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Du Yun's score fuses genres from chamber music and cabaret to electronica and punk, while Williams's immersive staging uses projection and multiple viewing angles to make audiences question their own part in the exploitation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/angels-bone-60505/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9afbbddd50068d4881f054dc6cddc50eae5ec6bc2b09b7676c9b373415440937-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Káťa Kabanová - Royal Ballet and Opera", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Royal Opera House", "address": "Bow Street, WC2E 9DD London", "price": "GBP 50", "price_from": "50.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/kata-kabanova-royal-ballet-and-opera-tickets/2027/03/22/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "Káťa Kabanová is an opera about a young woman trapped in a loveless marriage under her mother-in-law's oppressive rule, who becomes swept into a passionate love affair consumed by longing and guilt. Richard Jones directs an intimate, stripped-back staging of Janáček's classic score, adapted by Jakub Hrůša with traditional Czech folk melodies. Corinne Winters stars as the tragic Káťa in this Olivier Award-winning production. 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Sung in English with surtitles, the production features some of Puccini's most iconic arias, with Axelle Fanyo making her ENO debut as Tosca alongside Chaz'men Williams-Ali and Christopher Purves.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tosca-english-national-opera-63441/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/eee7e028c119ae6ffa596daabb2eb4be2d6dc24539b7ac924804ee936d58a092-600.webp"}, {"title": "Carmen- Royal Ballet and Opera", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Royal Opera House", "address": "Bow Street, WC2E 9DD London", "price": "GBP 56", "price_from": "84.00", "price_to": "84.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/carmen-1-tickets/2026/10/29/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "Carmen is Bizet's sensual opera about jealousy, obsession and desire, staged at the Royal Opera House in London. Director Damiano Michieletto brings the work to life, with Sesto Quatrini conducting. In a remote Spanish town, the free-spirited Carmen seduces the respectable police officer Don José, who abandons everything for her, but she grows bored of his possessiveness and turns to the toreador Escamillo, unleashing a jealousy that ends in violence with catastrophic consequences. Ginger Costa-Jackson and Ramona Zaharia share the title role, while Russell Thomas and Valentyn Dytiuk play Don José.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/carmen-royal-ballet-and-opera-63455/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2a0cf5a4fcb07baf84022ba2f456a2173ace81bd033f4f31e885b434615b206c-600.webp"}, {"title": "RBO Live 2026-27: Carmen", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Picturehouse Central", "address": "Great Windmill Street, W1D 7DH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama", "stage/opera"], "description": "RBO Live 2026-27: Carmen is a staging of Bizet's ever-popular opera, in which the fiercely independent Carmen attracts the attention of Don José, who warns her not to fall in love with him in vain as his obsession knows no bounds. Damiano Michieletto's searing production returns, casting scorching light on the lust, violence and destructive desire of the score. An all-star cast brings the white-hot drama to life, with Ginger Costa-Jackson in the fiery title role alongside Russell Thomas as the jealous and despairing Don José. Sesto Quatrini returns to conduct Bizet's electrifying and sensual score.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rbo-live-2026-27-carmen-63861/", "official_url": "https://www.picturehouses.com/movie-details/009/HO00018057/rbo-live-2026-27-carmen", "image": "https://noky.io/images/47bab59d697530045d2411712166d7c38009431b1d43ffc3d110e47e2e712fdd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Carmen", "start": "2026-10-29T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Royal Opera House", "address": "Bow Street, WC2E 9DD London", "price": "£47 - £343", "price_from": "47.00", "price_to": "343.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "Carmen is an opera at the Royal Opera House on the Main Stage, sung in French with English surtitles. Director Damiano Michieletto stages Georges Bizet's score, with libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, conducted by Sesto Quatrini. In a Spanish town, the free-spirited Carmen seduces police officer Don José, who abandons his career for her, until her attention turns to the toreador Escamillo and his jealousy threatens to erupt violently. 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Ginger Costa-Jackson sings the title role alongside Russell Thomas as Don José, with Sesto Quatrini conducting Bizet's electrifying and sensual score.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/royal-ballet-opera-202627-carmen-63791/", "official_url": "https://www.phoenixcinema.co.uk/PhoenixCinemaLondon.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_447.TcsWebTab_448.TcsProgramme_590268", "image": "https://noky.io/images/20d5a934f12fcee4d35514ea2cbdac32b7dcc52847e090e8c636c07e9f87dc2d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Opera Double Bill: Menotti’s 'Amelia al ballo' & Bernstein’s 'Trouble in Tahiti'", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Guildhall School of Music and Drama", "address": "Silk Street, EC2Y 8DT London", "price": "£30 (£15 concessions)", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera/comic-opera"], "description": "An evening of two one-act operas: the UK premiere of Gian Carlo Menotti's sparkling comic opera 'Amelia al ballo', sung in Italian with English surtitles, and Leonard Bernstein's jazz-inflected 'Trouble in Tahiti', both set in the 1950s. The production is performed by Guildhall's young artists, with Dominic Wheeler conducting and Ashley Dean directing, alongside designer Adam Wiltshire. It explores two marriages in two worlds, as the irrepressible Amelia schemes to reach the season's grand ball, while the couple Dinah and Sam find the American dream leaves them deeply unhappy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/opera-double-bill-menottis-amelia-al-ballo-bernsteins-troubl-36324/", "official_url": "https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/opera-double-bill-menottis-amelia-al-ballo-bernsteins-trouble-in-tahiti", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e99698fcf5a1757aeccf91c5e6782b6b2410b8f74cefac986a75c3863c98783c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Tosca", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-11T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Coliseum", "address": "St Martin's Lane 32-35, WC2N 4ES London", "price": "from £15", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eno.org/your-visit/under-35s-discounted-opera-tickets/", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "Tosca is an opera by Giacomo Puccini performed by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum. In Annilese Miskimmon's new production, sung in an English translation by Amanda Holden, the opera singer Floria Tosca plans a secret meeting with her lover, the painter Mario Cavaradossi, in a concert hall in an unidentified European state overtaken by civil conflict. When the corrupt police chief Scarpia intervenes, a place of music is transformed into a site of fear and violence, and over one night Tosca is forced to fight for her love, her honour and her life. The cast includes Grammy Award winner Axelle Fanyo as Tosca, tenor Chaz'men Williams-Ali as Cavaradossi and Christopher Purves as Scarpia, conducted by Ben Glassberg.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tosca-60506/", "official_url": "https://www.eno.org/events/tosca/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c971c1bc964175a88cdca87e7af34a2baaaaa42eadf53be50e01193a896d5afc-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Iphigénie en Tauride", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Coliseum", "address": "St Martin's Lane 32-35, WC2N 4ES London", "price": "Tickets from £15 (Ticket price includes all fees. 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Damiano Michieletto's searing production returns, casting scorching light on the lust, violence and destructive desire of Bizet's ever-popular opera, with Ginger Costa-Jackson in the fiery title role alongside Russell Thomas as Don José, and Sesto Quatrini returning to conduct.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/carmen-41886/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Language of Water Triple Bill + Q&A", "start": "2026-11-07T18:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Riverside Studios", "address": "Queen Caroline Street 101, W6 9BN London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["sport/water-sports/surfing", "film/documentary"], "description": "A triple bill of surf films followed by Q&As, screening as part of the London Surf / Film Festival. It opens with the world premiere of Language of Water, directed by Joya Berrow, an intimate portrait of sisters Lilly Bertrand-Webb and Bellaray Bertrand-Webb exploring sound and duality through the lens of a cochlear implant. It continues with the world premiere of Within, Stuart Ryan's story of Stephen Downes finding freedom beyond survival, and the UK premiere of The Surf Was Better Before, Owen Legoff's wry tale of Breton surfer Ian Fontaine travelling into the future. The evening is accompanied by the Shorties shortlist films, the best shorts from homegrown filmmakers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/language-of-water-triple-bill-qa-74682/", "official_url": "https://riversidestudios.co.uk/whats-on/u42-language-of-water-triple-bill-qa/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/de7362d3e9381ac82e6dc7895250433c4f6712dbf3e16a4fb6c8f71762da9f9b-2000.webp"}]}