Following our sell out production of La Boheme last year, City of Manchester Opera return with a startling and joyous production of Verdi’s La Traviata. La Traviata survived a notoriously unsuccessful opening night to become one of the best-loved operas the world over. Welcome to an evening of brisk fun,Continue Reading
We’re delighted to tell you that tickets for our fully staged production of La Boheme in July 2022 are now available. Puccini’s sublime music, featuring some of his best-known arias, plays out in a love story between a poor poet and an equally poor seamstress in Paris, which inspired theContinue Reading
It’s bad enough that the French won the World Cup, but to have a whole programme of French Opera and French Song is sort of mean! Well, NO, it’s quite special with all the great melodies and tunes. When you have Gounod, Saint-Saens, Lalo, Delibes, and Offenbach to choose fromContinue Reading
The Tales of Hoffmann June 2015 RNCM Manchester What stands out as the most impressive factor of this production was the calibre of the singing amongst the principal players which was nothing short of an exceptional treat. Robin played the distressed soul very convincingly and vocally was a delight tooContinue Reading
REVIEW THE BARTERED BRIDE – City of Manchester Opera THE BUXTON FRINGE FESTIVAL SATURDAY 21ST JULY 2012 City of Manchester Opera have become a regular feature in the Fringe programme and it was good to see them back again this year with their engaging conductor Juan Ortuno and brilliant accompanist JonathanContinue Reading