Welsh National Opera (WNO) returns to Llandudno’s Venue Cymru with a feast of Italian productions for its Spring Season.

The season runs from from Tuesday April 17h to Saturday 21, is entitled Rabble Rousers, and will feature a new production of Verdi’s La Forza del Destino alongside revivals of Puccini’s Tosca and Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

Verdi’s epic La Forza Del Destino is told through a rousing score whose familiar overture has been popularised through its use in classic film scores and advertisements.

This new production marks the beginning of a three year partnership with the German Theater Bonn to bring new productions of some of Verdi’s greatest operas to the stage.

In Tosca Puccini uses the the turbulent backdrop of Rome during the Napoleon invasion as a setting for a story of love, lust, loyalty and corruption.

Puccini characterises the drama through his exquisite melodies and orchestration, and fabulous arias that have made Tosca one of the best-loved operas in the world.

Don Giovanni is based on the legend of Don Juan, and WNO’s production is set during the Spanish Golden Age in the 16 and 17 centuries.

Mozart reflects both comedy and tragedy brilliantly in the score, including the catalogue aria detailing Giovanni’s list of 2065 mistresses, which includes the immortal line: ma in spagna 1003, or “but in Spain 1003.”, the sparkling champagne aria and the high drama of the heart-stopping finale.

Don Giovanni will be staged on Tuesday April 17 and Thursday 19th April; Tosca on Wednesday April18 and La Forza Del Destino, on Saturday 21.