Das Rheingold at Grange Park Opera in June and July 2026 with the Orchestra of English National Opera

Bu­ckle up Wagnerians! The Ring Cycle is coming to Surrey Starting in 2026, Grange Park Opera undertakes the mammoth feat of staging the complete Ring Cycle across four successive years. Wagner’s epic Der Ring des Nibelungen (usually known simply as The Ring Cycle) starts in 2026 with Das Rheingold – the first performance will be on 14 June (followed by 20 … Read more

Grimeborn Opera Festival 2025 – 16 July to 13 September

Announcing the full programme of shows in the Grimeborn Opera Festival 2025 The festival will be staged for its 19th year at Arcola Theatre An exciting, anything-goes opera festival that rips up the rulebook and writes something radically new Opera reinvented, rewired, and reborn Arcola Artistic Director Mehmet Ergen said: ‘Once again we are thrilled to … Read more

English National Opera in 2025-26 and their new Music Director André de Ridder

English National Opera announces new Music Director and 2025/26 Season  

André de Ridder © Hugo Glendinning (Courtesy of ENO)

André de Ridder appointed as ENO’s Music Director, with his first conducting engagement as Music Director Designate in February 2026.

The 2025/26 Season includes 12 productions and concerts across London and Greater Manchester, featuring 5 new productions (for more information about these and how to book tickets click here)

Ongoing expansion of ENO’s work nationally through new broadcast partnerships and learning and participation programmes.

Free tickets for Under 21s continue, extending to audiences in Greater Manchester. 

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London’s Sadler’s Wells theatres in 2025-26

Sadler’s Wells announces new programming across its four theatres

Associate Artists Crystal Pite, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Alesandra Seutin, Hofesh Shechter, Akram Khan, Sharon Eyal, Jules Cunningham and Michael Keegan-Dolan all feature, as well as International Associate Company Acosta Danza 

Ballet Black, Andrea Peña, Armin Hokmi, Copenhagen Collective, Ichi Ni San, Yewande 103, Amit Noy and Sadeck Berrabah make their Sadler’s Wells debuts

World premieres of triple bill inspired by the work of Nico Muhly, a performance installation that reimagines Western ideas of progress, new work from Sadler’s Wells resident Company of Elders, plus Chaka Khan musical I’m Every Woman in 2026

Programming, workshops and symposiums announced for inaugural YFX Youth Festival, which celebrates the incredible youth work being created up and down the country

35,000 tickets go on sale available at £25 or less and for further information and how to book tickets click here

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in 2025-26

Awe-inspiring live music for everyone: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra announces performances across the South West Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth conducts 22 performances across the season including Basingstoke, Bristol, Exeter, Fareham, Poole, Sherborne and Taunton. Works by the Orchestra’s Celebrated Composer, Dani Howard, feature in 15 performances. Jess Gillam performs the UK premiere of Howard’s Saxophone Concerto in Bristol and Poole. Roderick Williams OBE becomes the Orchestra’s Artist-in-Residence, with … Read more

Oxford International Song Festival: 10 to 25 October 2025

Oxford International Song Festival – Stories in Song Oxford International Song Festival announces a thrilling and ambitious fortnight of song, with storytelling at its heart. Across 67 events, audiences can explore stories in many different forms, from fairytales and ballads to the human and artistic relationships behind the songs, to the developing stories of national … Read more