They are Tosca on Thursday November 13, La Bohème on Friday November 14 and Carmen on Saturday November 15.

All three will be performed by a large company starring international soloists alongside the full Chisinau National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, directed by Ellen Kent and feature an impressive amphitheatre set by London designer Will Bowen.

Carmen is staged in a bullring to add a new and spectacular twist to Bizet's famous and seductive opera, and includes a special appearance by international Flamenco dancer Sam Quy. The well known story centres around a soldier who falls for a gypsy girl: she leaves him for a more glamourous bullfighter leading to tragic consequences.

In La Bohème, which includes some of the most romantic music Puccini wrote, the set will be converted to depict the attics and backstreets of Bohemian Paris. One of a group of layabout artists and poets falls for a seamstress: he later leaves her, not knowing that she has consumption…

Tosca, also by Puccini, portrays true love, torture and treachery played against the backdrop of the Colosseum of Rome. It includes tremendous roles for tenor and soprano plus a truly blood curdling villain for the baritone. An artist falls in love with a temperamental diva, who has also caught the eye of the chief of police. Political intrigue is added to the heady mix, which ends even more disastrously than the other two operas!

Don't be put off by the unhappy endings: visually all three will be tremendous and of course there will be fabulous music - and with tickets starting at only £15 there is really no excuse for not booking.