Tarare Tim Hochstrasser 16/10/2026 154‘The value of a man lies not in his birth, but in his virtues’, may sound like an unexceptionable statement...
L’Italiana in Algeri Josi Steinfeld 27/07/2026 738For thirty-seven years, Opus Opéra has presented a festival in the medieval hilltop village of Gattières that has become an...
Die Frau ohne Schatten Alessandro Zummo 12/07/2026 906Die Frau ohne Schatten (The woman without a shadow) is the fifth and most ambitious collaboration between Richard Strauss and...
Accabadora Alessandro Zummo 10/07/2026 572The Sardinian word accabadora comes from the root of the Spanish verb acabar, “to finish,” and denotes the woman who...
Die Zauberflöte Alessandro Zummo 09/07/2026 891Mozart’s final opera, premiered at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna on 30 September 1791 just weeks before his...
Requiem Alessandro Zummo 08/07/2026 682Mozart’s Requiem is inseparable from the mythology of its own making. Composed in the shadow of the composer’s death in...
La Traviata Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur Josi Steinfeld 02/06/2026 971La Traviata is one of the world’s most popular operas. Violetta, a courtesan, falls in love with her admirer Alfredo....
Don Pasquale Josi Steinfeld 21/03/2026 1546Don Pasquale is Donizetti’s 64th opera out of 75. Premiered with four leading singers, it was immediately recognised as a...
Eugene Onegin Olivia Hurton 29/01/2026 1512When Tchaikovsky set himself the task of adapting Pushkin’s verse novel Eugene Onegin into an opera, he had clear ideas...
Ariodante Tim Hochstrasser 13/12/2025 1438Without Tunbridge Wells, there would be no Ariodante. Depleted by financial worries and the intrigues of his rivals, Handel snuck...
