The latest news on performances of Opera in UK Regional.
The Royal Opera's Jette Parker Artists Programme Reveals The New Company For 2024-25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 30, 2024
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. Learn more about the company!...
Royal Ballet And Opera Announces 2024/25 Cinema Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 29, 2024
The Royal Ballet and Opera has announced its 2024/25 Cinema Season, bringing world-class theatre to cinema screens right around the globe. ...
Equity Rallies Support For Welsh National Opera Chorus at Conference
by Blair Ingenthron - May 19, 2024
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). The annual conference, attended by representative members, is where the union set...
Open Letter Criticising Cuts to the Welsh National Opera Signed by Michael Sheen, Ruth Jones, Luke Evans, and More
by Stephi Wild - May 08, 2024
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. Among those who have signed the letter, organized by Soprano Elizabeth Atherton, are Michael Sheen, Ruth Jones, Luke Evans, and more....
Welsh National Opera Will Cut Two Weeks Of Programming Over Financial Challenges
by Joshua Wright - April 16, 2024
Welsh National Opera has announced that it will be withdrawing two weeks from its previously announced 2024/2025 Season. The changes mean that the Company will no longer be touring to Bristol Hippodrome in February 2025, and will not be touring to Venue Cymru, Llandudno in May 2025....
ENO Strike Suspended as Talks Continue
by Aliya Al-Hassan - January 29, 2024
Equity has announced that chorus members at the English National Opera will not strike on 1 February. The Musicians' Union will also suspend strike action while negotiations continue....
Appeal Launched for Lost Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Score
by Aliya Al-Hassan - January 08, 2024
An appeal has been launched for people to check their homes for a missing opera score by Gilbert and Sullivan. ...
Opera Often Gets an Undeserved Kicking Says Glyndebourne Boss
by Aliya Al-Hassan - December 28, 2023
“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
by Aliya Al-Hassan - December 22, 2023
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
by Stephi Wild - December 21, 2023
Equity - the performing arts and entertainment trade union – has announced that it will ballot its members in the ENO chorus on industrial action. The ballot will open on Thursday 4 January and includes the potential for strike action....
ENO's Musical Director Martyn Brabbins Resigns Over Cuts
by Aliya Al-Hassan - October 16, 2023
British conductor and the ENO's Musical Director Martyn Brabbins has resigned from the company in response to cuts to the orchestra. ...
Video: Watch a Preview of Maria Callas' Restored Paris 1958 Performance
by Michael Major - October 11, 2023
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. Watch the video trailer for the film, giving audiences their first glimpse of the beautiful remasteri...
National Theatre Wales Receives 100% Cut from Arts Council of Wales
by Aliya Al-Hassan - September 28, 2023
National Theatre Wales has had its funding completely cut in the latest Wales funding review....
The Met: Live in HD 2023-24 Season to Feature DEAD MAN WALKING, X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOM X & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 11, 2023
Get ready for an incredible lineup! The Met: Live in HD has revealed its 2023-24 season, featuring nine must-see performances. Find out when and where you can catch these amazing shows in this article....
Glyndebourne Reveals 2024 Season Lineup
by Aliya Al-Hassan - August 21, 2023
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
by Stephi Wild - August 16, 2023
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. Available to watch from Thursday 17 August, this triple bill was recorded in 2022, uniting Ashton’s modernist Scènes de ballet, ...
Just Stop Oil Protesters Interrupt Glyndebourne Performance
by Aliya Al-Hassan - June 16, 2023
Just Stop Oil protesters interrupted a performance during the Glyndebourne opera festival in East Sussex by letting off glitter cannons and blowing air horns....
Guest Blog: 'My Journey Has Been Almost as Long as His!': Writer and Librettist Glyn Maxwell on Adapting Wagner's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
by Guest Author - June 12, 2023
My journey with The Flying Dutchman has been almost as long as his. I was enthralled by the story as a child – a sailor who lost a bet with the Devil! – and then, twenty-five years ago, wrote a 10,000 line epic poem called Time’s Fool, where I substituted an endless ghost train for the cursed ...
Newcastle University and Opera North Launch New Three-Year Collaboration
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 10, 2023
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....
New Production Of Giordano's FEDORA Marks 150th The Met: Live In HD Transmission
by A.A. Cristi - January 10, 2023
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 5.55pm GMT, as part of The Met: Live in H...
The Best Of Royal Opera House Stream Will Kick off 2023
by Stephi Wild - December 28, 2022
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....
Finalists Announced for THE VOICE OF BLACK OPERA
by Blair Ingenthron - November 26, 2022
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
by Gary Naylor - October 07, 2022
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...
English Touring Opera to Return to the Stage This Autumn With HANDELFEST
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 14, 2022
English Touring Opera will return to stages across the UK this autumn with ‘Handelfest’, showcasing three of Handel’s finest operas – Ottone, Agrippina and Tamerlano – giving audiences up and down the country the chance to immerse themselves in the music of one of the world’s greatest co...
The Royal Opera House and Britten Pears Arts Announces Full Cast for THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA
by A.A. Cristi - September 01, 2022
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...
Joe O'Neill Leaves Shakespeare's Globe To Take Up Post Of Managing Director At Nevill Holt Opera
by Stephi Wild - July 26, 2022
Joe O'Neill will take up the post of Managing Director at Nevill Holt Opera this September, succeeding Annie Lydford who moves onto be Chief Executive at The Academy of St Martin in the Fields. ...
Pentabus Announces 2022 Season Featuring New Commissions and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 30, 2022
Today Pentabus announced their 2022 Season which features a new commission touring in the autumn, the return of Pentabus Young Writers live production and three new digital projects. ...
Royal Opera House Presents THE BLUE WOMAN
by A.A. Cristi - June 16, 2022
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...
Historically Informed Performance Of Handel's SERSE Comes To Opera Holland Park
by A.A. Cristi - June 13, 2022
Exciting historical performance ensemble Figure will bring a fresh and intimate semi-staged performance of Handel's Serse to London's Opera Holland Park this June. The recently established group aims to represent the rising generation of historical musicians, valuing intimacy in performance and, abo...
Welsh National Opera Presents Brand New Commission MIGRATIONS
by A.A. Cristi - June 09, 2022
The ground-breaking new opera by Welsh National Opera, Migrations will receive its world premiere in Summer 2022 with further performances in Autumn 22. ...
Royal Opera House Launches 2022/23 Apprenticeship Programme
by Stephi Wild - May 18, 2022
The Royal Opera House has announced its new apprenticeships for 2022/23, offering high quality training and two years of paid employment at one of London’s leading theatres. The new positions are predominantly in technical and production teams and provide early career opportunities for those l...
Nevill Holt Opera Celebrate Jubilee With BBC Concert Orchestra, 4 June
by A.A. Cristi - May 05, 2022
Nevill Holt Opera will present a celebratory concert extravaganza on Saturday 4th June at 5pm, featuring the world-renowned BBC Concert Orchestra. ...
Nevill Holt Opera Head To Lincoln Cathedral For Special Performance, 18 June
by A.A. Cristi - May 04, 2022
Nevill Holt Opera Leicestershire's award-winning opera company, will perform for the first time in the breath-taking Lincoln Cathedral, with a concert version of Puccini's heartbreaking La bohème. This special one-off performance will follow a run of La bohème at NHO's home on the beautiful Nevi...
The Royal Opera House Announced Cast Change for SAMSON ET DALILA
by A.A. Cristi - March 24, 2022
The Royal Opera House today announces that sadly Nicky Spence will no longer sing the role of Samson in the upcoming performances of Samson et Dalila (26 May-19 June). ...
Pegasus Opera Company In Association With Hagemann Rosenthal Associates Presents THE ASPERN PAPERS
by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2022
Hagemann Rosenthal Associates has announced their first full opera composed by Philip Hagemann in association with Pegasus Opera Company....
The Royal Opera House Celebrates International Women's Day With Performance At St. Pancras International
by A.A. Cristi - March 08, 2022
Today, International Women's Day 2022, thousands of shoppers, commuters and visitors to St. Pancras International enjoyed Lost and Found – a series of mini operas commissioned by the Royal Opera House, based on public submissions and created by all female composer and librettist teams....
Dancing, Healing, Telling Stories: Opera North Announces RESONANCE 2022 Artists
by A.A. Cristi - February 18, 2022
Opera North today announces the five lead artists who will develop new work in this year's Resonance programme for minority ethnic music-makers, supported by PRS Foundation's Talent Development Partnership, at residencies in Leeds over the next three months: musician Azizi Cole, whose workshop last ...
Celebrate International Women's Day With the Royal Opera's LOST AND FOUND
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 15, 2022
The Royal Opera will present Lost and Found: a series of brand-new, train-themed, micro-operas created by women composer and librettist teams. On Tuesday 8 March 2022, between 11am and 4pm, St. Pancras International will become a stage for the day, giving commuters the chance to enjoy stories an...
Francesco Demuro to Take Over as the Duke of Mantua in RIGOLETTO
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 01, 2022
Mexican tenor Javier Camarena has withdrawn from all Rigoletto performances. The role of the Duke of Mantua will be performed by Italian tenor Francesco Demuro. ...
Opera North Commissions Sitarist Roopa Panesar For New Music Biennial 2022
by A.A. Cristi - January 27, 2022
Opera North has announced a new commission from sitarist Roopa Panesar for PRS Foundation and Southbank Centre's New Music Biennial 2022. ...