The latest news on performances of Opera in UK Regional.
The Royal Opera House has announced that Nicky Spence will replace Pavel Černoch in the tenor role of Dvořák’s The Spectre’s Bride during Jakub Hrůša and Friends in Concert on September 20, 2025.
Adapted from Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, director Richard Jones’s glorious Falstaff makes a welcome return to Glyndebourne, losing none of its charm or deft comedy.
Welsh National Opera has revealed its WNO Orchestra concert programme which gets underway during the Autumn 2025 Season.
You could be forgiven for thinking that there isn’t much more to be said about Le nozze di Figaro, the most performed opera in Glyndebourne’s history.
Le Nozze di Figaro is a piece I’ve been living with as long as I can remember.
Even ardent opera fans may struggle to recall the story or the score for Mazeppa.
Just how much fun can you have at an oratorio about a Old Testament tale of jealousy, madness and death? Well, quite a lot as it happens at the return of Barry Kosky's remarkable production of Handel's Saul.
Grange Park Opera has opened its new season with a crowd-pleaser.
Opera buffa is an ever-popular genre of the art, and more than two centuries after its composition, Rossini's Il barbière di Siviglia remains one this genre's most often staged operas.
Equity members of the Welsh National Opera chorus have voted in favour of industrial action in a re-ballot on the ongoing dispute over proposed cuts to jobs, terms and conditions.
Opera North has announced its repertoire for the year.
Erwin Schrott has withdrawn from the performances of Faust on 2, 6 and 10 June for personal reasons.
The chorus of the Welsh National Opera have voted unanimously to take further action short of strike on Thursday 27 February and Saturday 1 March, affecting shows on these dates.
Welsh National Opera has announced its 2025/2026 Season, which will also see the Company celebrate its 80th anniversary.
Charles Court Opera has announced the casting of their forthcoming gloriously magical take on Mozart’s popular comic masterpiece, The Magic Flute.
The new year marks the start of a new tenure for Adele Thomas and Sarah Crabtree as they jointly take up the role of Co-CEOs/General Directors of Welsh National Opera.
Get a behind the scenes look at the set of La Boheme, now being presented at The Royal Opera House.
The Welsh National Opera Chorus has announced updates on their ongoing strike action, addressing key concerns and negotiations with management.
English National Opera will open its 2024/25 season with Puccini’s LA BOHÈME and SUOR ANGELICA.
The Royal Opera's Jette Parker Artists Programme revealed the new company members for the 2024-25 season, showcasing emerging talent in the opera world.
The Royal Ballet and Opera has announced its 2024/25 Cinema Season, bringing world-class theatre to cinema screens right around the globe.
An emergency motion to “provide whatever support is required” for a campaign to stop cuts and redundancies to the Welsh National Opera chorus passed unanimously today at Equity conference (#EquityConference2024).
An open letter has been put together urging the UK government to protect the Welsh National Opera, which has fallen victim to cuts causing issues in its operation.
Welsh National Opera has announced that it will be withdrawing two weeks from its previously announced 2024/2025 Season.
Equity has announced that chorus members at the English National Opera will not strike on 1 February.
An appeal has been launched for people to check their homes for a missing opera score by Gilbert and Sullivan.
“Opera often gets this kicking which it doesn’t deserve in my view,” says Richard Davidson-Houston, the boss of Glyndebourne Opera.
Musicians' Union members in the English National Opera (ENO) orchestra and Music Staff have voted overwhelmingly in favour of potential strike action.
Equity - the performing arts and entertainment trade union – has announced that it will ballot its members in the ENO chorus on industrial action.
British conductor and the ENO's Musical Director Martyn Brabbins has resigned from the company in response to cuts to the orchestra.
One of Maria Callas’ greatest filmed performances of all time has now been meticulously restored from the original reels in colour, 4K resolution and Dolby Atmos surround sound for the big screen.
National Theatre Wales has had its funding completely cut in the latest Wales funding review.
Get ready for an incredible lineup! The Met: Live in HD has revealed its 2023-24 season, featuring nine must-see performances.
As the 2023 Festival draws to a close, Glyndebourne has announced the programme for 2024, when the company marks its 90th anniversary year.
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.
Just Stop Oil protesters interrupted a performance during the Glyndebourne opera festival in East Sussex by letting off glitter cannons and blowing air horns.
My journey with The Flying Dutchman has been almost as long as his.
Newcastle University and Opera North have announced a new three-year collaboration, with the ambition to transform performance practice and audience accessibility through an exchange of knowledge between academic research and the operatic stage.
Following its Met premiere on New Year's Eve, David McVicar's critically acclaimed new production of Giordano's Fedora, starring soprano Sonya Yoncheva and tenor Piotr Beczała, is broadcast live to selected cinemas across the UK on Saturday 14th January, at 5.
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.
