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Akiki: Atatürk
Bassem Akiki; Ersan Mondtag; Staatsoper Stuttgart; Gerrit Jurda; Staatsorchester Stuttgart
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Grieg: Peer Gynt
Bassem Akiki; Angélique Clairand; Opéra de Lyon; Anouk Dell'Aiera; Bruno de Lavenère; Laurent Castaingt; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
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RSNO presents Lera Auerbach alongside powerful Shostakovich 7
Making his debut with the RSNO, Bassem Akiki conducts the UK premiere of Auerbach's Violin Concerto no. 1, played by its dedicatee, Philippe Quint.
Head on down to DNO’s Cherry Town, the coolest kids on the block
Jakop Ahlbom’s updated vision of Shostakovich’s neglected operetta Moscow, Cheryomushki for Dutch National Opera in collaboration with ISH Dance collection is a riot of fun
The Turn of the Screw at RBO Linbury: Darkness and denial
Natalie Abrahami’s mesmerising new production of Britten’s ghostly tale of sexual abuse is very dark indeed.
Heroes and Beasts: Die Frau ohne Schatten in Warsaw
The Polish National Opera's first staging of Strauss' massive fairy tale feels like a bold statement of intent.
Venables We Are the Lucky Ones is the time to be alive at DNO
Inspired by Annie Ernaux’s The Years, Philip Venables’ new opera widens the canvas to take in the whole of Europe’s postwar generation.
Oppressively realistic: Alexander Raskatov's Animal Farm
Alexander Raskatov and Damiano Michieletto turn George Orwell’s fable into an opera of exceptional contemporary relevance.
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Inside out and upside down: Opera world premieres 2026–27
This season, new operas are depositing characters in limbo between this life and the next – from Lincoln in Missy Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo, to Bassem Akiki’s supernatural retelling of the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.