RCM Opera Triple Bill: Britten, Weill and Ravel

25 November 2024 - 30 November 2024

The Royal College of Music Opera Studio presents an intoxicating trio of works celebrating the French language and showcasing the versatility of RCM singers.

First, hear Les Illuminations by RCM alumnus Benjamin Britten: a contemplative song cycle comprising settings of some of Arthur Rimbaud’s most important work, expressing vivid imagery and surrealistic themes.

Then comes a selection of beguiling, rarely performed songs from Kurt Weill’s early work Marie Galante.

Our musical triptych ends with Ravel’s popular one-act opera, the comédie musicale L’heure espagnole, which follows a farcical plot featuring the hapless Torquemada, his mischievous wife and a host of comical characters concealed in clocks.

This production is made possible with the assistance of the Basil Coleman bequest.