Frida, Diego, and the Day of the Dead: Green-Wood Cemetery, Death of Classical, and the Metropolitan Opera Collaborate
La Traviata Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur Josi Steinfeld 02/06/2026La Traviata is one of the world’s most popular operas. Violetta, a courtesan, falls in love with her admirer Alfredo....
Werther Miho Uchida 01/06/2026Massenet’s Werther tells the tale of an unrealised love between a young couple, Werther and Charlotte. The opera opens with...
L’elisir d’amore Miho Uchida 01/06/2026Gaetano Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore remains one of opera’s most enduring comic masterpieces. The opera follows Nemorino, an earnest but insecure...
Un Turco in Italia Josi Steinfeld 27/05/2026European opera from the 17th through 19th centuries frequently exploited fascination with — and anxiety about — the Ottoman Empire....
Peter Grimes Owen Davies 16/02/2026It is hard to believe that Opera North has had this production of Britten’s Peter Grimes sitting in its warehouse...
The Marriage of Figaro Owen Davies 15/02/2026The finest product of the unlikely partnership between Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte, The Marriage of Figaro is an essential...
Aida Nicole Pezza 29/01/2026Aida is one of those operas that must elicit an immediate ‘wow’ effect; a good production is one that delivers...
Wozzeck Miho Uchida 23/11/2025This tragedy-driven opera, based on Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck (1837), tells the story of Wozzeck, a soldier brutally mistreated by the...
Partenope Josi Steinfeld 23/11/2025Handel’s first comic opera Partenope was once dismissed as too frivolous. It enjoyed only modest success in its day and...
Dido and Aeneas Yael Shuv 19/11/2025Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas is among the most frequently performed Baroque operas. It is short, requires a modest cast,...
