Opera’s Greatest Trouser Roles

ENO programmed four Orpheus operas in Autumn 2019.

For the last 400 years, operas have been based around themes of real human emotion: life, death, joy, anger, and most predominantly, love. From two impoverished bohemians, to lovers who can only be together in death, we’ve chosen some of opera’s greatest love stories.

Recognised as one of the most gifted classical composers of all time, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote operas, symphonies, piano works, chamber pieces and concertos, to name a few.

Find out a little bit more about the short life of the great composer…

Did you know that Dvořák’s Rusalka is loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid? We’ve rounded up some of the best-known operas inspired by fairy tales here. Take a look.