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.
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 Elixir of Love
Wilton's Music HallGraces Alley, London E1 8JB
8th Sep 2026 to 19th Sep 2026
Under the glow of lanterns and bunting, a lively fete transforms the stage into a village green beside a bustling chocolate factory. Adina, savvy and independent, delights in her freedom, while the lovestruck Nemorino longs to be noticed.
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Our Eyes Looking for God
The Pit Barbican CentreSilk St, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DS
9th Sep 2026 to 14th Sep 2026
A groundbreaking opera exploring Black British experiences, telling an urgent national story of state violence through joy, love, laughter and pain.
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Don Giovanni
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
10th Sep 2026 to 15th Oct 2026
Opera's infamous Don returns with an all-star cast headlined by Gordon Bintner, alongside Rachel Willis-S?rensen, Aigul Akhmetshina, Roberto Tagliavini and Bogdan Volkov.
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The Turn of the Screw
Arcola Theatre24 Ashwin Street, London E8 3DL
11th Sep 2026 to 10th Oct 2026
England. A remote country house. A young governess, hired to care for two children, begins what appears to be an idyllic new life - but something about the children hints at a darker presence.
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The Human Voice / The Seven Deadly Sins
Charing Cross TheatreThe Arches, Villiers Street, London WC2N 6NL
11th Sep 2026 to 19th Sep 2026
These works trace a continuous psychological portrait of a woman pushed to her limits - one through the cities of an American odyssey, the other through the silences of a single phone line.
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Alcina
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
15th Sep 2026 to 3rd Oct 2026
Richard Jones' Olivier Award-winning production of Handel's opera returns with many of the original cast, including Emily D?Angelo as the lovestruck Ruggiero and Lisette Oropesa as the glittering enchantress Alcina.
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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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Parsifal
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
1st Oct 2026 to 17th Oct 2026
A bold new production by Evgeny Titov features a stellar cast including Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Ekaterina Gubanova, Christian Gerhaher and Brindley Sherratt. Jakub Hru?a conducts.
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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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Orpheus & Eurydice
Hackney Empire291 Mare Street, London E8 1EJ
16th Oct 2026
A timeless story of love and loss is brought to life in ETO's new production of Orpheus & Eurydice, celebrating the myth of Orpheus through the power of the voice and profound theatricality.
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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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Ariadne / Dido & Aeneas
Hackney Empire291 Mare Street, London E8 1EJ
17th Oct 2026
A double bill of Ariadne, where Elena Langer sets Glyn Maxwell's Poem Ariadne to Theseus, and Dido and Aeneas, in which Elena Langer sets Glyn Maxwell's Poem Ariadne to Theseus, based on Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid.
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4.48 Psychosis
Linbury Theatre35-36 Bow St, London WC2E 9DD
17th Oct 2026 to 25th Oct 2026
An unflinching portrait of fury and despair. Ted Huffman's stark and stripped-back staging of Philip Venables's opera makes its debut on the Linbury Stage.
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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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Carmen
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
29th Oct 2026 to 21st Nov 2026
An all-star cast brings Damiano Michieletto?s white-hot production to life, with Ginger Costa-Jackson and Ramona Zaharia in the fiery title role.
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La Dame de Pique (The Queen of Spades)
Battersea Arts CentreLavender Hill, London SW11 5TN
29th Oct 2026 to 1st Nov 2026
Composed by Fromental Halevy to a libretto by Eug?ne Scribe. This production by Gothic Opera is fully staged for the very first time since its premiere and first run in Paris in 1850.
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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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Un ballo in maschera
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
30th Nov 2026 to 18th Dec 2026
A murderous affair. Director Philipp St?lzl makes his Royal Opera debut with a playfully surreal new production.
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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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The Magic Flute
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
13th Dec 2026 to 17th Feb 2027
Mozart's fantastical opera glitters in David McVicar's enchanting production, conducted by French conductor Marie Jacquot in her Covent Garden debut, and Finnegan Downie Dear.
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Gotterdammerung
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
21st Jan 2027 to 7th Feb 2027
Director Barrie Kosky situates this rich apocalyptic drama in a contemporary world of dream-like turmoil. Antonio Pappano leads a cast headlined by Elisabet Strid, Andreas Schager and Mika Kares.
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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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Cosi fan tutte
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
10th Feb 2027 to 28th Feb 2027
Netia Jones reimagines Mozart's comedy of manners through a sharp contemporary lens, where 18th-century romantic trickery meets deeply satirical high-tech deceit.
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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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Les Boreades
Linbury Theatre35-36 Bow St, London WC2E 9DD
4th Mar 2027 to 14th Mar 2027
A defiant queen and meddlesome gods. R.B. Schlather directs a new production of Rameau's most brilliant opera - the first work by the French composer to be performed at Covent Garden by The Royal Opera.
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Il trittico
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
5th Mar 2027 to 18th Mar 2027
Lovers. Mothers. Gold-diggers. In this spectacular trio of Puccini operas, love's contrasts are laid bare.
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Tosca
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
12th Apr 2027 to 5th May 2027
Puccini's operatic thriller set in a contemporary, war-torn Rome.
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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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La Gioconda
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
29th Apr 2027 to 18th May 2027
One woman's love will push her to the limit, in Amilcare Ponchielli's grand opera.
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Aida
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
19th May 2027 to 12th Jun 2027
Love and duty collide as nations clash in Verdi?s powerful and seductive opera.
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Linbury Theatre35-36 Bow St, London WC2E 9DD
27th May 2027 to 2nd Jun 2027
Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir's ground-breaking chamber opera comes to the Linbury Theatre in a dynamic new staging by Netia Jones.
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Hercules
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
18th Jun 2027 to 9th Jul 2027
In love, there are no heroes. Barrie Kosky directs Handel's mythological masterpiece.
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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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Madama Butterfly
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
4th Jul 2027 to 24th Jul 2027
Puccini's devastating tale of hope and heartbreak.
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Elektra
Royal Ballet and OperaCovent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
12th Jul 2027 to 24th Jul 2027
Richard Strauss's audacious adaptation of an iconic Greek tragedy.
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