Show Guides by Ellen Leslie

Susannah logo

Opera

A dark twist on the apocryphal story of Susannah and the Elders, Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah is one of...
The Tender Land logo

Opera

In the American heartland during the Great Depression, the provincial existence of a rural farming f...
L’Amour à Trois logo

Opera

All Ben wants to do is propose to his girlfriend, Lucy, before he leaves on a train trip. When he go...
The Turn of the Screw logo

Opera

Written in 1954, The Turn of the Screw is the last of Benjamin Britten’s chamber operas, based on th...
Iolanthe logo

Operetta

Since its sparkling 1882 premiere at London’s new Savoy Theatre , the fantastical satire Iolanthe ha...
Patience, or Bunthorne’s Bride logo

Operetta

All of the maidens in the village are besotted with Reginald Bunthorne, a moody and handsome poet, b...
Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse logo

Operetta

Although Ruddigore’s 1887 premiere did not enjoy the same success as its predecessor, The Mikado , i...
Trial by Jury logo

Operetta

Can you sue someone for breaking off an engagement? In Gilbert and Sullivan’s courtroom farce Trial...
Albert Herring logo

Opera

In the small town of Loxford in East Sussex, the old-fashioned autocrat Lady Billows is in a tizzy....
Peter Grimes logo

Opera

The tragic story of Peter Grimes revolves around the tormented title character, a fisherman who find...
H.M.S Pinafore logo

Operetta

Since its premiere in 1878, Gilbert and Sullivan’s wildly popular operetta H.M.S. Pinafore has delig...
Amahl and the Night Visitors logo

Opera

Based on Italian folk tales of the Nativity and Epiphany, Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night V...