Opera

17 May 2012 to 16 July 2012

Various venues

Enjoy free screenings of world-class opera and ballet from the Royal Opera House. 17 May-16 Jul

10 June 2012 to 19 August 2012

Various venues [map]

Watch stunning opera from Glyndebourne's legendary festival at cinemas across London. 10 Jun-19 Aug

11 July 2012 to 21 July 2012

London Coliseum WC2N 4ES[map]

Cape Town Opera perform Gershwin's exuberantly colourful folk opera 'Porgy and Bess'.

25 June 2012 to 7 July 2012

London Coliseum WC2N 4ES[map]

Blur and Gorrilaz frontman Damon Albarn has written an ambitious stage show that combines accoustic pop with contemporary opera to tell the story of the Elizabethan hero Dr John Dee.

18 June 2012 to 8 July 2012

London Coliseum WC2N 4ES[map]

ENO's production of 'Billy Budd', Benjamin Britten's opera.

25 May 2012 to 14 June 2012

London Coliseum WC2N 4ES[map]

ENO's production of 'Caligula' by Detlev Glanert.

13 May 2012 to 2 June 2012

London Coliseum WC2N 4ES[map]

ENO's production of 'Madam Butterfly' by Anthony Minghella.

15 May 2012 to 30 May 2012

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

A new production of Verdi’s final masterpiece drawn from Shakespeare’s great comic creation.

22 May 2012 to 1 June 2012

Hackney Empire Theatre E8 1EJ[map]

A re-imagining of Puccini's classic opera, set in the townships of present-day South Africa.

19 May 2012 to 3 June 2012

Hackney Empire Theatre E8 1EJ[map]

The Isango Ensemble presents Stephen Lowe's musical adaptation of Robert Tressell's novel.

12 July 2012 to 24 July 2012

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

Antonio Pappano conducts Verdi for the second late great work on a Shakespeare theme.

8 May 2012 to 12 March 2013

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

Puccini’s most intimate and romantic opera, a perfectly structured and moving love story.

25 June 2012 to 11 July 2012

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

Berlioz’s epic version of the Trojan war and its aftermath in a new production by David McVicar, conducted by Antonio Pappano, music director of the Royal Opera.