Opera in the Yorkshire and the Humber 2026 - 2027
From Mozart and Rossini to Gilbert & Sullivan and Lehar - where you can see opera and operetta performed in North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the Humber, including fully staged, semi-staged and concert versions of complete operas.
Locations covered include York, Harrogate, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Huddersfield and Hull.
Eugene Onegin
Leeds Grand Theatre46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
9th Oct 2026 to 29th Oct 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.
Website
Rigoletto
Leeds Grand Theatre46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
18th Oct 2026 to 31st Oct 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'.
Website
Our Eyes Looking for God
Leeds School of ArtsBroadcasting Place, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9EN
5th Nov 2026 to 7th Nov 2026
A groundbreaking opera exploring Black British experiences, telling an urgent national story of state violence through joy, love, laughter and pain.
Website
The Gondoliers
Halifax PlayhouseKing Cross Street, Halifax HX1 2SH
11th Nov 2026 to 14th Nov 2026
Halifax G&S Society present The Gondoliers, with Sullivan's music is enhanced by the accompaniment of a 15-piece orchestra.
Website
A Christmas Carol
Howard Assembly RoomLeeds Grand Theatre, 46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
18th Dec 2026 to 24th Dec 2026
Eight carol singers and a narrator give voice to the story of the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly man of business whose life is changed for good one icy Christmas Eve by a succession of ghostly visitations.
Website
Don Giovanni
Leeds Grand Theatre46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
5th Feb 2027 to 3rd Apr 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.
Website
Tosca
Scarborough Spa Grand HallSouth Bay, Scarborough YO11 2HD
12th Feb 2027
Ukrainian National Opera present Puccini's masterpiece..
Website Book Tickets Now
Dead Man Walking
Leeds Grand Theatre46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
19th Feb 2027 to 20th 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.
Website
The Mikado
Meersbrook Park Church and Community Centre173 Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, S8 0RP
24th Feb 2027 to 27th Feb 2027
Gilbert and Sullivan's popular comic opera, , presented by Meersbrook Park Church Operatic Society.
Website
Madama Butterfly
Sheffield City Hall Oval HallBarkers Pool, Sheffield S1 2JA
24th Mar 2027
Ukrainian National Opera presents puccini's Madama Butterfly
Website Book Tickets Now
Tosca
Sheffield City Hall Oval HallBarkers Pool, Sheffield S1 2JA
27th Mar 2027
Ukrainian National Opera presents Puccini's magnificent opera Tosca.
Website Book Tickets Now
Don Giovanni
Hull New TheatreKingston Square, Hull HU1 3HF
1st Apr 2027 to 3rd Apr 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.
Website
The Big Opera Mystery
Hull New TheatreKingston Square, Hull HU1 3HF
2nd Apr 2027
Bring your thinking-caps, your magnifying glasses and all your crime-solving skills: this is a mystery like no other, where the suspects are some of the greatest opera characters of all time - and the detective is YOU!
Website
Tosca
York Theatre RoyalSt Leonard's Place, York YO1 7HD
6th Apr 2027 to 7th 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.
Website
Orpheus
St George's HallBridge Street, Bradford BD1 1JT
9th Apr 2027 to 10th Apr 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.
Website
Orpheus
Leeds PlayhousePlayhouse Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UP
24th Apr 2027 to 25th Apr 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.
Website
Tosca
Lyceum Theatre55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 1DA
29th Apr 2027 to 30th Apr 2027
An idealistic artist is facing execution, and only the singer Tosca can save him from his fate. Set over two chaotic days of passion and intrigue, English Touring Opera's new production of Tosca is epic drama at a human scale.
Website
Tosca
Lyceum Theatre55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 1DA
29th Apr 2027 to 30th 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.
Website