Opera in London 2026 - 2027
From Mozart and Rossini to Gilbert & Sullivan and Lehar - where you can see opera and operetta performed in London, including fully staged, semi-staged and concert versions of complete operas.
Locations covered include all of Greater London and Middlesex.
H.M.S Pinafore
Grim's Dyke HotelOld Redding, Harrow Weald, London HA3 6SH
3rd May 2026
An evening of entertainment including a 3 course meal. See Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera performed at the former home of W. S. Gilbert.
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Peter Grimes
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
5th May 2026 to 28th May 2026
Britten's brooding opera returns. Deborah Warner's staging foregrounds the vulnerability and volatility of the shunned Peter Grimes, and the tragic conflict between the individual and group.
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Pagliacci
Hackney Empire291 Mare Street, London E8 1EJ
10th May 2026
When Canio, leader of a theatre troupe, sees his life reflected in rehearsals for an upcoming opera, he becomes convinced that his wife is having an affair. Can Canio temper his spiralling emotions, or will his jealousy get the better of him?
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Samson et Dalila
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
13th May 2026 to 3rd Jun 2026
When Samson falls in love with Dalila, his strength - both physical and spiritual - is put to the test.
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Opera Holland Park Festival
Opera Holland Park TheatreIlchester Place, London W8
26th May 2026 to 22nd Aug 2026
The 2026 festival includes La fanciulla del West, Turandot, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Bamboo Princess and The Marriage of Figaro.
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The Marriage of Figaro
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
4th Jun 2026 to 2nd Jul 2026
Director David McVicar brings out the revolutionary elements in Mozart's great comic opera of intrigue, misunderstanding and forgiveness.
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The Mikado
Grim's Dyke HotelOld Redding, Harrow Weald, London HA3 6SH
7th Jun 2026
An evening of entertainment including a 3 course meal. See Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera performed at the former home of W. S. Gilbert.
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Idomeneo
Cadogan Hall5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
21st Jun 2026
Mozart's opera in an English language concert performance by Chelsea Opera Group.
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The Chocolate Soldier
Wilton's Music HallGraces Alley, London E1 8JB
23rd Jun 2026 to 27th Jun 2026
Opera della Luna is renowned for its innovative and high-class staging of comic opera and operetta. Following last year's sell-out The Mikado at Wilton's, the company returns with a new production of an operetta classic.
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I Puritani
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
30th Jun 2026 to 19th Jul 2026
Richard Jones directs a new staging of Bellini's last opera I puritani, featuring a sublime score and a passionate love story.
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La Boheme
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
1st Jul 2026 to 25th Jul 2026
Puccini's opera of passion, friendship and heartbreak is brought to life in Richard Jones' vivid and evocative production.
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La Fille du regiment
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
7th Jul 2026 to 24th Jul 2026
Love conquers all in this heartwarming operatic comedy by Donizetti about a tomboy raised by an unconventional military 'family'.
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La Cenerentola
St. Andrew's ChurchCorner of Frognal Lane, Finchley Road, London NW3 7DY
8th Jul 2026 to 11th Jul 2026
Brent Opera present Rossini's delightful re-telling of the story of Cinderella.
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Tao of Glass
@sohoplace4 Soho Pl, London W1D 3BG
25th Jul 2026 to 12th Sep 2026
Part-concert, part-performance, Tao of Glass is a storytelling tapestry, soundtracked by Glass's mesmerising music and shot through with Improbable's trademark theatricality.
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Lakme
St. Mary MagdaleneCanning Road, Croydon, CR0 6QD
27th Aug 2026 to 29th Aug 2026
Surrey Opera present the opera in three acts by Leo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille.
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The Pirates of Penzance
Grim's Dyke HotelOld Redding, Harrow Weald, London HA3 6SH
27th Sep 2026
An evening of entertainment including a 3 course meal. See Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera performed at the former home of W. S. Gilbert.
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The Pirates of Penzance
The Questors Theatre12 Mattock Lane, Ealing W5 5BQ
8th Oct 2026 to 10th Oct 2026
Julian Light Operatic Society present Gilbert & Sullivans popular comic opera.
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Angel's Bone
London ColiseumSt. Martins Lane, London WC2N 4ES
16th Oct 2026 to 31st Oct 2026
Breaking with operatic tradition, Angel's Bone fuses multiple musical genres, spoken word and immersive staging in an uncompromising tale of modern slavery and human trafficking.
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David & Jonathan
Cadogan Hall5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
20th Oct 2026
Opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) in a new English translation by Christopher Cowell .
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Ruddigore
Grim's Dyke HotelOld Redding, Harrow Weald, London HA3 6SH
25th Oct 2026
An evening of entertainment including a 3 course meal. See Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera performed at the former home of W. S. Gilbert.
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Tosca
London ColiseumSt. Martins Lane, London WC2N 4ES
31st Oct 2026 to 11th Dec 2026
Puccini's classic thriller unfolds in a world of desire, fear and resistance, where nothing feels safe and every choice has consequences. In Annilese Miskimmon?s gripping new production, Tosca is impossible to look away from.
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Iphigenie en Tauride
London ColiseumSt. Martins Lane, London WC2N 4ES
6th Nov 2026 to 14th Nov 2026
A family divided by destiny, reunited by hope. Gluck's rarely performed opera, Iphigenie en Tauride makes its ENO debut in a new staging for 2026/27 by Olivier award-winning director Lyndsey Turner.
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The Mikado
Grim's Dyke HotelOld Redding, Harrow Weald, London HA3 6SH
15th Nov 2026
An evening of entertainment including a 3 course meal. See Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera performed at the former home of W. S. Gilbert.
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Adriana Mater
London ColiseumSt. Martins Lane, London WC2N 4ES
28th Nov 2026 to 12th Dec 2026
In a world shaped by war, Kaija Saariaho's opera, Adriana Mater finds hope where it seems impossible.
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To Die For [A Comedy]
London ColiseumSt. Martins Lane, London WC2N 4ES
29th Nov 2026
For one night only, ENO welcomes a Nederlandse Reisopera and Phion Symphony Orchestra guest production for the UK premiere of this exceptional new comic opera.
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Iolanthe
Grim's Dyke HotelOld Redding, Harrow Weald, London HA3 6SH
13th Dec 2026
An evening of entertainment including a 3 course meal. See Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera performed at the former home of W. S. Gilbert.
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Macbeth
St. Andrew's United Reformed ChurchCorner of Frognal Lane, Finchley Road, London NW3 7DY
27th Jan 2027 to 30th Jan 2027
Brent Opera present Verdi's dramatic opera version of Shakespeare's Scottish play.
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La traviata
London ColiseumSt. Martins Lane, London WC2N 4ES
3rd Feb 2027 to 13th Mar 2027
Peter Konwitschny's Olivier Award nominated production of Verdi's La traviata strips the story back to its core capturing the raw intensity of all-consuming love and tragedy.
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Breaking the Waves
London ColiseumSt. Martins Lane, London WC2N 4ES
13th Feb 2027 to 25th Feb 2027
This hauntingly beautiful opera explores faith, heartbreak and loss with unflinching emotional intensity. Emerging as one of the most powerful contemporary operas of our time and adapted from Lars von Trier?s critically acclaimed film.
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Trial by Jury & The Zoo
London ColiseumSt. Martins Lane, London WC2N 4ES
4th Mar 2027 to 12th Mar 2027
Trial by Jury & The Zoo come together in this wildly entertaining pairing. Acting as the prequel and sequel to the same ill-fated love story, these rarely performed works are full of wit, absurdity and unexpected twists.
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Orpheus
Barbican CentreBarbican Centre Silk St, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DS
22nd Apr 2027
Jasdeep Singh Degun's thrilling reimagining of Monteverdi's beautiful baroque masterpiece in a union of uniquely talented singers and musicians from both the South Asian and western classical traditions.
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The Yeomen of the Guard
St. Andrew's United Reformed ChurchCorner of Frognal Lane, Finchley Road, London NW3 7DY
30th Jun 2027 to 3rd Jul 2027
Brent Opera present Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera of love, disguise and deception at the Tower of London.
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