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Nevill Holt Festival announces Carmen For 2027
Bizet’s masterpiece, presented with Opera North, will be directed by Robin Norton-Hale (8, 12, 17 And 20 June)
First 2027 programme highlights also include Symphonic Ibiza (5 June), Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra (11 June), The Jay Rayner Sextet (12 June), Grimethorpe Colliery Band (13 June), Gabrieli Roar (19 June) And Jason Byrne (25 June)
Nevill Holt Festival announces Carmen for 2027
Bizet’s masterpiece, presented with Opera North, will be directed by Robin Norton-Hale (8, 12, 17 and 20 June)
First 2027 programme highlights also include Symphonic Ibiza (5 June), Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra (11 June), the Jay Rayner Sextet (12 June), Grimethorpe Colliery Band (13 June), Gabrieli Roar (19 June) and Jason Byrne (25 June)
The Met: Live in HD presents first live transmission of the season with Mozart’s Così fan tutte on Saturday, October 3
Federica Lombardi, Samantha Hankey, Ana María Martínez, Duke Kim, and Andrey Zhilikhovsky make their Met role debuts, alongside Gerald Finley. Maestro Nimrod David Pfeffer conducts
The Met: Live in HD is available in more than 1,900 theatres worldwide (for UK cinemas click here)
Royal Ballet and Opera announces its 2026/27 Cinema Season
Cinema Season shares the very best of The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet with audiences around the world
Programme includes new productions of Götterdämmerung from Barrie Kosky and Così fan tutte from Netia Jones
Beloved favourites return, including The Royal Ballet’s Manon and Swan Lake, and The Royal Opera’s Carmen and Tosca
UK audiences can also enjoy Macbeth and La fanciulla del West from The Metropolitan Opera
For more information and tickets click here
Boundary-breaking performances, familiar classics, seasonal favourites, and more are lined up for Warwick Arts Centre’s 2026-2027 Orchestral Season
Kicking the season off is a return appearance from the inspiring Chineke! Orchestra (26 Nov 2026). Acclaimed Colombian conductor Tatiana Pérez-Hernández leads the orchestra through works by Stravinsky and Rodrigo, as well as lesser known pieces by Adolphus Hailstork and contemporary Columbian composer Eliana Echeverry. Also joining Chineke! for the concert is Brazilian guitarist Plinio Fernandes – a Classic FM Rising Star.
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (9 Dec 2026) make the first of two appearances at the Coventry arts centre with a distinctly festive selection as CBSO Music Director Kazuki Yamada presents Tchaikovsky’s much-loved seasonal The Nutcracker Suites alongside bandleader Duke Ellington and arranger Billy Strayhorn’s brilliantly swinging jazzy ’50s Nutcracker ‘remixes’.
The BRSO in 2026-2027
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra opens its 2026/27 season under the continued leadership of Chief Conductor Sir Simon Rattle, who marks his fourth year at the helm of one of the world’s great orchestras. The season’s overarching theme is Hoffnung — Hope — a concept explored across the programming through essays, musician testimonials, and above all through the music itself. For more information click here.
Opera in the 2026/27 season of the Municipal Theatres in Bremen and Bremerhaven and Oldenburg State Theatre
Bremen, Bremerhaven and Oldenburg recently presented their 2026/27 seasons. The links below provide access to the overall season brochures, while the following focuses on the respective programmes for music theatre.
