OperaUpClose’s The Flying Dutchman and We two were lovers – The Sea and I is now touring

Touring from Wednesday 28 June – Sunday 23 July: OperaUpClose and Manchester Camerata present The Flying Dutchman

From the SS Great Britain in Bristol to a former turbine factory in Liverpool, a radically re-imagined Wagner masterpiece tours to waterside venues

Words by Glyn Maxwell, orchestration by Laura Bowler in association with Robin Wallington and directed by Lucy Bradley

‘Compelling… Striking music theatre of considerable integrity and force’, ★★★★ Guardian on OperaUpCloses La traviata) / ‘Britain’s most adventurous orchestra’ The Times on Manchester Camerata

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Essex Summer Opera Festival’s The Elixir of Love and its Summer 2023 tour

Essex Summer Opera Festival is on tour in Summer 2023 New opera company Wild Arts to bring their trademark effervescent storytelling to Donizetti’s Elixir of Love at Layer Marney Tower, one of England’s finest Tudor Palaces. Donizetti, The Elixir of Love – 22, 24 and 25 June 2023 Wild Arts present a brilliant new production … Read more

North Yorkshire’s Ryedale Festival – 14th to 30th July 2023

Ryedale revels in a rich array of music, celebrating everything from Tchaikovsky to Troubadours

The Ryedale Festival returns in July with a brilliant range of concerts in stunning venues across North Yorkshire.

Director Christopher Glynn’s reputation for distinctive and insightful programming and for spotting and supporting early-career artists is never more present than in the 2023 Festival line-up.

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Speranza Scappucci is the Royal Opera House’s new Principal Guest Conductor

Royal Opera House appoints  Speranza Scappucci as Principal Guest Conductor

Speranza Scappucci conducting Attila (ROH 2022) © Tom Parker 

The Royal Opera House announces the appointment of Speranza Scappucci as Principal Guest Conductor of The Royal Opera. Scappucci will take up the position in September 2025, at the start of the 2025/26 Season, becoming the first Principal Guest Conductor since 1997.

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Royal Opera House at the cinema in 2023-24

Royal Opera House announces 2023-2024 international Cinema Season

13 productions broadcast to over 500 UK cinemas
8 productions broadcast to 1,300 cinemas across the world
The Royal Opera House’s first cinema collaboration –
with Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK
A truly international roster of talent,
including Jonas Kaufmann and Sondra Radvanovsky

For more information and to book tickets CLICK HERE

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