Kazuki Yamada leads the CBSO and massed choirs through highlights from Lohengrin, Nabucco, Aida, La bohème, La Traviata, Madame Butterfly, Romeo and Juliette and Carmina Burana.
Kazuki Yamada leads the CBSO through a night of operatic highlights at Symphony Hall on Friday 19 February 2027, starting at 7:30pm. It's a broad sweep of the repertoire, pulling together some of the most famous moments from opera's history rather than sticking to one composer or era.
The programme runs from Wagner's Lohengrin and Verdi's Nabucco and Aida through to Puccini's La bohème, La Traviata and Madame Butterfly, Gounod's Romeo and Juliette and Orff's Carmina Burana. It's a lot of ground to cover in one evening, and the range goes from the heavy drama of Verdi and Wagner to the more lyrical Puccini and Gounod, with Carmina Burana bringing in its own distinct energy. The night is framed by the orchestra's own reflections on opera as an art form, including a nod to Robert Benchley's quip about it being 'when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings'.
Yamada is conducting the CBSO and massed choirs, with soprano Katharina Konradi and tenor Robert Lewis on the solo parts. Aled Jones is presenting the evening, so there'll be a guiding voice to lead through the different acts. The whole thing runs about two hours with a twenty-minute interval, and it's supported by the Clive Richards Foundation and the Leverhulme Trust.
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Tickets are £27.50 to £66.50, with a £4 per-ticket commission included in the price of every individual ticket over £15. It's at Symphony Hall on Friday 19 February, 7:30pm.
