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Turandot
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Royal Opera House
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The Royal Opera celebrates Giacomo Puccini's 150th birthday with a thrilling revival of his final opera.
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Hänsel und Gretel
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Royal Opera House
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Alice Coote and Camilla Tilling lead Cast B in Caurier and Leiser's new production at Covent Garden.
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Hänsel und Gretel
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Royal Opera House
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Cast A in Caurier and Leiser's disturbing and delightful new production of Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera.
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La Fida Ninfa
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Cadogan Hall
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Vivaldi specialists La Serenissima give a rare concert performance of a Vivaldi opera set on the island of Naxos.
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Riders to the Sea
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Coliseum
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Richard Hickox is remembered at English National Opera's production of Vaughan Williams' short opera.
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The Magic Flute
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Touring
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Glyndebourne on Tour present Adrian Noble's production of Mozart's ever-popular singspiel at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth.
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Les Contes d'Hoffmann
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Royal Opera House
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Mexican tenor Rolando Villazon returns to Covent Garden as Hoffmann, the role in which he triumphed four years ago.
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Boris Godunov
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Coliseum
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Tim Albery directs a new production of the seven-scene original version of Mussorgsky's gloomy masterpiece.
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Pelléas et Mélisande
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Sadler's Wells
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The youthful Independent Opera presents a specially-commissioned chamber version of Debussy's haunting opera.
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Elektra
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Royal Opera House
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Charles Edwards' 2003 production is revived at Covent Garden with Susan Bullock's house debut as Elektra.
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Matilde de Shabran
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Royal Opera House
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Tenor Juan Diego Florez returns to Covent Garden in a star vehicle by Rossini, with Aleksandra Kurzak in strong support.
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The Rape of Lucretia
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Kings Place
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Kings Place plays host to Aldeburgh's Young Artists from the Britten-Pears School in Britten's early chamber opera.
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Partenope
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Coliseum
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ENO premiere Christopher Alden's production of Handel's opera, with mezzo Christine Rice on stunning form.
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Aida
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Coliseum
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English National Opera revives last year's production of Verdi's popular classic, with designs by Zandra Rhodes.
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The Tale of Tsar Saltan
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Sadler's Wells
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The Mariinsky Opera perform Rimsky-Korsakov's fairy-tale opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan conducted by Tugan Sokhiev.
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La bohčme
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Royal Opera House
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John Copley's production returns to Covent Garden for the 22nd time, with Wookyung Kim as Rodolfo and Alexia Voulgaridou as Mimi.
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Facade/The Bear
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Linbury Studio
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The Royal Opera's Jette Parker Young Artists perform a double-bill of works by William Walton in the Linbury Studio.
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Cav and Pag
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Coliseum
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Richard Jones directs a new production of the verismo favourites at ENO. The double-bill is conducted by Edward Gardner.
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La Calisto
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Royal Opera House
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The Royal Opera mounts its earliest ever opera. David Alden directs and soprano Sally Matthews twinkles as the starry heroine.
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The Barber of Seville
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Coliseum
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ENO celebrate the 21st birthday of Jonathan Miller's classic production with its 10th revival. Andrew Shore returns as Dr Bartolo.
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La fanciulla del West
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Royal Opera House
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José Cura returns to the Royal Opera House in a revival of Puccini's wild west opera, with Eva-Maria Westbroek as Minnie.
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Don Giovanni
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Royal Opera House
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Sun readers dip their toes in operatic waters for the first time with the Royal Opera's Don Giovanni. But will it whet their appetite for more?
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Love and Other Demons
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Glyndebourne
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Peter Eötvös' opera, based on the work by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is premiered, with Nathan Gunn and Allison Bell.
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Iolanta
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Opera Holland Park
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Tchaikovsky's one-act opera is OHP's forgotten gem of the season, doubled with Stravinsky's neoclassical ballet Pulcinella.
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La Gioconda
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Opera Holland Park
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A rare outing for Ponchielli's melodrama by the enterprising West London opera company, with Gweneth-Ann Jeffers in the title role.
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Street Scene
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Young Vic
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Kurt Weill's Broadway musical, set in a New York tenement block, is revived by The Opera Group, under John Fulljames' direction.
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La bohčme
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Royal Opera House
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The Royal Opera closes its season with the 21st revival of John Copley's production of Puccini's crowd-pleaser.
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The Rake's Progress
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Royal Opera House
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Robert Lepage's production of Stravinsky's opera is updated to America in the 1950s.
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Candide
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Coliseum, London
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Robert Carsen's production of Bernstein's satirical musical comedy arrives in London, after scandalising Paris and Milan.
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An Ocean of Rain
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Almeida Theatre
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Cathie Boyd's production of Yannis Kyriakides' opera set in Haiti arrives in London following its run at the Aldeburgh Festival.
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Le nozze di Figaro
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Royal Opera House
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A razor-sharp revival of Mozart's comedy with David McVicar's production now conducted by Charles Mackerras.
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Crossing the Sea
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Wilton's Music Hall
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Deirdre Gribbin's one-woman opera plays for three performances as part of the CHINA NOW festival.
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Ariadne auf Naxos Royal Opera House, London
Richard Strauss picks up from where Harrison Birtwistle left off, with Deborah Voigt's Ariadne finally arriving on Naxos.
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La Commedia Theater Carré, Amsterdam
The World Premiere of Dutch composer Louis Andriessen's new theatre work takes place in Amsterdam.
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Don Carlo Royal Opera House, London
Villazón and Keenlyside lead an all-star cast for the Royal Opera's first production of the Italian version in nearly 20 years.
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La fille du regiment Holland Park, London
Opera Holland Park's season continues with better weather and a fizzing production of Donizetti's military comedy.
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Il Trovatore Holland Park, London
Opera Holland Park's season opens on a wet and windy June evening with Verdi's ever-green tale of gypsy curses and anvils.
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Der Rosenkavalier Coliseum, London
David McVicar's Scottish Opera production of Strauss' comedy makes it to London with John Tomlinson as Baron Ochs.
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Dido & Aeneas Middle Temple Hall, London
The 2008 Temple Festival mounts a production of Dido and Aeneas with Louise Winter and Elin Manahan Thomas.
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Tosca Royal Opera House, London
Jonas Kaufmann stars as Cavaradossi and Antonio Pappano conducts the Royal Opera's latest revival of Puccini's thriller.
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Simon Boccanegra Royal Opera House, London
John Eliot Gardiner conducts Verdi's dark masterpiece, with a stunning debut by German soprano Anja Harteros.
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The Merry Widow Coliseum, London
Back at home in St Martin's Lane, English National Opera present Lehár's operetta with Amanda Roocroft and Alfie Boe.
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Punch and Judy ENO at the Young Vic, London
Birtwistle's first opera receives a storming production from ENO, with Andrew Shore as Punch.
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The Minotaur Royal Opera House, London
The World Premiere of Harrison Birtwistle's opera, with John Tomlinson as the half-man, half-beast.
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Dido and Aeneas Wigmore Hall, London
Ronan Collett is Aeneas in a concert performance of Purcell's opera by the Gabrieli Consort and Players.
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Handel's Flavio Barbican Hall, London
Christopher Hogwood conducts the Academy of Ancient Music in a concert performance of Handel's little-known opera of 1723.
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Lost Highway ENO @ Young Vic, London
English National Opera give the UK premiere of Olga Neuwirth's 2003 opera based on the mystifying David Lynch movie.
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Carmen Royal Opera House, London
Francesca Zambello's production is revived with Nancy Fabiola Herrera and Marcelo Álvarez.
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Eugene Onegin @ Royal Opera House, London
Steven Pimlott's production of Tchaikovsky's opera returns to the Royal Opera House, with Gerald Finley a scintillating Onegin.
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Salome Royal Opera House, London
David McVicar directs a gripping new production of Strauss' dark one-acter, with Nadja Michael as the biblical temptress.
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Moscow Paradise @ Royal Academy of Music, London
Students of the Royal Academy of Music perform Shostakovich's musical comedy set on a Moscow housing estate.
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Lucia di Lammermoor @ Coliseum, London
David Alden's new production opens at the London Coliseum, with Paul Daniel conducting and Anna Christy as Lucia.
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Peter Grimes Sadler's Wells, London
Phyllida Lloyd's radical interpretation of Britten's first opera for Opera North returns to Sadlers Wells, the work's birthplace.
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Die Zauberflote B Cast Royal Opera House, London
We return for a second helping of Mozart, this time with Christopher Maltman, Kate Royal and Pavol Breslik.
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The Mikado @ Coliseum, London
Jonathan Miller returns to direct the 12th revival of his popular Gilbert & Sullivan production, set not in Japan but 1930s England.
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Madam Butterfly Coliseum, London
Anthony Minghella's colourful production,with puppets, is revived for English National Opera.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream @ Linbury Studio, London
Matthew Rose shows us his Bottom in Olivia Fuchs' production of Britten's Shakespearian comedy for the Royal Opera.
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Die Zauberflöte Royal Opera House
David McVicar's classic production returns to Covent Garden, with Simon Keenlyside once more a definitive Papageno.
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La Traviata @ Royal Opera House, London
Verdi's masterpiece is back, with Anna Netrebko and Jonas Kaufmann on scintillating form.
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Sweeney Todd Tim Burton does Sondheim
Tim Burton's film of Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece impresses visually but not musically.
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