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English Touring Opera: Simon Boccanegra

  • 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

G Live, Guildford

Tue 28 May

£19–£32 ( £16–£29; £16–£29; £16–£29; Children £16–£29 under 16s) / 0844 770 1797

  • 19:45

Florilegium/Singers From The Royal College Of Music: Dido And Aeneas

Martin Constantine's staging of Purcell's opera of the emotion and loss experienced by two young lovers. With Helen Jane Howells and Robert Davies as the title characters.

Roman Baths Museum

Thu 30 May

£30 inc drink / 01225 463362

  • 21:30

Welsh National Opera: Lohengrin

  • 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).

Birmingham Hippodrome

Thu 13 Jun

£19–£54 / 0844 338 5000

  • 17:30

Sat 15 Jun

£19–£54 / 0844 338 5000

  • 17:30

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Sun 26 May

Donald Gordon Theatre

£5–£54 / 029 2063 6464

  • 15:00

Wed 29 May

Donald Gordon Theatre

£5–£54 / 029 2063 6464

  • 17:30

Sat 1 Jun

Donald Gordon Theatre

£5–£54 / 029 2063 6464

  • 17:30

Sat 8 Jun

Donald Gordon Theatre

£5–£54 / 029 2063 6464

  • 17:30

Heritage Opera: Barber Of Seville

  • 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.

Browsholme Hall, Clitheroe

Thu 30 May

£22 (£20.50; Children £10 under 16s) / 01254 826719

  • 19:30

Haigh Hall Country Park, Haigh, Wigan

Mon 27 May

£20 (£19; Children £10 under 16s) / 01942 832895

  • 19:30

Lancaster Grand Theatre

Fri 31 May

£20 (£19; Children £10) / 01524 64695

  • 19:30

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Scottish Opera: The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance was written in a hurry so that Gilbert & Sullivan could open it on Broadway and finally taste those sweet, sweet American royalties, but in spite of its mercenary origin it's one of the best-loved operettas ever written, a crazily sparkling farce with a bumbling but patriotic pirate crew, some…

Bristol Hippodrome

Tue 18 Jun

£14.75–£47.50 / 0844 847 2325

Wed 19 Jun

£15–£47.50 / 0844 847 2325

Thu 20 Jun

£15–£47.50 / 0844 847 2325

…and 2 more dates until 22 Jun

Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

Thu 6 Jun

Prices to be confirmed / 01463 234234

  • 19:15

Fri 7 Jun

Prices to be confirmed / 01463 234234

  • 19:15

Sat 8 Jun

Prices to be confirmed / 01463 234234

  • 14:15
  • 19:15

Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Tue 28 May

£17.50–£74.50 / 0131 529 6000

Thu 30 May

£17.50–£74.50 / 0131 529 6000

Fri 31 May

£17.50–£74.50 / 0131 529 6000

Sat 1 Jun

£17.50–£74.50 / 0131 529 6000

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Chelsea Opera Group: Verdi - Alzira, Opera in a prologue and 2 acts

Giuseppe Verdi: Alzira - opera in 2 acts (concert performance in Italian with English surtitles) Interval continued Verdi's rarely heard eighth opera was his first for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, in 1845. Cammarano, the resident poet, based his libretto on a play by Voltaire subtitled Les Américains, set…

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London SE1

Sun 2 Jun

£13–£35 Booking: £1.75 (Members £0.00) (£50) / 0844 875 0073

  • 19:00

Royal Opera: La Donna Del Lago

  • Directed by: John Fulljames
  • Written by: Andrea Leone Tottola

John Fulljames directs Rossini's story of King James's love for the maiden Elena, the daughter of his enemy Douglas and the girl's own passion for a hunter called Malcolm. Conducted by Michele Mariotti and starring Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Florez. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

Royal Opera House, London WC2E

Mon 27 May

£28–£180 phone for availability / 020 7304 4000

  • 19:00

Fri 31 May

£28–£180 phone for availability / 020 7304 4000

  • 19:00

Tue 4 Jun

£28–£180 phone for availability / 020 7304 4000

  • 19:00
…and 2 more dates until 11 Jun

Welsh National Opera's Tosca

Production of Puccini's three-part opera.

Liverpool Empire Theatre

Tue 22 Oct

£5–£25 / 0870 606 3536

Sat 26 Oct

£5–£25 / 0870 606 3536

Co-Opera Co: The Mikado

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

Hackney Empire, London E8

Wed 4 Sep

£10–£25 / 020 8985 2424

  • 19:30

Sat 7 Sep

£10–£25 / 020 8985 2424

  • 19:30

Ellen Kent's Aida

Verdi’s classic love story of war, jealousy and revenge.

Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

Fri 4 Oct

£10–£35 / 0844 871 7607

Grand Opera House, York

Sat 2 Nov

£15–£39.50 / 0844 871 3024

Grimsby Auditorium

Fri 1 Nov

£15–£29.50 / 0870 607 7461

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English Touring Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte

  • 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

G Live, Guildford

Mon 27 May

£19–£32 ( £16–£29; £16–£29; £16–£29; Children £16–£29 under 16s) / 0844 770 1797

  • 19:45

OperaUpClose: La Boheme

  • Directed by: Robin Norton-Hale
  • Written by: Robin Norton-Hale

The writer, the lover, the artist, the flirt. Out tonight in Soho and falling in love! A new set of bohemians take over Soho Theatre and bar in this electric new English translation of La Boheme, a tale of love and tragedy, indulgence and excess, between two couples who adore each other but cannot find a way to make their…

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury

Wed 29 May

£17–£20 (£15.50–£18.50) / 01743 281281

  • 19:30

Rigoletto: Live from Taormina's Ancient Greek Theatre

Verdi's opera live from the Taormina Arts festival.

Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Tue 9 Jul

£25 / 0131 529 6000

Swansea City Opera: Don Pasquale

Donizetti's comedy about an old bachelor's quest to find a young wife. Sung in English.

Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea

Thu 6 Jun

£20 (£17) / 01792 602060

  • 19:30

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon

Sat 1 Jun

£19.50 (£17.50) / 01874 611622

  • 19:30

Theatre Royal, Winchester

Mon 17 Jun

£22 (£20; £19.50) / 01962 840440

  • 19:30

Tue 18 Jun

£22 (£20; £19.50) / 01962 840440

  • 19:30

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Welsh National Opera: Madam Butterfly

  • Directed by: Simon Phillippo (cond)
  • Written by: Puccini

Joachim Herz directs Puccini's classic tale of love and betrayal set in 19th Century Japan, with Cheryl Barker as Cio-Cio San. Conducted by Simon Phillippo. Sung in Italian with surtitles in English (and Welsh in Cardiff).

Birmingham Hippodrome

Fri 14 Jun

£16–£48 / 0844 338 5000

  • 19:15

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Tue 28 May

Donald Gordon Theatre

£5–£40 / 029 2063 6464

  • 19:15

Sun 2 Jun

Donald Gordon Theatre

£5–£40 / 029 2063 6464

  • 16:00

Sun 9 Jun

Donald Gordon Theatre

£5–£40 / 029 2063 6464

  • 16:00

American Lulu

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.

King's Theatre, Edinburgh

Fri 30 Aug

£15–£35 / 0131 473 2000

Sat 31 Aug

£15–£35 / 0131 473 2000

Armonico Consort: Too Hot To Handel

  • 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.

Theatre Royal, Windsor

Mon 5 Aug

£11–£33 / 01753 853888

  • 20:00

Tue 6 Aug

£11–£33 / 01753 853888

  • 20:00

Wed 7 Aug

£11–£33 / 01753 853888

  • 20:00
…and 3 more dates until 10 Aug

Bath Opera: Don Giovanni

  • 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.

The Rondo Theatre, Bath

Fri 21 Jun

£14 (£10) / 01225 463362

  • 19:30

Sat 22 Jun

£14 (£10) / 01225 463362

  • 19:30

La Belle et la Bête

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…

The Edinburgh Playhouse

Sat 10 Aug

£12–£35 / 0131 473 2000

Sun 11 Aug

£12–£35 / 0131 473 2000

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Bellini - I Capuleti e i Monte

Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti ed i Montecchi - opera in 2 acts Bellini's sixth opera was written for La Fenice in Venice in 1830, immediately before La sonnambula. It was not based directly on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet but on its Italian precursors. A distinctive coloration is provided by the older tradition of…

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London SE1

Sun 16 Mar

£13–£36 Booking: £1.75 (Members £0.00) (£50) / 0844 875 0073

  • 19:00

British Youth Opera: Paul Bunyan/The Secret Marriage

  • Written by: Domenico Cimarosa

A performance of Benjamin Britten's first opera, about the founding of America by a motley band of pioneers, and Domenico Cimarosa's The Secret Marriage, a tale of class rivalries, marriageable sisters and a pompous English Count.

Peacock Theatre, London WC2A

Sat 7 Sep

£12–£42 / 0844 412 4322

  • 19:30

Tue 10 Sep

£12–£42 / 0844 412 4322

  • 19:30

Wed 11 Sep

£12–£42 / 0844 412 4322

  • 19:30
…and 2 more dates until 14 Sep

Britten Sinfonia: The Importance Of Being Ernest

  • Directed by: Ramin Gray
  • Written by: Oscar Wilde

Gerald Barry's operatic adaption of Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners. With direction by Ramin Gray. The Britten Sinfonia is conducted by Tim Murray and Alan Ewing stars as Lady Bracknell.

Linbury Studio Theatre At Royal Opera House, London WC2E

Fri 14 Jun

£17–£32 / 020 7304 4000

  • 19:45

Sat 15 Jun

£17–£32 / 020 7304 4000

  • 19:45

Mon 17 Jun

£17–£32 / 020 7304 4000

  • 19:45
…and 4 more dates until 22 Jun

Bryn Terfel

Highlights include: Georges Bizet: Les Toréadors from Carmen Giuseppe Verdi: Ehi! paggio! from Falstaff Giuseppe Verdi: Ella giammai m'amò from Don Carlos Richard Wagner: O du, mein holder Abendstern (Song to the evening star) from Tannhäuser, Act 3 Interval The acclaimed and award-winning operatic…

Royal Festival Hall, London SE1

Tue 11 Jun

£20–£90 Booking: £1.75 (Members £0.00) (£50) / 0844 875 0073

  • 19:30