Season Previews

Season Previews from around the world

The Mousetrap continues its 2023 UK tour

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MAJOR NEW TOUR LAUNCHED THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE MOUSETRAP – THE WORLD’S LONGEST RUNNING PLAY

From the East End to Monkswell Manor, The Mousetrap 70th Anniversary tour will star John Altman, Todd Carty and Gwyneth Strong whilst Agatha Christie’s iconic thriller continues its record-breaking run at London’s St Martin’s Theatre.

Having held its world premiere at Theatre Royal Nottingham in 1952, this 70th Anniversary tour opened there in September 2022 before visiting over 70 theatres throughout the UK and Ireland, including all cities to which it originally played 70 years ago, plus many more.

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Ukrainian National Opera is touring the UK until 5 April 2023

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Ukrainian National Opera presents three classic operas: Aida, Madama Butterfly, and Carmen

Ukrainian National Opera’s Madama Butterfly

We are thrilled to announce that for the first time ever the Ukrainian National Opera is touring the UK now until 5 April 2023. Coming all the way from Dnipro, Ukraine, this opera company, featuring an impressive cast and accompanied by a large live orchestra comprising over thirty musicians, will premiere three of the most iconic opera titles this season.

For more information about them now touring again in 2024 CLICK HERE.

FOR A REVIEW OF MADAMA BUTTERFLY CLICK HERE.

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The Grange Festival 2023 (8 June – 2 July)

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Notable debuts and established names highlight The Grange Festival’s 2023 season
8 June – 2 July

The Grange Festival presents new productions of Così fan tutte, Orfeo ed Euridice / Dido and Aeneas and The Queen of Spades, followed by two nights of jazz celebrating the music of jazz legend Duke Ellington 

‘Quality and courage. With two excellent productions [Macbeth and Tamerlano], The Grange Festival confirms its excellence and uniqueness amongst European summer festivals.’ Musica, September 2022  

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Grange Park Opera are searching for a donkey in summer 2023

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2023 at Grange Park Opera, Surrey … in search of a donkey – 8 June – 13 July 2023

The world has never needed opera more, and opera companies have never needed their audiences more. Grange Park Opera also really need a live donkey….

The 2023 season presents three great love stories, a Welsh Knight, and another of their highly acclaimed productions created on location and available for the whole world to stream for free.

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San Francisco Opera’s upcoming 2023-2024 season emphasizes fresh works

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San Francisco Opera – September 2023 to June 2024

Music director Eun Sun Kim and general director Matthew Shilvock © Codey Pickens

Works by contemporary composers Mason Bates, Rhiannon Giddens and Kaija Saariaho bring fresh voices to San Francisco Opera’s next season at the War Memorial Opera House and continues a trend to present new works.

Adding to last fall’s world premiere of Antony and Cleopatra by John Adams and this coming June’s El último sueño de Frida y Diego by Gabriela Lena Frank, these three pieces place San Francisco squarely in an era that is reviving interest in modern opera.

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