Kent Opera - Repertory

Repertory

The company performed a wide range of operas from the entire history of the genre:

  • The Coronation of Poppea (Monteverdi) (1969, 1974, 1986)
  • Atalanta (Handel) (1970)
  • The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) (1970, 1981–82, 1984–86)
  • Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) (1971, 1986–87)
  • Venus and Adonis (Blow) (1972, 1976, 1980–81)
  • Don Giovanni (Mozart) (1972, 1983, 1988)
  • H.M.S. Pinafore (Sullivan) (1973)
  • The Patience of Socrates (Telemann) (1974, British première)
  • Così fan tutte (Mozart) (1974, 1981)
  • Ruddigore (Sullivan) (1975)
  • Rigoletto (Verdi) (1975)
  • The Magic Flute (Mozart) (1976, 1980, 1987)
  • Orfeo (Monteverdi) (1976, 1997)
  • Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) (1977, 1981–82)
  • Iphigenia in Tauris (Gluck) (1977)
  • Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart) (1978, 1984)
  • The Return of Ulysses (Monteverdi) (1978, 1989)
  • Idomeneo (Mozart) (1979)
  • La traviata (Verdi) (1979–80, 1985–86)
  • The Turn of the Screw (Britten) (1979–80)
  • Il ballo delle ingrate (Monteverdi) (1980–81)
  • Falstaff (Verdi) (1980–81, 1983–84)
  • Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (Monteverdi) (1981)
  • Aggripina (Handel) (1981, 1985)
  • The Beggar's Opera (arr Britten) (1982–83)
  • Fidelio (Beethoven) (1982–83, 1988)
  • Robinson Crusoé (Offenbach) (1983–84)
  • King Priam (Tippett) (1984–85)
  • The Barber of Seville (Rossini) (1985)
  • Pigmalion (Rameau) (1986–87)
  • Carmen (Bizet) (1986–87)
  • Il Re Pastore (Mozart) (1987)
  • Le comte Ory (Rossini) (1988)
  • Peter Grimes (Britten) (1989)
  • The Burning Fiery Furnace (Britten) (1989)
  • The Prodigal Son (Britten) (1994)
  • The Masque in Dioclesian (Purcell) (1995)

In addition, the company gave world premières of the following operas: The Pardoner's Tale by Alan Ridout (1971), The Black Spider by Judith Weir (1985) and A Night at the Chinese Opera by Judith Weir (1987).

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