Before 3am, Music, Opera

• Written by: Rossini

This English translation of Gioachino Rossini's comic, two-act opera in which Count Almaviva enlists the help of local fixer Figaro to gain access to his beloved Rosina, who is guarded by the over-protective Dr. Bartolo.

• Directed by: Antony McDonald (dir)
• Written by: Wagner

Lothar Koenigs conducts Wagner's opera of love and redemption. Starring Peter Wedd in the title role and Emma Bell as Elsa. Directed by Antony McDonald. Sung in German with surtitles in English (and Welsh in Cardiff).

• Written by: Lynne Plowman

Contemporary children's opera composed by Lynne Plowman depicting the story of Salty Sue who wants to leave her life as landlady of the harbourside in The Blasted Bilge Rat to become a singer.

Gilbert and Sullivan's evergreen satirical opera about the love between a lowly sailor and a captain's daughter.

• Directed by: James Burton (cond)
• Written by: Mozart

Paul Higgins directs a new period production of Mozart's comedy of innocence and experience. With Laura Mitchell, Paula Sides, Kitty Whately. Conducted by James Burton

• Directed by: Michael Rosewell (cond)
• Written by: Verdi

Michael Rosewell conducts Verdi's opera about a corsair who becomes the Doge of Genoa. With Craig Smith in the title role and Elizabeth Llewellyn

The uplifting tale of the musical Von Trapp family, packed full of hummable tunes.

• Written by: W S Gilbert

Members of the local G&S society perform the comic-opera on their 40th anniversary. Donald Stephenson plays The Mikado and Rachel Warren sings the part of Yum-Yum.

A free, hour-long peek backstage at the inner workings, characters, scenes and high points of The Pirates of Penzance.

• Directed by: Mark Forkgen
• Written by: Marc Blitzstein

Mark Forkgen conducts an English adaptation by Marc Blitzstein of Kurt Weill's opera, which gives a satirical view of capitalism in pre-war London. Directed by Ellie Nixon.

• Directed by: Oleg Caetani (cond)

Giacomo Puccini's powerful opera returns in a first revival of director Jonathan Miller's lovingly intimate staging. Trivia fans may note the 2009 opening night made broadcasting history when Sky Arts simultaneously screened live both the onstage action and the backstage excitement. Atmospherically updated to 1930s Paris…

• Directed by: Richard Jones
• Written by: Verdi

Mid Wales Opera's latest offering Falstaff, is full of boisterous vulgarity. Shakespeare's Sir John, now ageing and very short of cash, pursues two wealthy wives of Windsor for their money, but does not bank on their determination to foil him. Their merry tricks lead to his comeuppance, and the chastisement of their own…

Postgraduate students perform staged opera scenes.

• Written by: Gilbert And Sullivan

A performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Far Eastern tale of love and bumbling bureaucrats.

• Directed by: Sir Mark Elder (cond)
• Written by: Mozart

Sir Mark Elder conducts Mozart's Symphony No 38 and Strauss's Extracts from Der Rosenkavalier. With soloists Anne Schwanewilms, Sarah Connolly and Lucy Crowe.

A live performance starring Elna Garana and Roberto Alagna.

• Directed by: Sophie Gilpin
• Written by: Puccini

Sophie Gilpin directs a performance of Puccini's famous opera about young bohemians living in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the 1840s. With Myvanwy Bentall and Jennifer Walker sharing the role of Mimi and James Scarlett as Rodolfo.

• Directed by: Giles Havergal
• Written by: Benjamin Britten

Giles Havergal directs Britten's comic opera set in early 20th-century Suffolk during May Day celebrations. Starring Josephine Barstow as Lady Billows. Sung in English.

A performance of Mozart's tale of dissolution and retribution, inspired by the Spanish legend of Don Juan. Sung in English.

Verdi's opera live from the Taormina Arts festival.

Seductress, victim, manipulator: Lulu lives off men as both tortured and torturer, purveyor of ecstasy and angel of death. Caught up in greedy games and seedy schemes, and surrounded by lovers driven to despair, Lulu makes an inexorable rise to the highest levels of power, money and fame. But her descent is just as swift.

• Directed by: Christopher Monks
• Written by: George Frideric Handel

The group performs a comic take on a tale of two lovers, set to Baroque music by Handel and others and featuring music from Xerxes, Giulio Cesare, Rindaldo and Orlando. Directed by Emma Rivlin. Sung in English.

• Directed by: Jane Clark
• Written by: Mozart

Jane Clark directs A performance of Mozart's tale of dissolution and retribution, inspired by the Spanish legend of Don Juan.

Minimalist composer Philip Glass’s magical reimagining of Jean Cocteau’s 1946 La Belle et la Bête combines the classic black and white film with live performance in a Šsophisticated work that is at once a touching fairy tale and a meditation on creativity. Removing the film’s original dialogue track and score by Georges…