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.
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 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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Simon Boccanegra
St John's WaterlooWaterloo Road, London SE1 8TY
26th Jun 2026 to 28th Jun 2026
Verdi conjures up the atmosphere of the ancient port of Genoa whose Doges had hitherto been elected from the city's patrician families. Never before can statesmanship and class conflict have been more expertly depicted in music.
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Dido and Aeneas?
Omnibus Theatre1 Clapham Common Northside, London SW4 0QW
27th Jun 2026
The Curious Opera Company presents a new, queer interpretation of Purcell's iconic opera. In this adaptation, Belinda - Dido's handmaiden - takes centre stage as she uses her wit and cunning to win the love of her Queen.
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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 Traviata
St. Paul's ChurchRectory Grove, Clapham SW4 0DZ
2nd Jul 2026 to 4th Jul 2026
Violetta Valery, the toast of Parisian society, has built a life around pleasure ? until the earnest young Alfredo declares his love. What begins as a glittering romance becomes a devastating story of sacrifice and family pressure.
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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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Cosi Fan Tutte
Arcola Theatre24 Ashwin Street, London E8 3DL
12th Jul 2026
In Barefoot Opera's new production, Don Alfonso is a scientist bent on testing his thesis: "All women are like that". A human experiment is set up ? but does Alfonso have the last laugh?
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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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The Barber of Seville
Upstairs at the Gatehouse1 North Road, Highgate, London N6 4BD
7th Aug 2026 to 9th Aug 2026
In this quirky company's latest summer production, the city of Seville is transformed into a vibrant 1960s music hotspot bursting with bold colours, youthful energy, and changing social attitudes.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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