Blood Ties: Families in Opera

Opera excerpts with full orchestra

Beethoven - Bizet - Britten -Donizetti - Gounod
Handel - Humperdinck - Janacek - Mozart
Puccini - Rossini - Tchaikovsky - Verdi

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Celebrating HCO'S tenth anniversary, a spectacular Gala Concert, Blood Ties: Families in Opera explores the passions, rivalries and enduring bonds at the heart of some of the world's greatest operas. Performed with a live orchestra by an exceptional cast of outstanding young singers on the threshold of exciting careers, the evening takes audiences on a powerful journey through love, devotion, jealousy, ambition, loss and reconciliation in music by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Tchaikovsky, Britten and many more. Woven together with timeless words from some of history's greatest writers, this unique gala promises an unforgettable celebration of opera's most compelling stories, its glorious music and the extraordinary next generation of operatic talent.