Opera North - Shows & Events
Opera North
Shows & Events
Opera North - Rigoletto
Thursday 12 - Saturday 14 November 2026
This bold, award-winning production of Verdi's classic opera by Femi Elufowoju Jr was lauded with rave reviews and star ratings when it was first performed in 2022. It is opera at its most gripping: a thrilling tale of power, devotion...
Opera North - Eugene Onegin
Friday 13 November 2026
Opera North's co-production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's classic with Irish National Opera and Opera Queensland. Tchaikovsky's most popular opera is a heart-breaking tale of love, regret and missed chances. His music is famed for its emo...
Opera North - Don Giovanni
Wednesday 3 - Friday 5 March 2027
Alessandro Talevi's eclectic production for Opera North follows the legendary womaniser, whose outward charm masks cruelty and violence, through time and space, bringing fresh insights to Mozart's darkest, craziest opera. As he seduces hi...
Opera North - The Big Opera Mystery
Thursday 4 March 2027
Aimed at Key Stage 2 (ages 7-11), this operatic extravaganza, with music played live by the Orchestra of Opera North, will give children an inspiring first encounter with opera. An expert thief is on the loose, and only you can catch them!...
Opera North - Dead Man Walking
Saturday 6 March 2027
Opera North's co-production with English National Opera and Finnish National Opera, based on the memoir by Sister Helen Prejean, of Dead Man Walking is one of the most widely acclaimed and frequently performed operas of the past 25 years. I...
Opera North - Tristan and Isolde
Sunday 9 May 2027
This is the latest in Opera North's sequence of award-winning concert stagings. Tristan und Isolde is one of the most significant works in western art. After it, music could never be the same again. It is a hymn to a love that transcends...
