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.
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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La Voix Humaine
Playhouse Theatre55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 1DA
19th May 2026
Claire Booth is joined by GRAMMY-winning pianist Christopher Glynn to present an immersive staging of Poulenc's searing operatic melodrama.
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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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Patience
Cottingham Civic HallCottingham, HU16 5QG
12th Jun 2026
Hull Savoyards presents Patience; or Bunthorn's Bride, a comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan.
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The Yeomen of the Guard
Louth Riverhead TheatreVictoria Road, Louth, England, LN11 0BX
18th Jun 2026 to 20th Jun 2026
For this production, the stage of the Louth Riverhead Theatre will be transformed into an Elizabethan playhouse, as the New London Opera Group brings the theatrical past to life.
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The Marriage of Figaro
St Andrew's ChurchB6265, Aldborough, York YO51 9ER
26th Jun 2026
Bursting with glorious melodies - from the fizzing overture to the heart-stopping beauty of 'Dove sono' and the jubilant finale - The Marriage of Figaro is Mozart at his most brilliant. Presented by Wild Arts.
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The Pirates of Penzance
Bingley Arts CentreMain Street, Bingley BD16 2LZ
5th Sep 2026
Expect toe-tapping songs and laugh-out-loud moments as our not-quite-terrifying pirates clash with authority and chaos ensues on the Cornish coast in Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera.
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The Pirates of Penzance
Settle Victoria HallKirkgate, Settle BD24 9DZ
12th Sep 2026
Expect toe-tapping songs and laugh-out-loud moments as our not-quite-terrifying pirates clash with authority and chaos ensues on the Cornish coast in Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera.
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The Pirates of Penzance
Whitby PavilionWest Cliff, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 3EN
20th Sep 2026
Expect toe-tapping songs and laugh-out-loud moments as our not-quite-terrifying pirates clash with authority and chaos ensues on the Cornish coast in Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera.
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The Pirates of Penzance
The Georgian Theatre RoyalVictoria Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4DW
26th Sep 2026
Expect toe-tapping songs and laugh-out-loud moments as our not-quite-terrifying pirates clash with authority and chaos ensues on the Cornish coast in Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera.
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The Pirates of Penzance
Penistone ParamountShrewsbury Road, Penistone S36 6DY
3rd Oct 2026
Expect toe-tapping songs and laugh-out-loud moments as our not-quite-terrifying pirates clash with authority and chaos ensues on the Cornish coast in Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera.
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Eugene Onegin
Leeds Grand Theatre46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
9th Oct 2026 to 29th Oct 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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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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Rigoletto
Leeds Grand Theatre46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
18th Oct 2026 to 31st Oct 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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A Christmas Carol
Howard Assembly RoomLeeds Grand Theatre, 46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
18th Dec 2026 to 24th Dec 2026
Eight carol singers and a narrator give voice to the story of the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly man of business whose life is changed for good one icy Christmas Eve by a succession of ghostly visitations.
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Don Giovanni
Leeds Grand Theatre46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
5th Feb 2027 to 3rd Apr 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
Leeds Grand Theatre46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
19th Feb 2027 to 20th 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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Don Giovanni
Hull New TheatreKingston Square, Hull HU1 3HF
1st Apr 2027 to 3rd Apr 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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Orpheus
St George's HallBridge Street, Bradford BD1 1JT
9th Apr 2027 to 10th Apr 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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Orpheus
Leeds PlayhousePlayhouse Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UP
24th Apr 2027 to 25th Apr 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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