Opera in a Nutshell | Opera North

Opera North takes opera out into the city of Leeds to entertain people during their lunchbreak with a pop-up whistle-stop opera performance.

Includes:
Tonio’s opening aria “Si puo” by Leoncavallo, with a new English text;
Extracts from Puccini's Tosca and Mozart's The Magic Flute;
Escamillo’s aria “Votre toast” or ‘The Toreador’s song’ from Bizet's Carmen;
Violetta’s aria "Sempre libera" from La Traviata by Verdi;
“Nessun Dorma" from Turandot by Puccini
Duet for Hannah and Danillo;
“Love Unspoken” from The Merry Widow by Lehar;
Juliette's aria “Je veux vivre” from Romeo et Juliette by Gounod;
Edwin’s song, “When first my old, old love I knew” from Trial by Jury by Gilbert & Sullivan;
The ‘cat duet’ from L’enfant et les sortileges by Ravel;
‘Scene 1’ from Trouble in Tahiti by Bernstein;
Tosca’s aria “Vissi d’arte” from Tosca by Puccini;
Silvio’s aria “E Fra Quest’ansie” from Pagliacci by Leoncavallo, with an adapted English text.