{"title": "Opera Unwrapped: Iphigénie en Tauride", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "London Coliseum", "address": "St Martin's Lane 32-35, WC2N 4ES London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "Opera Unwrapped: Iphigénie en Tauride is an evening panel event at which members of the cast, company, and artistic and creative team are joined in discussion. It accompanies English National Opera's first production of Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride, performed in the original French and directed by Lyndsey Turner. Widely considered Gluck's greatest work, the opera influenced Mozart, Berlioz, and Wagner with its dramatic contrasts and orchestral colour, and is conducted by Baroque specialist David Bates, with Christine Rice in the titular role of Iphigénie. The event opens with a live performance from one of the principal artists and covers the rehearsal process and the panellists' creative backgrounds.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/opera-unwrapped-iphigenie-en-tauride-35935/", "official_url": "https://www.eno.org/events/opera-unwrapped-iphigenie-en-tauride/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f3595ec4a5b6bff76aca5464bafb2a0420b0d2ac10150f23d3bc3abde5ddfb15-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "London Coliseum", "address": "St Martin's Lane 32-35, WC2N 4ES London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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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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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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": "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. The cast includes Ginger Costa-Jackson and Ramona Zaharia as Carmen, alongside Russell Thomas and Valentyn Dytiuk as Don José.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/carmen-38317/", "official_url": "https://www.rbo.org.uk/production/carmen-damiano-michieletto", "image": "https://noky.io/images/88edf53c8a4e48ec7f6fcdcce76199acc6ac22893bf04b2f75dc888517fefc97-2000.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": "Il Trittico - Royal Ballet and Opera", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-03-18T00:00:00Z", "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/il-trittico-tickets/2027/03/05/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "Il Trittico is a trio of one-act operas by Puccini, presented together as he intended, with lovers, mothers, and gold-diggers clashing in stories of jealousy, shame, and betrayal. Olivier Award winner Richard Jones directs and Speranza Scappucci conducts three casts featuring Natalya Romaniw, Étienne Dupuis, SeokJong Baek, Ermonela Jaho and Bryn Terfel. In Il tabarro, Giorgetta seeks solace after the death of her baby by having an affair; in Suor Angelica, a nun is visited by a relative with unwelcome news; and in Gianni Schicchi, a Florentine family enlists Schicchi to rewrite a will, though he has a scheme of his own. The three works move between tragic jealousy, agonising shame and hilarious chaos, each in its own distinct but complementary musical world.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/il-trittico-royal-ballet-and-opera-63452/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/93a8a33ff63b103710e3dc06a8edaa9986146771370560d5a49604569b04de76-600.webp"}]}