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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Sir Antonio Pappano The Royal Opera’s first Conductor Laureate

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Sir Antonio Pappano becomes first Conductor Laureate of The Royal Opera   Following a magnificent 22-year tenure as Music Director, Sir Antonio Pappano today becomes the first Conductor Laureate of The Royal Opera, effective immediately. The title recognises his incredible legacy as the longest serving Music Director in Covent Garden history, conducting over 700 performances from … Read more

2025 Elgar Festival – 24 May to 1 June

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‘Celebrate with Elgar’ in Worcester and Malvern – the Heart of Elgar Country
24 May to 1 June 2025

FOR TICKETS SALES AND INFORMATION CLICK HERE

Ian Venables: Featured Composer at the 2025 Elgar Festival © Michael Whitefoot

Ian Venables is celebrated as Featured Composer in this his 70th year at the 2025 Elgar Festival; 24 May – 1 June in Worcester and Malvern; the annual celebration of Sir Edward Elgar’s music and with whom he shares both a home and the inspirational landscape of Worcestershire. Symphonic and ensemble concerts are given by the Festival’s orchestra-in-residence, the English Symphony Orchestra under Principal Conductor and Festival Artistic Director, Kenneth Woods. World-renowned guest artists taking part include Raphael Wallfisch, Gareth Brynmor John, April Fredrick, Simon Callaghan and David Briggs. Tickets are now on sale.

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Season 2025-26 in Bremen and Bremerhaven

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All-time favourites, comedy and operetta inform the choices for music theatre in Theater Bremen’s 2025-26 season The press conference to announce the 2025/26 season for theatre, music theatre, dance and youth theatre at Theater Bremen (info here) was dedicated to the memory of Michael Börgerding, the company’s former artistic director who passed away in January … Read more