Grimeborn Opera Festival 2026 ~ Dalston, London
Wed 15 July · Highbury
Wednesday, 15 July 2026 · 7:30 pm – Saturday, 5 September 2026 · 9:30 pm
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Grimeborn Opera Festival continues to rip up the rulebook and create something radically new
“ Take any opera-related stereotypes you might have and bin them ”
— Time Out
Returning for its nineteenth year, Grimeborn Opera Festival continues to rip up the rulebook and create something radically new. This season presents powerful new operas exploring the climate crisis, social injustice and women’s perspectives, alongside reimagined classics including Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto . The result is a programme as captivating, provocative and alive as the modern world it reflects. Grimeborn 2026 embraces opera as a living, evolving art form – where daring stories, urgent questions and bold reinventions unfold across intimate stages.
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Programme: After My Breath / Eden 2.0: A Double Bill Composed by Lisa Logan / William Gardner Così fan tutte?! Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Murder Games: A Double Bill Music by Madeleine Dring / Ned Rorem Erwartung / The Murderous Delusions of Gavrilo K: A Double Bill Music by Arnold Schoenberg / Kevin Rodgers Lowest of the Low Music by Tuluğ Tırpan / Based on the book Ganz Unten by Günter Wallraff Dido and Aeneas Music by Henry Purcell Rinaldo Music by George Frideric Handel Bitter Visions: By Order of Hildegard By Hildegard von Bingen and Florence Carruthers Andrews The Magic Flute By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Giulio Cesare in Egitto Music by George Frideric Handel
Classical Music Event Listings
Jul 15
15 July 2026 – 5 September 2026
Grimeborn Opera Festival 2026 ~ Dalston, London
15 July 2026 – 5 September 2026
Powerful new operas exploring the climate crisis, social injustice and women’s perspectives, sit alongside reimagined classics.
15 July 2026 – 5 September 2026
Jul 25
25 July 2026 – 12 September 2026
Tao of Glass ~ Charing Cross, London
25 July 2026 – 12 September 2026
An exploration of life, loss and a single question: where does true inspiration come from?
25 July 2026 – 12 September 2026
Jul 31
31 July 2026
From Bach to Dante’s Hell ~ Angel, London
31 July 2026
Continuing the festival’s literature inspired theme, for this evening we have a cello recital that includes Sollima’s Hell , inspired by Dante.
31 July 2026