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Skip to content New Sussex OperaCommunity based, nationally acclaimed Menu HomeBooking DetailsPast productionsAcis and GalateaThe Princess of TrébizondeThe Princess of Trébizonde ProgrammeLa Belle HeleneLa Belle Helene ProgrammeLa traviataLa traviata programmeThe Travelling CompanionThe Travelling Companion programmeThe Elixir of LoveElixir programmeOrfeo ed EuridiceA Village Romeo & JulietA Voyage Around G & SKing ArthurMignonThe Indian QueenOberonThe Beggar’s OperaL’EtoileTrials of LoveEdgarPleasures of PurcellMireilleLaw and MarriageHugh the DroverThe Rhine FairiesThe Poisoned KissIdomeneoTobias and the AngelFalstaffLucia di LammermoorL’elisir d’amoreCav and PagBoris GodunovDantons DeathThe EnchantressEuryantheCount OryThe Rake’s ProgressLost in the StarsTannhäuserLa traviataFaustNoye’s FluddeThe Flying DutchmanA Masked BallAidaBenvenuto CelliniAndrea ChénierIl tritticoThe Threepenny OperaThe Queen of SpadesPeter GrimesThe Fairy QueenBoris GodunovVenus and AdonisFidelioAbout NSOPatrons, officers and committee of NSOPrivacy PolicySafeguarding PolicyConstitutionOutreachSupport usTaking partChorus ScheduleLinksContact us Next production A comic opera by JACQUES OFFENBACHFully staged, in a new English version by Paul Featherstone New Sussex Opera has unearthed another neglected gem. Belle Lurette has not been staged in the UK for a hundred and forty years. Amazingly, Offenbach wrote it at the same time as he was writing The Tales of Hoffmann, as he was dying. The orchestration was completed by Delibes and it had its first performance a month after he died. “The music is magnificent. In every way. For someone who wrote this score on his death bed the sparkle and tunefulness of every number is remarkable. And I mean really remarkable. The chorus of the laundresses is one big splash and sonic foam party. The ensembles are built with masterful care. And Lurette’s big solos have a bounce that will knock you flat”. – Kevin Clarke – Operetta Research Centre A film was made of a musical based on the opera in the DDR in 1958. It had more than three million visitors in East German cinemas, making it the most successful operetta film in the DDR, or actually one of the most successful DDR films, full stop. Malicorne – Paul FeatherstoneDuc de Marly – Robin BaileyCampistrel – Michael FergusonBelhomme – Giles DaviesMarceline – Kristin FinniganLurette – Georgina StalbowMerluchet – Cameron MitchellCigogne – Tristan StocksLa Boisene – Giles DaviesFriquette – Rebecca HughesConductor – Toby PurserDirector – David FosterDesigner – Victoria GilliansLighting – Jason AhnChoreographer – Kitty NeedhamNew Sussex Opera Chorus, St Paul’s Sinfonia Lewes Town HallThursday November 10 7.30The Old Market, HoveSunday November 20 3.00 & 7.30Devonshire Park Theatre, EastbourneFriday November 25 7.00Bloomsbury Theatre, LondonTuesday December 6 7.30BOOKING DETAILS PASSION AT THE OPERAAn autumn concert by soloists and chorus of New Sussex OperaLewes Friday Sept 30Petworth Saturday Oct 1Pevensey Friday Dec 16Click to book **** “A Total Knock-out”– George Hall, The StageClick to learn more about our last production NSO’s world premiere recording of The Travelling Companion Click for details(Production nominated – Rediscovered Work category – International Opera Awards 2019 New Sussex Opera is a community based company. If you would like to be involved beyond being a member of the audience at our productions, there are many possibilities. 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