Top Picks
Guides
What’s on
Where to go
See all

English Touring Opera – The Snowmaiden at Buxton Opera House

Creative Tourist

Book now

English Touring Opera - The Snowmaiden

26 October 2024

Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.

From £28.50
Turquoise background with black graphic image of maiden with forest backrgound behind her. Black English Touring Opera logo in top right corner and The Snowmaiden title in bottom left corner.
English Touring Opera
Book now

English Touring Opera step into a wintry tale of destructive love with their brand-new production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snowmaiden at Buxton Opera House.

The first of Rimsky-Korsakov’s operas to be based on a Russian folk tale, it follows a teenage girl with a secret in her heart and a burning desire to leave the icy grip of her parents, Grandfather Frost and Spring Beauty, to live amongst mortals in an isolated village. Conjuring up the conflict between real and mythical worlds, Rimsky Korsakov’s colourfully orchestrated folk melodies follow the Snowmaiden on her transformational journey into this mortal land, which opens a Pandora’s box of human emotions with monumental consequences.

This classic coming of age tale is helmed by award-winning director Olivia Fuchs and conducted by Hannah Quinn. Soprano Ffion Edwards takes the title role, with Kitty Whately as Lyel, Joseph Doody as the Tsar, Hannah Sandison as Spring Beauty and Edward Hawkins as Grandfather Frost. Sung in English.

You’re invited to join members of the creative team for a free pre-show talk, as they share insights into this season’s production.

The following discounts are available:

Groups (8+)/Senior/Equal Access: £3 off (not valid in Dress Circle)

JSA/Income Support/Students/Children: Half price (not valid in Dress Circle)

Under 35s: £5 (limited availability)

Multibuy: Book this event plus Blond Eckbert and receive £10 off the total price (top two prices only)

Accessibility

  • Audio Described

Where to go near English Touring Opera – The Snowmaiden at Buxton Opera House

shop
Stretford
Shopping Centre
Stretford Mall

Stretford Mall has undergone a major transformation, turning a 60s shopping centre into a vibrant, community-led town centre. Led by Trafford Council and Bruntwood Works.

Penistone Hill Country Park
Bradford
Park
Penistone Hill Country Park

As part of Bradford 2025’s UK City of Culture programme, Penistone Hill plays host to outdoor events that celebrate the enduring connection between landscape, identity and creativity.

Threshold is an artist-led project space for sculpture, located in the front garden of a traditional back-to-back house in Burley, Leeds. Exhibitions are open for all to view. Encounter sculpture on your daily walk, or way to work or school.
Leeds
Event venue
Threshold Leeds

Threshold is an artist-led project space for sculpture, located in the front garden of a traditional back-to-back house in Burley, Leeds.

The Engine Room Notice Board
Southport
Event venue
The Engine Room

The Engine Room is a creative community hub in Southport’s Wayfarers Arcade, offering co-working space, cultural events and collaborative opportunities for artists, freelancers and educators.

Leeds
Gallery
The Mill Gallery

The Mill Gallery is an artist-run space in Leeds, supporting emerging artists to develop and showcase their work authentically.

Church congregation at St George's Church in Leeds
Leeds
Place of worship
St George’s Church

St George’s is a lively city centre church in Leeds with three services every Sunday and a midweek programme that includes groups, courses and events. We’re here to help people

Picante
Liverpool
Restaurant
Picante

Picante is a sun-soaked Mexican restaurant at the trailblazing Cains Brewery Village in Liverpool.

Miru Mill
Manchester
Event venue
Miru Mill

Miru Mill is an event space and micro-factory based at Churchgate Mill in Stockport.

See all places

What's on: Music

Barbara Dane
CinemaManchester
Kinofilm/ Soul on Sunday at Nia Centre

Kinofilm present a special screening of documentary The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane as part of Soul on Sunday an all-day event celebrating Northern Soul at the Nia Centre.

From £8.00
A black woman sat down looking to the left.
Until
MusicLeeds
Sound Out Leeds 2024/25

Leeds International Concert Season is on a mission to push boundaries, expand horizons, and ask the question: ‘What haven’t we heard?’ as it presents its city-spanning Sound Out Leeds series.

From £10.00
Aisla dancing and Dj'ing
ActivityAncoats
Become A Superstar DJ

Get hands on with the decks in this funk and soul superstar DJ workshop from BBC Radio 6’s Ailsa.

Free entry
A youth band playing guitars Slam Dunk & Launchpad Youth Showcase
Music
Slam Dunk & Launchpad Youth Showcase

Launchpad & Slam Dunk have teamed up for a new Youth Showcase event, featuring 5 artists all aged 18 and under based in West Yorkshire performing at one of Leeds

From £8.00

Culture Guides

A young boy with a white sash around his left arm cries.
Cinema in the North

Outdoor cinema announcements, a major retrospective at HOME, and the best of indie cinema.

Theatre in Manchester and the North
Theatre in the North

Experimental performance, thought-provoking new writing and our picks of Manchester International Festival - here’s what’s taking centre stage this summer.

Isabel Galleymore in conversation
Literature Events in the North

There's a lot of experimentation going on in our Literature guide, from poets playing with form to short story writers looking long.

Music in the North

Gigs are coming in hot this spring – from long-awaited returns to one-off happenings you’ll blink and miss if you're not careful.

Experience a unique deep listening art installation inviting audiences to lay down and be bathed in sound and light.
Exhibitions in the North

From city-wide art festivals to open-air sculptural installations, we have exhibitions from all around the North, both indoors and out.

See all guides