It's a bold new era

Ox in a Box

Oxford, UK

Welsh National Opera is en route to New Theatre Oxford with stunning new double-bill Bluebeard’s Castle + Oedipus Rex, and La bohème, to demonstrate the beginning of a bold, new era. And here to tell us all about it is world renowned conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya who’ll be baton wielding over the first season of the reimagined WNO, and is enormously excited about what’s in store.

“It’s a massive production with a world class cast and chorus. Very few opera companies are still touring at this level, so this is a huge opportunity for Oxford. It’s a really spectacular experience,” she says.

So what’s in store? A new take on Puccini’s La bohème that captures the raw emotional intensity of young love and loss, and a striking double-bill of Bluebeard’s Castle + Oedipus Rex – two psychologically complex and musically gripping masterpieces brought together in one compelling evening.