THE HANDMAID'S TALE Returns to the ENO in February
The Handmaid’s Tale opera will return to the ENO in a highly anticipated production.
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The latest news on performances of Opera in UK / West End.
VIDEO: Royal Opera House Taking Registrations For Create Day 2024
On July 2nd, 2024 The Royal Opera House will host a free day of singing, dancing and design celebrating the UN Rights of the Child in collaboration with UNICEF.
Opera Often Gets an Undeserved Kicking Says Glyndebourne Boss
“Opera often gets this kicking which it doesn’t deserve in my view,” says Richard Davidson-Houston, the boss of Glyndebourne Opera.
Musicians' Union Vote for Strike Action at ENO
Musicians' Union members in the English National Opera (ENO) orchestra and Music Staff have voted overwhelmingly in favour of potential strike action.
Equity Will Vote on Industrial Action at the English National Opera
Equity - the performing arts and entertainment trade union – has announced that it will ballot its members in the ENO chorus on industrial action.
Review: HANSEL AND GRETEL, Royal Opera House
Antony McDonald's production simply oozes glamour and matches perfectly the opera’s quintessentially Romantic music.
Review: ODYSSEY: A HEROIC PANTOMIME, Jermyn Street Theatre
Five opera singers are holding out for a hero
New Opera Based on Oscar Wilde's THE DUCHESS OF PADUA Comes to the Space Theatre in February
A new chamber opera based on Oscar Wilde’s rarely performed second play, The Duchess of Padua, will be presented by The Music Troupe at The Space Theatre in London from Tuesday 20 - Sunday 25 February 2024 followed by a tour to Richmond, North Yorkshire (2 March), Manchester (3 March) and
Review: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI, Royal Opera House
Sensational staging and great music sung with such passion, but are changing mores transforming how we see the sad clown and his wicked revenge?
Cast Change Revealed for CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA/PAGLIACCI at The Royal Opera House
Get the latest news on the cast change for the production of Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci.
Large-Scale Production of Verdi's AIDA Will Be Performed at the OVO Arena Wembley in March 2024
London is set host the biggest opera production it's seen this century, as a groundbreaking performance of Verdi's AIDA plays three performances at the OVO Arena Wembley in March 2024.
Review: JEPHTHA, Royal Opera House
300 years have passed since Jephtha, Handel’s Greek tragedy-infused oratorio, was heard at Covent Garden.
Guest Blog: 'She Was More Than Just a Singer': Soprano Nadine Benjamin on the Legacy of 'La Divina' and 7 DEATHS OF MARIA CALLAS
Maria Callas, an extraordinary force in the world of opera, possessed a mesmerising ability to convey authentic emotion through her singing.
Guest Blog: 'This is a Happy Ending': J Spooner of Unlimited Theatre on Closing the Touring Company and Their Upcoming unAwards
27 years ago, in 1997, I co-founded a theatre company with five friends.
Review: 7 DEATHS OF MARIA CALLAS, London Coliseum
Celebrated performance artist Marina Abramović is very much in town: as well as a huge exhibition of her works at the Royal Academy, this “opera project” in London’s largest West End theatre sees her explore the life, works and final moments of the diva’s diva Maria Cal
Review: RIP VAN WINKLE, Hoxton Hall
London company Gothic Opera returns to Hoxton Hall for their fifth outing and their take on French composer Robert Planquette's Rip Van Winkle.
Review: LA TRAVIATA, London Coliseum
Much shorter than Richard Eyre’s three-hour plus version for the ROH, Peter Konwitschny’s La Traviata perhaps should be renamed La Trav or L’ Abbreviata.
VIDEO: Watch A Spooky Tour of The Royal Opera House
Watch a spooky tour complete with opera ghost stories in this video from the Royal Opera House here!
ENO Adds Additional Performance of 7 DEATHS OF MARIA CALLAS
The English National Opera has announced that there will be an additional performance of 7 Deaths of Maria Callas on Wednesday 8 November 2023 at 19.
ENO's Musical Director Martyn Brabbins Resigns Over Cuts
British conductor and the ENO's Musical Director Martyn Brabbins has resigned from the company in response to cuts to the orchestra.
Review: RIGOLETTO, Royal Opera House
Mears’s production demonstrates a keen feel for drama and a genuinely brilliant reading of Verdi’s opera; when juxtaposed with a musical interpretation as potent as this, it’s a production not likely to be forgotten.
International Opera Awards 2023 Shortlist Revealed
The International Opera Awards has announced the shortlist for this year's Awards, which will be held at Teatr Wielki, Polish National Opera, Warsaw on Thursday 9 November.
Review: IOLANTHE, London Coliseum
If a revival is akin to colouring in someone else’s artwork, Cal McCrystal’s Iolanthe for the ENO does so with every shade under the sun.
Marina Abramović's Opera Project 7 DEATHS OF MARIA CALLAS Makes UK Premiere
In an exciting UK premiere, this November the English National Opera (ENO) presents celebrated performance artist Marina Abramović making her ENO debut with her production of 7 Deaths of Maria Callas at the London Coliseum.
Review: PICTURE A DAY LIKE THIS, Royal Opera House
George Benjamin's slick new opera plays at the Royal Opera House after a critically acclaimed run at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
National Theatre Wales Receives 100% Cut from Arts Council of Wales
National Theatre Wales has had its funding completely cut in the latest Wales funding review.
Review: L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Royal Opera House
Liparit Avetsiyan lends emotional weight to an opera that veers a little too close to pantomime on occasion
Review: PETER GRIMES, London Coliseum
Deftly balances psychological thrill with morality as murky as the North Sea
LA TRAVIATA Returns to the London Coliseum in October.
Returning to the London Coliseum this October is Peter Konwitschny’s production of La traviata.
Review: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Royal Opera House
Sondra Radvanovsky, Brian Jagde and Etienne Dupuis lead a wonderful cast and orchestra in a near-overwhelming production that fully justifies its four hours running time
Review: THE MIKADO, Grimeborn, Arcola Theatre
It maintains the opera’s timeless charm, strong wit, and with a cast that never takes itself seriously, leads to an evening that has the audience roaring with laughter.
Review: DAS RHEINGOLD, Royal Opera House
Given his political radicalism and fervent romanticism, it is more than fair to wonder if Richard Wagner would be partial to Just Stop Oil.
Review: TURANDOT, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
The thrill of operatic voices singing up close and personal in a radical re-interpretation of an opera ripe for bringing into the 21st century
Glyndebourne Reveals 2024 Season Lineup
As the 2023 Festival draws to a close, Glyndebourne has announced the programme for 2024, when the company marks its 90th anniversary year.
Jonathan Kent's Production of Puccini's TOSCA Released on Royal Opera House Stream
The Royal Opera House will release three exclusive recordings of The Royal Ballet’s founding choreographer Frederick Ashton’s work on Royal Opera House Stream.
Review: LOYOLA, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Beautifully sung South American opera flawed a little by its overpowering religious messaging.
Review: TROUBLE IN TAHITI, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Boutique opera now 72 years old but could have been written yesterday in terms of its music, its themes and its relevance, performed with verve and confidence
Review: RUDDIGORE, Opera Holland Park
Super show, a little slow at first, but blossoming into an escapist entertainment that can be enjoyed as much in the 2020s as it was in the 1880s
Opera Holland Park Announces 2024 Season
First seen at Opera Holland Park in 2008, and set in the heat, glamour and corruption of 1960s Rome, Stephen Barlow’s sensational five star production of Tosca opens the 2024 Season and is the first of two Puccini operas to mark the centenary of the composer’s death.
Review: NO FOR AN ANSWER, Grimeborn, Arcola Theatre
A strong score, neat production by Mehmet Ergen and an excellent cast make it worth a watch, even if it has several plot-related issues
