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Get a little jazzy with this streamed live music performance

CONCERT / Opera Triple Bill
Watch these live-streamed performances of three darkly comic Italian operas, exploring
troubling romantic relationships and escapist fantasies in the interwoven lives of three
Florentine women. Susanna is suspected by her controlling husband of having an affair
when he smells smoke on her clothes, but is that really her secret in this tale of marital
misunderstanding? Silvia is trapped in the luxurious but unfulfilling life of an escort, and
longs for the innocence of true love. When she meets the man of her dreams it seems
this wish has been answered, but will she follow her heart?

Rita believes she has lost her abusive husband at sea, and now reflects his bullying
nature onto her downtrodden new spouse. When the first husband reappears
unexpectedly, the two men must decide – who is most deserving of her? Lyrical and
tuneful music features throughout these skilfully written, one-act works, which were
composed between 1841 and 1909. This new Guildhall production, directed by Stephen
Medcalf, reimagines these challenging and thought-provoking stories for the present
day.
Watch online from 7pm on 2 November

Head to gsmd.ac.uk for more on the Guildhall School for Music & Drama online
events.

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