Trinity Laban Opera’s summer production, a jukebox opera Strozzi! with music by Barbara Strozzi and Carlo Gesualdo.

In Strozzi! performers bring to life the intriguing world of seventeenth-century Venetian composer Barbara Strozzi. The drama uses Strozzi’s own music to illustrate the events of her extraordinary life, right from her childhood in a bohemian household, as a gifted young singer at L’Incogniti, to the days of her celebrity and success as a published composer and society queen.

Set in a city famous for the pursuit of pleasure, the story also explores her alleged double life as a courtesan. Many colourful characters enter the stage in this ‘pasticcio’ - and the scandals, controversies and tragedies in Barbara’s power-packed life are featured against a backdrop of plagues, wars, poverty, carnival and celebration.

Conductor: Harry Sever
Director: Jennifer Hamilton

Part: Paulina

Tickets available to buy here.

Text and image sourced from Trinity Laban’s website.