Opera in the East of England 2026 - 2027
From Tchaikovsky and Rossini to Gilbert & Sullivan and Lehar - where you can see opera and operetta performed in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, including fully staged, semi-staged and concert versions of complete operas.
Locations covered include Norwich, Cambridge, Luton, Colchester and Peterborough.
The Threepenny Opera
Dembe TheatreStation Road, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 5QY
21st Oct 2026 to 24th Oct 2026
With Kurt Weill's smoky, cabaret-infused score and Brecht?s biting satire, the show exposes a world where morality is flexible, justice is for sale, and everyone - rich or poor - is on the make.
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The Pirates of Penzance
Seckford TheatreBurkitt Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4JH
28th Oct 2026 to 31st Oct 2026
Ipswich Gilbert and Sullivan Society's new production of this classic comic opera combines tradition - all the famous songs are featured - with a novel 20th Century piratical twist!
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Orpheus & Eurydice
Snape MaltingsSnape, Suffolk IP17 1SP
30th Oct 2026
A timeless story of love and loss is brought to life in ETO's new production of Orpheus & Eurydice, celebrating the myth of Orpheus through the power of the voice and profound theatricality.
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Ariadne / Dido & Aeneas
Snape MaltingsSnape, Suffolk IP17 1SP
31st Oct 2026
A double bill of Ariadne, where Elena Langer sets Glyn Maxwell's Poem Ariadne to Theseus, and Dido and Aeneas, in which Elena Langer sets Glyn Maxwell's Poem Ariadne to Theseus, based on Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid.
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Trial by Jury and In Gilbert and Sullivan's Company
Woodside HallWalsworth Rd, Hitchin, SG4 9SP
5th Nov 2026 to 7th Nov 2026
The premiere of a new show called "In Gilbert and Sullivan's Company" along with "Trial by Jury", but with a twist - as we will be setting it in the land of fairy-tales!
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The Pirates of Penzance
St. Cuthbert's ChurchWroxham Road, Norwich NR7 8TZ
7th Nov 2026
The Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society are performing a costumed concert version of The Pirates of Penzance.
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Trial by Jury and In Gilbert and Sullivan's Company
The Square Methodist Church HallAshton Square, Dunstable, LU6 3SN
12th Nov 2026
The premiere of a new show called "In Gilbert and Sullivan's Company" along with "Trial by Jury", but with a twist - as we will be setting it in the land of fairy-tales!
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Trial by Jury and In Gilbert and Sullivan's Company
SPACe116 Southdown Road, Harpenden, AL5 1QQ
13th Nov 2026
The premiere of a new show called "In Gilbert and Sullivan's Company" along with "Trial by Jury", but with a twist - as we will be setting it in the land of fairy-tales!
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HMS Pinafore
Wyllyotts TheatreWyllotts Centre, Wyllyotts Close, Potters Bar EN6 2HN
10th Feb 2027 to 13th Feb 2027
Gilbert & Sullivan's much-loved comic opera presented by Southgate Opera.
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Tosca
Norwich Theatre RoyalTheatre Street, Norwich, NR2 1RL
13th Mar 2027
Set over two chaotic days of passion and intrigue, English Touring Opera's new production of Tosca is epic drama at a human scale.
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Tosca
The Arts Theatre6 St Edward's Passage, Cambridge CB2 3PJ
1st Apr 2027 to 3rd Apr 2027
Set over two chaotic days of passion and intrigue, English Touring Opera's new production of Tosca is epic drama at a human scale.
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