CBSO 2026/27 Weinberg's The Passenger

The CBSO performs Mieczysław Weinberg’s opera The Passenger in a concert performance conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, with the CBSO Chorus and an international cast.

Weinberg’s 140-minute opera follows the intertwined stories of a former camp guard and a woman who recognises her aboard a postwar ocean liner. This is the full staged/orchestral work, not a standard film screening. B:Music names on the current bill include Anna Gorbachyova (Katja), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (Vlasta), Shay Block (Hannah), Olivia Doray (Ivette), Helen Field (Alte), Liuba Sokolova (Bronka), Geraldine Dulex (Oberaufseherein & Kapo), Hrolfur Saemundsson (SS Officer), Marcell Bakonyi (SS Officer), Albert Casals (SS Officer). Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.