Name: La favorite
Start: 2016-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2016-03-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Theatre Royal Stratford East

Admin

Organization

Singer

Tenor

David Woodward

Fernand

Mezzo-soprano

Catherine Backhouse

La favorite

Baritone

Kevin Greenlaw

King Alphonse

Bass

Tristan Hambleton

Balthazar

Soprano

Ella Joy

Inés

Sam Peterson

Don Gaspard

Matthias Olson

Conductor

Charles Peebles

Stage director

John Ramster

Costume designer

Louis Carver

Set designer

Lighting designer

Joshua Pharo

University College Opera

La favorite -  (The Favorite)

London

United Kingdom

Theatre Royal Stratford East

La favorite Donizetti

Public

The Favorite

Approved

In their 65th anniversary year UCOpera is continuing its popular tradition of staging rarely performed operas with its production of La Favorite, one of the most successful operas of the 19th century and among the first to be captured on gramophone record. Performing for the first time at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, the superb cast and orchestra, composed of both professional singers and members of the student body, will be led by musical director Charles Peebles.
Set in 1930s Spain, La Favorite tells the tale of Fernand who abandons monastic life on falling in love with Léonor. However, it is only after their wedding that he discovers that she was once the mistress or ‘la favorite’ of King Alphonse of Castille who, forbidden by the Pope to divorce his wife, had agreed to release her to marry as a prize for Fernand’s recent military victories. What will happen to the newlyweds now Léonor’s shameful secret has been uncovered?

English

The Favorite by Donizetti, From (2016/2016), Directed by John Ramster,, Conductor Charles Peebles, Theatre Royal Stratford East, London, United Kingdom

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