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Oper Frankfurt’s 2026/27 Season
Oper Frankfurt will celebrate Bernd Loebe’s 25th anniversary as Intendant and General Manager during the 2026/27 season. Since his appointment in 2002, Oper Frankfurt has been voted Opera House of the Year six times by Opernwelt and Opera Company of the Year in 2013 at the first-ever International Opera Awards in London. Loebe won the IOA’s 2018 Leadership in Opera Award. His contract with Oper Frankfurt has been extended to 2028.
The RPO Celebrates 80 Years Of Music-Making
New 2026–27 London season announced: Diverse programming and new concert formats that recognise and celebrate the changing face of the concert audience in 2026
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) today announces its London season for 2026–27, celebrating 80-years of music-making in the capital. Between September 2026 and June 2027, the RPO will perform 33 London concerts across three venues, with programming designed to appeal to young audiences and the launch of a new concert format that will particularly welcome people attending an orchestral concert for the first time.
English National Opera announces 2026-2027 Season
A daring nine-opera season (for more details click here), including six new productions, in London and Greater Manchester, exploring stories of resistance and freedom.
First UK performance in 15 years of Philip Glass and Robert Wilson’s Einstein on the Beach directed by Phelim McDermott in a major international co production with ENO, Factory International, Park Avenue Armory and Improbable.
Lars von Trier’s cult classic Breaking the Waves (13-25 February 2027) receives London operatic premiere in a new production by Tinuke Craig.
New productions of Tosca (30 October – 11 December 2026) and Adriana Mater (28 November – 12 December 2026), directed by Annilese Miskimmon, following her Olivier Award-winning Dead Man Walking.
Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride (6-14 November 2026) enters ENO’s repertoire with a new production by Lyndsey Turner.
Conductor Néstor Bayona announced as André de Ridder’s first Mackerras Fellow.
Opera and football unite for Perfect Pitch’s finale the week before World Cup.
5,000 free tickets are available for Under 21s at the London Coliseum and at partnering venues in Greater Manchester.
BBC Proms 2026 presents 86 concerts over eight weeks: more than 70,000 tickets at £8, every note broadcast on BBC Radio 3 & BBC Sounds, and 24 Proms programmes on BBC TV and iPlayer
Friday 17 July – Saturday 12 September 2026 at London’s Royal Albert Hall and venues across the UK
For full details about the BBC Proms 2026 and how to get tickets CLICK HERE
A season-long celebration of American music marks 250 years since the signing of the US Declaration of Independence, with the Proms debut of The Met Orchestra and the highly anticipated return of the Los Angeles Philharmonic after nearly a quarter of a century. The season features the UK premieres of major new works co-commissioned by the BBC from American composers Wynton Marsalis and Jessie Montgomery, and appearances from conductors and star soloists including Marin Alsop, Angel Blue and Joyce DiDonato.
The Proms welcomes the finest orchestras from around the world, including the debuts of the Spanish National Orchestra and the Mahler Academy Orchestra and the return of the Berlin, Munich and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestras.
The Southbank Centre’s Classical Music Autumn/Winter 2026/27 programme bookended by milestone 90th birthday celebrations for icons of minimalism Steve Reich and Philip Glass
The two landmark celebrations frame a programme of world-class orchestral performance, boundary-pushing new work and fresh approaches to the concert hall experience.
The season kicks off with new work by Julia Wolfe featuring 146 voices, conducted by Marin Alsop.
The programme sees Pekka Kuusisto and Jean Rondeau join Manchester Collective as the Southbank Centre’s cohort of Resident Artists for 2026/27.
The Barbican has unveiled its forthcoming season of classical music, from September 2026 to July 2027
Across the 2026-2027 Barbican season – through curated concert series, composer spotlights, major anniversaries and a continued commitment to championing new music – the Barbican and its resident and associate orchestras and ensembles will present some of the very best that classical music has to offer, welcoming new and returning audiences to the artform.
Highlights from the forthcoming season will include a number of major celebrations, starting with the work of Caroline Shaw as the Barbican showcases her work and artistry in a Composer in Focus series. The 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death is commemorated across two landmark residencies with pianist Lang Lang and conductor Andris Nelsons with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig with all five piano concertos performed across the two three-night runs. The Barbican also marks Steve Reich’s 90th birthday, with multiple performances by percussionist Colin Currie and Barbican Resident Orchestra the London Symphony Orchestra.
Royal Ballet and Opera 2026/27 Season
10 new opera productions: Parsifal, Un ballo in maschera, Götterdämmerung, Good Sometimes Queen, Così fan tutte, Les Boréades, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle with The Rite of Spring in concert, UR_, La Gioconda and Hercules
A Season of ballet masterworks: Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Ashton’s Symphonic Variations and Daphnis and Chloë, and MacMillan’s Manon and Song of the Earth
Wayne McGregor at 20: The Royal Ballet revives Chroma and MADDADDAM to mark his two decades as Resident Choreographer
50 years of Schools’ Matinees: expanding access, opportunity and creative futures
A global season on screen: nine productions broadcast in 1,500 cinemas
Tickets from £7, on sale from 24 June 2026
More information and how to book tickets will be available HERE
Grimeborn Opera Festival 2026
The festival continues for its 19th year
With powerful new works and electrifying innovations on the classics, this is an opera festival that rips up the rulebook and creates something radically new
Opera reinvented, rewired, and reborn