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BALLET ICONS GALA at the London Coliseum – 15 February 2026, 7pm
BALLET ICONS GALA 2026 celebrates 20 years at the London Coliseum with a dazzling anniversary tribute to the art of ballet honouring distinguished ballet personalities and bringing awareness to the environmental crisis
Celebrate the magic of live ballet – tickets are available through the London Coliseum website here or via the London Coliseum box office.
Elgar’s choral masterpiece
Firmly rooted in the belief that The Kingdom is the greatest of Elgar’s oratorios, David Temple, Music Director of Crouch End Festival Chorus and Hertfordshire Chorus, has long been a champion of the work. With its beautiful, gentle conversational sections, astonishing dramatic passages, iridescent colours and some of Elgar’s finest orchestral writing, Temple believes that ‘it is a gem from the first note to the last’.
The two choirs, under Temple, will join forces with soloists Francesca Chiejina, Dame Sarah Connolly, Benjamin Hulett and James Platt for a performance at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 29 January 2026.
‘A born artist. Everything he touches transforms into something new’
The prestigious Concertgebouw Prize will be presented on 16 March 2026 to the Hungarian conductor Iván Fischer
Waterperry Opera Festival announces 2026 headline productions: La bohème and The Elixir of Love
Two celebrated masterpieces to be performed in English, created by critically acclaimed creative teams
Waterperry Opera Festival is delighted to announce the two major headline productions for its 2026 season: Puccini’s La bohème and Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love, both presented in vivid and accessible English translations. Following the Festival’s record-breaking 2025 season, these cornerstone operas will take centre stage next summer, performed against the backdrop of Waterperry’s iconic gardens and continuing the Festival’s mission to bring imaginative, world-class opera to audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
The 12th International Opera Awards – the opera world’s most prestigious accolade – lit up the Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Greek National Opera (GNO) in Athens tonight in a landmark celebration of the global opera community. Live-streamed worldwide, the event underscored the artform’s enduring power to inspire audiences and transform communities across borders.
Garsington Opera 2026 – 27 May- 25 July 2026
La traviata, Der Rosenkavalier, Il ritorno d’ulisse & The Importance Of Being Earnest
Mystery, intrigue, beauty, passion, and murder… A dramatic new film reveals the real story of one of the greatest artists of all time CARAVAGGIO comes to cinemas nationwide on 11th November 2025. Five years in the making, EXHIBITION ON SCREEN’s Caravaggio is the most extensive film ever made about the revolutionary and controversial artist. Winning the audience … Read more
Bristol Beacon 2025/26 Orchestral Season
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) – Sir Stephen Hough (piano) – 2 October
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Vasily Petrenko (conductor) – 16 October
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) – Jess Gillam (saxophone) – 6 November
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – Osmo Vänskä (conductor) – Helena Juntunen (soprano) – 20 November
Manchester Collective & The Marian Consort – 5 December
London Symphony Orchestra – Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) – Antoine Tamestit (viola) – 13 December
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) – Elizabeth Watts (soprano) – 3 January