Opera in the South West 2025 - 2026
From Mozart and Rossini to Gilbert & Sullivan and Verdi - where you can see opera and operetta performed in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset and Gloucestershire, including fully staged, semi-staged and concert versions of complete operas.
Locations covered include Exeter, Plymouth, Taunton, Bristol, Truro and Gloucester.
HMS Pinafore
Various Locations
Somerset
20th Mar 2025 to 29th Mar 2025
Gilbert & Sullivan's much loved tale of the Lass who loved a Sailor. Presented by Somerset opera.
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The Grand Duke
The Redgrave Theatre
2 Percival Road, Bristol BS8 3LE
27th Mar 2025 to 29th Mar 2025
Bristol Gilbert & Sullivan Operatic Society present this RARELY PERFORMED Gilbert and Sullivan operetta is packed with political scheming, secret plots and plenty of laughs all taking place in Pfennig-Halbpfennig.
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Anna Bolena
Abbotsbury Church
Waverley Rd, Newton Abbot TQ12 2ND
29th Mar 2025
Red Earth Opera present two performances of Donizetti's Anna Bolena in an english translation.
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Anna Bolena
Chudleigh Parish Church
Fore Street, Chudleigh, TQ13 0HZ
30th Mar 2025
Red Earth Opera present two performances of Donizetti's Anna Bolena in an english translation.
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La Boheme
The Forum
1A Forum Buildings, St James Parade, Bath BA1 1UG
2nd Apr 2025
Directed by Ellen Kent, this brand new production is traditionally staged and features beautiful sets and costumes. La Boheme is one of the most romantic operas ever written.
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Madama Butterfly
The Forum
1A Forum Buildings, St James Parade, Bath BA1 1UG
3rd Apr 2025
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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Macbeth
Redland Hall
Redmaids' High School, Westbury Road, Westbury-on-Trym BS9 3AW
9th Apr 2025 to 12th Apr 2025
Complete with stunning soloists, full orchestra and Verdi's incredible music, we?re expecting this one to sell fast, so jump in ASAP ? the best seats will be gone soon!
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The Capulets & The Montagues
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Stocker Road, Exeter Devon EX4 4QB
15th Apr 2025 to 17th Apr 2025
Bellini's The Capulets and The Montagues is a tale of two households at war and of two lovers in over their heads, doomed by the conflict between their families.
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What Dreams May Come
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Stocker Road, Exeter Devon EX4 4QB
16th Apr 2025
What Dreams May Come is a new studio piece drawing on hundreds of years of music inspired by and adapted from Shakespeare?s plays and poetry to depict the joys and sorrows of a long life, well-lived.
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La Cenerentola
The Coade Hall
Bryanston School, Blandford Forum, DT11 0PX
16th Apr 2025
Let a cast of emerging opera stars and the Hurn Court Opera orchestra take you through the masquerades, malice and buffoonery that punctuate Angelina's change in fortune.
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La Cenerentola
Regent Centre
Christchurch, BH23 1AS
18th Apr 2025
Let a cast of emerging opera stars and the Hurn Court Opera orchestra take you through the masquerades, malice and buffoonery that punctuate Angelina's change in fortune.
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The Capulets & The Montagues
Lighthouse Poole
21 Kingland Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1UG
26th Apr 2025
Bellini's The Capulets and The Montagues is a tale of two households at war and of two lovers in over their heads, doomed by the conflict between their families.
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Madama Butterfly
Bournemouth Pavilion
Westover Rd, Bournemouth BH1 2BU
9th May 2025
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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The Mikado
Theatre Royal Bath
Sawclose, Bath BA1 1ET
13th May 2025 to 17th May 2025
Opera della Luna returns to Bath with its most colourful and popular production ever, The Mikado.
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La Boheme
Barnfield Theatre
Barnfield Road, Exeter EX1 1SN
15th May 2025
Join the young professional opera singers of Devon Opera for Puccini?s La Boheme. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
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The Mikado
Cotswold Playhouse
Parliament Street, Stroud, GL5 1LW
15th May 2025 to 16th May 2025
A fantasy reimagining of the Gilbert & Sullivan favourite. Forbear! Theatre have made very minimal changes to the text in order to bring their fantasy kingdom to life, it will be the same characters and music that have been loved for generations.
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The Marriage of Figaro
Midelney Manor
Midelney, Langport, Somerset TA10 0LU
23rd May 2025
In a new production from Opera Anywhere, fall in love with Mozart?s beloved characters all over again as we ride the waves of comedy and drama with them.
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Wahnfried
Longborough
Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0QF
27th May 2025 to 14th Jun 2025
This opera begins with the death of Richard Wagner and spans forty years of history. We witness the Wagner family's determination to construct the myth of the composer, their brutal infighting and their disturbing political affiliations.
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The Marriage of Figaro
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Royal Parade, Plymouth PL1 2TR
6th Jun 2025
WNO's period-set production with elegant sets and opulent costumes has all the ingredients of a classic opera.
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Peter Grimes
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Royal Parade, Plymouth PL1 2TR
7th Jun 2025
Britten's iconic opera, rich with dramatic choruses, enthralling solos and the famous Sea Interludes, comes to life in this new production from WNO, where the forces of nature collide with the harshness of human behaviour.
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Il barbiere di Siviglia
Longborough
Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0QF
8th Jun 2025 to 13th Jul 2025
With humour, romance and unforgettable music, we present a new production of this comedic masterpiece.
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Play Opera LIVE Space Spectacular
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Royal Parade, Plymouth PL1 2TR
8th Jun 2025
Experience extra-terrestrial activity, learn fun facts, and orbit the incredible world of opera and classical music with Welsh National Opera's space-themed interactive and educational family show that's suitable for all ages.
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Pelleas et Melisande
Longborough
Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0QF
28th Jun 2025 to 10th Jul 2025
A fresh take on the love triangle, inspired by the mythic world of Arthurian legend. Shimmering orchestral interludes and haunting vocal melodies unveil relationships in all their complexity and instability.
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The Mikado
The Mission Theatre
32 Corn Street, Bath BA1 1UF
22nd Jul 2025 to 23rd Jul 2025
A fantasy reimagining of the Gilbert & Sullivan favourite. Forbear! Theatre have made very minimal changes to the text in order to bring their fantasy kingdom to life, it will be the same characters and music that have been loved for generations.
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Dido and Aeneas
Longborough
Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0QF
26th Jul 2025 to 2nd Aug 2025
This version of Dido and Aeneas will be expanded into a full evening of entertainment, restoration-extravaganza style.
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