December - Christmas Eve Christmas Eve by Rimsky-Korsakov. An Opera Frankfurt Production. Christmas Eve is a satirical-realistic depiction of Ukrainian village life combined with fantastic and mythological elements. Complete with bears, ballerinas, Ukranian carols and golden shoes to delight this Christmas! A very differentUkraine for the one we hear about today. Read more

November - Orpheus aux Enfers Orpheus aux Enfers by Offenbach. An Opera Frankfurt production. An irreverent take on the tragic story of Orpheus and Eurydice! Worth watching for the Can-Can! Read more

October - Pikovaya Dama (Queen of Spades) Pikovaya Dama (Queen of Spades) by Tchaikovsky. A story of obsession with gambling and love. Read more

September - Ernani Verdi’s Ernani was the Opera we watched this month. A dramatic story of love between a young woman and her three suitors. Read more

August - Maria Stuarda The Opera watched this Month was Maria Stuarda by Donizetti, an Irish National Opera production from Dublin. This is the story of Mary Stuart of Scotland and Elizabeth of England. A powerful drama complemented by Donizetti’s lyrical music. Read more

July - Leonore 40/45 Leonore 40/45. Written by Liebermann This was a Theatre Bonn production A love story between a German soldier and a French woman in Paris during and after the war Help came in the form of a Guardian Angel! Read more

June - The Seven Deadly Sins The Seven Deadly Sins was the opera we watched in June. A production from Opera North. Meet Anna and Anna: one person, two personalities! Read more

May - La Fille du Regiment Donazetti's La Fille du Regiment was our choice for May. Billed as a glorious comedy, it lived up to its hype! Read more

April - Osud (Destiny) The Opera watched in April was Janacek's Osud (Destiny). Read more