The miracle of the nativity is given new life in John Adams's oratorio El Niño. Women's voices and experiences are central to this retelling of the story unusually seen from a mother's perspective.
Young American pianist Jonathan Biss opens The Queen's Hall Series with Leon Kirchner's Five Pieces, which began life as songs set to poems by Emily Dickinson before becoming lyrical piano works.
by George Gershwin, Dubose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin
14, 16 - 17 Aug
Porgy and Bess has become the quintessential American opera - a symbol of hope in a time that was so often hopeless; a demonstration of love and loyalty in desperate times.
by Carl Heinrich Graun. Libretto by Frederick II, King of Prussia
14 - 15, 17 Aug
The Aztec's slaughter at the hands of the Spanish conquistadors is the basis for Graun's rarely-performed operatic gem, which is given a new, innovative spin by one of Mexico's most exciting young directors, Claudio Valdés Kuri.
New York's Elevator Repair Service adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's first major novel, follows a group of American expatriates searching for identity, redemption and diversion in Europe.
The Festival goes Stateside with the RSNO for an evening of 20th century North American classics inspired by the pilgrims of New England, the upheavals of civil war and the spirit of prohibition.
Part dance, part theatre, part ceremony, Tempest: Without a Body is an awe-inspiring reflection on our modern world from Samoan choreographer and activist Lemi Ponifasio.
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