David and Jonathan

An opera by Marc-Antoine CharpentierNSO continues its tradition of staging the rarer operatic masterpieces with David and Jonathan , bringing this dark jewel of the Baroque repertoire with its achingly beautiful score - sensuous and dancelike by turns - to audiences in London and the South East for the first time.A biblical tragedy with a war-torn setting, the opera sees love and duty collide, with David, Jonathan, and Saul caught in a destructive web of desire, politics, and paranoia.

With a new English translation by Christopher Cowell, David and Jonathan is staged by the creative team behind NSO's The Silver Bell (rather sensational Opera Now) and The Dragon of Wantley (jaw-droppingly stupendous Christopher Morley).