Opera in the South East 2025 - 2026

Opera Guide UK - The Guide to opera and operetta in the UK

From Bizet and Rossini to Gilbert & Sullivan and Mozart - where you can see opera and operetta performed in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, East & West Sussex and the Isle of Wight including fully staged, semi-staged and concert versions of complete operas.

Locations covered include Brighton, Aylesbury, Canterbury, Windsor, High Wycombe, Portsmouth, Oxford and Southhampton.

The Elixir of Love

Saffron Hall
Audley End Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4UH
7th Nov 2025
English Touring Opera return with Donizetti's sparkling The Elixir of Love in a new production set in a down on its luck seaside town.
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The Rape of Lucretia

Saffron Hall
Audley End Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4UH
8th Nov 2025
English Touring Opera present The Rape of Lucretia, Benjamin Britten's response to a world left in ruins by war. A brutally relevant and chilling exploration of the abuse of power.
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Patience

The Oakwood Centre
Headley Road, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire RG5 4JZ
13th Nov 2025 to 15th Nov 2025
Mostly G&S present Gilbert and Sullivan's hilarious satire on the aesthetic movment.
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The Mikado

The Players Theatre
Nelson Street, Thame, OX9 2DP
15th Nov 2025
The Players Theatre welcomes the return of Opera Anywhere with two performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. This highly accomplished and ever popular company produce a show full of energy and fun.
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Little Terror

Garsington Opera
Wormsley, Stokenchurch, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP14 3YE
16th Nov 2025
Little Terror is an imaginative, interactive and adventure-filled family opera all about finding inner strength and processing your emotions, made with and for Learning Disabled audiences.
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Die Fledermaus

The Barn Theatre
Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, RH8 0AA
20th Nov 2025 to 22nd Nov 2025
Fully staged with a chamber orchestra and sung in English with a new translation by Peter Melville, this New Aquarian Opera Company production takes place in the early 1930's in Vienna.
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Iolanthe

The Plaza Theatre
Romsey, SO51 8JA
20th Nov 2025 to 22nd Nov 2025
Gilbert meets Sullivan somewhere between the Moulin Rouge and Vaudeville in this piece of classic British silliness which mixes feisty fairies, lusty lovers and pompous peers of the realm. An EOMS production.
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HMS Pinafore

The Alan Cornish Theatre
The Oakwood Centre, Headley Road, Woodley, Berkshire, RG5 4JZ
3rd Dec 2025 to 6th Dec 2025
Woodley Light Operatic Society present one of Gilbert & Sullivan's beloved classic in the operatic repertoire.
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Norma

St Nicolas Parish Church
Bury St, Guildford GU2 4AW
10th Dec 2025 to 13th Dec 2025
Guildford Opera present Bellini's opera Norma. The eternal triangle, set against a background of oppression and brave resistance. Love, despair, courage and self sacrifice.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Carmen

Theatre Royal Brighton
New Rd, Brighton BN1 1SD
27th Jan 2026
Senbla presents Ellen Kent's Farewell Opera Tour featuring The Ukrainian Opera with International Soloists, Highly Praised Chorus and Full Orchestra.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Madama Butterfly

Theatre Royal Brighton
New Rd, Brighton BN1 1SD
28th Jan 2026
Back by overwhelming public demand, this production features exquisite sets including a spectacular Japanese garden and fabulous costumes including antique wedding kimonos from Japan.
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Carmen

Wycombe Swan
St Mary Street, High Wycombe HP11 2XE
30th Jan 2026
Senbla presents Ellen Kent's Farewell Opera Tour featuring Opera International Kyiv, Ukraine, with Highly-Praised Soloists and Full Orchestra.
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Madama Butterfly

New Theatre Royal
Guildhall Walk Portsmouth PO1 2DD
12th Feb 2026
Set in Japan at the turn of the last century,it is the story of a doomed love affair between an American naval officer and his young Japanese bride whose self-sacrifice and defiance of her family leads to tragedy. Performed by the Ukrainian National Opera
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Carmen

New Theatre Royal
Guildhall Walk Portsmouth PO1 2DD
13th Feb 2026
The music of Carmen has been widely acclaimed for the brilliance of its melodies, enthralling atmosphere, and orchestration, as well as for the skill with which Bizet musically represented the emotions and suffering of his characters.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Carmen

The Anvil
Churchill Way, Basingstoke RG21 7QR
14th Feb 2026
Senbla presents Ellen Kent's Farewell Opera Tour featuring The Ukrainian Opera with International Soloists, Highly Praised Chorus and Full Orchestra.
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Madama Butterfly

Congress Theatre
Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4BP
14th Feb 2026
Set in Japan at the turn of the last century, it is the story of a doomed love affair between an American naval officer and his young Japanese bride whose self-sacrifice and defiance of her family leads to tragedy. Performed by Ukranian National Opera.
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Carmen

Congress Theatre
Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4BP
15th Feb 2026
Bizet's Carmen tells the story of the downfall of Don Jose, a na?ve soldier who falls head over heels in love with Carmen, a seductive, free-spirited femme fatale.
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La Vie Parisienne

The Cecil Hepworth Playhouse
Hurst Grove, Hepworth Way, Walton on Thames, Surrey KT12 1AU
22nd Feb 2026 to 28th Feb 2026
Knaphill and St Johns Operatic Group present Offenbach's light comedy about the Paris lifestyle, set in the 1920's.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Madama Butterfly

Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Exchange Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 1UG
24th Feb 2026
Back by overwhelming public demand, this production features exquisite sets including a spectacular Japanese garden and fabulous costumes including antique wedding kimonos from Japan.
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Ruddigore

St Mary's Church
Church Hill, Church Road, Caterham, CR3 5RA
28th Feb 2026
A semi-stage performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's ghostly operetta, presented by Utopians Unlimited.
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Madama Butterfly

Cliffs Pavillion
Station Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 7RA
3rd Mar 2026
One of the world's most popular operas, Puccini?s Madama Butterfly tells the heart-breaking story of the beautiful young Japanese girl who falls in love with an American naval lieutenant ? with dramatic results.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Carmen

New Theatre Oxford
24-26 George St, Oxford OX1 2AG
4th Mar 2026
Senbla presents Ellen Kent's Farewell Opera Tour featuring The Ukrainian Opera with International Soloists, Highly Praised Chorus and Full Orchestra.
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The Consul

The Pumphouse Theatre
5 Local Board Road, Watford, Herts WD17 2JP
4th Mar 2026 to 7th Mar 2026
A rare chance to see this Gian Carlo Menotti?s The Consul, performed by Rose Opera.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Madama Butterfly

New Theatre Oxford
24-26 George St, Oxford OX1 2AG
5th Mar 2026
Back by overwhelming public demand, this production features exquisite sets including a spectacular Japanese garden and fabulous costumes including antique wedding kimonos from Japan.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Carmen

New Victoria Theatre
The Ambassadors, The Peacocks Centre, Woking GU21 6GQ
13th Mar 2026
Senbla presents Ellen Kent's Farewell Opera Tour featuring The Ukrainian Opera with International Soloists, Highly Praised Chorus and Full Orchestra.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Madama Butterfly

New Victoria Theatre
The Ambassadors, The Peacocks Centre, Woking GU21 6GQ
14th Mar 2026
Back by overwhelming public demand, this production features exquisite sets including a spectacular Japanese garden and fabulous costumes including antique wedding kimonos from Japan.
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Carmen

King's Theatre
20 - 24 Albert Road, Portsmouth, PO5 2SH
19th Mar 2026
This dazzling production with orchestra features Bizet's unforgettable melodies including The Toreador's Song, Carmen?s enticing Habanera, and Don Jose's lyrical Flower Song in a setting evoking the stunning architecture of Seville.
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Madama Butterfly

Shanklin Theatre
Prospect Road, Shanklin, Isle of Wight PO37 6AJ
25th Mar 2026
We are delighted to bring back Dnipro Opera theatre from the Ukraine for our next Opera Season. This opera and ballet theatre has a long-standing heritage of top-quality opera productions, and we are excited to bring it back to the UK.
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Madama Butterfly

The Hawth
Hawth Avenue, Crawley RH10 6YZ
8th Apr 2026
This award-winning Opera returns in a new production with exquisite sets including a spectacular Japanese garden and fabulous costumes including antique wedding kimonos from Japan.
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Carmen

The Hexagon
Queens Walk, Reading RG1 7UA
10th Apr 2026
This dazzling production with orchestra features Bizet's unforgettable melodies including The Toreador's Song, Carmen?s enticing Habanera, and Don Jose's lyrical Flower Song in a setting evoking the stunning architecture of Seville.
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Carmen

De La Warr Pavilion
Marina, Bexhill on Sea, TN40 1DP
11th Apr 2026
Senbla presents Ellen Kent's Farewell Opera Tour featuring The Ukrainian Opera with International Soloists, Highly Praised Chorus and Full Orchestra.
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Carmen

Cliffs Pavillion
Station Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 7RA
18th Apr 2026
The music of Carmen has been widely acclaimed for the brilliance of its melodies, enthralling atmosphere and orchestration, as well as for the skill with which Bizet musically represented the emotions and suffering of his characters.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - La Traviata

Richmond Theatre
The Green, Richmond, TW9 1QJ
21st Apr 2026
A tragic tale of searing passion and memorable music, La Traviata is Verdi's outstanding interpretation of one of the most popular love stories of the 19th century, La Dame aux Camelias.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Carmen

Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Exchange Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 1UG
22nd Apr 2026
Senbla presents Ellen Kent's Farewell Opera Tour featuring The Ukrainian Opera with International Soloists, Highly Praised Chorus and Full Orchestra.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Madama Butterfly

Richmond Theatre
The Green, Richmond, TW9 1QJ
23rd Apr 2026
Back by overwhelming public demand, this award-winning Opera returns in a new production with exquisite sets including a spectacular Japanese garden and fabulous costumes including antique wedding kimonos from Japan.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Carmen

Richmond Theatre
The Green, Richmond, TW9 1QJ
26th Apr 2026
Senbla presents Ellen Kent's Farewell Opera Tour featuring The Ukrainian Opera with International Soloists, Highly Praised Chorus and Full Orchestra.
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Carmen

Churchill Theatre
High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA
6th May 2026
The music of Carmen has been widely acclaimed for the brilliance of its melodies, enthralling atmosphere and orchestration, as well as for the skill with which Bizet musically represented the emotions and suffering of his characters.
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Madama Butterfly

Churchill Theatre
High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA
7th May 2026
One of the world's most popular operas, Puccini's Madama Butterfly tells the heart-breaking story of the beautiful young Japanese girl who falls in love with an American naval lieutenant - with dramatic results.
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The Flying Dutchman

Milton Keynes Theatre
Marlborough Gate, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3NZ
15th May 2026
This gripping reimagining of The Flying Dutchman explores the deep ache of loneliness and the fragile hope of human connection. Inspired by the sublime beauty of the Welsh coast.
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Blaze of Glory!

Milton Keynes Theatre
Marlborough Gate, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3NZ
16th May 2026
Set in a 1950s Welsh Valleys community, Blaze of Glory! follows the fortunes of a small group of miners who embark upon a musical escapade by reforming their Male Voice Choir to raise spirits following a mining disaster.
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Play Opera LIVE: Shipwrecked!

MAST Mayflower Studios
Commercial Road, Southampton, SO15 1GE
30th May 2026
This interactive and educational show, for all the family, is the perfect introduction to the wonderful world of opera and classical music.
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Grange Park Opera Festival 2026

Opera House
Grange Park Opera, West Horsley Place, Epsom Road, West Horsley KT24 6AN
4th Jun 2026 to 12th Jul 2026
The 2026 festival includes Krishna, Das Rheingold, Don Carlo and Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
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Ruddigore

Bourne End Community Centre
Wakeman Road, Bourne End SL8 5SX
12th Nov 2026 to 14th Nov 2026
Maidenhead Operatic Society present Gilbert & Sullivan's comic gothic opera.
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