Opera in Scotland 2026 - 2027
From Mozart and Tchaikovsky to Gilbert & Sullivan and Lehar - where you can see opera and operetta performed in Scotland, including fully staged, semi-staged and concert versions of complete operas.
Locations covered include Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth and Aberdeen.
Cosi Fan Tutte
St Mary's KirkSidegate, Haddington EH41 4BZ
17th Sep 2026
Led by their dynamic music director, Dinis Sousa, Royal Northern Sinfonia fields a superb international cast for this concert performance of the last of Mozart?s three great Da Ponte operas.
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HMS Pinafore
The Savoy TheatreChurch Street, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 3BU
17th Sep 2026 to 19th Sep 2026
Monmouth Music Theatre return with an ever popular Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. At its heart, HMS Pinafore is a hilarious tale of love, honour and duty, where class divides and mistaken identities lead to a cleverly crafted adventure on the high seas.
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Iolanthe
Festival Theatre Edinburgh13 / 29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9FT
14th Oct 2026 to 17th Oct 2026
The Edinburgh Gilbert & Sullivan Society present Iolanthe, packed with witty dialogue, dazzling melodies, and a plot that?s as mischievous as it is magical, this comic opera blends fantasy and farce in a timeless battle of love, law, and lunacy.
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Turandot
Theatre Royal Glasgow282 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 3QA
22nd Oct 2026 to 7th Nov 2026
An Emperor's court decays around him; a princess, haunted by inherited trauma, plays a deadly game of riddles; a visiting prince takes one look and decides to risk his life for love. The stakes could not be higher.
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Turandot
Festival Theatre Edinburgh13 / 29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9FT
11th Nov 2026 to 22nd Nov 2026
An Emperor's court decays around him; a princess, haunted by inherited trauma, plays a deadly game of riddles; a visiting prince takes one look and decides to risk his life for love. The stakes could not be higher.
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Alcina
Theatre Royal Glasgow282 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 3QA
6th Feb 2027 to 14th Feb 2027
Handel's opera is reimagined as an operatic romantasy, set in the vibrant, flamboyant, all-intoxicating club scene, joyfully toying with opera's power and gender dynamics.
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Fidelio
Theatre Royal Glasgow282 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 3QA
17th Feb 2027 to 19th Feb 2027
Beethoven's only opera is a remarkable outlier in his expansive body of works. It 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.
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Alcina
Festival Theatre Edinburgh13 / 29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9FT
25th Feb 2027 to 27th Feb 2027
Handel's opera is reimagined as an operatic romantasy, set in the vibrant, flamboyant, all-intoxicating club scene, joyfully toying with opera's power and gender dynamics.
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Fidelio
Festival Theatre Edinburgh13 / 29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9FT
26th Feb 2027
Beethoven's only opera is a remarkable outlier in his expansive body of works. It 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.
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La Voix humaine
City Halls100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ
19th Mar 2027
Poulenc's La Voix humaine is a one act opera of raw intensity. Through a single phone call, the music captures heartbreak and vulnerability with striking emotional power. Carolyn Sampson brings this gripping drama vividly to life.
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Madama Butterfly
Theatre Royal Glasgow282 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 3QA
1st May 2027 to 20th May 2027
When the young Cio-Cio-San marries the handsome US Navy Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, she gives up everything - after all, he has promised her a new life, and the warnings of her nearest and dearest seem trivial in the face of true love.
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Cosi fan tutte
Theatre Royal Glasgow282 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 3QA
18th May 2027 to 21st May 2027
Two high society men engaged to two high society women should spell a straightforward happily ever after. But the men cannot resist a bet laid by their cynical friend, setting in motion one hectic day of disguises, hijinks, and mischief-making.
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Madama Butterfly
Festival Theatre Edinburgh13 / 29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9FT
27th May 2027 to 4th Jun 2027
When the young Cio-Cio-San marries the handsome US Navy Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, she gives up everything - after all, he has promised her a new life, and the warnings of her nearest and dearest seem trivial in the face of true love.
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Cosi fan tutte
Festival Theatre Edinburgh13 / 29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9FT
29th May 2027 to 3rd Jun 2027
Two high society men engaged to two high society women should spell a straightforward happily ever after. But the men cannot resist a bet laid by their cynical friend, setting in motion one hectic day of disguises, hijinks, and mischief-making.
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Madama Butterfly
Eden CourtBishops Road, Inverness IV3 5SA
10th Jun 2027
When the young Cio-Cio-San marries the handsome US Navy Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, she gives up everything - after all, he has promised her a new life, and the warnings of her nearest and dearest seem trivial in the face of true love.
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Madama Butterfly
His Majesty's TheatreRosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen AB25 1GL
17th Jun 2027
When the young Cio-Cio-San marries the handsome US Navy Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, she gives up everything - after all, he has promised her a new life, and the warnings of her nearest and dearest seem trivial in the face of true love.
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