Opera North

First shown in 2004, Christopher Alden’s ferocious take on de Falla’s short exuberant opera was an instant hit with critics and audiences. Telling the tragic story of a woman too much in love with a worthless man and full of highly atmospheric Andalusian folk-song inspired music, it provides an experience so intense you are likely to never forget.

Presented in a double-bill with Gianni Schicci

The perfect antidote to the doom ridden La vida breve, Gianni Schicci is a light hearted satyr play played out around the death-bed of a rich man. A comic masterpiece in miniature it features some of Puccini’s most delightful music including the exquisite aria ‘O mio babbino caro’.