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London’s Royal Opera House (now the Royal Ballet & Opera) in 2024-25

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The Royal Ballet and Opera in 2024/25

  • World Premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s opera Festen  
  • Eight new opera productions across two stages including: Eugene Onegin, The Tales of Hoffmann, Die Walküre, Semele, The Sound Voice Project and a Bernstein double bill 
  • European Premiere of Wayne McGregor’s MaddAddam  
  • Eight works new to The Royal Ballet by choreographers including Christopher Wheeldon, Joseph Toonga and Pam Tanowitz 
  • 40 years of breaking down barriers with our pioneering learning programmes 
  • 11 productions shown in 1,500 cinemas across the globe 
  • Tickets available from £3 – on sale from Wednesday 10 July 

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BBC Proms – Friday 19 July to Saturday 14 September 2024 

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BBC Proms welcomes the world’s best international and British orchestras to the Royal Albert Hall and launches more residencies across the UK 

Ninety Proms feature over 3,000 musicians over eight weeks, including star soloists Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yunchan Lim, Víkingur Ólafsson, Sheku, Braimah and Isata Kanneh-Mason, and weekend festivals in Bristol, Nottingham and Gateshead.

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NIO’s Eugene Onegin in Belfast – 14 to 21 September 2024

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NORTHERN IRELAND OPERA PRESENTS EUGENE ONEGIN at The Grand Opera House Belfast

Directed by Cameron Menzies and conducted by Dominic Limburg

Featuring the Chorus of Northern Ireland Opera and the Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera on 14, 17, 19, 21 September 2024 at 7.30pm

Love, friendship and fidelity collide with devastating consequences.
A story of passion, pride, a moment’s madness, a duel and a true love lost.

Northern Ireland Opera today announces Principal Cast and Creatives in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece Eugene Onegin this September in Belfast. Based on Alexander Pushkin’s classic novel in verse, one of the most lyrical and beautiful pieces of literature adapted for opera, this stunning production will be directed by the renowned national opera company’s Artistic director Cameron Menzies (Nominated Best Director for Into the Woods Irish Times’s Irish Theatre Awards 2022 and Winner of three Paris Short Film Awards for film Old Friends and Other Days).

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A delightful Messiah from students of the Royal Academy of Music and the Sudbury Choral Society

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Messiah (HWV 56): Clara Orif (soprano), Oryna Veselovska (mezzo-soprano), James Edgeler (tenor), Thomas Butler (bass), musicians, Sudbury Choral Society / John Chillingworth (conductor). Sudbury Arts Centre, Sudbury, 14.4.2024. (MG)

[l-r] Clara Orif (soprano), Oryna Veselovska (mezzo-soprano), James Edgeler (tenor) and Thomas Butler (bass)

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London’s Southbank Centre in 2024-25

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From Vivaldi to virtual reality: Southbank Centre announces Classical Music Autumn/Winter 2024/25 programme

[l-r] Paraorchestra © Paul Blakemore; Lawrence Power © Jessie Rodger; Julia Bullock © Allison Michael Orenstein

The Southbank Centre and its family of six Resident Orchestras – Aurora Orchestra, Chineke! Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Philharmonia Orchestra – has announced the Classical Music Autumn/Winter 2024/25 programme.

A presentation of the dynamic variety and staggering influence of the genre in all its forms, the programme features soaring symphonic works, powerful premieres, ambitious anniversary events performed by ground-breaking orchestras and ensembles.

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Bayerische Staatsoper in 2024-25

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The 2024–25 season at the Bayerische Staatsoper

Nine new Bayerische Staatsoper productions and three new Bayerisches Staatsballett productions, the fourth edition of the UniCredit September Festival, the third Ja, Mai Festival and a variety of concerts with the Bayerisches Staatsorchester as well as the Ballet Festival Week and the Munich Opera Festival provide the framework for the coming season in the Bayerische Staatsoper’s divisions.

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North Yorkshire’s Ryedale Festival – 12 to 28 July 2024

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Ryedale Festival – Friday 12 – Sunday 28 July 2024 – North Yorkshire

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The Ryedale Festival aims to make North Yorkshire one of the best places in Europe to enjoy and encounter classical music, and to do it with a sense of vision and adventure.

This year’s summer festival takes place between Friday 12th – Sunday 28th July and features 58 performances in 35 beautiful and historic locations across the county.

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