Event Dime

Verdi & the 50th anniversary of the birth of punk: La traviata from St Paul's Opera fuses Victorian morality with punk rebellion

When:

June 10, 2026 · 10:42 AM

Where:

Mozart's Don Giovanni

Source:

Planet Hugill: Terrific and intensely atmospheric: the String Quartet No. 1 and Piano Quintet by Olli Mustonen from the Engegård Quartet and the composer on LAWO Classics

St Paul's Opera in Clapham is back with their summer opera next month. Having delighted us last year with Doniz L'elisir d'amore [see my review ], the company will be performing Verdi's La traviata from 2 to 4 July 2026 at St Paul's Church, Clapham. The director is Edwina Strobl, who is Australian/Austrian, and who was the Young Artist Director at Opera Holland Park last year when she was working on Jonathan Dove's Itch and where she was Assistant Director on this year's opening production, Pucc