(Credit: English Touring Opera official website)

The English Touring Opera has announced its 2022 spring performances.

Here is a full slate.

Puccini’s “La bohème” features Francesca Chiejina and Paula Sides as Mimì; Jenny Stafford and April Koyejo-Audiger in the role of Musetta; and Luciano Botelho and Thomas Elwin as Rodolfo. The cast is rounded out by Michel de Souza, Jerome Knox, Trevor Eliot Bowes, Themba Mvula, Matthew McKinney, Robert Lewis, and Phil Wilcox. Dionysis Grammenos conducts a production by James Conway and Christopher Moon-Little.

Performance dates: Feb. 26 – June 3, 2022

Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel” stars Grant Doyle, Thomas Elwin, Jerome Knox, Edward Hawkins, Amy J Payne, Robert Lewis, Paula Sides, Luci Briginshaw, and Alys Mererid Roberts in the title role. Gerry Cornelius conducts a production by James Conway.

Performance dates: March 5 – May 31, 2022

Finally, Bach’s “St John Passion” spotlights Jenny Stafford, Luci Briginshaw, Martha Jones, Tim Morgan, Thomas Elwin, Jerome Knox, Edward Hawkins, Richard Dowling, and Bradley Travis. Jonathan Peter Kenny conducts a production by James Conway.

Performance dates: March 21 – April 14, 2022