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Dmitry Ulyanov (Tsar Dodon) and Andrei Popov (Astrologer)

The Golden Cockerel

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, libretto by Vladimir Belsky after Pushkin

Opera de Lyon

Released 12 August 2022

Rita

Music by Gaetano Donizetti with libretto by Gustave Vaez

Charing Cross Theatre Productions

Charing Cross Theatre

7–20 August 2022

Cooperstown

Sasha Matson

We Are Vocal

Fringe Online

From 5 August 2022

Ernani

Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on a play by Victor ...

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Italy

29 July 2022–29 January 2023

Turandot

Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni after the homon...

Grand Théâtre de Genève

Grand Théâtre de Genève, Switzerland

22 July 2022–22 January 2023

Like Flesh

Music by Sivan Elder, Libretto by Cordelia Lynn

Opera de Lille

Opera de Lille, France

15 July 2022–15 January 2023

Falstaff

Giuseppe Verdi, libretto Arrigo Boito after Shakespeare

Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Florence

Released 8 July 2022

Uschi Plautz (Overseer) and Nadja Stefanoff (Marta)

Die Passagierin (The Passenger)

Mieczysław Weinberg, libretto Alexander Medvedev from novel by Zofia Posmysz

Oper Graz, Austria

Released 8 July 2022

Figure 2021 Launch Concert Bach's St John Passion

Serse

Music by George Frideric Handel, libretto by Silvio Stampiglia

Figure

Opera Holland Park

30 June 2022

La Wally

Alfredo Catalani, libretto by Luigi Illica

Theater an der Wien

Released 24 June 2022

Otello

Giuseppe Verdi and Arrigo Boito

Grange Park Opera

Theatre in the Woods, West Horsley

19 June–9 July 2022

Sara Blanch (Marie, daughter of the regiment) and the 21st

La Fille du Regiment

Gaetano Donizetti

National Theatre of Cuba for Donizetti Festival, Bergamo

Released 17 June 2022

La Gioconda

Music by Amilcare Ponchielli, libretto by Arrigo Boito

Grange Park Opera

11 June–13 July 2022

Seller with Marita Sølberg (Mimi) and Diego Torre (Rodolfo)

La Boheme

Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica

Norwegian National Opera

Released 10 June 2022

The Excursions of Mr Brouček

Music by Leoš Janáček, libretto by Leoš Janáček, F S Procházka, František Gel...

Grange Park Opera

9 June–7 July 2022

The introduction: Andreas Schager (Tristan), Anja Kampe (Isolde) and on left Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangän)e

Tristan und Isolde

Richard Wagner

Berlin Staatsoper

Released 27 May 2022

Leonore 40/45

Rolf Liebermann, Libretto by Heinrich Strobel

Theater Bonn

Theater Bonn, Bonn, Germany

27 May–27 November 2022

Nerone

Arrigo Boito

Bregenz Festival, Austria

Released 27 May 2022

Kostadin Andreev (Siegfried) and Atanas Mladenov (Gunther)

Götterdämmerung

Richard Wagner

Sofia Opera, Bulgaria

Released 20 May 2022

Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria

Claudio Monteverdi, libretto Giacomo Badoaro

La Fenice, Venice

Released 20 May 2022

Total Karita

François Poulenc and others

Finnish National Opera

Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, Finland

18 May–18 November 2022

Cosi Fan Tutte

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Glyndebourne, East Sussex

15–29 May 2022

Luca Dall’Amico (Lorenzo) and Jessica Pratt (Giulietta)

I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Vincenzo Bellini

La Fenice, Venice

Released 13 May 2022

La Fille du Regiment

Gaetano Donizetti, Libretto by Jean-François-Alfred Bayard & Jules-Henry Vern...

Donizetti Opera Festival and Teatro Lirico Nacional de Cuba

Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, Italy

13 May–13 August 2022

The Paradis Files

Librettists Nicola Werenowski and Selina Mills, composer Erroll Wallen

Graeae in partnership with BBC Concert Orchestra and Curve Theatre

Crucible Theatre

11–12 May 2022

Ileana Cotrubas (Elisabetta) and Luis Lima (Carlo)

Don Carlo

Giuseppe Verdi

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Released 1 May 2022

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Kurt Weill, Libretto by Bertolt Brecht

Teatro Regio di Parma

Teatro Regio di Parma, Italy

30 April–30 July 2022

The Flying Dutchman

Richard Wagner

Nationaltheater Mannheim

Nationaltheater Mannheim, Germany

24 April–24 October 2022

Krystian Adam (Orfeo) and Lucile Richardot (Messenger)

L'Orfeo

Claudio Monteverdi, libretto Alessandro Striggio

La Fenice, Venice

Released 22 April 2022

Sybil: The Moment Has Gone / Waiting for the Sibyl

Concept and director William Kentridge, choral composer Nhlanhla Mahlangu, co...

Barbican Theatre

22–24 April 2022

Edward Hawkins (Polkan), Grant Doyle (King Dodon) and Alys Mererid Robers (Cockerel)

The Golden Cockerel

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, libretto by Vladimir Belsky after Pushkin

English Touring Opera

Cambridge Arts Theatre

21 April–30 May 2022

Maureen Brathwaite as Hilde, the Baroness, Omar Ebrahim as the Baron, Andee-Louise Hypolite as Gossip, Bethan Langford as Maria Theresia von Paradis and Chandrika Gopalakrishnan (interpreter)

The Paradis Files

Music by Errollyn Wallen, libretto by Nicola Werenowska, Selina Mills, origin...

Graeae Theatre Company in partnership with BBC Concert Orchestra and Curve Theatre

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

13–14 April 2022

Boulevard des Italiens

Benjamin Mernheim

Deutsche Grammophon

Released 8 April 2022

Luciano Botelho (Rodolfo) and Francesca Chiejina (Mimi)

La bohème and The Golden Cockerel

Giacomo Puccini and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

English Touring Opera

York Theatre Royal

8–9 April 2022

The Seven Deadly Sins

Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill

Opera North

Leeds Grand Theatre

8 April–8 October 2022

The Handmaid’s Tale

Music Poul Ruders, libretto Paul Bentley based on the novel by Margaret Atwood

English National Opera

London Coliseum

8–14 April 2022

La Bohème

Giacomo Puccini

English Touring Opera

Sheffield Lyceum

8 April–3 June 2022

One Penny Opera

The Tiger Lillies

Soho Theatre

7–23 April 2022

The LIfe and Death of Alexander Litvinenko

Anthony Bolton, Libretto by Kit Hesketh-Harvey

Grange Park Opera

Grange Park Opera, Surrey

From 1 April 2022

Der Vampyr

Heinrich Marschner, Libretto by Wilhelm August Wohlbrook

Staatsoper Hnanover

Staatsoper Hanover, Germany

25 March–25 September 2022

Giorgi Sturua (Vassili) and Sonya Yoncheva (Stephana)

Siberia

Umberto Giordano, libretto Luigi Illica

Maggio Musicale, Florence, Italy

Released 18 March 2022

Elektra

Richard Strauss, libretto by Hugo von Hofmannstahl after Sophocles

Grand Théâtre de Genève

Grand Théâtre de Genève, Switzerland

18 March–18 September 2022

Così fan tutte

Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte

English National Opera

London Coliseum

14–22 March 2022

Rigoletto

Score by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

Opera North

The Lowry, Salford

9–12 March 2022

Made For Opera

Nadine Sierra

Deutsche Grammophon

Released 4 March 2022

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Jacques Offenbach

Staatsoper Hamburg

Released 25 February 2022

Don Giovanni

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto Emanuel Schikaneder

Royal Opera House

Released 25 February 2022

The Cunning Little Vixen

Music and libretto Leoš Janáček

English National Opera

London Coliseum

20 February–1 March 2022

Roberto Aronica (Alvaro) and Saioa Hernandez (Leonora)

La forza del destino

Giuseppe Verdi, libretto Francesco Maria Piave

Maggio Musicale, Florence, Italy

Released 18 February 2022

Opera news

Orpheus goes East in Leeds

21 July 2022

A ground-breaking staging of Monteverdi’s opera Orpheus is set to open at Opera North in Leeds this October.

La bohème concert at Fairfield Halls

17 July 2022

For one day only, La bohème will be performed in concert at Fairfield Halls in Croydon.

D'Oyly Carte special reunion

3 July 2022

The International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival welcomes G&S "greats" from the old and new D'Oyly Carte Opera Company for a reunion concert in Harrogate.

New Blue Woman opera

24 June 2022

Part of The Royal Opera's Engender season, The Blue Woman is a new opera exploring the rage, resilience and healing following sexual violence.

Northern Ireland Opera reveals lead Traviata cast

16 June 2022

Northern Ireland Opera has announced the main cast for its upcoming La traviata in September.

Andrew Slater, Rosie Clifford and James Corrigan in At the Boar's Head in 2021

Getting a Handel on power politics

31 May 2022

Leeds Opera Festival draws parallels with world today.

Bartered Bride in Bracknell

27 May 2022

Sung in English, Smetana's The Bartered Bride plays at South Hill Park in Bracknell.

ENO stages Britten's Gloriana for Jubilee

27 May 2022

English National Opera will stage a one-off concert of Benjamin Britten’s Gloriana in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Rhianna Gouldbourne, Hair, Wigs and Make Up Apprentice 2022

Apply for Royal Opera House apprenticeship

25 May 2022

Nine apprenticeships are available across Royal Opera House departments.

Royal Opera House cinema season

25 May 2022

Thirteen productions of ballet and opera, including three world premières, will be broadcast.

Poster for Northern Ireland Opera's La Traviata

Northern Ireland Opera tease first Traviata company details

28 April 2022

Northern Ireland Opera has revealed three key female participants for its highly anticipated La traviata in September.

Opera singer's appeal for Ukraine

9 April 2022

Ukrainian baritone Yuriy Yurchuk, Royal Opera House Principal Artist, has appealed for support for Ukraine at fundraising events across the UK.

G&S Harrogate youth auditions

7 April 2022

Gilbert & Sullivan Festival Youth Productions 2022 in Harrogate is auditioning for Iolanthe.

Scene from the 2021 production of Handel's Acis and Galatea

Apt choice for baroque festival

31 March 2022

An obscure opera will have a timely setting at this year’s Vache Baroque Festival in Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.

Artists of The Royal Ballet in Flight Pattern

Royal Opera House concerts and stream for Ukraine

23 March 2022

Royal Opera House has unveiled fundraising initiatives in support of the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

Sarah Helsby Hughes will direct The Pirates of Penzance

Gilbert and Sullivan Festival to return in summer 2022

11 March 2022

The International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival will return in summer 2022 at both Buxton Opera House and the Royal Hall, Harrogate.

Graeae first chamber opera

11 March 2022

Leading UK disabled-led theatre company Graeae's first ever chamber opera is the world première of Errollyn Wallen’s The Paradis Files.

Ariadne auf Naxos at Goteborgs Opera 2018

Opera North 2022-23 season

11 March 2022

Opera North has announced a year of cultural encounters and myths retold, in eight productions for its 2022–23 season.

Artec 3D scans of a mother specimen from Dr Roger Key collection

Artists and scientists: DARE to enter

11 March 2022

Art and science meet in the £15K DARE Art Prize from Opera North & University of Leeds, now calling for entries.

St Pancras International Roof and Sir John Betjeman statue

ROH celebrates IWD with Lost and Found

18 February 2022

Lost and Found is seven micro-operas inspired by tales of travelling and train connections for International Women’s Day performed live at St. Pancras Station.