Opera in the North West 2026 - 2027
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.
HMS Pinafore
Staveley Village HallStaveley Village Hall, Kendal, LA8 9LY
9th Sep 2026 to 12th Sep 2026
Staveley Amateur Operatic Society present Gilbert & Sullivan's popular HMS Pinafore, set in a WW2 submarine.
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Barkouf
The Bridgewater HallLower Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3WS
4th Oct 2026
Step into the absurd political world of Offenbach's Barkouf ? a riotous opera where corruption runs wild, flattery is an art form and the only thing more dangerous than power are the incompetent politicians desperate to win it ?
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Rigoletto
The LowryPier 8, Salford Quays, Salford M50 3AZ
12th Nov 2026 to 14th Nov 2026
This bold, award-winning production by leading UK theatre artist Feme Elufowoju Jr is opera at its most gripping: a thrilling tale of power, love and revenge that includes one of opera's most famous aria, 'La donna e mobile'.
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Eugene Onegin
The LowryPier 8, Salford Quays, Salford M50 3AZ
13th Nov 2026
Tchaikovsky adapted Pushkin's great verse novel for the stage and set it to music that displays his gift for unforgettable melody. The result is a deeply affecting portrait of love, regret and missed chances.
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Madama Butterfly
Chester Town Hall33 Northgate St, Chester CH1 2HQ
4th Dec 2026
It takes a heart of stone not to be moved by the great tragedy of this story, which is so enriched by the composition. Everyone will have heard the humming chorus and the 'Un bel di' (One fine day).
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Madama Butterfly
St George's HallSt George's Pl, Liverpool L1 1JJ
5th Dec 2026
It takes a heart of stone not to be moved by the great tragedy of this story, which is so enriched by the composition. Presented ny North Wales Opera.
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Don Giovanni
The LowryPier 8, Salford Quays, Salford M50 3AZ
3rd Mar 2027 to 5th Mar 2027
Mozart's darkest, craziest opera. Sparkling music, vivid characters and dramatic bite combine to create a work that is both endlessly entertaining and profoundly unsettling.
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Dead Man Walking
The LowryPier 8, Salford Quays, Salford M50 3AZ
6th Mar 2027
Based on the memoir by Sister Helen Prejean, Dead Man Walking is one of the most widely acclaimed and frequently performed operas of the past 25 years.
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Tristan und Isolde
The Bridgewater HallLower Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3WS
9th May 2027
A hymn to a love that transcends death, set to some of the most sheerly sensuous music ever composed - and the frank eroticism of the score still has the power to shock. This is the latest in Opera North?s sequence of award-winning concert stagings.
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Orpheus
Liverpool Philharmonic HallHope Street, Liverpool L1 9BP
13th May 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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