Opera in the North West 2025 - 2026
From Mozart and Rossini to Gilbert & Sullivan and Lehar - where you can see opera and operetta performed in Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cumbria, Lancashire, and Cheshire, including fully staged, semi-staged and concert versions of complete operas.
Locations covered include Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and Blackpool.
The Pirates of Penzance
Southport Little Theatre
20 Hoghton Street, Southport PR9 0PA
9th Apr 2025 to 12th Apr 2025
Crosby Gilbert & Sullivan Society present the duo's comic opera of hopeless pirates, beautiful daughters and a most ingenious paradox.
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The Sorcerer
Woodhouses Church Hall
Ashton Rd, Failsworth, Manchester, M35 9WL
7th May 2025 to 10th May 2025
Woodhouses Church Amateur Operatic Society present Gilbert & Sullivan's popular comic opera.
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The Mikado
The Lowry
Pier 8, Salford Quays, Salford M50 3AZ
8th May 2025 to 10th May 2025
Opera della Luna returns to Lowry with its most colourful and popular production ever: The Mikado.
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Simon Boccanegra
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BP
11th 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 Marriage of Figaro
Penrith Methodist Church
Wordsworth Street, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7QY
21st Aug 2025 to 23rd Aug 2025
Part of the Cumbria Opera Festival 2025
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Porgy and Bess Reimagined
Kendal Town Hall
Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4ED
27th Aug 2025
Part of the Cumbria Opera Festival 2025
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Porgy and Bess Reimagined
Tithe Barn
St. Cuthbert's Church, Blackfriars Street, Carlisle, CA3 8HB
28th Aug 2025
Part of the Cumbria Opera Festival 2025
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The Turn of the Screw
Victoria Hall
Main Street Grange-over-Sands Cumbria LA11 6DP
29th Aug 2025 to 30th Aug 2025
Part of the Cumbria Opera Festival 2025
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