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Prague National Theatre, The National Theatre
22 Mar 2026, Sun
•
7 PM
Keep a safe distance when Carmen is in the mood for love.
Composer:
Georges Bizet
Cast:
Zbyněk Müller,
Alžběta Poláčková,
.... + 5
Carmen
Premiere of this production:
03 March 1875,
Opéra-Comique, Paris
Place: Seville, Spain, and surrounding hills
Time: Around 1820
Act 1
A square, in Seville. On the right, a door to the tobacco factory. At the back, a bridge. On the left, a guardhouse.
A group of soldiers relaxes in the square, waiting for the changing of the guard and commenting on the passers-by ("Sur la place, chacun passe"). Micaëla appears, seeking José. Moralè ... Read More
Carmen
Opera
Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
23 Mar 2026, Mon
•
7 PM
Cultures collide in Puccini’s poignant tale of a loyal geisha and a callous American naval officer whose fleeting romance leaves only devastation behind.
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Carlo Rizzi,
Matthew Polenzani,
.... + 5
Madama Butterfly
Premiere of this production:
17 February 1904,
La Scala, Milan
ACT I
Japan, at the turn of the 20th century. Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton of the U.S. Navy inspects a house overlooking Nagasaki harbor that he is leasing from Goro, a marriage broker. The house comes with three servants and a geisha wife named Cio-Cio-San, known as Madam Butterfly. The lease runs for 999 years, subject to monthly renewal. The American consul Sharpless arrives bre ... Read More
Madama Butterfly
Opera
23 Mar 2026, Mon
•
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
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Main Stage
23 Mar 2026, Mon
•
7:30 PM
Only after the opera had been modified a number of times by the composer did it begin to garner public acclaim. The revised version, extended from two acts to three, was performed in Brescia on May 28...
Cast:
Elena Stikhina,
Friedrich Praetorius,
.... + 5
Madame 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
Madame Butterfly
Opera
Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Main Stage
24 Mar 2026, Tue
•
4:30 PM
An epic tale of courage and transformation. Conductor Antonio Pappano and director Barrie Kosky return for the triumphant third chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.
Composer:
Richard Wagner
Cast:
Sir Antonio Pappano,
Christopher Maltman,
.... + 5
Siegfried
Premiere of this production:
16 August 1876,
Bayreuth Festspielhaus
Act 1
Scene 1
A cave in rocks in the forest. An orchestral introduction includes references to leitmotifs including themes relating to the original hoard plundered by the Nibelung Alberich, and one in B-flat minor associated with the Nibelungs themselves. As the curtain rises, Alberich's brother, the dwarf Mime, is forging a sword. Mime is plotting to obtain the ring of power originally ... Read More
Siegfried
Opera
Hungarian State Opera House, Opera House
24 Mar 2026, Tue
•
6:30 PM
The lecherous noblemen of the Mantuan court must be entertained, and a deformed jester spares no one his jeers to ensure that they are.
Cast:
Péter Halász,
Andrei Danilov,
.... + 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
Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
24 Mar 2026, Tue
•
7 PM
A beloved mainstay of the repertory, Verdi’s great tragedy stirs the soul and breaks the heart like only opera can.
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Lisette Oropesa,
Luca Salsi,
.... + 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
24 Mar 2026, Tue
•
7 PM
A sovereign may do as he wishes. His entire surroundings depend on him, no-one is entitled to contradict him, all must suffer his moods. Only one may hold a mirror to him, is even obliged to criticise...
Cast:
Bavarian State Orchestra,
Igor Golovatenko,
.... + 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
24 Mar 2026, Tue
•
7 PM
One of two beloved Puccini operas of the 2025/2026 season — Madama Butterfly continues to fascinate audiences. Now in a new version for today's audience!
Cast:
Dmytro Popov,
Royal Swedish Orchestra,
.... + 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
Opera National de Paris, Opéra Bastille
24 Mar 2026, Tue
•
7:30 PM
Based on the eponymous play by Victorien Sardou, Puccini’s opera brings together all the elements of a melodrama: love, politics, violence and religion.
Cast:
Angel Blue,
Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris,
.... + 4
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
ACT I
The church of Sant’Andrea della Valle Cesare Angelotti, former Consul of the Roman Republic, has escaped from the Castel Sant’Angelo, where he was being held for political reasons. He has taken refuge in the church, where his sister, the Marchesa Attavanti, has hidden woman’s clothing in the family chapel so that he can escape without being recognised. The sacristan is sur ... Read More
Tosca
Opera
Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre
24 Mar 2026, Tue
•
7:30 PM
In restless youth, adolescent gloom, she was waiting… but for whom?
Composer:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Cast:
Anna Skryleva,
Andrei Bondarenko,
.... + 7
Eugene Onegin
Premiere of this production:
29 March 1879,
Maly Theatre, Moscow
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 enter, and celebrate the harvest with songs and dances. Tatyana and Ol ... Read More
Eugene Onegin
Opera
Hungarian State Opera House, Opera House
25 Mar 2026, Wed
•
6:30 PM
The lecherous noblemen of the Mantuan court must be entertained, and a deformed jester spares no one his jeers to ensure that they are.
Cast:
Péter Halász,
Alexandru Agache,
.... + 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
25 Mar 2026, Wed
•
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!
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
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage
25 Mar 2026, Wed
•
7 PM
Verdi's masterpiece about love and duty – with singers in a class of their own. A father and son stand on opposite sides of love – and politics. Everything is at stake when the curtain...
Cast:
Edward Gardner,
Astrid Nordstad,
.... + 6
Don Carlo
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1867,
Opéra National de Paris
Act 1
This act was omitted in the 1883 revision
The Forest of Fontainebleau, France in winter
A prelude and chorus of woodcutters and their wives is heard. They complain of their hard life, made worse by war with Spain. Elisabeth, daughter of the King of France, arrives with her attendants. She reassures the people that her impending marriage to Don Carlos, Infante and son of Philip II, King of ... Read More
Don Carlo
Opera
Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Main Stage
25 Mar 2026, Wed
•
7:30 PM
Power gets the last laugh. Verdi's devastating masterpiece pits power against innocence in a pitiless world of luxurious decadence, corruption and social decay.
Cast:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
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
Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre
25 Mar 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:
Paul Fitzsimon,
Angela Hogan,
.... + 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
Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre
26 Mar 2026, Thu
•
7:30 PM
In restless youth, adolescent gloom, she was waiting… but for whom?
Cast:
Anna Skryleva,
Andrei Bondarenko,
.... + 7
Eugene Onegin
Premiere of this production:
29 March 1879,
Maly Theatre, Moscow
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 enter, and celebrate the harvest with songs and dances. Tatyana and Ol ... Read More
Eugene Onegin
Opera
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Main Stage
26 Mar 2026, Thu
•
7:30 PM
Director Benedikt von Peter sees Verdi’s grand opéra AIDA as a fragile and intimate play about love, a work that is tracked by countless pairs of eyes, and he delivers a production that d...
Cast:
Dominic Limburg,
Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin,
.... + 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
Hungarian State Opera House, Opera House
27 Mar 2026, Fri
•
6:30 PM
The lecherous noblemen of the Mantuan court must be entertained, and a deformed jester spares no one his jeers to ensure that they are.
Cast:
Péter Halász,
Alexandru Agache,
.... + 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
27 Mar 2026, Fri
•
7 PM
One of two beloved Puccini operas of the 2025/2026 season — Madama Butterfly continues to fascinate audiences. Now in a new version for today's audience!
Cast:
Dmytro Popov,
Royal Swedish Orchestra,
.... + 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
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How to choose an opera? Mozart or Verdi? Love tragedy or comedy?
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