| Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) | La Femme sans ombre (Die Frau ohne Schatten), fantaisie symphonique | |
| Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) | Suor Angelica (sung in Italian, with English surtitles) | Livret de Giovacchino Forzano |
| Sir Antonio Pappano | Direction | |
| London Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Tiffin Choirs | ||
| London Symphony Chorus | ||
| Carolina López Moreno | Soprano | Suor Angelica |
| Kseniia Nikolaieva | Mezzo-soprano | La zia principessa (La tante princesse) |
| Elena Zilio | Mezzo-soprano | La suora zelatrice (La sœur zélatrice) |
| Angela Schisano | Mezzo-soprano | La maestra delle novizie (La Maîtresse des novices) |
| Sarah Dufresne | Soprano | Suor Genovieffa |
| Monika-Evelin Liiv | Mezzo-soprano | La badessa (L'Abbesse) |
| Hayley Meth | Contralto | Suor Dolcina |
| Marianna Hovanisyan | Soprano | Première sœur quêteuse |
| Caroline Bourg | Soprano | Sœur quêteuse 2 |
| Manon Ogwen Parry | Soprano | Sœur bavarde 1, Una novizia (Une novice) |
| Julia Solomon | Mezzo-soprano | Sœur bavarde 2 |
| Katie Lowe | Soprano | La suora infermiera (La sœur infirmière) |
Two of the 20th-century’s most powerful operas come together in a concert by Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra. Motherhood – longed-for or feared, inevitable or impossible – is the thread binding the devastating melodrama of Puccini’s one-act Suor Angelica to Strauss’s darkly ambiguous fable Die Frau ohne Schatten (‘The Woman without a Shadow’) each a battle for humanity and its future. Soprano Carolina López Moreno stars as Puccini’s tragic Sister Angelica, whose past conceals a terrible secret.
Seats from £26 to £86 (plus booking fee). On sale 17 May 2025.