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Reach for your skinny black dress and pour an Aperol spritz: there is a distinctly Italian feel to the first productions of the season at the Royal Opera House

Essential

Opera 

Her tiny hand is frozen ...Rodolfo warms Mimì with a kiss in this most romantic and rumbustious of Italian operas

In The Know

Puccini, Strauss and Handel top the bill in an attractive new season

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Opera 

Star soprano Ermonela Jaho may just be the finest Butterfly you ever see

Interview

Meet the opera singer who defies the stereotype with the simple life off-stage – but on stage gets through tenors five at a time

In The Know

A short hop from Waterloo is the new home of an established opera company with an ambitious season in its sights

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Opera 

Art, politics and love collide in Puccini's masterpiece, in which the menacing chief of police, Scarpia, pursues the opera singer of the title

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Opera 

The music is ravishing, but Covent Garden's Manon Lescaut is uncompromisingly frank about the brutality of sexual exploitation

Tried and Tested

Opera 

Puccini's edge-of-the-seat drama of love, envy and deception receives a brilliant revival

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Opera Holland Park continues to build on its growing reputation for both giving fresh interpretation to the classics and to unearthing operas that have been unfairly overlooked

Tried and Tested

Opera 

Be prepared to travel back in time with a production of Puccini's romantic opera that enjoys springing a few visual surprises while remaining reliably musical

Preview

Opera 

Puccini's story of love betrayed is vividly revived in a now classic production

In The Know

English National Opera reveals new productions and commissions alongside plans to perform in smaller venues

Latest News

Bellini's masterpiece is joined by new productions of Cosi fan tutte, Der Rosenkavalier, and Die Meistersinger

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Opera 

This June discover Puccini's evergreen La Boheme at Opera Holland Park 2016

Features

Opera Holland Park celebrates its 21st season with Puccini, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Strauss and Mascagni, creating a country house atmosphere in the heart of the capital

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Opera 

The operatic stars of tomorrow perform Puccini's great tragedy

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Opera 

The late Anthony Minghella's lushly beautiful production of the Puccini classic returns to the London Coliseum

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Classical Music 

The devilishly handsome tenor visits the Southbank for an evening of Puccini arias

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The new Royal Opera House Winter 2016 season is open for booking. Here is our guide to the best shows

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Opera 

Puccini's triptych returns, with three exquisite micro-operas that demonstrate opera's range

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Opera 

Puccini's shocking melodrama returns to Covent Garden, with Angela Gheorghiu as the doomed heroine

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Festival 

The Arcola's annual festival of fringe opera reaches its 9th year, with twelve exciting new shows

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The English National Opera's new season will soon be open for booking. We select the highlights.