Singer

Sir Thomas Allen revives his much-loved production of Mozart’s unstoppable masterpiece. Reflecting the insight and experience of a seasoned performer, Allen’s Figaro is full of humour, subtlety, and wit. Simon Higlett’s sumptuous designs provide the backdrop for a comedy of social revolution and subversion that is as relevant today as ever, and this time sung in English.

All wedding days are complicated, but nothing compared to Figaro’s. After discovering that his boss, the Count, plots to seduce his wife, Figaro and Susanna must use their wit to outsmart their employer, whilst making it down the aisle.

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The Marriage of Figaro

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Theatre Royal Glasgow

Theatre Royal

Eden Court Inverness

His Majesty's Theatre

Join us for the world premiere of Dai Fujikura and Harry Ross's The Great Wave: an extravagant story about artist Katsushika Hokusai and his famous woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

This groundbreaking opera directed by Satoshi Miyagi explores Hokusai’s creative triumphs and struggles, and his bond with his daughter Ōi. This relationship redefined Japanese painting and printmaking – and changed the global art world and popular iconography forever.

Japanese composer Dai Fujikura and Scottish librettist Harry Ross create a mesmerising musical drama that showcases the series of events that ignites The Great Wave off Kanagawa phenomena, influencing pop art culture today.

The Great Wave

If your Christmas plans aren’t complete until you’ve got a performance of Handel’s Messiah in the diary then look no further than critically-acclaimed opera company Wild Arts (★★★★★ Opera Now, ★★★★ The Guardian) for this year’s festive fix.

Handel’s Messiah

Smith Square Hall

A Visit to Friends is an opera about love. Or, more accurately, about love’s frustrations. Drawing on Anton Chekhov’s short story and William Boyd’s Chekhovian play Longing, Colin Matthews’ opera (with libretto written by William Boyd) is, beguilingly, an opera within an opera, with music strongly influenced by Scriabin.

Aldeburgh Festival Opera: A Visit To Friends

Snape Maltings

The Snowmaiden has lived her whole life under the watchful eye of her parents, Grandfather Frost and Spring Beauty, hidden from the heat of the sun. Jealous of the passionate lives of the mortal villagers living nearby, she begs her parents to let her join them – but discovers her heart of ice means she cannot fall in love. As the Snowmaiden becomes fascinated by a boy in the village, her wish to find true happiness comes with dire consequences.

The Snowmaiden

Buxton Opera House

The Hawth Crawley

University of Exeter

Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts

Saffron Hall

Sherlock Holmes and The Sign of Four

Leeds Beckett University

Christian Curnyn conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales as they perform works by Rebel, Purcell and Haydn.

Haydn's Nelson Mass

Wales Millennium Centre

A murderous affair. Director Philipp Stölzl makes his Royal Opera debut with a playfully surreal new production, featuring costumes by Antony McDonald. Charles Castronovo, Malin Byström, Aleksei Isaev, Anita Rachvelishvili and Kseniia Nikolaieva star, with Jakub Hrůša conducting.

Un ballo in maschera

Royal Opera House

Leonore has been waiting for news of her husband for two long years. Rumour has it he is dead; she suspects that he has been secretly imprisoned by a corrupt nobleman. In despair and hope, she takes matters into her own hands, disguising herself as a man and taking a job with the kindly gaoler Rocco. As Fidelio – the faithful one – her hard work earns Rocco’s respect, not to mention the affections of his daughter. Risking everything, can she rescue her husband and reclaim their lost life?

Fidelio

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Beethoven’s only opera – a remarkable outlier in his expansive body of works – is a triumphant tale of freedom of conscience in the face of oppression, affirming the power of the human spirit to overcome the worst of circumstances.

Bass

Edward Hawkins

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 30 - Dec 18, 2026

Un ballo in maschera · Royal Opera House

17 - 26 Feb, 2027

Fidelio · Scottish Opera

Feb 26, 2027

Fidelio · Capital Theatres

Past events

May 9 - Jun 20, 2026

The Marriage of Figaro · Scottish Opera

12 - 19 Feb, 2026

The Great Wave · Scottish Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Count Horn in Un ballo in maschera by Verdi

Royal Opera House

Singer in Messiah by Handel

Sinfonia Smith Square

Doctor Bartolo in The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart

Scottish Opera

Rocco in Fidelio by Beethoven

Scottish Opera

Gregor in A Visit to Friends by Matthews

Aurora Symphony Orchestra

Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and The Sign of Four by Paterson

Northern Opera Group

Eirakuya Tōshirō / Takai Kōzan in The Great Wave by Fujikura

Scottish Opera

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