{"title": "HGO’s INTRO TO OPERA", "start": "2026-11-12T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Jacksons Lane", "address": "Archway Road 269a, N6 5AA London", "price": "£5.00", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/book/?show=327321ABGKBCPGDSTLCDHCJQLQQHQPHJQ", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "A relaxed and accessible introduction to the world of opera, exploring its music, stories, voices and larger-than-life characters. HGO offers the session, with handy insights into La Sonnambula before the performance. No previous knowledge is needed, but it is just as useful if you already know your arias from your overtures.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hgos-intro-to-opera-36698/", "official_url": "https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/hgos-intro-to-opera/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3a2574d58f2c5db30aee455babd11ea1aa487a1675e3db8f578cb474265664ea-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-12T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Jacksons Lane", "address": "Archway Road 269a, N6 5AA London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "La Sonnambula – Vincenzo Bellini", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Jacksons Lane", "address": "Archway Road 269a, N6 5AA London", "price": "£31.00 - £49.00", "price_from": "31.00", "price_to": "49.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "An opera performance of Vincenzo Bellini's La Sonnambula, a work about love, jealousy, misunderstandings and peril — and, unusually, nobody dies. The new production is directed by John Wilkie and conducted by Stefano Boccacci, with amazing casts. Bellini's opera is a tender, luminous story of love and reconciliation, carried by some of the most beautiful writing of the bel canto repertoire. It explores how quickly trust can be lost — and the extraordinary power of love when it is restored.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/la-sonnambula-vincenzo-bellini-36697/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3a2574d58f2c5db30aee455babd11ea1aa487a1675e3db8f578cb474265664ea-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Pre-Concert Talk: An English Baroque Journey begins", "start": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque", "history/early-modern"], "description": "A pre-concert talk held ahead of the opening concert of Arcangelo's English Baroque Journey series at Wigmore Hall. Nicholas Kenyon, Kirsten Gibson and Julian Forbes introduce a new illustrated companion book to the series, offering new perspectives and the latest research on one of the great periods of national creativity. Copies of the book will be on sale in the Foyer. The event lasts approximately 45 minutes and takes place in the David Wolf Kaye Room.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/pre-concert-talk-an-english-baroque-journey-begins-40315/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202610301800", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f3d70f60513174f70840c02449922104af1c85838ef0eb216e1f24ce7125fa9c-600.webp"}, {"title": "Gala Dinner 2026", "start": "2026-11-10T18:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Opera Holland Park", "address": "", "price": "£425 per person; £3,350 for a table of 8", "price_from": "425.00", "price_to": "425.00", "tickets_url": "https://operahollandpark.com/season-and-events/ticket-schemes/", "category": "food-drink", "tags": ["occasion/gala", "stage/opera"], "description": "The Opera Holland Park Gala Dinner is a black tie evening of fine food, wine and opera singing held over dinner at Drapers' Hall in London. It is staged by Opera Holland Park, whose principal artists perform in the luxurious setting alongside creatives and members of the company. Guests dine at tables with the artists, and the evening raises vital funds for Opera Holland Park's award-winning education and outreach programme and its upcoming 2027 Season. It is the only black tie event in the company's calendar.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/gala-dinner-2026-63696/", "official_url": "https://operahollandpark.com/productions/gala-dinner-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/233f8fa3e17ee78f7b04826dc5c5943d71edc26c6fbc5dfb5263f6783c511dbf-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Behind the Scenes Tour", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Royal Opera House", "address": "Bow Street, WC2E 9DD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.roh.org.uk/visit/visitor-information/private-tours", "category": "tours", "tags": ["stage/opera", "history"], "description": "Behind the Scenes Tour is a guided tour of the Royal Opera House lasting approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, suitable for ages 12 and over. Expert guides take visitors into areas normally off-limits to the public, such as rehearsal studios, costumes and production workshops. The tour shares insight into the secrets and spaces of the theatre, its history as the third theatre on the site, and the inner workings of one of the world's most renowned theatres.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/behind-the-scenes-tour-38336/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/845fbb4108a338a0458b9cee47e0f9fc0a01b60dc0f207b5f2176e07013346a4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lunchtime Singing Club", "start": "2026-11-02T13:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-18T00:00:00Z", "place": "Landmark Arts Centre", "address": "Ferry Road, TW11 9NN Teddington", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["music/singing/choir"], "description": "Lunchtime Singing Club is a relaxed, informal choir open to anyone who wants to sing, ideal for those exploring their voice, joining a choir for the first time, or returning after a break. Each session includes a warm-up focused on physical alignment, breath control and vocal range, followed by learning rounds and songs with multiple harmony parts. No auditions or music-reading skills are required; sheet music and lyrics are provided, but all parts are also taught by ear, and the term ends with an informal performance. The club is led by Martha Littlehales, a freelance conductor, pianist, singer and music educator whose practice spans classical ensembles, community and youth choirs, and musical theatre.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lunchtime-singing-club-36898/", "official_url": "https://www.landmarkartscentre.org/class/lunchtime-singing-club-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3fd4bcf5f9d595aeddcc5703720d7411b0ea2c83287f44f3fe668ea346aab417-600.webp"}, {"title": "Thomas: Hamlet – Chelsea Opera Group Chorus & Orchestra", "start": "2026-11-01T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cadogan Hall", "address": "Sloane Terrace 5, SW1X 9DQ London", "price": "£54.50, £44.50, £34.50, £24.50", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/chelsea-opera-group-hamlet-ambroise-thomas/book/1336834", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "A concert performance of Ambroise Thomas's opera Hamlet, sung in French with English surtitles. The Chelsea Opera Group chorus and orchestra perform it, conducted by Jonathon Cole-Swinard in his debut with the group, with Jacques Imbrailo as Hamlet and Haegee Lee as Ophélie. The opera, first premiered in Paris in 1868, sweeps darkly and splendidly through Shakespeare's famous tragedy. It is a rare chance to hear a 19th-century dramatic gem, with a pre-concert talk before the performance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thomas-hamlet-chelsea-opera-group-chorus-orchestra-35201/", "official_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/chelsea-opera-group-ambroise-thomas-hamlet/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/382839758d04294ea4056610271239fe95571e33dcaf93901c6b6e7ccba763e4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Tea and Tour", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-23T00:00:00Z", "place": "Royal Opera House", "address": "Bow Street, WC2E 9DD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/tea-and-tour-dates", "category": "tours", "tags": ["stage/ballet"], "description": "Tea and Tour is a ballet-themed guided tour at the Royal Opera House that goes behind the scenes and explores the history of Swan Lake. The Royal Opera House runs it, and it lasts about two hours and fifteen minutes, suitable for ages 12 and up. It begins with an hour-long guided tour, where visitors can see the original feathered tutu and headdress worn by dancers over the years. Afterwards, afternoon tea is served in the Balconies Restaurant in the Paul Hamlyn Hall, with live music from a pianist and a choice of Traditional, Vegetarian, or Vegan and Gluten-Free menus.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tea-and-tour-38330/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2688eee1280c7db7c7be17ff8ececac578144c4b117da844a53b96c3d88a2d30-2000.webp"}]}