Opera

Classical Spectacular

The dancing rhythms and swirling colours of Smetana’s opera The Bartered Bride launch a concert of big musical gestures and even bigger emotions. First love blazes hot in the Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin, as Tatyana (sung here by soprano Elena Stikhina) pours out her heart in music...

Carmina Burana

O fortuna! The Philharmonia’s rousing performance of Carl Orff’s towering choral masterpiece is destined to give you chills. The full force of the orchestra backs up the monumental harmony of over 200 voices and three internationally acclaimed soloists in this performance of Orff’s unforgettable masterwork. Rossini: Overture, William Tell Bruch:...

Katherine Jenkins

An Astounding Classical Spectacular!!

La Traviata

Richard Eyre's stunning production of Verdi's best-loved opera returns with star sopranos Ermonela Jaho and Angel Blue as Violetta; the casts also include Plácido Domingo and Charles Castronovo.

Cosi Fan Tutte

Thomas Allen and five young operatic talents star in Mozart's theatrical and tuneful comedy about love and fidelity.

Choir! Choir! Choir!

This show has been rescheduled to 10th October and moved to Lafayette.

La Bohème

La bohème is an Italian opera in four acts. ... The opera tells the story of a love affair between a poor poet and an equally poor seamstress in 19th century Paris. The opera is based on a book by Henri Murger called Scenes from Bohemian Life.

Ellen Kent's Madama Butterfly

Welcoming back the fabulous Korean soprano Elena Dee and the celebrated international soprano Alyona Kistenyova*. One of the world’s most popular operas, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly tells the heart-breaking story of the beautiful young Japanese girl who falls in love with an American naval lieutenant – with dramatic results. Highlights include...

Russell Watson 20th Anniversary Of The Voice

Singing sensation Russell Watson performs an intimate concert of career highlights. Russell will be joined on stage by his live band and choir to celebrate 20 years since his debut album The Voice was released.

The Russian State Opera presents Aida

The Bartered Bride

Midsummer Opera present in English translation the Czech national opera par excellence, The Bartered Bride, by the Czech national composer Smetana. A joyful piece in which true love prevails in the face of some cack-handed obstacles. Soloists, Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by David Roblou.

Madama Butterfly

Ellen Kent's Carmen

An evening of passion, sexual jealousy, death and unforgettable arias.This dazzling production with orchestra features Bizet’s unforgettable melodies including The Toreador’s Song, Carmen’s enticing Habanera, and Don José’s lyrical Flower Song in a setting evoking the stunning architecture of Seville and its main square with Roman and Moorish influences.Sung in...

Ellen Kent's Tosca

An explosion of love and treachery.Delighted to welcome back Iurie Gisca as Scarpia and the international stars, Maria Tonina, Elena Dee and Alyona Kistenyova*.This traditional production is a heady mixture of true love, torture and treachery, with two of the best roles for tenor and soprano, plus a truly blood...

Bizet's Carmen

The Cunning Little Vixen

Energised by Janáček’s exuberant rhythms, The Cunning Little Vixen captures the joys, thrills, fears and sorrows of our existence – whether or not we have a tail.

Music in Mowbray

Cosi Fan Tutte - English National Opera

La Boheme - English National Opera

The Cunning Little Vixen - English National Opera

Hms Pinafore

A clueless Captain, a spirited siren and pompous petty officers. No wonder they're all at sea. Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera HMS PINAFORE is a hilarious tale of love, honour and duty. Packed with absurd characters, unforeseen plot twists and a delightfully farcical finale, Pinafore is a satirical take on...

Satyagraha

With an idea, Gandhi founded a movement. With a movement, he created a nation. With a nation, he changed the course of history. Philip Glass's meditation on Gandhi's early years in South Africa traces the progress of his concept of non-violent protest as a positive force for change. Glass's use...

The Handmaid's Tale

Memory is strength. Love is resistance. Based on Margaret Atwood's seminal novel, Poul Ruders's THE HANDMAID'S TALE plunges us into the Republic of Gilead, where women have been entirely stripped of their rights and freedoms. The opera tells the story of a Handmaid given the name Offred, one of the...

The Valkyrie

Family feuds can destroy worlds. The seeds of a final apocalypse are sown in Wagner's epic opera as the earth is plunged into conflict by scheming Gods in their search for power. Set against the rich landscape of Norse mythology, a man pursued and a woman in love create a...

Satyagraha - English National Opera

The Handmaid's Tale - English National Opera

Il Divo

Andrea Bocelli