UK / WEST END OPERA NEWS COVERAGE - PAGE 6

Opening the 2022/23 Season at the London Coliseum, the English National Opera (ENO) presents Puccini’s much-loved thriller, Tosca. Receiving its UK premiere, this staging was last seen at The Finnish National Opera in 2018. See photos from inside rehearsal!...

Opera at Home's double bill offers the traditional and the avant-garde...

The Royal Opera House and Britten Pears Arts has announced full casting details for The Rape of Lucretia. This new staging of Benjamin Britten's unsparing chamber opera opens at Snape Maltings, Suffolk as part of its Britten Weekend on 29 and 30 October, before this new production is on stage at the...

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....

The Charles Court Opera company team up with Opera Holland Park in a co-production that that is just what we need right now...

Grimeborn delivers another little gem with this pared back version of a somewhat obscure Spanish zarzuela...

Bold programming pays off with an opera that has its demands but offers rewards in equal measure...

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. In a double bill of short operas (think bite-sized short story rather than weight...

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Jonas Kaufman has withdrawn due to the impacts of Covid on his voice and performance....

The Royal Opera presents The Blue Woman – a new, political opera exploring the psychological aftermath of sexual violence experienced by women. Composed by Laura Bowler, directed by Katie Mitchell, and with a libretto by Laura Lomas, the work opens on Wednesday 6 July in the Linbury Theatre, and i...

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. ...

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. Based on Margaret Atwood’s seminal novel, this outstandingly relevant work was last staged at the London Coliseum in...

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. Collaborating with a cast of world-class opera singers, Camille will be making her West End debut acting in her first oper...

Another revival of a beautifully realised crowdpleaser that works perfectly in the difficult days of February 2022....

The Royal Opera House has announced a mandatory face covering policy. They shared, 'With government rules now in force which make the wearing of face coverings mandatory on public transport and in shops, we have made this decision with audience and staff safety as our number one priority.'...

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. ...

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 ...

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....

Rigoletto delves deep into the human psyche to ask questions both through its subject matter and its melding of music and voices...

The Grimeborn Festival presents two short operas concerning love failing to land as required, leading to tragic consequences...

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....

Fantastical fairies and pompous politicians collide in this sweet satire, one of Britain's favourite operas....

Hampstead Garden Opera bring a slice of 17th century Venetian sensibility to our Covidy times....