Opera in the Yorkshire and the Humber 2025 - 2026
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.
The Marriage of Figaro of Figaro
Leeds Grand Theatre46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
to 20th Feb 2026
This brand-new production of The Marriage of Figaro ?re-imagines the mischief in a quintessential modern country home.
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Pass the Spoon
Howard Assembly RoomLeeds Grand Theatre, 46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
12th Dec 2025 to 20th Dec 2025
Join us on the set of daytime cookery programme Pass the Spoon where hosts June Spoon and Phillip Fork. A darkly comic feast of words (spoken and sung), music and puppetry, made with decidedly adult ingredients.
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La Traviata
Hull City HallQueen Victoria Square, Carr Ln, Hull HU1 3RQ
3rd Feb 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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Carmen
Hull City HallQueen Victoria Square, Carr Ln, Hull HU1 3RQ
4th Feb 2026
Ellen Kent: Carmen: The Farewell Tour Feat. Ukrainian Opera & Ballet. Bizet's opera, back by popular demand.
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Madama Butterfly
Hull City HallQueen Victoria Square, Carr Ln, Hull HU1 3RQ
5th Feb 2026
Senbla presents Opera International's award-winning Ellen Kent production featuring the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv with international soloists, highly-praised chorus and full orchestra.
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Madama Butterfly
Sheffield City Hall Oval HallBarkers Pool, Sheffield S1 2JA
11th Feb 2026
Senbla presents Opera International's award-winning Ellen Kent Production featuring the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv, with international soloists, highly-praised chorus and full orchestra.
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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Carmen
The Alhambra TheatreMorley Street, Bradford BD7 1AJ
12th 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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Peter Grimes
Leeds Grand Theatre46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
13th Feb 2026 to 21st Feb 2026
Conflict threatens to tear apart a close-knit fishing community on the east coast of England in this searing, sea-swept classic.
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Madama Butterfly
The Alhambra TheatreMorley Street, Bradford BD7 1AJ
13th Feb 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
York BarbicanParagon Street, York YO10 4NT
22nd Feb 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
Scarborough Spa Grand HallSouth Bay, Scarborough YO11 2HD
26th 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.
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Madama Butterfly
The FriarageYarm School, Yarm TS15 9EJ
28th 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.
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Madama Butterfly
Victoria TheatreFountain Street, Halifax HX1 1BP
11th Mar 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.
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Carmen
Sheffield City Hall Oval HallBarkers Pool, Sheffield S1 2JA
6th 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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Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Madama Butterfly
Grand Opera House YorkCumberland Street, York YO1 9SW
3rd May 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
Grand Opera House YorkCumberland Street, York YO1 9SW
4th May 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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