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Hungarian State Opera House, Opera House
1 Feb 2026, Sun
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11 AM
This is a story about war, a topic as old as man and which will continue as long as our species.
Cast:
Martin Rajna,
Boldizsár László,
.... + 6
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
Opera National de Paris, Palais Garnier
1 Feb 2026, Sun
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2:30 PM
Fascinated by Russian culture and attuned to the dramatic intensity of Tchaikovsky’s music, Ralph Fiennes is directing his first opera.
Composer:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Cast:
Semyon Bychkov,
Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris,
.... + 8
Eugene Onegin
Premiere of this production:
29 March 1879,
Maly Theatre, Moscow
Time: The 1820s
Place: St Petersburg and surrounding countryside
Act 1
Scene 1: The garden of the Larin country estate
Madame Larina and the nurse Filippyevna are sitting outside in the garden. They can hear Madame Larina's two daughters, Tatyana and her younger sister Olga, singing a love song. Madame Larina begins to reminisce about her own courtship and marriage. A group of peasants ent ... Read More
Eugene Onegin
Opera
Royal Danish Theatre, The Opera House - Main Stage
1 Feb 2026, Sun
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3 PM
Verdi’s celebrated dramatic masterpiece is a triumph of opera, brimming with some of its greatest musical highlights.
Cast:
Yi-Chen Lin,
Aluda Todua,
.... + 5
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
1 Feb 2026, Sun
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6 PM
Led by stage director David McVicar, the Tetralogy returns to La Scala ten years after the memorable edition conducted by Daniel Barenboim and directed by Guy Cassiers.
Composer:
Richard Wagner
Cast:
Alexander Soddy,
Michael Volle,
.... + 6
Götterdämmerung (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Premiere of this production:
17 August 1876,
Bayreuth Festspielhaus
Prologue
The three Norns, daughters of Erda, gather beside Brünnhilde's rock, weaving the rope of Destiny. They sing of the past and the present, and of the future when Wotan will set fire to Valhalla to signal the end of the gods. Without warning, their rope breaks. Lamenting the loss of their wisdom, the Norns disappear.
As day breaks, Siegfried and Brünnhilde emerge from their c ... Read More
Opera
Vienna State Opera, Main Stage
1 Feb 2026, Sun
•
6:30 PM
La traviata tells the story of Violetta Valéry, an object of desire for sale in Parisian society, who finds love in Alfredo but gives in to his father's social arrogance and separates from ...
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Artur Ruciński,
Nadine Sierra,
.... + 4
La Traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Act 1
Violetta Valéry, a high-priced object of desire in Paris society, is out wildly partying again after a long sickness, but only seemingly recovered. Alfredo, a young man from the country, sings and toasts to the praises of true love. However, Violetta confesses to a different lifestyle of carefree enjoyment of life. In the middle of the wild party she suddenly passes out. After she with- d ... Read More
La Traviata
Opera
Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Main Stage
3 Feb 2026, Tue
•
12:30 PM, 7 PM
(2 events)
Live and love, to the last breath. Richard Eyre's beautiful production provides the perfect setting for Verdi's opera about a courtesan who sacrifices all for love.
Cast:
Charles Castronovo,
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House,
.... + 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
Bavarian State Opera, National Theatre
3 Feb 2026, Tue
•
7 PM
The U.S. Forces show their presence world-wide: American Lieutenant Pinkerton has an affair in Nagasaki with Cio-Cio San, "Madame Butterfly". He sails away. She then has his child. Thre...
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Bavarian State Orchestra,
Riccardo Massi,
.... + 5
Madama Butterfly
Premiere of this production:
17 February 1904,
La Scala, Milan
Act I
The U.S. naval officer Pinkerton, along with a marriage broker named Goro, comes to inspect a house near Nagasaki he has bought to live with the geisha Butterfly, whom he plans to marry according to Japanese law. This law however allows him to abandon his wife whenever he feels like it. He casually brushes off the warnings of the American Consul Sharpless, who has told him that Butterfly ta ... Read More
Madama Butterfly
Opera
Vienna State Opera, Main Stage
3 Feb 2026, Tue
•
7 PM
La traviata tells the story of Violetta Valéry, an object of desire for sale in Parisian society, who finds love in Alfredo but gives in to his father's social arrogance and separates from ...
Cast:
Artur Ruciński,
Nadine Sierra,
.... + 4
La Traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Act 1
Violetta Valéry, a high-priced object of desire in Paris society, is out wildly partying again after a long sickness, but only seemingly recovered. Alfredo, a young man from the country, sings and toasts to the praises of true love. However, Violetta confesses to a different lifestyle of carefree enjoyment of life. In the middle of the wild party she suddenly passes out. After she with- d ... Read More
La Traviata
Opera
Royal Danish Theatre, The Opera House - Main Stage
3 Feb 2026, Tue
•
8 PM
Verdi’s celebrated dramatic masterpiece is a triumph of opera, brimming with some of its greatest musical highlights.
Cast:
Johannes Witt,
Gevorg Hakobyan,
.... + 5
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
4 Feb 2026, Wed
•
6 PM
Led by stage director David McVicar, the Tetralogy returns to La Scala ten years after the memorable edition conducted by Daniel Barenboim and directed by Guy Cassiers.
Cast:
Alexander Soddy,
Michael Volle,
.... + 6
Götterdämmerung (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Premiere of this production:
17 August 1876,
Bayreuth Festspielhaus
Prologue
The three Norns, daughters of Erda, gather beside Brünnhilde's rock, weaving the rope of Destiny. They sing of the past and the present, and of the future when Wotan will set fire to Valhalla to signal the end of the gods. Without warning, their rope breaks. Lamenting the loss of their wisdom, the Norns disappear.
As day breaks, Siegfried and Brünnhilde emerge from their c ... Read More
Opera
Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre
4 Feb 2026, Wed
•
7:30 PM
Fluttering beauty, caught and pinned for his pleasure, bound, yet beautiful still. When love is lost, what is left behind?
Cast:
Robert Watson,
Paul Fitzsimon,
.... + 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
Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Main Stage
5 Feb 2026, Thu
•
7 PM
Live and love, to the last breath. Richard Eyre's beautiful production provides the perfect setting for Verdi's opera about a courtesan who sacrifices all for love.
Cast:
Charles Castronovo,
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House,
.... + 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
Royal Danish Theatre, The Opera House - Main Stage
5 Feb 2026, Thu
•
8 PM
Verdi’s celebrated dramatic masterpiece is a triumph of opera, brimming with some of its greatest musical highlights.
Cast:
Johannes Witt,
Clara Cecilie Thomsen,
.... + 5
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
Bavarian State Opera, National Theatre
6 Feb 2026, Fri
•
7 PM
The U.S. Forces show their presence world-wide: American Lieutenant Pinkerton has an affair in Nagasaki with Cio-Cio San, "Madame Butterfly". He sails away. She then has his child. Thre...
Cast:
Bavarian State Orchestra,
Riccardo Massi,
.... + 5
Madama Butterfly
Premiere of this production:
17 February 1904,
La Scala, Milan
Act I
The U.S. naval officer Pinkerton, along with a marriage broker named Goro, comes to inspect a house near Nagasaki he has bought to live with the geisha Butterfly, whom he plans to marry according to Japanese law. This law however allows him to abandon his wife whenever he feels like it. He casually brushes off the warnings of the American Consul Sharpless, who has told him that Butterfly ta ... Read More
Madama Butterfly
Opera
6 Feb 2026, Fri
•
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!
Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cast:
Alan Gilbert,
Royal Swedish Orchestra,
.... + 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
Vienna State Opera, Main Stage
6 Feb 2026, Fri
•
7 PM
La traviata tells the story of Violetta Valéry, an object of desire for sale in Parisian society, who finds love in Alfredo but gives in to his father's social arrogance and separates from ...
Cast:
Artur Ruciński,
Nadine Sierra,
.... + 4
La Traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Act 1
Violetta Valéry, a high-priced object of desire in Paris society, is out wildly partying again after a long sickness, but only seemingly recovered. Alfredo, a young man from the country, sings and toasts to the praises of true love. However, Violetta confesses to a different lifestyle of carefree enjoyment of life. In the middle of the wild party she suddenly passes out. After she with- d ... Read More
La Traviata
Opera
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage
6 Feb 2026, Fri
•
7 PM
A vitamin injection of an opera! Rossini’s masterpiece is bursting with exuberant music, twisted disguises and liberating comedy.
Composer:
Gioachino Rossini
Cast:
Giuliano Carella,
Alasdair Kent,
.... + 5
The Barber of Seville
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
The Barber of Seville
Opera
Opera National de Paris, Palais Garnier
6 Feb 2026, Fri
•
7:30 PM
Fascinated by Russian culture and attuned to the dramatic intensity of Tchaikovsky’s music, Ralph Fiennes is directing his first opera.
Cast:
Semyon Bychkov,
Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris,
.... + 8
Eugene Onegin
Premiere of this production:
29 March 1879,
Maly Theatre, Moscow
Time: The 1820s
Place: St Petersburg and surrounding countryside
Act 1
Scene 1: The garden of the Larin country estate
Madame Larina and the nurse Filippyevna are sitting outside in the garden. They can hear Madame Larina's two daughters, Tatyana and her younger sister Olga, singing a love song. Madame Larina begins to reminisce about her own courtship and marriage. A group of peasants ent ... Read More
Eugene Onegin
Opera
6 Feb 2026, Fri
•
7:30 PM
Cult production by Benedikt von Peter and Nicole Chevalier.
Cast:
Gregor Bühl,
Basel Symphony Orchestra,
.... + 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
First time at Opera?
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How to choose an opera? Mozart or Verdi? Love tragedy or comedy?
Marriage of Figaro or Aida?
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