, Piper’s portrayal of a woman in her thirties desperate to conceive builds with elemental force to a staggering, shocking, climax.
Please note that this broadcast does not have an interval.
Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk 10 Thur 14 September 7.00pm
MAIN HOUSE Tickets £19.00 £17.00 Concessions £8.50 Child
CARMEN ON THE LAKE
Performed on the spectacular water stage of Lake Constance in Bregenz (Austria), George Bizet’s Carmen is a story of passion, destiny and obsession. The French composer’s opera is most famous for its Spanish melodies, including the Flower Song, Habanera and the Toreador Song.
On 14 September, experience Carmen like never before – recorded live on the floating stage during the Bregenz Festival. As with their previous spectacular productions, you can expect the staging of this classic tale to have an extravagantly original and innovative design, with the waters of the lake being used as an extension of the stage.
This production of Carmen will be directed by Kasper Holten, Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House in London, with the set designed by the British artist Es Devlin. Her past work includes sets for such stars as Adele, Take That, U2, Pet Shop Boys and Kanye West.
Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk 11 RSC LIVE Tickets £15.00 £13.00 TLC £13.00 Concessions
RSC LIVE BROADCASTS RSC LIVE: TITUS ANDRONICUS Wednesday 9 August 2017, 7:00pm, studio theatre
Titus is a ruler exhausted by war and loss, who relinquishes power but leaves Rome in disorder. Rape, cannibalism and severed body parts fill the moral void at the heart of this corrupt society. Shakespeare’s gory revenge tragedy presents us with murder as entertainment, and, as the body count piles up, poses questions about the nature of sexuality, family, class and society.
RSC LIVE: CORIOLANUS Wednesday 11 October 2017, 7:00pm, studio theatre
Rome Season Director, Angus Jackson, completes our collection of Shakespeare’s Roman plays with a visceral production which sees Sope Dirisu (One Night in Miami, Donmar Warehouse, 2016) take on the title role. Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk 12 THE ROYAL BALLET Tickets £19.00 £17.00 TLC £8.50 Child *
THE ROYAL BALLET: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND * Monday 23 October 2017, 7:15pm, studio theatre
Follow Alice down the rabbit hole in Christopher Wheeldon’s exuberant ballet, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s much-loved book.
THE ROYAL BALLET: THE NUTCRACKER * Tuesday 5 December 2017, 7:15pm, main auditorium Sunday 10 December 2017, 2:00pm, main auditorium
A young girl’s enchanted present leads her on a wonderful Christmas adventure in this beautiful classical ballet, danced to Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score.
Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk THE ROYAL 13 BALLET Tickets £19.00 £17.00 TLC £8.50 Child *
THE ROYAL BALLET: MANON Thursday 3 May 2018, 7:15pm, studio theatre
Kenneth MacMillan’s masterpiece of modern ballet is revived this season as part of continuing celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of his death.
THE ROYAL BALLET: SWAN LAKE * Tuesday 12 June 2018, 7:15pm, main auditorium
The Royal Ballet presents a new production of Tchaikovsky’s magnificent classical ballet, with additional choreography by Liam Scarlett and designs by John Macfarlane.
Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk 14 THE ROYAL OPERA Tickets £19.00 £17.00 Concessions
THE ROYAL OPERA: THE MAGIC FLUTE (Mozart) Wednesday 20 September 2017, 7:15pm, studio theatre
Julia Jones conducts The Royal Opera’s gorgeous production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute with two wonderful casts including Roderick Williams as Papageno and Janai Brugger as Pamina.
Sung in German with English Surtitles.
THE ROYAL OPERA: LA BOHEME (Puccini) Tuesday 3 October 2017, 7:15pm, studio theatre Puccini’s passionate opera is conducted by Antonio Pappano and stars a superb young cast including Nicole Car, Michael Fabiano and Mariusz Kwiecień, in a new production by Richard Jones.
Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk THE ROYAL 15 OPERA Tickets £19.00 £17.00 Concessions £8.50 Child *
THE ROYAL OPERA: RIGOLETTO (Verdi) Tuesday 16 January 2018, 7:15pm, studio theatre Alexander Joel conducts two excellent casts led by Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Dimitri Platanias in David McVicar’s acclaimed production of Verdi’s potent and tragic opera.
THE ROYAL OPERA: TOSCA (Puccini) * Wednesday 7 February 2018, 7:15pm, studio theatre Three casts, led by Adrianne Pieczonka, Angela Gheorghiu and Martina Serafin and conducted by Dan Ettinger and Plácido Domingo, star in The Royal Opera’s production of Puccini’s thriller.
THE ROYAL OPERA: CARMEN (Bizet) Tuesday 6 March 2018, 6:45pm, studio theatre Barrie Kosky directs Bizet’s much-loved opera, with Jakub Hruša and Christopher Willis conducting two casts led by Anna Goryachova and Gaëlle Arquez in the title role. Sung in French with English surtitles.
Box Office 0164601646 695267695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk 16 Met Opera Tickets £19.00 | £17.00 Concession 10% discount for 2 - 4 15% discount for 5 - 7 20% discount for 8 –10
NORMA (Bellini) Saturday 7 October 2017, 5:55pm, studio theatre
The 2017–18 season opens with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece, starring Sondra Radvanovsky as the Druid priestess and Joyce DiDonato as her archrival, Adalgisa—a casting coup for bel canto fans. Sir David McVicar’s evocative production sets the action deep in a Druid forest where nature and ancient ritual rule.
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Mozart) Saturday 14 October 2017, 5:55pm, studio theatre
Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts the full-length German version of Mozart’s magical fable, in Julie Taymor’s spectacular production, which captures both the opera’s earthy comedy and its noble mysticism.
Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk Met Opera Tickets 1719 £19.00 | £17.00 Concession 10% discount for 2 - 4 15% discount for 5 - 7 20% discount for 8 –10
THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (Adès) Saturday 18 November 2017, 5:55pm, studio theatre The Met presents the American premiere of Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel, inspired by the classic Luis Buñuel film of the same name. Tom Cairns, who wrote the libretto, directs the new production, and Adès conducts his own adventurous new opera.
TOSCA (Puccini) Saturday 27 January 2018, 5:55pm, main auditorium Rivalling the splendour of Franco Zeffirelli’s set and costumes of the Napoleonic era, Sir David McVicar’s ravishing new production offers a splendid backdrop for two extraordinary sopranos sharing the title role of the jealous prima donna: Kristine Opolais and Anna Netrebko; with Bryn Terfel, Michael Volle, and George Gagnidze as the depraved police chief Scarpia.
Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk 18 Met Opera Tickets £19.00 | £17.00 Concession 10% discount for 2 - 4 15% discount for 5 - 7 20% discount for 8 –10
L’ELISIR D’AMORE (Donizetti) Saturday 10 February 2018, 5:00pm, main auditorium Pretty Yende debuts a new role at the Met with her first Adina opposite Matthew Polenzani. Bartlett Sher’s production is charming, with deft comedic timing, but also emotionally revealing. Domingo Hindoyan conducts.
LA BOHEME (Puccini) Saturday 24 February 2018, 5:30pm, main auditorium The world’s most popular opera returns in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production. Alexander Soddy and Marco Armiliato share conducting duties.
SEMIRAMIDE (Rossini) Saturday 10 March 2018, 5:55pm, studio theatre This masterpiece of dazzling vocal fireworks makes a rare Met appearance — its first in nearly 25 years — with Maurizio Benini on the podium. Box Office 01646 695267 / Visit torchtheatre.co.uk Met Opera Tickets 19 £19.00 | £17.00 Concession 10% discount for 2 - 4 15% discount for 5 - 7 20% discount for 8 –10
COSI FAN TUTTE (Mozart) Saturday 31 March 2018, 5:55pm, main auditorium A winning cast comes together for Phelim McDermott’s clever vision of Mozart’s comedy about the sexes, set in Coney Island in the 1950s — complete with bearded ladies, fire eaters and a Ferris wheel.
LUISA MILLER (Verdi) Saturday 14 April 2018, 5:30pm, studio theatre James Levine and Plácido Domingo add yet another chapter to their legendary Met collaboration with this rarely performed Verdi gem, a heart-wrenching tragedy of fatherly love.
CENDRILLON (Massenet) Saturday 28 April 2018, 5:55pm, studio theatre Now, for the first time ever, Massenet’s sumptuous take on the Cinderella story comes to the Met, with Joyce DiDonato starring in the title role. Bertrand de Billy conducts Laurent Pelly’s imaginative storybook production. Sung in French JUNE 2017 NT Live Presents Peter Pan 2:30pm Saturday 10 June NT Live Presents Salome 7:00pm Thursday 22 June The Royal Opera: Otello Verdi 7:15pm Wednesday 28 June JULY 2017 Salzburg Festival: Cavalleria Rusticana – Mascagni 7:00pm Saturday 15 July NT Live: Angels In America Part 1 Millennium Approaches 7:00pm Thursday 20 July Andre Rieu’s 2017 Maastricht Concert 7:00pm Saturday 22 July Andre Rieu’s 2017 Maastricht Concert (Encore) 3:00pm Sunday 23 July NT Live: Angels In America Part 2 Perestroika 7:00pm Thursday 27 July AUGUST 2017 Salzburg Festival: Fidelio – Beethoven 7:00pm Saturday 5 August RSC Live: Titus Andronicus 7:00pm Wednesday 9 August NT Live Presents: Yerma 7:00pm Thursday 31 August Salzburg Festival: Il Trovatore – Verdi 7:00pm Saturday 26 August SEPTEMBER 2017 Carmen by the Lake, Bregenz Festival 7:00pm Thursday 14 September The Royal Opera: The Magic Flute – Mozart 7:15pm Wednesday 20 September OCTOBER 2017 The Royal Opera: La Boheme – Puccini 7:15pm Tuesday 3 October Met Opera: Norma – Bellini 5:55pm Saturday 7 October RSC Live: Coriolanus 7:00pm Wednesday 11 October Met Opera: Die Zauberflote – Mozart 5:55pm Saturday 14 October The Royal Ballet: Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland 7:15pm Monday 23 October NOVEMBER 2017 Met Opera: The Exterminating Angel – Adès 5:55pm Saturday 18 November DECEMBER 2017 The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker 7:15pm Tuesday 5 December The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker (Encore) 2:00pm Sunday 10 December JANUARY 2018 The Royal Opera: Rigoletto – Verdi 7:15pm Tuesday 16 January 2018 Met Opera: Tosca – Puccini 5:55pm Saturday 27 January 2018 FEBRUARY 2018 The Royal Opera: Tosca – Puccini 7:15pm Wednesday 7 February 2018 Met Opera: L’elisir D’amore – Donizetti 5:00pm Saturday 10 February 2018 Met Opera: La Boheme – Puccini 5:30pm Saturday 24 February 2018 MARCH 2018 The Royal Opera: Carmen – Bizet 6:45pm Tuesday 6 March 2018 Met Opera: Semiramide – Rossini 5:55pm Saturday 10 March 2018 Met Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte – Mozart 5:55pm Saturday 31 March 2018 APRIL 2018 The Royal Opera: Macbeth (Encore) 2:00pm Sunday 8 April 2018 Met Opera: Luisa Miller – Verdi 5:30pm Saturday 14 April 2018 Met Opera: Cendrillon – Massenet 5:55pm Saturday 28 April 2018 MAY 2018 The Royal Ballet: Manon 7:15pm Thursday 3 May 2018 JUNE 2018 The Royal Ballet: Swan Lake 7:15pm Tuesday 12 June 2018