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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.
Northern Ireland Opera presents George Bizet’s Carmen Directed by Cameron Menzies Music Director – Greg Arrowsmith Featuring the Northern Ireland Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera 12, 15, 17, 19 September 2026 – for more information and booking click here Artistic Milestone: This striking new production marks Northern Ireland Opera’s first-ever staging … Read more
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.
The launch of the UK’s newest international opera company
The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra is delighted to announce its exciting new opera venture: Oxford International Opera.
Helmed by Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra founder, Marios Papadopoulos and Artistic Director, bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel CBE, the debut production from the UK’s newest international opera company will be Puccini’s Tosca on 24th and 26th September 2026 at the New Theatre, Oxford.
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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)
BBC Proms 2026: how to watch on TV and BBC iPlayer 27 Proms programmes will be available on TV and BBC iPlayer, and every Prom will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds The BBC Proms returns for an extraordinary summer of live music, and with it, a stellar line-up of 27 Proms programmes specially curated for TV audiences. Concerts will … Read more
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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