Opera in London 2025 - 2026
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.
Carmen
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
5th Apr 2024 to 3rd Jul 2025
Aigul Akmetshina and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya share the title role in Damiano Michieletto's sizzling new production of Bizet?s ever-popular opera.
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Il Trovatore
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
26th Feb 2025 to 19th Jul 2025
Verdi?s opera of obsession and superstition returns to the Royal Opera House.
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Turandot
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
19th Mar 2025 to 19th Apr 2025
Puccini's captivating opera of a cold-hearted princess and her mysterious suitor.
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The Poisoned Kiss
Holy Trinity Church
Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BA
25th Mar 2025 to 29th Mar 2025
A 'forgotten' Vaughan Williams opera, this unique work brings a mix of the composer?s luscious melodies and energetic, Gilbert & Sullivan-style ensemble numbers to a madcap fantasy world reminiscent of Mozart's The Magic Flute.
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Carmen
St. Andrew's Church
Corner of Frognal Lane, Finchley Road, London NW3 7DY
27th Mar 2025 to 29th Mar 2025
Opera Integra present Bizet's most popular work, the opera Carmen. Sung in English.
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Turandot
Normansfield Theatre
Teddington TW11 9PS
28th Mar 2025
INSTANT OPERA return with Puccini's epic final masterpiece to mark his centenary year!
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Le roi d?Ys
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
30th Mar 2025
Lalo's opera presents us with a Breton Atlantis: the mythical city of Ys, a glorious outpost in the sea off the coast of Brittany, protected by a wall and a gate with only one key.
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The Mikado
Grim's Dyke Hotel
Old Redding, Harrow Weald, London HA3 6SH
6th Apr 2025
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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Monteverdi's Orfeo
Normansfield Theatre
Teddington TW11 9PS
25th Apr 2025 to 27th Apr 2025
Richmond Opera Presents Monteverdia€?s Orfeo. Tickets: A£24 (A£12 for under 18s). Orfeo by arrangement with Chester Music Ltd. Composed by Claudio Monteverdi. English translation by Anne Ridler. John Eliot Gardiner edition.
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Madama Butterfly
Fairfield Halls
Park Lane, Croydon, CR9 1DG
27th Apr 2025
Back by overwhelming public demand, this production features exquisite sets including a spectacular Japanese garden and fabulous costumes including antique wedding kimonos from Japan.
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Die Walkure
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
1st May 2025 to 17th May 2025
Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner's Ring cycle.
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Pimpinone
Linbury Theatre
35-36 Bow St, London WC2E 9DD
2nd May 2025 to 16th May 2025
When the spirited chambermaid Vespetta marries her way out of servitude, her master Pimpinone gets more than he bargained for.
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The Silver Bell
Blackheath Halls
23 Lee Road, London, SE3 9RQ
11th May 2025
Fully staged in a new English translation by Paul Featherstone. Presented by New Sussex Opera.
Mascagni's classic tale of romance, betrayal and revenge is the flagship annual Community Opera 2024.
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The Pirates of Penzance
Grim's Dyke Hotel
Old Redding, Harrow Weald, London HA3 6SH
18th May 2025
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 Mikado
Drayton Arms Theatre
153 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 0LJ
20th May 2025 to 24th May 2025
Professional G&S company Forbear! Theatre present their fantasy reimagining of The Mikado, ahead of its transfer to New York this Autumn.
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The Yeomen of the Guard
Bob Hope Theatre
Wythfield Road, Eltham SE9 5TG
22nd May 2025 to 24th May 2025
Ferrier Operatic Society presents Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera The Yeomen of the Guard.
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Faust
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
23rd May 2025 to 10th Jun 2025
A deal with the devil. What could go wrong?
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Simon Boccanegra
The Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
24th May 2025
Set in 14th-century Genoa, Verdi's Simon Boccanegra is a gripping story of political intrigue and personal tragedy. A Concert version presented by Opera North.
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The Mikado
Wilton's Music Hall
Graces Alley, London E1 8JB
3rd Jun 2025 to 7th Jun 2025
Following the success of The Parson's Pirates, Opera della Luna returns to Wilton's with its most vibrant and popular production yet: The Mikado, set in the zany sparkling world of modern fashion houses.
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Catch A Sea Star
Clore Sudio
Dryden St, London WC2E 9NA
3rd Jun 2025 to 7th Jun 2025
An interactive, multisensory opera for babies and toddlers up to the age of 2 ?.
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The Mikado
Bridewell Theatre
St. Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, EC4Y 8EQ
11th Jun 2025 to 14th Jun 2025
This production will relocate the action from Japan to a car factory in England in a whimsical re-imagining of the show in a humorous corporate world of bureaucracy and petty rivalries.
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Semele
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
13th Jun 2025 to 18th Jul 2025
280 years after its Covent Garden premiere, Handel's opera of desire and destruction returns in a darkly satirical new staging.
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The Tales of Hoffmann
St. Andrew's Church
Corner of Frognal Lane, Finchley Road, London NW3 7DY
25th Jun 2025 to 29th Jun 2025
Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann is a captivating opera that follows the poet Hoffmann as he recounts his doomed romances with Olympia, Antonia, and Giulietta. Blending fantasy, romance, and dark magic, it features unforgettable music.
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HMS Pinafore
Grim's Dyke Hotel
Old Redding, Harrow Weald, London HA3 6SH
6th Jul 2025
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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Patience
Wilton's Music Hall
Graces Alley, London E1 8JB
9th Sep 2025 to 13th Sep 2025
Patience is a satire of the aesthetic movement that gained the support of Oscar Wilde, which CCO brings into the 21st century in this inventive reimagining by Charles Court Opera.
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The Mikado
Grim's Dyke Hotel
Old Redding, Harrow Weald, London HA3 6SH
14th Sep 2025
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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Ruddigore
Grim's Dyke Hotel
Old Redding, Harrow Weald, London HA3 6SH
26th Oct 2025
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
Grim's Dyke Hotel
Old Redding, Harrow Weald, London HA3 6SH
16th Nov 2025
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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Iolanthe
Grim's Dyke Hotel
Old Redding, Harrow Weald, London HA3 6SH
14th Dec 2025
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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