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English Touring Opera in 2025-26

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ENGLISH TOURING OPERA ANNOUNCE FOUR AMBITIOUS NEW PRODUCTIONS AND MORE FOR 2025-26 SEASON

Autumn 2025 – 27 September – 22 November 2025
Spring 2026 – 20 March – 21 May 2026

Autumn 2025 – ETO presents new productions of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love and Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia

Spring 2026 – the tour opens in Sheffield for the first time, featuring ETO’s debut production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, alongside Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci

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Northern Ireland Opera brings Sondheim’s Follies to Belfast this month: a preview

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Robert Beattie previews NIO’s new production of Sondheim’s Follies

[l-r] Allison Harding (Hattie), Christina Nelson (Emily Whitman), Pippa Winslow (Stella), Anna-Jane Casey (Sally), Jaqueline Dankworth (Carlotta), Rachel Stanley (Solange) and Annette McLaughlin (Phyllis) © Neil Harrison Photography/NI Opera

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Jakub Hrůša performs centre stage with the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House on 20 September

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Jakub Hrůša leads special concert to mark the start of his tenure as Music Director of The Royal Opera

Special concert welcoming new Music Director Jakub Hrůša sees Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus perform centre stage

Concert showcases the Orchestra’s credentials with programme of Bartók’s Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin and The Spectre’s Bride by Dvořák

Kateřina Kněžíková, Pavol Kubáň make their Royal Opera debuts, alongside Pavel Černoch

Tickets from £5 at here

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Warwick Arts Centre’s Orchestral Season 2025-2026

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There’s sweeping age old European classics, stirring symphonies from the ‘New World’ and more lined up for Warwick Arts Centre’s 2025-2026 Orchestral Season.

Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, Paul Lewis CBE and Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha join Chineke!, CBSO, RPO and more. Plus we celebrate the musicians of tomorrow with the best youth orchestras, Lunchtime Concerts and more.

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