In the first new production of the 2014/2015 opera season at the Royal Opera House, Placido Domingo, one of the most influential figures in opera today, takes on the title role of the Doge Francesco Foscari in Verdi's I due Foscari, from 14th October 2014 until 2nd November 2014.
Love and comedy go hand in hand in L'elisir d'amore, Donizetti's popular opera which returns to the Royal Opera House this autumn. 1950s Italy is the setting for Laurent Pelly's acclaimed production which stars Vittorio Grigolo as Nemorino and Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel as the quack doctor Dulcamara.
There's more to delight at the Royal Opera House with Anna Nicole (11th to 24th September); and Tristan und Isolde (5th to 21st December), Christof Loy's stark, contemporary setting which so divided opinion when it was first staged here in 2009 that there were boos from the first night audience. However, worth the ticket price alone is Nina Stemme who gave "the most incendiary performance by a Wagnerian soprano for many decades" (The Independent) five years ago and who returns as Isolde.