Charpentier: David and Jonathan

New Sussex Opera stages Marc-Antoine Charpentier's operatic masterpiece David and Jonathan, bringing this dark Baroque jewel with its achingly beautiful score - sensuous and dancelike by turns - to London and the South for the first time.

A biblical tragedy set in a war-torn world, it sees love and duty collide, with David, Jonathan, and Saul caught in a destructive web of desire, politics, and paranoia.

This English-language staging reveals a profoundly moving portrait of loyalty and sacrifice, building to a tragic climax.

Performed in English. 6pm: pre-performance talk, free to concert ticket holders.