Our Opera Appreciation group would be of interest to anyone who enjoys opera.

The group meets once a month and the session lasts as long as the opera screening runs, so may well be over the 2 hours. Printed synopses of each opera will be handed out on the day.

Please find our programme for 2026 below:

Friday 9th January	EL TRAVATORE The Troubadour Metropolitan Opera NY Luciano Pavarotti	Giuseppe Verdi   Sung in Italian	133 minutes
Friday 13th February	THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Royal Opera House	Wolfgang A Mozart   Sung in Italian	202 minutes
Friday 13th March	UN BALLO IN MASCHERA A Masked Ball Metropolitan Opera NY Luciano Pavarotti	Giuseppe Verdi   Sung in French	137 minutes
Friday 10th April	FIDELIO Royal Opera House	Ludwig v Beethoven Sung in German	129 minutes
Friday 8th May	L’ELISIR D’AMORE The Elixir of Love National Opera of Lyon	Gaetano Donizetti	178 minutes
Friday 12th June	COSI FAN TUTTE Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra	Wolfgang A Mozart Sung in Italian	193 minutes
Friday 10th July	NORMA Australian National Opera Joan Sutherland	Vincenzo Bellini   Sung in Italian	151 minutes
Friday 14th August	DON GIOVANNI Opera House Zurich	Wolfgang A Mozart Sung in German	187 minutes
Friday 11th September	MANON LESCAUT Flemish Symphony Orchestra	Giacomo Puccini   Sung in Italian	124 minutes
Friday 9th October	MACBETH Deutsche Opera Berlin	Guiseppe Verdi   Sung in Italian	150 minutes
Friday 13th November	LA GIOCONDA Mona Lisa Vienna State Opera Placido Domingo	Amilcare Ponchielli   Sung in Italian	169 minutes
Friday 11th December	L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI The Italian Girl in Algiers Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart	Gioacchino Rossini   Sung in Italian	111 minutes

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