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Photos: MRS T Opera About Margaret Thatcher Makes London Debut at Kings Place
by Stephi Wild - Jun 15, 2026

MRS T, the first opera to explore Margaret Thatcher's years in office, held an exclusive showcase at Kings Place in London, featuring mezzo-soprano Lucy Schaufer in the title role. Learn more and check out photos here!

MRS T: First Opera About Margaret Thatcher Will Receive London Showcase
by Stephi Wild - Apr 28, 2026

Composer Joseph Phibbs and historian Dominic Sandbrook have written MRS T, the first opera about Margaret Thatcher's time in office, with mezzo-soprano Lucy Schaufer in the title role at Kings Place, London.

Tobacco Factory Theatres Presents THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
by Julie Musbach - Aug 8, 2019

Following a break in 2018, Opera Project are back at Tobacco Factory Theatres this autumn with a joyous, exuberant opera by Rossini - The Barber of Seville.

Welsh National Opera Announce Spring Season Of Intoxicating Love Stories
by BWW News Desk - Feb 17, 2017

Two classic Puccini operas and a hidden opera gem make up Welsh National Opera's Love's Poisoned Chalice season, taking audiences on a journey of love, passion, heartbreak and tragedy through some of opera's greatest tear jerking music.

Carlo Rizzi Returns to the Lyric Opera of Chicago in Verdi's NABUCCO
by Christina Mancuso - Dec 15, 2015

Carlo Rizzi is ready to enter an exciting period of work in the New Year. The conductor's 2015/16 season continues in January with a return to the Lyric Opera of Chicago for Matthew Ozawa's new production of Verdi's Nabucco. He heads to Milan the following month to begin rehearsals for Teatro alla Scala's eagerly awaited staging of Umberto Giordano's La cena delle beffe, an opera not seen at La Scala for eight decades. Rizzi's rich schedule also includes the world premiere of Iain Bell's In Parenthesis and the double-bill of Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci, staged to celebrate the 70th birthday of Welsh National Opera (WNO).