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Venue

Jerome Hynes Theatre, National Opera House

Duration

Approx. running time: 60 minutes

Overview

Opera in One Act
Devised and written by William Niall Morris, with music by Puccini

Spoken words in English
Operatic extracts sung in Italian

Commissioned by WFO to mark the centenary of Puccini’s death.


Background

Puccini is without doubt the world's most popular opera composer. The music from Tosca, La Bohème, Madama Butterfly and Turandot ("Nessun Dorma") is known by millions around the world who have never set foot inside an opera house. Commissioned by WFO to commemorate the centenary of the composer's death in 1924, writer and producer William Niall Morris has created a biographical work which showcases Puccini's glorious music alongside his extraordinary and often complicated personal life. Set in the Villa Puccini in Tuscany, Morris takes the central role of the composer as he tells his own life story, intertwined with theatrical recollections of scenes from his most loved operas.


Cast

Creative Team

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