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Austria Vienna State Opera’s ‘Opern-Air’ 2026: Soloists, Ensemble, Opera School choir, Chorus (chorus master: Thomas Lang) and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from Vienna’s Burggarten, 6.9.2026 and available on ARTE.tv from 27.9.2026. (JPr)
Opera North announces Two Key Leadership Appointments
Patrick Lange appointed Music Director designate
Merran McRae appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees
Opera North announces two significant appointments as it continues to ensure opera remains a vital part of the cultural offering in Leeds and further afield. For more information click here.
United States Tanglewood 2026 [3] – Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows, Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Tanglewood, Massachusetts, 1.8.2026. (CSa)
Oxford Opera Company’s The Marriage of Figaro at Oxford Playhouse on 9 and 19 October.
Oxford Playhouse is excited to announce a brand-new production of Mozart’s classic opera The Marriage of Figaro, presented by award-winning Oxford Opera Company.
Following the sell-out success of their 2025 production of Tosca, the company return to The Playhouse stage on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 October with an exciting new take on one of Mozart’s most popular operas. The production will be sung in English in a new translation by George Robarts, commissioned exclusively for the company.
Sir Mark Elder – a conductor’s legacy
Conductor’s UK schedule includes the British premiere of Bizet’s incidental music to L’Arlésienne in its original theatrical context
Engagements include the Manchester premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio and celebratory birthday concerts with the Hallé
A look back at four Verbier Festival 2026 days
27–30.7.2026 – Bruce Liu; Thomas Quasthoff and Kirill Gerstein; Evgeny Kissin and András Schiff; Mikhaïl Pletnev, Dmitry Shishkin, Daniel Lozakovich and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra; Alexandre Kantorow; Mikhaïl Pletnev, Gianandrea Noseda and the Verbier Festival Orchestra. Église de Verbier and Salle des Combins, Verbier. (DN)
English National Ballet bring ballet icon sir Kenneth Macmillan’s The Sleeping Beauty to UK cinemas with a landmark 2026 performance filmed at the Royal Albert Hall
ENB presents The Sleeping Beauty in UK cinemas from 13 October 2026
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Aldeburgh Festival – 12-28 June 2026
The 77th Aldeburgh Festival offered a wide variety of repertoire, including several new and recent works of great interest. My experience of this year’s events featured memorable performances given in the Britten Studio and in the Concert Hall at Snape Maltings.