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Opera National de Paris, Opéra Bastille
6 Apr 2026, Mon
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2:30 PM
Based on the eponymous play by Victorien Sardou, Puccini’s opera brings together all the elements of a melodrama: love, politics, violence and religion.
Cast:
Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris,
Sondra Radvanovsky,
.... + 4
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
ACT I
The church of Sant’Andrea della Valle Cesare Angelotti, former Consul of the Roman Republic, has escaped from the Castel Sant’Angelo, where he was being held for political reasons. He has taken refuge in the church, where his sister, the Marchesa Attavanti, has hidden woman’s clothing in the family chapel so that he can escape without being recognised. The sacristan is sur ... Read More
Tosca
Opera
6 Apr 2026, Mon
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3 PM
One of two beloved Puccini operas of the 2025/2026 season — Madama Butterfly continues to fascinate audiences. Now in a new version for today's audience!
Cast:
Dmytro Popov,
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus,
.... + 5
Madama Butterfly
Premiere of this production:
17 February 1904,
La Scala, Milan
Act 1
1. A short orchestral prelude with a busy, fugal opening theme, followed by a second theme of more overtly Japanese character, leads straight into the opening scene.
2. E soffitto e pareti ("And ceiling and walls"). Pinkerton and Goro are inspecting a small house which sits on a hill and overlooks the bay. Goro has found the house for Pinkerton and his bride, and is showing him t ... Read More
Madama Butterfly
Opera
Bavarian State Opera, National Theatre
6 Apr 2026, Mon
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6 PM
There are few operas, which from the very first bar endure such intense pressure, few in which the temperature swings from ice-cold calculation to overheating in mere seconds. And scarcely any in whic...
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Marco Armiliato,
Bavarian State Orchestra,
.... + 4
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Tosca
Opera
7 Apr 2026, Tue
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7 PM
Always on the top list of the world's most watched — and loved — operas, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte is a must-see for both the opera enthusiast and the beginner!
Cast:
Alan Gilbert,
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus,
.... + 6
Die Zauberflöte
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
The opera begins with the overture, which Mozart composed last.
Act 1
Scene 1: A rough, rocky landscape
Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is pursued by a serpent and asks the gods to save him (aria: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!" segued into trio: "Stirb, Ungeheuer, durch uns're Macht!"). He faints, and three ladies, attendants of the Queen of the Night, appear an ... Read More
Die Zauberflöte
Opera
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage
7 Apr 2026, Tue
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7 PM
Verdi's masterpiece about love and duty – with singers in a class of their own. A father and son stand on opposite sides of love – and politics. Everything is at stake when the curtain...
Cast:
Edward Gardner,
Anthony Ciaramitaro,
.... + 6
Don Carlo
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1867,
Opéra National de Paris
Act 1
This act was omitted in the 1883 revision
The Forest of Fontainebleau, France in winter
A prelude and chorus of woodcutters and their wives is heard. They complain of their hard life, made worse by war with Spain. Elisabeth, daughter of the King of France, arrives with her attendants. She reassures the people that her impending marriage to Don Carlos, Infante and son of Philip II, King of ... Read More
Don Carlo
Opera
Bolshoi Theatre, New Stage
7 Apr 2026, Tue
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7 PM
You can't argue with Rossini! Il Barbiere di Siviglia is so musically convincing that charms everyone who gets a chance to listen to it. Verdi considered it the most beautiful opera-buff...
Cast:
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Premiere of this production:
20 February 1816,
Teatro Argentina, Rome
ACT I
Seville. Night. Count Almaviva comes to the house of Doctor Bartolo and serenades Rosina, whom Bartolo keeps confined to the house. Figaro an old friend of Count, who knows all the town’s secrets and scandals, explains to Almaviva that Rosina is Bartolo’s ward, not his daughter, and that the doctor intends to marry her. Figaro devises a plan: the count will disguise himself as a ... Read More
Opera
Mariinsky Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre
7 Apr 2026, Tue
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7 PM
Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin, as is well known, is not a poem but a novel in verse.
Composer:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Cast:
Mariinsky Orchestra, Mariinsky Chorus
Eugene Onegin
Premiere of this production:
29 March 1879,
Maly Theatre, Moscow
The garden on the Larins’ estate. In the distance, Tatiana and Olga can be heard singing. Listening to them, Mrs Larina and Filippievna the nanny recall their own younger days. Visitors appear unexpectedly: Vladimir Lensky, the Larins’ neighbour and Olga’s fiancé, has brought with him his friend Onegin – a young man recently come down to the country fr ... Read More
Opera
7 Apr 2026, Tue
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7 PM
Does love and friendship exist in the bohemian circle, or is there only a semblance of relationships in this world? Will the characters be able to fulfil their ...
Cast:
Mikhailovsky Theatre Orchestra
La Boheme
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Place: Paris
Time: Around 1830.
Act 1
In the four bohemians' garret (Christmas Eve)
Marcello is painting while Rodolfo gazes out of the window. They complain of the cold. In order to keep warm, they burn the manuscript of Rodolfo's drama. Colline, the philosopher, enters shivering and disgruntled at not having been able to pawn some books. Schaunard, the musician of the group, arrives w ... Read More
Opera
Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
7 Apr 2026, Tue
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7:30 PM
A beloved mainstay of the repertory, Verdi’s great tragedy stirs the soul and breaks the heart like only opera can.
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Lisette Oropesa,
Luca Salsi,
.... + 4
La Traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Set in and around Paris in about 1850.
Act I
Violetta Valéry, a Parisian courtesan, greets the guests at her salon. Among them are Flora Bervoix, the Marchese D’Obigny, Baron Douphol and Gastone, who introduces Violetta to a new admirer of hers, Alfredo Germont. The young Germont, who has been admiring her from afar, joins her in a drinking song. An orchestra strikes up in an adjace ... Read More
La Traviata
Opera
Beijing National Grand Theater (NCPA), Opera House
8 Apr 2026, Wed
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7 PM
As one of the most popular masterpieces of opera master Verdi, "Aida" has always been welcomed by opera lovers all over the world for its ups and downs and moving plots, vivid and three-dime...
Cast:
Pinchas Steinberg
Aida
Premiere of this production:
24 December 1871,
Khedivial Opera House in Cairo
Backstory: The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the King of Egypt. To complicate the story further, the King's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.
Act 1
Scene 1: A hall in the King's palace; ... Read More
Aida
Opera
Bolshoi Theatre, New Stage
8 Apr 2026, Wed
•
7 PM
You can't argue with Rossini! Il Barbiere di Siviglia is so musically convincing that charms everyone who gets a chance to listen to it. Verdi considered it the most beautiful opera-buff...
Cast:
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Premiere of this production:
20 February 1816,
Teatro Argentina, Rome
ACT I
Seville. Night. Count Almaviva comes to the house of Doctor Bartolo and serenades Rosina, whom Bartolo keeps confined to the house. Figaro an old friend of Count, who knows all the town’s secrets and scandals, explains to Almaviva that Rosina is Bartolo’s ward, not his daughter, and that the doctor intends to marry her. Figaro devises a plan: the count will disguise himself as a ... Read More
Opera
Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Main Stage
8 Apr 2026, Wed
•
7:30 PM
Power gets the last laugh. Verdi's devastating masterpiece pits power against innocence in a pitiless world of luxurious decadence, corruption and social decay.
Cast:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Rigoletto
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1851,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Place: Mantua
Time: the sixteenth century
Act 1
Scene 1: Mantua. A magnificent hall in the ducal palace. Doors at the back open into other rooms, splendidly lit up. A crowd of lords and ladies in grand costumes are seen walking about in the rear rooms; page boys come and go. The festivities are at their height. Music is heard from offstage. The Duke and Borsa enter from a door in the back.
At a ... Read More
Rigoletto
Opera
Prague National Theatre, The National Theatre
8 Apr 2026, Wed
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8 PM
The crafty Figaro will cut your hair, give you a shave, and even matchmake if you so wish!
Composer:
Gioachino Rossini
Cast:
Jan Chalupecký,
Jiří Sulženko,
.... + 5
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Premiere of this production:
20 February 1816,
Teatro Argentina, Rome
Place: Seville, Spain
Time: 18th century
Act 1
The square in front of Bartolo's house
In a public square outside Bartolo's house a band of musicians and a poor student named Lindoro are serenading, to no avail, the window of Rosina ("Ecco, ridente in cielo"; "There, laughing in the sky"). Lindoro, who is really the young Count Almaviva in disguise, hopes to make the b ... Read More
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Opera
Bavarian State Opera, National Theatre
9 Apr 2026, Thu
•
7 PM
There are few operas, which from the very first bar endure such intense pressure, few in which the temperature swings from ice-cold calculation to overheating in mere seconds. And scarcely any in whic...
Cast:
Marco Armiliato,
Bavarian State Orchestra,
.... + 4
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Tosca
Opera
9 Apr 2026, Thu
•
7 PM
Always on the top list of the world's most watched — and loved — operas, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte is a must-see for both the opera enthusiast and the beginner!
Cast:
Alan Gilbert,
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus,
.... + 6
Die Zauberflöte
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
The opera begins with the overture, which Mozart composed last.
Act 1
Scene 1: A rough, rocky landscape
Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is pursued by a serpent and asks the gods to save him (aria: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!" segued into trio: "Stirb, Ungeheuer, durch uns're Macht!"). He faints, and three ladies, attendants of the Queen of the Night, appear an ... Read More
Die Zauberflöte
Opera
Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Staatsoper Unter den Linden
9 Apr 2026, Thu
•
7 PM
It is one of the classics in the Staatsoper’s repertoire: August Everding’s production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s "The Magic Flute". The production is unique for its reco...
Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cast:
René Pape,
Staatskapelle Berlin,
.... + 8
Die Zauberflöte (Production by August Everding)
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
The opera begins with the overture, which Mozart composed last.
Act 1
Scene 1: A rough, rocky landscape
Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is pursued by a serpent and asks the gods to save him (aria: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!" segued into trio: "Stirb, Ungeheuer, durch uns're Macht!"). He faints, and three ladies, attendants of the Queen of the Night, appear an ... Read More
Die Zauberflöte (Production by August Everding)
Opera
Semperoper Dresden, Semperoper Dresden
9 Apr 2026, Thu
•
7 PM
Has pain ever sounded more beautiful than in Verdi’s La traviata?
Cast:
Staatskapelle Dresden,
Nicholas Carter,
.... + 4
La traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Act 1
Violetta Valéry is one of the most beautiful and most adored ladies in the Parisian demi-monde, who gives lavish parties in her salon and celebrates life itself. The young Alfredo Germont is also present at one of these celebrations and is asked by the hostess to offer a toast. He sings the praises of love, but is unable to impress Violetta much at first. She finds her greatest happin ... Read More
La traviata
Opera
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage
9 Apr 2026, Thu
•
7 PM
Verdi's masterpiece about love and duty – with singers in a class of their own. A father and son stand on opposite sides of love – and politics. Everything is at stake when the curtain...
Cast:
Edward Gardner,
Anthony Ciaramitaro,
.... + 6
Don Carlo
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1867,
Opéra National de Paris
Act 1
This act was omitted in the 1883 revision
The Forest of Fontainebleau, France in winter
A prelude and chorus of woodcutters and their wives is heard. They complain of their hard life, made worse by war with Spain. Elisabeth, daughter of the King of France, arrives with her attendants. She reassures the people that her impending marriage to Don Carlos, Infante and son of Philip II, King of ... Read More
Don Carlo
Opera
Beijing National Grand Theater (NCPA), Opera House
9 Apr 2026, Thu
•
7 PM
As one of the most popular masterpieces of opera master Verdi, "Aida" has always been welcomed by opera lovers all over the world for its ups and downs and moving plots, vivid and three-dime...
Cast:
Pinchas Steinberg
Aida
Premiere of this production:
24 December 1871,
Khedivial Opera House in Cairo
Backstory: The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the King of Egypt. To complicate the story further, the King's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.
Act 1
Scene 1: A hall in the King's palace; ... Read More
Aida
Opera
Prague National Theatre, The State Opera
9 Apr 2026, Thu
•
7 PM
The State Opera production of Puccini’s Tosca features Josef Svoboda’s legendary scenery dating from the era of the May the Fifth Grand Opera; it premiered on 4 May 1947. In June 1999, the...
Cast:
Hilary Griffiths,
Daniel Čapkovič,
.... + 6
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Tosca
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