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Venue: Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

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Google maps50° 54' 31.621" N 1° 24' 36.907" W
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SouthamptonA Night at the Opera

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Mayflower Theatre, Wed 1 Oct at 19:30
Mascagni, Puccini, Verdi
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera; Chorus of Welsh National Opera
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SouthamptonCandide

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Mayflower Theatre, Thu 2 Oct at 19:30
Bernstein: Candide
Ryan McAdams; James Bonas; Welsh National Opera; Thibault Vancraenenbroeck; Nathalie Pallandre; Rob Casey; Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
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SouthamptonToscaNew production

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Mayflower Theatre, Fri 3 Oct at 19:30
Puccini: Tosca
Gergely Madaras; Edward Dick; Welsh National Opera; Orchestra of Welsh National Opera; Natalya Romaniw; Andrés Presno; Maxine Braham
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SouthamptonSleeping Beauty

English National Ballet
Mayflower Theatre, Nov 26, 27 mat, eve, 28, 29 mat, eve
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty
Sir Kenneth MacMillan; English National Ballet; Peter Farmer; Nicholas Georgiadis; English National Ballet Philharmonic
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SouthamptonIt's a Living Thing

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Mayflower Theatre, Sun 25 Jan at 19:00
Lynne
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Richard Balcombe; Patrick Smyth; Stuart Matthew Price; Graham Bickley; Heather Lundstedt
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SouthamptonDon Quixote

Birmingham Royal Ballet
Mayflower Theatre, 2026 Apr 15 mat, 16 mat, mat, 17 mat, 18 mat, mat
Minkus: Don Quixote
Marius Petipa; Carlos Acosta; Birmingham Royal Ballet; Tim Hatley; Peter Mumford; Royal Ballet Sinfonia
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SouthamptonMatthew Bourne's New Adventures – The Red Shoes

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Mayflower Theatre, 2026 Mar 10, 11, 12 mat, eve, 13, 14 mat, eve
Herrmann: The Red Shoes
Sir Matthew Bourne; New Adventures; Lez Brotherston; Paule Constable
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A dark and disturbing Rigoletto from WNO at the Mayflower

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David Truslove, 14 Nov

Fine performances in a punchy new production that coats this tragic opera in a large dollop of debauchery. 

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Stacey Alleaume leads WNO's emotionally-charged Traviata

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David Truslove, 24 Nov

Leading an international cast in a still-sumptuous revival in Southampton's Mayflower, Stacey Alleaume gives a sovereign performance as the ill-fated courtesan Violetta. 

****1
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BRB's Swan Lake provokes an enthusiastic response in Southampton

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Deborah Weiss, 02 Feb
Sir Peter Wright’s production returns to Birmingham Royal Ballet after an absence of five years, with Céline Gittens and Brandon Lawrence sharing great chemistry. 
****1
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Lady with the Lamp: Tamara Rojo’s Raymonda returns for brief UK tour

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Mark Pullinger, 03 Dec
English National Ballet tours its outgoing artistic director's revision of Petipa's Raymonda, but it's Glazunov who proves the real winner. 
***11
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McVicar's Traviata is still darkly impressive

Mark Pullinger, 23 Nov
Even given a routine revival, McVicar's staging has much to recommend it, returning the opera to its literary roots. 
***11
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All that glitters: BRB's opulent Sleeping Beauty

Mark Pullinger, 31 Jan
Sir Peter Wright's version of The Sleeping Beauty has stood the test of time, though this opening night of the tour in Southampton didn't always convince that the work has a place of adoration in the company’s heart.
***11
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Natalya Romaniw an imperious Tatyana

Mark Pullinger, 18 Oct
The cavernous Mayflower pit eats singers for breakfast and only Natalya Romaniw’s full-blooded Tatyana escaped its jaws unmarked
***11
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Starry, starry night: BRBs celestial Cinderella

Mark Pullinger, 25 Jan
David Bintley's 2010 Birmingham Royal Ballet version of Cinderella is the antithesis to Ashton. Instead of pantomime, he offers pure fairy tale every magical step of the way.
*****
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