Opera in the East of England 2026 - 2027

Opera Guide UK - The Guide to opera and operetta in the UK

From Tchaikovsky and Rossini to Gilbert & Sullivan and Lehar - where you can see opera and operetta performed in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, including fully staged, semi-staged and concert versions of complete operas.

Locations covered include Norwich, Cambridge, Luton, Colchester and Peterborough.

Patience

Wyllyotts Theatre
Wyllotts Centre, Wyllyotts Close, Potters Bar EN6 2HN
11th Feb 2026 to 14th Feb 2026
Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera presented by Southgate Opera. Love, poetry and absurdity - where vanity meets virtue in perfect rhyme.
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HMS Pinafore

West Road Concert Hall
11 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP
19th Feb 2026 to 21st Feb 2026
Cambridge University Gilbert and Sullivan Society are excited to present their annual mainshow at West Road Concert Hall - and this year it's one of the duo's most-loved works!
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Madama Butterfly

Regent Theatre
3 St. Helen's St, Ipswich IP4 1HE
28th Feb 2026
Back by overwhelming public demand, this award-winning Opera returns in a new production with exquisite sets including a spectacular Japanese garden and fabulous costumes including antique wedding kimonos from Japan.
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Madama Butterfly

Cambridge Corn Exchange
Wheeler Street, Cambridge CB2 3QE
18th Mar 2026
Senbla presents Opera International's award-winning Ellen Kent production featuring the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv with international soloists, highly-praised chorus and full orchestra.
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Imeneo

Cambridge Buddhist Centre
38 Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8DT
23rd Mar 2026 to 28th Mar 2026
CHOC mounts productions of Baroque operas that celebrate the fusion of music and the stage, with performances that trust the composer and are not just historically informed, but historically inspired.
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Don Carlo

Dembe Theatre
Station Road, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 5QY
27th Mar 2026 to 29th Mar 2026
Aylesbury Opera presents a fully staged production, with orchestra, of Verdi?s Don Carlo. This is Verdi's 4-act arrangement for Milan (1884), sung in Italian with English surtitles.
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Patience

Woodside Hall
Walsworth Rd, Hitchin, SG4 9SP
15th Apr 2026 to 18th May 2026
Putteridge Bury Gilbert and Sullivan Society present Gilbert & Sullivan's satire on the aesthetic movement, Patience.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Carmen

Regent Theatre
3 St. Helen's St, Ipswich IP4 1HE
19th Apr 2026
Senbla presents Ellen Kent's Farewell Opera Tour featuring The Ukrainian Opera with International Soloists, Highly Praised Chorus and Full Orchestra.
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The Gondoliers

Norwich Theatre Royal
Theatre Street, Norwich, NR2 1RL
25th Apr 2026
Two handsome and charming gondoliers discover that one is the long-lost heir to the throne of Barataria - but which one? In the pursuit of the truth, a bewildering series of events threaten both their marriages and their claim to the throne.
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The Gondoliers

Cambridge Arts Theatre
6 St Edward's Passage, Cambridge CB2 3PJ
7th May 2026 to 9th May 2026
Two handsome and charming gondoliers discover that one is the long-lost heir to the throne of Barataria - but which one? In the pursuit of the truth, a bewildering series of events threaten both their marriages and their claim to the throne.
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Pagliacci

Cambridge Arts Theatre
6 St Edward's Passage Cambridge CB2 3PJ
8th 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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Carmen

Cambridge Corn Exchange
Wheeler Street, Cambridge CB2 3QE
10th May 2026
This dazzling production with orchestra features Bizet's unforgettable melodies including The Toreador's Song, Carmen?s enticing Habanera, and Don Jose's lyrical Flower Song in a setting evoking the stunning architecture of Seville.
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The Pirates of Penzance

Gardiner Memorial Hall
High Street, Burwell, CB25 0HD
14th Jun 2026 to 20th Jun 2026
Cambridgeshire Light Opera present Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera of incompetant pirates and even less competant policemen.
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Carmen

Wyllyotts Theatre
Wyllotts Place, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar EN6 2HN
17th Jun 2026 to 20th Jun 2026
Southgate Opera & Orchestra present Bizet's much-loved opera.
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