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Laurence Cummings directs Academy of Ancient Music and a world-class cast in a concert performance of Serse – Handel’s sensational opera of love and power in ancient Persia.

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Handel's Serse

Barbican Centre

Xerxes rules over a vast empire, but the human heart is a lot harder to tame, and sometimes the beauty of a plane tree is the only constant in a dangerous world. Created to astonish London audiences in 1738, Handel’s opera Serse is an epic of love, war and civil engineering - and its hit aria 'Ombra mai fu' is one of those melodies that you simply never forget.

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Giulio Cesare

Orpheum Theater

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Glyndebourne

Northern Ireland Opera will bring to life the powerful story of Carmen, a passionate, intelligent woman who dares to challenge convention, pursuing seduction, love and her freedom.

Filled with famous arias including the Habanera and the Toreador song, book now for an evening of fiery emotion in one of best-loved operas ever written.

Baritone

Thomas Chenhall

Events

Upcoming events

12 - 19 Sep, 2026

Carmen · Northern Ireland Opera

Past events

Jun 19, 2026

Handel's Serse · Academy of Ancient Music

Jun 19, 2026

Handel's Serse · Barbican Centre

Future and recently performed repertoire

Curio in Giulio Cesare by Handel

Opera Omaha

Elviro in Serse by Handel

Academy of Ancient Music

Escamillo in Carmen by Bizet

Northern Ireland Opera

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