Review: IL TROVATORE, Royal Opera House
Adele Thomas' new production is a rollicking clash of carnivalesque weirdness and heartfelt desire.
UK / West End Opera News Coverage — Page 6
The latest news on performances of Opera in UK / West End.
Outgoing ENO Chief Executive Stewart Murphy Takes Aim at Arts Bosses, Saying 'History is Watching'
Outgoing English National Opera Chief Executive Stewart Murphy has warned the government and leaders of Arts Council England that 'history is watching'.
Review: BLUE, London Coliseum
A confident production of a conceptually flawed opera.
Review: ARMINIO, Royal Opera House
Emphasising monochromatic melancholy with singers who do their best despite swimming in an ocean of drab uniforms.
Review: INNOCENCE, Royal Opera House
Here it is, opera's answer to A Little Life: Kaija Saariaho's Innocence follows the aftermath of a school shooting and the emotional destruction felt by those connect to the event.
2/3 of English National Opera Chorus Members at Risk of Leaving the Profession
Equity has found that two thirds (67.
Photos: First Look At English National Opera's THE DEAD CITY (DIE TOTE STADT)
See production images for the English National Opera's The Dead City (Die tote Stadt), running 25 March - 8 April 2023.
Photos: First Look at RUDDIGORE At Wilton's Music Hall
Peter Benedict's smash hit production of Gilbert & Sullivan's RUDDIGORE at Wilton's Music Hall must end this Saturday, 25th March.
Review: TURANDOT, Royal Opera House
Come for Nessun Dorma; stay for love's triumph over death
AKHNATEN Returns to the ENO With Anthony Roth Costanzo in the Title Role
This spring, the Phelim McDermott production of Philip Glass's Akhnaten returns to the London Coliseum for its second English National Opera (ENO) revival since its premiere in 2016.
Review: LEAST LIKE THE OTHER, SEARCHING FOR ROSEMARY KENNEDY, Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre
An extraordinary, powerful, moving multimedia work that gives voice to Rosemary Kennedy, denied it for over 60 years.
The Best Of Royal Opera House Stream Will Kick off 2023
This New Year, the Royal Opera House will add six new performances to Royal Opera House Stream for audiences around the world to enjoy: The Cellist, Romeo and Juliet and Sylvia from The Royal Ballet; and La traviata, Fidelio and Madama Butterfly from The Royal Opera.
Rachel Duckett and Thando Mjandana Win The Voice of Black Opera Awards
Rachel Duckett and Thando Mjandana win the Voice of Black Opera Awards.
Review: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, London Coliseum
Opera based on much loved 1946 film offers a vision of a town without music, without joy, without love and, in doing so, compels us to value what we have - a moral shared by everyone in the house, but not outside it.
Finalists Announced for THE VOICE OF BLACK OPERA
Black British Classical Foundation has announced the five singers who have been chosen to advance to the Grand Final Concert of the Voice of Black Opera competition to be staged at Birmingham Town Hall on 5 December 2022.
Review: GODS OF THE GAME, Grange Park Opera
Football opera land perfectly between the Women's Euros and the Men's World Cup finding plenty of common ground to delight fans of both art forms
Robert Carsen's New AIDA Comes to Cinemas This Month
This October, the Royal Opera House is delighted to announce that its new production of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, staged by the acclaimed Canadian director Robert Carsen, will be broadcast live from Covent Garden on Wednesday 12 October 2022, reaching over 1,000 cinemas in 34 countries around the
Review: AIDA, Royal Opera House
A provocative and ultimately successful reimagining of opera's most operatic of works
Photos: In Rehearsal For TOSCA At English National Opera
Opening the 2022/23 Season at the London Coliseum, the English National Opera (ENO) presents Puccini’s much-loved thriller, Tosca.
Review: THE BEAR and AND I DECIDED..., Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Opera at Home's double bill offers the traditional and the avant-garde
The Royal Opera House and Britten Pears Arts Announces Full Cast for THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA
The Royal Opera House and Britten Pears Arts has announced full casting details for The Rape of Lucretia.
Review: THE MAGIC FLUTE, Arcola Theatre
Mozart’s elaborately plotted Singspiel concerning Prince Tamino’s fish-out-of-water immersion in a fantasy land of seductive Egyptian cults, demons, and vengeful queens resists straightforward transferral to a modern setting, but this is what Opera Alegría has attempted.
Review: HMS PINAFORE, Opera Holland Park
The Charles Court Opera company team up with Opera Holland Park in a co-production that that is just what we need right now
Review: BLACK, EL PAYASO, THE CLOWN, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Grimeborn delivers another little gem with this pared back version of a somewhat obscure Spanish zarzuela
Review: LITTLE WOMEN, Opera Holland Park
Bold programming pays off with an opera that has its demands but offers rewards in equal measure
Review: MARGOT LA ROUGE/LE VILLI at Opera Holland Park
What did our critic think of MARGOT LA ROUGE/LE VILLI at Opera Holland Park? You have to applaud Opera Holland Park for not only focusing on money-spinning blockbusters, but for giving rarely performed works an airing.
BWW Review: OTELLO, Royal Opera House
Russell Thomas, Christopher Maltman and Hrachuhi Bassénz excel in an emotional and relevant production of Verdi's adaptation of Shakespeare's masterful study of jealousy, ruthlessness and much more.
Jonas Kaufmann Withdraws From Opening Performance of CAVELLERIA RUSTICA / PAGLIACCI
Jonas Kaufman has withdrawn due to the impacts of Covid on his voice and performance.
Royal Opera House Presents THE BLUE WOMAN
The Royal Opera presents The Blue Woman – a new, political opera exploring the psychological aftermath of sexual violence experienced by women.
Full Cast Announced For LA BOHEME at The King's Head
Mark Ravenhill, Co-Artistic Director of The King's Head Theatre, will direct the new production, opening at the world-renowned Islington pub theatre's stage from 26 April and playing until 28 May, with a press night on Tuesday 3 May.
Photos: First Look at THE HANDMAID'S TALE at English National Opera
The English National Opera’s Artistic Director Annilese Miskimmon will makes her company directorial debut with a powerful new production of Poul Ruders’ The Handmaid’s Tale.
Camille Cottin to Make West End Debut in ENO's THE HANDMAID'S TALE
This April, the César-nominated actor Camille Cottin will join the cast of the English National Opera’s (ENO) new production of The Handmaid’s Tale at the London Coliseum.
BWW Review: LA BOHÈME, London Coliseum
Another revival of a beautifully realised crowdpleaser that works perfectly in the difficult days of February 2022.
Royal Opera House Announces Mandatory Face Covering Policy
The Royal Opera House has announced a mandatory face covering policy.
Jonas Kaufmann Comes to London's Royal Albert Hall This Christmas
Widely acknowledged as the world's leading tenor, the singer shares his personal favourite songs of the festive season in Christmas with Jonas Kaufmann at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday, 16 December, 2021.
BWW Review: THE VALKYRIE, London Coliseum
Some curious directorial choices fail to blunt the force of Wagner's musical donner und blitzen as the gods bicker and bully and the mortals bleed
BWW Review: THE IDEA, Jack Studio Theatre
Irrational Theatre resurrect a long neglected work from the early days of the celebrated composer and find plenty of parallels with 20th century comedy and 21st century politics.
BWW Review: RIGOLETTO, Royal Opera House
Rigoletto delves deep into the human psyche to ask questions both through its subject matter and its melding of music and voices
BWW Review: ORFEO ED EURIDICE / ZANETTO, Arcola Outside
The Grimeborn Festival presents two short operas concerning love failing to land as required, leading to tragic consequences
BWW Review: EXPRESS G&S, Pleasance Theatre
Hop on the Express G&S and see a detective solve a mystery with the help of some of Gilbert and Sullivan's greatest hits.