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All opera reviews from UK sources

Weill’s Mahagonny is a properly barbed, defiant way for ENO to bid London au revoir

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Weill, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny): Soloists, Chorus, Additional Chorus (director: Matthew Quinn) and Orchestra of the English National Opera / André de Ridder (conductor). London Coliseum, 16.2.2026. (MB)

Danielle de Niese (centre front, Jenny) and Damon Gould (rear, Jenny’s Boy) and Ella Kirkpatrick, Deborah Davison and Claire Mitcher  (Jenny’s Girls) © Tristram Kenton

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Scottish Opera’s The Great Wave is a colourfully musical celebration of Japanese art and culture

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Fujikura, The Great Wave (world premiere): Soloists, Chorus of The Great Wave and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor). Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 12.2.2026. (GT)

Daisuke Ohyama (Katsushika Hokusai) and Julieth Lozano Rolong (Katsushika Ōi) in The Great Wave © Mihaela Bodlovic

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The superb singing and sublime music of ENO’s Coney Island Così survives all the distractions of the fair

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Skills Ensemble, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera / Dinis Sousa (conductor). London Coliseum, 10.2.2026. (CSa)

[l-r] Taylor Raven, Lucy Crowe, Darwin Prakash, Joshua Blue and Andrew Foster-Williams in ENO’s Così fan tutte © James Glossop

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Ermonela Jaho disappoints in the umpteenth revival of Sir Richard Eyre’s Covent Garden La traviata

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ian Russell) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 14.1.2026. (JPr)

Aleksei Isaev (Georgio Germont) and  Giovanni Sala (Alfredo Germont) © Pamela Raith

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