| Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) | Die Frau ohne Schatten: Symphonic fantasy | |
| Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) | Suor Angelica (sung in Italian, with English surtitles) | Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano |
| Sir Antonio Pappano | Conductor | |
| London Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Tiffin Choirs | ||
| London Symphony Chorus | ||
| Carolina López Moreno | Soprano | Suor Angelica |
| Kseniia Nikolaieva | Mezzo-soprano | La zia principessa (Aunt Princess) |
| Elena Zilio | Mezzo-soprano | La suora zelatrice (The Monitress) |
| Angela Schisano | Mezzo-soprano | La maestra delle novizie (Mistress of the novices) |
| Sarah Dufresne | Soprano | Suor Genovieffa |
| Monika-Evelin Liiv | Mezzo-soprano | La badessa (The Abbess) |
| Hayley Meth | Contralto | Suor Dolcina |
| Marianna Hovanisyan | Soprano | Prima cercatrice |
| Caroline Bourg | Soprano | Una cercatrice 2 |
| Manon Ogwen Parry | Soprano | Una conversa 1, Una novizia (A novice) |
| Julia Solomon | Mezzo-soprano | Una conversa 2 |
| Katie Lowe | Soprano | La suora infermiera (Nursing sister) |
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.