Opera in the North West 2026 - 2027
From Mozart and Rossini to Gilbert & Sullivan and Lehar - where you can see opera and operetta performed in Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cumbria, Lancashire, and Cheshire, including fully staged, semi-staged and concert versions of complete operas.
Locations covered include Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and Blackpool.
Rigoletto
The LowryPier 8, Salford Quays, Salford M50 3AZ
12th Nov 2026 to 14th Nov 2026
This bold, award-winning production by leading UK theatre artist Feme Elufowoju Jr is opera at its most gripping: a thrilling tale of power, love and revenge that includes one of opera's most famous aria, 'La donna e mobile'.
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Eugene Onegin
The LowryPier 8, Salford Quays, Salford M50 3AZ
13th Nov 2026
Tchaikovsky adapted Pushkin's great verse novel for the stage and set it to music that displays his gift for unforgettable melody. The result is a deeply affecting portrait of love, regret and missed chances.
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Madama Butterfly
Chester Town Hall33 Northgate St, Chester CH1 2HQ
4th Dec 2026
It takes a heart of stone not to be moved by the great tragedy of this story, which is so enriched by the composition. Everyone will have heard the humming chorus and the 'Un bel di' (One fine day).
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Madama Butterfly
St George's HallSt George's Pl, Liverpool L1 1JJ
5th Dec 2026
It takes a heart of stone not to be moved by the great tragedy of this story, which is so enriched by the composition. Presented ny North Wales Opera.
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Don Giovanni
The LowryPier 8, Salford Quays, Salford M50 3AZ
3rd Mar 2027 to 5th Mar 2027
Mozart's darkest, craziest opera. Sparkling music, vivid characters and dramatic bite combine to create a work that is both endlessly entertaining and profoundly unsettling.
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Dead Man Walking
The LowryPier 8, Salford Quays, Salford M50 3AZ
6th Mar 2027
Based on the memoir by Sister Helen Prejean, Dead Man Walking is one of the most widely acclaimed and frequently performed operas of the past 25 years.
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The Intergalactic Mikado
Hornby Village InstituteMain Street, Hornby, Lancaster, Lancashire LA2 8JR
17th Mar 2027 to 20th Mar 2027
Gilbert and Sullivan with a sci-fi twist! In the Intergalactic Empire of Titipu, we've swapped faux- Japan for Death Star chic while keeping the sharp wit and engaging music of the original operetta.
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The Sorcerer
The Little Theatre9 Grange Rd W, Birkenhead CH41 4BY
15th Apr 2027 to 17th Apr 2027
Rock Ferry Operatic Society present Gilbert and Sullivan's early
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Tristan und Isolde
The Bridgewater HallLower Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3WS
9th May 2027
A hymn to a love that transcends death, set to some of the most sheerly sensuous music ever composed - and the frank eroticism of the score still has the power to shock. This is the latest in Opera North?s sequence of award-winning concert stagings.
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Orpheus
Liverpool Philharmonic HallHope Street, Liverpool L1 9BP
13th May 2027
Jasdeep Singh Degun's thrilling reimagining of Monteverdi's beautiful baroque masterpiece in a union of uniquely talented singers and musicians from both the South Asian and western classical traditions.
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The Pirates of Penzance
Blackburn Empire TheatreAqueduct Rd, Blackburn BB2 4HT
3rd Jun 2027 to 5th Jun 2027
Blackburn Gilbert & Sullivan Society present the popular comic opera about incompetent pirates, curious paradoxes and piratical adventures.
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