The latest news on performances of Opera in UK Regional.
The Royal Opera Dedicates LE NOZZE DI FIGARO To Bernard Haitink
by A.A. Cristi - January 11, 2022
The Royal Opera will dedicate the current run of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro to former Royal Opera Music Director Bernard Haitink - celebrating all he accomplished during his tenure at the ROH. Music Director of the Royal Opera Antonio Pappano, who is conducting the revival run of ...
VIDEO: Oksana Lyniv Discusses Conducting The Royal Opera's TOSCA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 27, 2021
Watch Oksana Lyniv discuss the role of the conductor and the musical elements for The Royal Opera's Tosca....
Germán E. Alcántara to Replace Davide Luciano in THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO at the Royal Opera House
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 17, 2021
Italian baritone Davide Luciano is indisposed and has withdrawn from performing the role of Count Almaviva in all performances of The Marriage of Figaro. Argentinean baritone and former Jette Parker Young Artist Germán E. Alcántara will replace him....
The Royal Opera House Announces Opera And Ballet Cultural Highlights For 2022
by A.A. Cristi - December 15, 2021
The Royal Opera House will continue its first full Season since 2019 with a selection of world class productions throughout 2022, showcasing the very best of opera and ballet. In anticipation of the new year, here are a selection of upcoming world premieres and classic revivals from The Royal Oper...
VIDEO: Watch the Act Four Finale in the Royal Opera's Production of MACBETH
by Stephi Wild - December 15, 2021
For Verdi, Shakespeare was a long-standing passion and Macbeth (the first of his three Shakespearean masterpieces) is widely seen as a major step forward in his artistic development. First seen in 2002, Phyllida Lloyd’s production encapsulates the sinister quality of the piece, with striking desig...
Cast Change Announced for TOSCA at the Royal Opera House
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 13, 2021
Bryan Hymel is indisposed and has withdrawn from all remaining Tosca performances. The following cast changes have been made to the role of Mario Cavaradossi for the remaining performances. ...
Royal Opera House Announces Black History Month Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 18, 2021
Throughout the month of October The Royal Opera House will present live-streamed performances featuring artists from both The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, alongside a range of archival content and dedicated social media takeovers from our global community of Black creatives and performers. ...
The Royal Opera House Celebrates Design Challenge Winners, And Welcomes 24 Schools For First Schools' Matinee
by A.A. Cristi - September 28, 2021
On Friday, the Royal Opera House opened its doors to students, holding the first Schools' Matinee of the new Season, and hosting a special prizegiving ceremony to celebrate winners of the 10th annual Design Challenge. Both initiatives form part of a wider strategy to engage, inspi...
Royal Opera House Announces Meet The Young Artists Week 2021
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 28, 2021
Join the Royal Opera House this autumn as they celebrate 20 years of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme with Meet the Young Artists Week 2021: a week-long festival filled with activities and performances that showcase the extraordinary talents of Young Artists past and present. ...
THE PRODIGAL SON (L'ENFANT PRODIGUE) to be Presented at Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy Of Music
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 02, 2021
Hagemann Rosenthal Associates has announced their latest double bill composed by Philip Hagemann in association with Pegasus Opera Company. Passion, Poison and Petrification and The Prodigal Son will be staged at Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music....
VIVALDI MEETS WERTHER: FOUR SEASONS to be Presented by Opera In The City 2021
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 02, 2021
Different art forms reframe and reimagine one another to form an original vision of two traditional works: united by their sense of drama, characterisation and feeling. The dramatic movements of Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons interweave with Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther to bring...
VIDEO: Learn What its Like to Be a Member of the Royal Opera Chorus
by Stephi Wild - July 19, 2021
Members of the Chorus will discuss the opportunities, joys and challenges of their work and perform excerpts including Bizet’s Carmen, Verdi’s Falstaff, Britten's Peter Grimes and many more best-loved operas....
Full Program Announced for 2021 Grimeborn Opera Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 09, 2021
Arcola Theatre today announced the full programme of productions in the 2021 Grimeborn Opera Festival, which is returning for its 14th year. Productions include 25 - 29 August Alcina, Music by George Friedrich Handel; 1- 4 September Hopes & Fears, Music by Claude Debussy and more....
VIDEO: Go Inside Rehearsal For The Royal Opera House's LA BOHEME
by Stephi Wild - July 03, 2021
The Royal Opera House has released a video featuring Anush Hovhannisyan and Yuriy Yurchuk accompanied by Michael Papadopoulos rehearsing Quando m'en vo, Musetta's aria in La bohème....
BWW Review: IOLANTHE, The Roman Theatre St Albans
by Gary Naylor - June 17, 2021
Fantastical fairies and pompous politicians collide in this sweet satire, one of Britain's favourite operas....
Welsh National Opera Announces 2021/22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 15, 2021
Welsh National Opera has announced that the Company will return to touring in Wales and England from Autumn this year. The details announced include touring opera productions, engagement and outreach work and orchestral concert activity. ...
Jersey Opera House Unlikely to Reopen Before Summer 2022
by Stephi Wild - June 14, 2021
The company has had to tell visiting companies that it cannot guarantee being open to receive shows that had previously been scheduled for the summer season. Chairman Pierre Horsfall said that it was ‘very frustrating’ that funds allocated in good faith were dependent on the appointment of a pro...
BWW Review: L'EGISTO, Cockpit Theatre
by Gary Naylor - June 07, 2021
Hampstead Garden Opera bring a slice of 17th century Venetian sensibility to our Covidy times....
Opera North Presents Virtual Presentations of ORFEO ED EURIDICE, FIDELIO and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 05, 2021
As lockdown continues to impact live performance, Opera North has announced a range of options, from powerful productions to intimate chamber concerts, to entertain viewers at home....