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Hungarian State Opera House, Opera House
30 Jan 2026, Fri
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6 PM
This is a story about war, a topic as old as man and which will continue as long as our species.
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Martin Rajna,
Boldizsár László,
.... + 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
Semperoper Dresden, Semperoper Dresden
30 Jan 2026, Fri
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7 PM
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly cannot accept that her great love is doomed to end in heartbreak.
Cast:
Staatskapelle Dresden,
Vitali Alekseenok,
.... + 5
Madama Butterfly
Premiere of this production:
17 February 1904,
La Scala, Milan
Act one
Nagasaki in the 1890s. A wedding is to be celebrated in the garden of a hill-side residence with view of the port: the wedding of the American marine officer B. F. Pinkerton and the 15-year-old geisha Cio-Cio-San, daughter of a samurai who has fallen out of favour. The matchmaker, Goro, explains the building design of the new residence to Pinkerton who is not familiar with this. They are j ... Read More
Madama Butterfly
Opera
30 Jan 2026, Fri
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7 PM
The Stanislavsky Theatre, located in XIX century historical building just 750 metres (9-minute walk) from the Bolshoi, presents Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca — an opera of passion, betrayal, and...
Cast:
Hibla Gerzmava
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Opera
Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Staatsoper Unter den Linden
30 Jan 2026, Fri
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7:30 PM
With compelling dramaturgy and pronounced realism, Puccini created one of his tersest and most dramatic works – a milestone in the history of opera.
Cast:
Vittorio Grigolo,
Christopher Maltman,
.... + 5
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Tosca
Opera
Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Main Stage
31 Jan 2026, Sat
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12:30 PM, 7 PM
(2 events)
Live and love, to the last breath. Richard Eyre's beautiful production provides the perfect setting for Verdi's opera about a courtesan who sacrifices all for love.
Cast:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House,
Pretty Yende,
.... + 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
Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre
31 Jan 2026, Sat
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12:30 PM
Fluttering beauty, caught and pinned for his pleasure, bound, yet beautiful still. When love is lost, what is left behind?
Cast:
Robert Watson,
Paul Fitzsimon,
.... + 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
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Main Stage
31 Jan 2026, Sat
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5 PM
Marco Arturo Marelli brings Verdi's epic opera classic to the stage in a visually stunning way.
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
Opera National de Paris, Opéra Bastille
31 Jan 2026, Sat
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6 PM
With Siegfried, staged in Calixto Bieito’s new production, the Paris Opera presents the third part of Richard Wagner’s extraordinary undertaking, the Ring of the Nibelung. Siegfr...
Composer:
Richard Wagner
Cast:
Brian Mulligan,
Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris,
.... + 8
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
31 Jan 2026, Sat
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6 PM
This is a story about war, a topic as old as man and which will continue as long as our species.
Cast:
Martin Rajna,
Adorján Pataki,
.... + 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
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage
31 Jan 2026, Sat
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6 PM
A vitamin injection of an opera! Rossini’s masterpiece is bursting with exuberant music, twisted disguises and liberating comedy.
Composer:
Gioachino Rossini
Cast:
Giuliano Carella,
Alasdair Kent,
.... + 5
The Barber of Seville
Premiere of this production:
20 February 1816,
Teatro Argentina, Rome
Place: Seville, Spain
Time: 18th century
Act 1
The square in front of Bartolo's house
In a public square outside Bartolo's house a band of musicians and a poor student named Lindoro are serenading, to no avail, the window of Rosina ("Ecco, ridente in cielo"; "There, laughing in the sky"). Lindoro, who is really the young Count Almaviva in disguise, hopes to make the b ... Read More
The Barber of Seville
Opera
Bavarian State Opera, National Theatre
31 Jan 2026, Sat
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7 PM
The U.S. Forces show their presence world-wide: American Lieutenant Pinkerton has an affair in Nagasaki with Cio-Cio San, "Madame Butterfly". He sails away. She then has his child. Thre...
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Bavarian State Orchestra,
Riccardo Massi,
.... + 5
Madama Butterfly
Premiere of this production:
17 February 1904,
La Scala, Milan
Act I
The U.S. naval officer Pinkerton, along with a marriage broker named Goro, comes to inspect a house near Nagasaki he has bought to live with the geisha Butterfly, whom he plans to marry according to Japanese law. This law however allows him to abandon his wife whenever he feels like it. He casually brushes off the warnings of the American Consul Sharpless, who has told him that Butterfly ta ... Read More
Madama Butterfly
Opera
31 Jan 2026, Sat
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7 PM
Elīna Garanča, one of the most internationally sought-after mezzo-sopranos, is a guest at the Opernhaus in the title role. Olga Peretyatko sings Micaëla and Stanislas de Barbeyrac bows as Don J...
Composer:
Georges Bizet
Cast:
Elīna Garanča,
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo,
.... + 7
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
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