Mozart, Handel, Britten, Donizetti – and a new opera for all the family
The names of Don Giovanni's conquests are scribbled over the set of Mozart's opera in a production revived at the Royal Opera House that takes a fresh look at the balance of power between the characters.Directed by Kasper Holten.
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A woman marries sensibly, but a man from her past returns, and she is torn between head and heart, in Jules Massenet's churning opera, beautifully staged.
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One of the highlights of the year so far was a Barbican concert performance of Handel's political power-games opera Agrippina. Now many of the same artists re-unite for a new staged production of the opera that promises to be the hottest opera ticket in town. With Joyce DiDonato (pictured).
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In Gerald Barry's hilarious modern opera, an 18th-century composer is in the throes of a new piece, but his wife is living a rather operatic life of her own offstage... A comedy about making music, with counter-tenor Patrick Terry playing a flirty castrato.
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Baritone Bryn Terfel takes a big step in his illustrious career when he returns to the Royal Opera House this autumn. In the title role of this comic opera, he plays a jealous bachelor whose eyes are on his nephew's bride.
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Benjamin Britten's opera is based on the same novel that inspired the much-loved film. In this tragic piece, an ageing writer with a creative block goes to Venice and becomes obsessed with a beautiful boy. A new production with a star cast.
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A power struggle between two might forces, or a knockabout pantomime? Mozart's last opera The Magic Flute can be unpacked in endless ways, and in this production at the Royal Opera House, the ever-reliable David McVicar combines drama, comedy and wonderment.
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Family opera with dance for Christmas, based on Shaun Tan's enchanting book. When a little boy alights on a curio in the sand, it's unlike anything else in his collection. But no grown-up wants to know where it belongs...
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