Pappano Conducts Puccini and Strauss

19 Aug 2025, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Tue 19 Aug 2025 Next Event

Proms 2025 Pappano Conducts Puccini and Strauss

19:30 Tue 19 Aug 2025 Royal Albert Hall

Two of the 20th-century鈥檚 most powerful operas 鈥� Puccini鈥檚 one-act Suor Angelica and Strauss鈥檚 darkly ambiguous fable Die Frau ohne Schatten 鈥� come together in this concert by Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra

Programme

- - Richard Strauss
  - Die Frau ohne Schatten 鈥� Symphonic Fantasy(22 mins)
- - interval
- - Giacomo Puccini
  - Suor Angelica(60 mins)(sung in Italian, with English surtitles)

Performers

Carolina L贸pez Moreno
Sister Angelica
Sister Angelica
Kseniia Nikolaieva
Princess
Princess
Elena Zilio
Monitress
Monitress
Angela Schisano
Mistress of the novices
Mistress of the novices
Sarah Dufresne
Sister Genovieffa
Sister Genovieffa
Monika-Evelin Liiv
Abbess
Abbess
Jenny Stafford
Prima Cercatrice
Prima Cercatrice
Katie Lowe
Infermiera
Infermiera
Manon Ogwen Parry
Una Conversa/Una Novizia
Una Conversa/Una Novizia
Julia Solomon
Una Conversa II
Una Conversa II
Hayley Meth
Suor Dolcina
Suor Dolcina
Caroline Bourg
Seconda Cercatrice
Seconda Cercatrice
Tiffin Choir
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Two of the 20th-century鈥檚 most powerful operas come together in a concert by Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra. Motherhood 鈥� longed-for or feared, inevitable or impossible 鈥� is the thread binding the devastating melodrama of Puccini鈥檚 one-act Suor Angelica to Strauss鈥檚 darkly ambiguous fable Die Frau ohne Schatten (鈥楾he Woman without a Shadow鈥�) each a battle for humanity and its future. Soprano Carolina Lo虂pez Moreno stars as Puccini鈥檚 tragic Sister Angelica, whose past conceals a terrible secret.

Sir Antonio Pappano 漏 Musacchio & Ianniello