Royal Academy Opera will present Britten’s “The Rape of Lucretia” at the Susie Sainsbury Theatre in London this May. Bicentenary Scholar Ella Orehek-Coddington takes the title role, joined by Pavel Basov as Collatinus, Harrison Robb as Junius, and Oliver Heuzenroeder as Tarquinius. Yihui Wang and Madeleine Perring perform the Male and Female Chorus roles respectively, with Viktoriia Melkonian as Bianca {…}
(Credit: © Craig Fuller) When it comes to sex and death, timing is everything. The Royal Academy of Music is one of Europe’s leading conservatoires, with a renowned opera program for young singers whose stars are in the ascendant. This autumn they offered – across two casts – a double bill of Maurice Ravel’s mischievous farce “L’heure Espagnole” and Giacomo {…}
The Royal Academy Opera, a UK-based indepedent opera company, has announced that it will present the world premiere of a new edition of Purcell’s famed “Dido and Aeneas.” The premiere will stream via YouTube on May 27 and 28, 2021. The new edition will be conducted by Elizabeth Kenny with director Jack Furness leading the production. The May 27 cast {…}
