A Glyndebourne classic, Nicholas Hytner’s staging finds both charm and darkness in Mozart’s opera.
Photo: Mike Hoban
Michael Grandage’s five-star production of Mozart’s greatest comedy.
Photo: Alastair Muir
Donizetti’s sun-drenched, small-town comedy makes a joyful return in Annabel Arden’s production.
Extra content - L'elisir d'amore: explore with Alexandra
Opera Specialist Alexandra Coghlan talks to musicologist Dr Flora Willson and novelist Amanda Craig to explore Donizetti’s blissful big-hearte...
Jonathan Kent’s sleek, contemporary staging of Mozart's wild musical ride that takes its audience quite literally to hell and back again.
Extra content - Don Giovanni: explore with Alexandra
Opera Specialist Alexandra Coghlan talks to author and critic Lucasta Miller and bass-baritone Gerald Fin...
Annabel Arden’s lively production is suffused with Spanish colour and warmth, with just a hint of the surreal.
Photo: Bill Cooper
Janáček takes an enchanting tale and turns it into a colourful reflection on the highs and lows of life and death in nature’s constant cycle of renewal.
Photo: Mike Hoban
Massenet’s enchanting retelling of the familiar Cinderella story, originally directed by Fiona Shaw.
Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
What would you sacrifice for love?
Water-nymph Rusalka is in love with a handsome Prince who comes each day to bathe in her forest pool. But if she wants to win him she must risk everything, giving up not only her immortality but also her voice.
Inspired by The Little Mermaid, Rusalka offers a ...
Jonathan Kent’s ‘delectable’ production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen takes us from rowdiest, raunchiest comedy to bewitching beauty and pathos.
Photo: Alastair Muir
Fiona Shaw takes on Britten's emotionally heart-wrenching and lyrically beautiful opera.
Photo: Robbie Jack
All the colours of the forest come to life in a fox’s tale of love, life and loss.
Young, playful and mischievous Vixen Sharp Ears disturbs the napping Forester as she chases a frog near the woods. Thinking she will amuse his children, he bundles her up and carries her home. Wilful and independe...
An award-winning opera debut from British theatre director Michael Grandage.
Extra content - Billy Budd: explore with Alexandra
Opera Specialist Alexandra Coghlan talks to naval historian Dr James Davey and musicologist Dr Imani Mosley to explore Britten’s evocative, ambiguous score.
Billy Budd...