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Amelia al ballo, in its UK premiere, follows Amelia as she outwits a suspicious husband and needy lover to attend a grand ball, while Trouble in Tahiti shows how Dinah and Sam's seemingly perfect suburban life masks deep unhappiness.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/double-bill-amelia-al-ballo-trouble-in-tahiti-34803/", "official_url": "https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/double-bill-amelia-al-ballo-trouble-in-tahiti", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f6c2a6f6bda85d2d885ec2708cd80f87d8285f41bd771d2b3b9c9a426592e429-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T19:00:00Z", "place": "Barbican Arts Centre", "address": "Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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. 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Ben Stower's Natural Affairs, directed by Livia Sardão, follows the guests, staff and resident ghosts of a rundown English B&B as secrets become scandals and beliefs are tested. 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In Vienna, 1820, Salieri is driven wild with jealousy by Mozart's extraordinary gift and begins a dangerous obsession, launching a campaign to destroy the rival he both worships and despises. A breath-taking soundtrack of the composers' music fuels this electrifying story of ambition, betrayal, and the cost of greatness.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/amadeus-63416/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/82b471fe7856bab67add1c6d07441c9f701f8500fb22931dc739b02d0ff26b13-600.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. 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This darkly funny black farce is a satire on our fixation on fame and the exploitation of other people's misery for profit and entertainment.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/to-die-for-a-comedy-english-national-opera-63444/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cb3366d8142f9afac2a015c7d6aaf3c3e64d19d7a046c485b6215c15c3fa48c7-600.webp"}, {"title": "Adriana Mater - English National Opera", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-12T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Coliseum", "address": "St Martin's Lane 32-35, WC2N 4ES London", "price": "GBP 14", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/adriana-mater-english-national-opera-tickets/2026/11/28/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["history/war", "stage/opera"], "description": "Adriana Mater is a rarely staged opera about war, redemption and motherhood, performed by the English National Opera. It was written by the composer Kaija Saariaho, named 'Greatest living composer' in a 2019 BBC Music Magazine poll, together with the writer and war correspondent Amin Maalouf, and inspired by his experiences and her reflections on motherhood. Amid a brutal civil war, Adriana, left pregnant after an assault by a soldier, raises her son Yonas with love and hope; when he discovers the truth about his father, she must convince him that true strength lies in mercy rather than revenge. This staging, an ENO debut uniting Artistic Director Annilese Miskimmon and Music Director Designate André de Ridder, features Kristina Stanek in the title role.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/adriana-mater-english-national-opera-63440/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c91342489d56dbe20443493fdace8030c482bd74f7070027d98312a415687e1f-600.webp"}, {"title": "Un ballo in maschera - Royal Ballet and Opera", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-18T00:00:00Z", "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/un-ballo-in-maschera-royal-ballet-and-opera-tickets/2026/11/30/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "An opera performance of Verdi's 'Un ballo in maschera' at the Royal Opera House in London. Director Philipp Stölzl makes his Royal Opera debut with this playfully surreal new production of Verdi's gripping, passionate opera based on a real historical royal assassination. 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Driven by the characters' emotional truths, it is set to a score with some of Verdi's most recognisable melodies and is startlingly modern and relatable.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/la-traviata-english-national-opera-63445/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2bb9e5204776a85b8a585e67f38dac9dd978180f9c0fcc8329e9fbd07cc6ecc3-600.webp"}, {"title": "RCM Brass: West Side Story", "start": "2026-11-05T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal College of Music Museum", "address": "", "price": "£6.50 (incl ticket fee)", "price_from": "6.50", "price_to": "6.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/boxoffice/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/brass"], "description": "RCM Brass: West Side Story is a concert by the RCM Brass Ensemble, directed by Amos Miller, in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall. 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The evening aptly opens with a fanfare and ends with works by Leonard Bernstein, one of the most famous and influential composers of his nation, whose music traverses classical, popular and jazz traditions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rcm-brass-west-side-story-38296/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3761950", "image": "https://noky.io/images/94103330bb28bf21c038c978d470e504af347cc6e5bd25fd17c433fdb5d9727f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Tosca", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-05-05T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Royal Opera House", "address": "Bow Street, WC2E 9DD London", "price": "GBP 56", "price_from": "56.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/tosca-tickets/2027/04/12/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "Puccini's Tosca is an operatic thriller about love, murder, and political intrigue set in the heart of Rome. The fierce heroine Floria Tosca must use all her wits to rescue her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, from the cruel police chief Scarpia. Oliver Mears directs this riveting opera, starring Aleksandra Kurzak in the title role, relocated to modern-day Rome with designs by Simon Lima Holdsworth and costumes by Ilona Karas. Its intense storytelling and powerful score include unforgettable pieces such as 'Vissi d'arte' and 'E lucevan le stelle'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tosca-63453/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0f5951138489c622e7d5b767a267071ceb1c3316848ccbece578c4a6ee8e68de-600.webp"}, {"title": "Double Bill: Tell Me Straight & Aggy", "start": "2026-10-15T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-14T14:00:00Z", "place": "King's Head Theatre", "address": "Upper Street 116P, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://kingsheadtheatre.com/spektrix/ChooseSeats?EventInstanceId=491403ADVPQPLCCKQNLTVQTVMGDMKGJLM", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "A double bill of two plays, tell me straight and aggy, presented at the King's Head Theatre after a critically acclaimed run at the Park Theatre. 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