Solo Stories: Arianna A Naxos ( Joseph Haydn; Stephanie Wake Edwards; The Royal Opera)

Exciting British mezzosoprano Stephanie WakeEdwards plays a modernday Ariadne in this cantata for voice and piano of Arianna a Naxos by Joseph Haydn. From an abandoned warehouse hideout, she reflects on her escape from her family and her abandonment by her lover Theseus. She is traumatised by Theseuss inadvertent murder of her own brother and needs to decide what to do next. Directed by Mathilda du Tillieul McNicol Piano: Michael Papadopoulos In a Royal Opera first to celebrate World Opera Day the Jet