Opera in the West Midlands 2025 - 2026
From Tchaikovsky and Verdi to Gilbert & Sullivan and Mozart - where you can see opera and operetta performed in the West Midlands, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, including fully staged, semi-staged and concert versions of complete operas.
Locations covered include Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry and Worcester.
Madama Butterfly
The Alexandra
Suffolk Queensway, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 4DS
29th Mar 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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La Boheme
Malvern Theatre
Grange Road, Malvern WR14 3HB
30th Mar 2025
La Boheme is one of the most romantic operas ever written. It tells the tragic tale of the doomed, consumptive Mimi and her love for a penniless writer.
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Madama Butterfly
Regent Theatre
Piccadilly, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 1AP
4th 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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La Boheme
Warwick Arts Centre
University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
30th Apr 2025
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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La Traviata
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DE
6th May 2025
Verdi's timeless opera features some of the most evocative arias and melodies including the instantly recognisable Brindisi (the drinking song) and the beautifully poignant finale, Addio del passato.
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La Boheme
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DE
7th May 2025
La Boheme is one of the most romantic operas ever written. It tells the tragic tale of the doomed, consumptive Mimi and her love for a penniless writer. Presented by Ellen Kent.
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The Marriage of Figaro
Birmingham Hippodrome
Hurst Street, Birmingham, B5 4TB
8th May 2025
WNO's period-set production with elegant sets and opulent costumes has all the ingredients of a classic opera.
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Madama Butterfly
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DE
8th May 2025
One of the world's most popular operas, Puccini's Madama Butterfly tells the heart-breaking story of the beautiful young Japanese girl who falls in love with an American naval lieutenant - with dramatic results.
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Peter Grimes
Birmingham Hippodrome
Hurst Street, Birmingham, B5 4TB
10th May 2025
Inspired by the original Thomas Mann novella, Britten's magnificently atmospheric opera comes to life in this new production from WNO, creating images of ravishing beauty, as well as exploring the grotesque hidden beneath.
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The Elixir of Love
Malvern Theatre
Grange Road, Malvern WR14 3HB
2nd Aug 2025
This production of Donizetti's sun-kissed comedy is relocated to a 1950s seaside, with a pared-back set, a mischievous English translation, and a sparkling new arrangement for chamber orchestra.
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The Mikado
Ettington Park
Stratford on Avon
30th Aug 2025 to 3rd Aug 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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Iolanthe
Malvern Theatre
Grange Road, Malvern WR14 3HB
4th Sep 2025
Iolanthe is a much-loved operetta blending fantasy and satire. It follows Strephon, a half-mortal shepherd, whose fairy mother, Iolanthe, was banished for marrying a mortal.
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Princess Ida
Malvern Theatre
Grange Road, Malvern WR14 3HB
5th Sep 2025
With its striking black-and-white costumes set against a dramatic backdrop, this marvellous staging offers truly outstanding entertainment, brimming with wit, satire, and enchanting melodies.
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The Pirates of Penzance
Malvern Theatre
Grange Road, Malvern WR14 3HB
6th Sep 2025
This much-loved favourite offers humour, romance, and dazzling musical entertainment. Directed by John Savournin and featuring Simon Butteriss as the Major-General.
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