Suor Angelica Tickets and Hotel

Suor'Angelica'is'a'heart-rending'story'of'a'young'mother'separated'from'her'illegitimate'child'by'her'aristocratic'family'and'confined'to'a'convent.

'One'of'Puccini’s'rawest'creations,'the'opera'takes'us'on'an'extraordinary'emotional'journey.

When'she'is'forced'by'her'family'to'join'a'convent,'Angelica’s'life'is'reduced'to'the'confines'of'its'walled'garden.

'In'this'rose-scented'cage,'she'is'tormented'by'the'love'and'life'she'was'robbed'of.

'Doubt'consumes'her'as'she'questions'her'faith'and'tries'to'forgive'herself'and'her'family.

'A'moment'of'crisis'comes'when'she'is'visited'by'her'aunt'carrying'devastating'news'of'her'son.

In'Puccini’s'profoundly'moving'score,'the'opera'captures'the'searching,'questioning'nature'of'grief'and'the'possibility'or'impossibility'of'forgiveness.

'Indeed'the'aria'‘Senza'mamma’'(‘Sweetest'love,'you'died'without'your'mother’),'is'one'of'the'most'poignant'Puccini'ever'wrote.

Sister'Angelica'is'sung'by'Olivier'Award-nominated'soprano,'Sinead'Campbell-Wallace.

'Christine'Rice,'one'of'the'leading'mezzo-sopranos'of'her'generation,'sings'the'role'of'Angelica’s'main'tormentor,'her'aunt'the'Princess.

'Meanwhile,'former'Harewood'artists,'Alexandra'Oomens'and'Madeleine'Shaw,'sing'Sister'Genovieffa'and'The'Abbess'respectively.

The'production'is'directed'by'ENO’s'Artistic'Director,'Annilese'Miskimmon,'and'conducted'by'Corinna'Niemeyer,'Artistic'and'Music'Director'of'the'Orchestre'de'Chambre'du'Luxembourg,'who'is'making'her'ENO'debut.

'English'translation'by'Amanda'Holden.