The Beggar's Opera

Laurent Pelly's expression of Berlioz's adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing as an opera comique becomes ''an elegant treatise on love and music".

Beatrice and Benedict

Glyndebourne

Opera

Esteemed director Christof Loy presents a stunning new production of Strauss' intimate psychological opera, Arabella.

Arabella

Teatro Real

Opera

When a nobleman tries to seduce his wife’s maid on her wedding night, it leads to a hilarious plot of revenge in Mozart’s classic comic opera.

Le Nozze di Figaro

Royal Opera House

Opera

The stout Sir John Falstaff has financial problems, which he attempts to solve by having affairs with two very wealthy, very married women.

Falstaff

Opera

The ‘sheer visual sophistication’ of Annabel Arden’s Barbiere serves ‘a triumphant celebration of Rossini’s musical genius

The Barber of Seville

Glyndebourne

Opera

Ketevan Kemoklidze leads as Rosina while the orchestra plays under the magical baton of the young principal guest conductor Andrea Battistoni.

The Barber of Seville

Opera

Scottish Opera presents a groundbreaking new digital opera about a fiery family feud at The Narcissistic Fish restaurant.

The Narcissistic Fish

Scottish Opera

Shorts, Opera

Mozart’s masterpiece conducted by Giovanni Antonini on stage at La Scala with Michael Hampe’s staging.

Così Fan Tutte

La Scala

Opera

This production from La Scala stars opera greats Jonas Kaufmann and Erwin Schrott, with newcomer Anita Rachvelishvili making her successful debut.

Carmen

La Scala

Opera

A modern opera adaptation by Charles Wuorinen based on Annie Proulx’s short story.

Brokeback Mountain

Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real – Madrid

Opera

Glyndebourne’s wartime history as a home for evacuee children is the ingenious context for a new production of this unclassifiable tale.

Ariadne auf Naxos

Glyndebourne

Opera