The evening is broken into three sections during a 90-minute performance, set to the sublime score of Henryk Górecki’s "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs", conducted by Zoi Tsokanou and sung with deep ...
Gorecki’s three laments are on the theme of death, the first and third inspired by the agony of a mother losing a child, the second by an inscription written on the wall of a Gestapo prison in ...
Crystal Pite’s 30-minute Flight Pattern, her first work for the Royal Ballet, was first staged in 2017. It’s a remarkable achievement – a moving meditation on the plight of refugees, using ...
Zoi Tsokanou returns to conduct the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in Gorecki's ever-popular Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, with soprano Francesca Chiejina performing as the solo female voice.