Organization

Conductor

Nicole Paiement

Stage director

Aletta Collins

Set designer

Giles Cadle

Costume designer

Gabrielle Dalton

Lighting designer

Andreas Fuchs

Choreographer

Singer

Soprano

Danielle de Niese

Clara

Tenor

Frederick Ballentine

George Bailey

Jennifer France

Mary Hatch Bailey

Baritone

Michael Mayes

Henry F Potter

Ronald Samm

Uncle Billy

Keri Fuge

Soprano Winged Angel

Contralto

Idunnu Münch

Alto Winged Angel

Tshabalala Zwakele

Tenor Winged Angel

Bass

Ossian Huskinson

Bass Winged Angel

Nicola Said

Sound designer

Nick Lidster

Donovan Singletary

Harry Bailey

Gweneth Ann Rand

Mother Bailey

Alex Otterburn

Ernie

Segomotso Shupinyaneng

Helen Bailey

English National Opera

enska

It's a Wonderful Life

London

United Kingdom

London Coliseum

It's a Wonderful Life Heggie

Public

Approved

Now on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™ and DigitalGet it now: https://paramnt.us/ItsAWonderfulLifeFrank Capra’s heart-warming masterpiece has been embraced as a cheris...

Rachel Mikol, soprano as Mary Hatch Bailey
“It’s a Wonderful Life” by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer
November 2017, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

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.

English

It's a Wonderful Life by Heggie, Frá (2022/2022), Leikstýrt af Aletta Collins,, Hljómsveitarstjóri Nicole Paiement, London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom

Frammistaða áskriftir (Cast & Crew )

Leikarar

Áhöfn

Dagskrá, Um & Yfirlit

Vídeó

Ljósmyndir

Frekari lestur

Sýningardagsetningar og sýningarstaðir

Staðir