Music

Tues 8 Oct 2019, 6.45pm. Broadcast live from the Royal Opera House to our Theatre. Sexual intrigue, jealousy, wit, anger… and retribution! The new Royal Opera Season begins with Mozart’s engaging masterpiece, which follows Don Giovanni, the women he serially…

Sat 12 Oct 2019, 5.55pm. Puccini’s Turandot. Franco Zeffirelli’s spectacular production returns to cinemas with powerhouse soprano Christine Goerke taking on the titular role of the sharp Princess, sworn never to be possessed by a man. Calaf, an unknown suitor…

Tues 24 Oct 2019, 7.30pm. Broadcast live from the Royal Opera House to our Theatre. Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this new production of Donizetti’s comedy of domestic drama across two generations. The witty story of a…

Fri 25 Oct 2019, 7.30pm Renowned as the original and very best Bee Gees tribute show, and THE ONLY Bee Gees tribute show that have actually performed with the original Bee Gees! In 1997 Gary & Darren from Jive Talkin…

Sat 26 Oct 2019, 5.55pm. Massenet – Manon . Laurent Pelly’s enchanting production, starring exhilarating soprano Lisette Oropesa in theeffervescent title role, explores the devastating consequences when excess and passion collide.Maurizio Benini conducts Massenet’s sensual score with tenor Michael Fabiano…

Tues 29 Oct – Sat 2 Nov 2019, 10-4pm. School of Rock Theatre Workshop. An amazing week long workshop, offering the chance for children and young adults to take part in a West End experience based on the smash hit…

Sat 9 Nov 2019, 5.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York. Puccini – Madama Butterfly. Anthony Minghella’s vividly cinematic staging of Puccini’s tale of unrequited love returns toour screens featuring soprano Hui He in the devastating title…

Sat 16 Nov 2019, 7.30pm. Bach’s Magnificat and Handel’s Coronation Anthems. Monmouth Choral Society perform music of exuberant and ecstatic praise, setting biblical texts in both sacred and secular contexts. Bach’s energetic and sparkling Magnificat gives full expression to Mary’s…

Sat 23 Nov 2019, 5.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.Philip Glass – Akhnaten—Met Premiere Star countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo headlines as the revolutionary Pharaoh whotransformed ancient Egypt.Director Phelim McDermott, whose productions include the hugely successful Satyagraha…

Thur 19 Dec 2019, 7.30pm. Back to the Blake Theatre by popular demand…Stars from the West End present a magical evening of entertainment featuring hits from the musicals and the best of Christmas song.The talented cast have starred in many…

Sat 11 Jan 2020, 5.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts William Kentridge’s new production of Alban Berg’s expressionistic masterpiece Wozzeck, regarded for its intense emotional power and brilliant score as one of the most…

Wed 29 Jan 2020, 7.45pm.Puccini’s opera of young love in 19th-century Paris is packed with beautiful music, including lyrical arias, celebratory choruses for Act II’s evocation of Christmas Eve in the Latin Quarter and a poignant final scene over which…

Sat 1 Feb 2020, 5.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York. The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess returns to the Met for the first time since 1990, in a new co-production with English National Opera and Dutch National…

Sat 29 Feb 2020, 5.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York. In the Met’s first-ever performances of Agrippina, Handel’s satire of sex and power politics, Sir David McVicarreconceives a production evoking a scandalous world in which the…

Sat 14 Mar 2020, 4.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.New Production (Wagner). Award-winning, Sir Bryn Terfel CBE, returns to the Met for the first time since 2012, as the mysterious seafarer searching for salvation in this…

Tues 17 Mar 2020, 7.15pm. Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new production, conducted by Antonio Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann plays the political prisoner Florestan, and Lise Davidsen his wife Leonore (disguised…

Sat 21 Mar, 7.30pm, 2020. The Ultimate Classic Rock Show. Dust off your air guitars for an evening of the very best classic rock anthems from legends past and present! Let them take you on a roller coaster journey of classic…

Sat 11 Apr 2020, 5.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York . Sir David McVicar’s bold staging of Puccini’s operatic thriller returns with star soprano Anna Netrebko as the passionate title diva, opposite Brian Jagde as her…

Tue 21 Apr 2020, 7.00pm. Two opera classics are drawn together in this wonderfully observed re-creation of life in a south Italian village as a travelling theatre visits and emotions erupt. The award-winning production by Damiano Michieletto presents vividly the…

Sat 9 May 2020, 5.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York. Set in 16th Century Britain, Donizetti’s historical drama follows Mary, Queen of Scots and her bitter rivalry with the cousin responsible for imprisoning her, Queen Elizabeth…