Suor Angelica (SOLD OUT)
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Join National Opera at the Albert Hall for this Puccini classic. With local director Rachel Hogan, musical director Ella Luhtasaari and a cast of local opera singers accompanied by Canberra Sinfonia under the baton of Leonard Weiss.
Angelica belongs to an aristocratic Florentine family who have forced her to don a nun’s habit after she gave birth to an illegitimate child. The young woman has had no news from her relatives for seven years. Finally she receives a visit from the princess, her aunt, who unceremoniously announces to her that her son has died. Desperate, Sister Angelica decides to end her life in order to join her child in death.
The performance will be sung in Italian (English scene notes will be provided) and will be followed by supper.
Angelica belongs to an aristocratic Florentine family who have forced her to don a nun’s habit after she gave birth to an illegitimate child. The young woman has had no news from her relatives for seven years. Finally she receives a visit from the princess, her aunt, who unceremoniously announces to her that her son has died. Desperate, Sister Angelica decides to end her life in order to join her child in death.
The performance will be sung in Italian (English scene notes will be provided) and will be followed by supper.
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