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Nonhlanhla Yende (Bess) and Siyabulela Ntlale (Porgy) © Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Fabian Schellhorn

In full swing: the Chineke! Orchestra and Cape Town Opera bring Porgy and Bess to Berlin

By Elena Luporini, 15 September 2026

Gershwin's opera proves the absolute highlight at Musikfest Berlin, thanks to a tight-knit cast led by Siyabulela Ntlale and Nonhlanhla Yende.

*****

*****

Berlin

15 Sep 2026

Chineke! and Cape Town Opera bring Porgy and Bess to Berlin

By Elena Luporini

Tamsanqa Tylor Lamani (Nemorino) and Emyr Wyn Jones (Dulcamara) © Richard Hubert Smith

London

Seaside shenanigans: English Touring Opera transfers Donizetti to the English coast

By Dominic Lowe, 27 September 2025

L'elisir d'amore may not immediately bring Skegness or Romney to mind, but ETO's new production works quite well there... just look out for the seagulls!

***11

***11

London

27 Sep 2025

English Touring Opera transfers Donizetti to the English coast

By Dominic Lowe

Yewon Han (Ophélie) and Gregory Feldmann (Hamlet) © Genevieve Girling

Buxton

To be or not to be: Hamlet returns to the Buxton International Festival

By Mark Pullinger, 16 July 2025

After 45 years, Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet returns to Buxton in a gripping, psychological staging by Jack Furness.

****1

****1

Buxton

16 Jul 2025

To be or not to be: Hamlet returns to the Buxton Festival

By Mark Pullinger

Brenton Spiteri (Tebaldo) and Samantha Price (Romeo) © Richard Hubert Smith

London

Blissful and hard-boiled: I Capuleti e i Montecchi at English Touring Opera

By David Karlin, 22 February 2025

Eloise Lally shifts the Romeo and Juliet love story into New York mafia families. Jessica Cale and Samantha Price provide blissful bel canto as the star-crossed lovers.

****1

****1

London

22 Feb 2025

Blissful and hard-boiled: I Capuleti e i Montecchi at ETO

By David Karlin

Alys Mererid Roberts © Richard Hubert Smith

London

A tender Shakespeare-inspired curio from English Touring Opera

By Susannah Moody, 15 February 2025

ETO kicks off its spring season with What Dreams May Come, a strange and moving staging of songs inspired by William Shakespeare.

***11

***11

London

15 Feb 2025

A tender Shakespeare-inspired curio from English Touring Opera

By Susannah Moody