It's a Wonderful Life - English National Opera Tickets
About It's a Wonderful Life - English National Opera
The classic Christmas story, redefined for a new generation.
Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s operatic adaptation of the genre-defining Frank Capra film of the same name, It’s a Wonderful Life will transport you to the idyllic little town of Bedford Falls, where it’s a white Christmas – though not everything is merry and bright.
Down-on-his-luck banker George Bailey (Frederick Ballentine) feels like life has passed him by, so when his guardian angel (Danielle de Niese) pays him a visit, George is shown what life in his beloved Bedford Falls would be like without him in it: maybe it’d be a little less wonderful after all?
Aletta Collins makes her ENO debut directing and choreographing, with regular Heggie collaborator Nicole Paiement conducting the ENO Chorus and Orchestra alongside the all-star cast, which includes Gweneth Ann Rand, Jennifer France, Michael Mayes and more.
Create a new holiday tradition, book your opera tickets to Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Based on the 1946 Frank Capra movie of the same name (by permission of Paramount Licensing Inc.) and “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren Stern.
Commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera with Co-Commissioners San Francisco Opera and the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University
Sung in English. Our surtitles system displays sung words above the stage.
Access performances BSL Signed: Wednesday 7 December 19.30
Run time
2h 10m
Start date
25th November, 2022
End date
10th December, 2022
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It's a Wonderful Life - English National Opera cast and creative team
By: Gene Scheer
Director: Aletta Collins
Cast list: Danielle de Niese, Frederick Ballentine, Jennifer France,
Michael Mayes, Ronald Samm, Idunnu Münch, Keri Fuge, Zwakele Tshabalala, Ossian Huskinson, Gweneth Ann Rand, Alex Otterburn, Segomotso Shupinyaneng
Set: Giles Cadle
Costume: Gabrielle Dalton
Lighting: Andreas Fuchs
Sound: Nick Lidster
Choreography: Aletta Collins
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Directions
Location: West End
Railway station: Charing Cross
Bus numbers: St. Martin's Lane 24, 29, 176 / 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 87, 91, 139
Night bus numbers: St. Martin's Lane 24, 176, N5, N20, N29, N41, N279 / 6, 23, 139, N9, N15, N11, N13, N21, N26, N44, N47, N87, N89, N91, N155, N343, N551
Car park: Q-Park: Chinatown (5mins) / Other: St Martin's Lane Hotel (1min)
Directions from tube: (3mins) Take Cranbourn Street until St Martin’s Lane, where you head right until you reach the theatre.
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