Fête Galante and The Dark Lady of the Sonnets 2025

Pegasus Opera Company performed their annual double bill at the Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music.

DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS
Shakespeare, a mysterious muse, and Queen Elizabeth I collide in this witty and provocative encounter by George Bernard Shaw. Words are weapons, identities shift, and nothing is quite what it seems in this sharp, regal battle of wit and will.

FÊTE GALANTE
Step into a glittering world of masked balls, flirtation, and courtly secrets. Ethel Smyth’s seductive one-act opera brims with elegance, deception, and desire as past lovers reunite under the watchful eyes of the court as the masks begin to slip.