Organization

Conductor

Conductor (+2)

Nicole Paiement

Stage director

Stage director (+2)

Aletta Collins

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Giles Cadle

Costume designer

Costume designer (+1)

Gabrielle Dalton

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+1)

Andreas Fuchs

Choreographer

Soprano (+4)

Danielle de Niese

Clara

Tenor (+3)

Frederick Ballentine

George Bailey

Soprano (+3)

Jennifer France

Mary Hatch Bailey

Baritone (+3)

Michael Mayes

Henry F Potter

Tenor (+4)

Ronald Samm

Uncle Billy

Soprano

Keri Fuge

Soprano Winged Angel

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Idunnu Münch

Alto Winged Angel

Tenor (+1)

Tshabalala Zwakele

Tenor Winged Angel

Bass-baritone (+2)

Ossian Huskinson

Bass Winged Angel

Nicola Said

Sound designer

Nick Lidster

Bass (+3)

Donovan Singletary

Harry Bailey

Gweneth Ann Rand

Mother Bailey

Baritone (+4)

Alex Otterburn

Ernie

Soprano (+1)

Segomotso Shupinyaneng

Helen Bailey

London Coliseum

English National Opera

The classic Christmas story, redefined for a new generation. 

Jake Heggie’s (Dead Man Walking, Moby Dick) operatic adaptation of the genre-defining Frank Capra film of the same name, It’s a Wonderful Life will transport you to the idyllic little town of Bedford Falls, where it’s a white Christmas – though not everything is merry and bright.

Down-on-his-luck banker George Bailey (Frederick Ballentine) feels like life has passed him by, so when his guardian angel (Danielle de Niese) pays him a visit, George is shown what life in his beloved Bedford Falls would be like without him in it: maybe it’d be a little less wonderful after all?

Aletta Collins makes her ENO debut directing and choreographing, with regular Heggie collaborator Nicole Paiement conducting the ENO Chorus and Orchestra alongside the all-star cast, which includes Gweneth Ann Rand, Jennifer France, Michael Mayes and more.

Create a new holiday tradition, book your opera tickets to Jake Heggie’s It’s a Wonderful Life.

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