Opera in the Yorkshire and the Humber 2026 - 2027
From Mozart and Rossini to Gilbert & Sullivan and Lehar - where you can see opera and operetta performed in North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the Humber, including fully staged, semi-staged and concert versions of complete operas.
Locations covered include York, Harrogate, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Huddersfield and Hull.
The Marriage of Figaro
Leeds Grand Theatre46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
30th Jan 2026 to 20th Feb 2026
This brand-new production of The Marriage of Figaro re-imagines the mischief in a quintessential modern country home.
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Madama Butterfly
Sheffield City Hall Oval HallBarkers Pool, Sheffield S1 2JA
11th Feb 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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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Carmen
The Alhambra TheatreMorley Street, Bradford BD7 1AJ
12th Feb 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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Peter Grimes
Leeds Grand Theatre46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
13th Feb 2026 to 21st Feb 2026
Conflict threatens to tear apart a close-knit fishing community on the east coast of England in this searing, sea-swept classic.
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Madama Butterfly
The Alhambra TheatreMorley Street, Bradford BD7 1AJ
13th Feb 2026
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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Carmen
York BarbicanParagon Street, York YO10 4NT
22nd Feb 2026
We are delighted to bring back Dnipro Opera theatre from the Ukraine for our next Opera Season. This opera and ballet theatre has a long-standing heritage of top-quality opera productions, and we are excited to bring it back to the UK.
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Madama Butterfly
Scarborough Spa Grand HallSouth Bay, Scarborough YO11 2HD
26th Feb 2026
Set in Japan at the turn of the last century, it is the story of a doomed love affair between an American naval officer and his young Japanese bride whose self-sacrifice and defiance of her family leads to tragedy.
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Madama Butterfly
The FriarageYarm School, Yarm TS15 9EJ
28th Feb 2026
Set in Japan at the turn of the last century, it is the story of a doomed love affair between an American naval officer and his young Japanese bride whose self-sacrifice and defiance of her family leads to tragedy.
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Madama Butterfly
Victoria TheatreFountain Street, Halifax HX1 1BP
11th Mar 2026
Set in Japan at the turn of the last century, it is the story of a doomed love affair between an American naval officer and his young Japanese bride whose self-sacrifice and defiance of her family leads to tragedy.
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The Yeomen of the Guard
Joseph Rowntree TheatreHaxby Road York YO31 8TA
12th Mar 2026 to 14th Mar 2026
Tackling themes of unrequited love, alienation, and tragedy, this darkly comic show has both a heartbreaking narrative and one of the finest scores to come out of Gilbert & Sullivan's writing partnership.
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The Gondoliers
Lyceum Theatre55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 1DA
20th Mar 2026
The Gondoliers, Gilbert and Sullivan's last great success, is a fizzing comedy of mistaken identity that marries joy and chaos with a sharp satire of monarchy and class.
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Pagliacci
Lyceum Theatre55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 1DA
21st Mar 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
Sheffield City Hall Oval HallBarkers Pool, Sheffield S1 2JA
6th Apr 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 Zoo & Trial by Jury
Christ Church Dore Community CentreTownhead Road, Dore, S17 3GA
11th Apr 2026 to 19th Apr 2026
A glorious double bill with a surprise filling! The Zoo is a one-act comic opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by B. C. Stephenson. Trial by Jury is a one act comic opera by Gilbert & Sullivan.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Madama Butterfly
Grand Opera House YorkCumberland Street, York YO1 9SW
3rd May 2026
Back by overwhelming public demand, this production features exquisite sets including a spectacular Japanese garden and fabulous costumes including antique wedding kimonos from Japan.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Carmen
Grand Opera House YorkCumberland Street, York YO1 9SW
4th May 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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Iolanthe
Meltham Parish Church HallGreens End Road, Meltham, HD9 5NW
14th May 2026 to 17th May 2026
One of the Gilbert and Sullivan well known operettas. Full of the usual great music, satirical wit and comedy. Guaranteed to raise a smile.
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Henny Penny: A Children's Opera
Playhouse Theatre55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 1DA
23rd May 2026
A world-first live staging of new opera and song made for - and by - curious young minds. Original songs created as part of a new Music in the Round composition project with children in Sheffield schools will also be given their public premieres.
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Die Fledermaus
York Theatre RoyalSt Leonard's Place, York YO1 7HD
3rd Jun 2026 to 6th Jun 2026
Accept your invitation for a night of laughter, bubbles and chaos as York Opera waltz you away to a glittering party of Strauss' glorious music.
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Ariadne / Dido & Aeneas
Lyceum Theatre55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 1DA
9th Oct 2026
Based on Virgil's epic poem Aeneid, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas recalls the tragedy of the Queen of Carthage in a masterpiece of Baroque music, theatricality and despair.
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Orpheus and Eurydice
Lyceum Theatre55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 1DA
10th Oct 2026
A timeless story of ill-fated love is brought to life in English Touring Opera?s new production of Orpheus and Eurydice.
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