We are delighted to be bringing you something a little different in the New Year. SPO favourites, husband and wife team Louis and Tanya Hurst, have put together a remarkable gala evening designed to show how tempestuous it is being married to an opera singer!

Performing a multitude of scenes from across opera, in Love and War they will explore the nature of love and how passionate it can be.

In most operas the tenor and soprano fall in love and the baritone is often left out. However with the aid of some ravishing music we move through love triangles, plots and scheming and a fair amount of unreciprocated love. It’s guaranteed to be a fiery evening.

These are the treats in store:
Prologue - Pagliacci
Qual fiamma/Stridono lassù- Pagliacci
Nedda/Silvio duet - Pagliacci
Tre sbirri - Tosca
Quanto/Vissi d’arte - Tosca
Liebestod - Tristan und Isolde
Udite - L’elisir d’amore
Quanto amore - L’elisir d’amore

Interval

Largo al factotum - Il barbiere
Dunque io son - Il barbiere
Opening Act III Boheme
Donde lieta - La Boheme
Ves’ tabor spit - Aleko
A Tal colpa - Un ballo in maschera
Klänge der Heimat - Die Fledermaus
Final scene - Onegin