Women conductors make waves, the classics are refreshed by our leading orchestras, and opera goes from strength to strength
A year-long celebration of music written and, often, performed by women, from the Italian renaissance to the present day, with scores of events ahead.
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Welcome return for a ravishing production of Verdi's unfailingly moving opera, now with the sublime soprano Ermonela Jaho as the courtesan Violetta.
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An exciting new production of Tchakovsky's nail-biter. A man gambles everything on just three cards, having heard the secret of a big win from a dying woman whose household he infiltrates.
The best orchestras in the world come to London, and this series is packed with the best works in the repertoire.
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First revival of Phelim McDermott's Olivier-award winning production of Philip Glass's monumental opera, which sold out at English National Opera in 2016.
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The best choirs in Britain, and one amazing ensemble from New Zealand, sing in a concert hall that frames the stories they tell in song.
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Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra are at the core of the year's concerts in this indefatigable concert hall, with guests orchestras and soloists in bravura symphonies and graceful meditations.
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The first opera at the newly re-opened Linbury Theatre within the Royal Opera House is designed for families. Hel is a typical teenager – except that she is also a goddess of the underworld...
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New production of the powerful opera by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček, who broke new ground with both his subject matter– the everyday reality of small-town life and ordinary, working people – and luminous music.
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A month-long musical celebration of Handel's long life in London, with walks, talks, chamber performances, whole operas and a competition for the next generation of singers.
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Summer isn't summer without at least one trip to Garsington Opera, where sparkling new productions are unveiled in the transparent box theatre surrounded by enviable gardens. This year's programme includes Don Giovanni and The Turn of the Screw.
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As Opera Holland Park 2018 shapes up to be a vintage year, the programme for 2019 is already whetting musical appetites. The 2019 season will open with a new production of Puccini's powerful Manon Lescaut; Verdi, Tchaikovsky and others to follow.
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New productions of Mozart's The Magic Flute, Berlioz's Damnation of Faust and Massenet's enchanting Cendrillon join three pleasing revivals.
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Like a mushroom in the woodland that surrounds Britain's newest opera house, Grange Park Opera at its new home in West Horsley Place, only 23 miles from London, has grown at top speed. This year: Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, Verdi's Don Carlos (pictured) and Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel.
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The annual two-month festival of classical music centred on the Royal Albert Hall will feature composer anniversaries, mainstream repertoire and new commissions. Every night is like a party. It's a great place to get youngsters into music, with CBeebies Proms on 21 and 22 July. Details in April.
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