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ETO: LUCREZIA BORGIA

Sung in Italian with English Surtitles
Sat 15 April 2023
Tickets £25-£45*

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English Touring Opera returns to Cambridge Arts Theatre with three great operas encompassing love and war, comedy and epic tragedy.

Lucrezia Borgia is a tragedy of great pathos. Donizetti created in Lucrezia one of his greatest roles – known as one of history’s most famous poisoners, she is a cunning strategist and a loving mother at the same time, a complex woman in a dangerous situation.

Each opera is performed on period instruments in partnership with the much-praised Old Street Band.

Pre-show talks (booking essential on 01223 503333)
Speakers: Joseph Winters (Staff Director) and Gerry Cornelius (Conductor and Music Director of English Touring Opera)
Running Time

Approximately 2 hours and 25 minutes including an interval

Age Guidance

12+

Tickets

Saturday 15 April, 7.30pm:
£25/£35/£45*

*All ticket prices include a £3 per ticket booking fee.

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Gallery

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Videos

Watch the trailer here!

  • 'Fine account of Donizetti’s melodrama with impressive singing and intelligent staging'

    THE STAGE
  • 'A splendid cast tackles the intricacies of Donizetti’s writing with courage.'

    THE TELEGRAPH
  • 'Paula Sides made a beautiful and sympathetically sung Lucrezia, with Aidan Edwards a fine presence as her husband, the Duke, with a cutting edge to his voice.'

    THE ARTICLE