ENO has many strands to our partnership with the city-region of Greater Manchester.
We’ve got major contemporary works, new work development in opera, ENO signature classics, interdisciplinary experimentations, and how ENO will be creating operatic experiences by, with and for communities, and developing the opera-makers of today and tomorrow.
On stage

Benjamin Britten
Albert Herring
13 Oct–22 Oct 2025
Multiple venues
From Boy, to King, to Man.

Mozart
Semi-Staged Concert of Così fan tutte
27-28 Feb 2026
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
ENO presents a new semi-staged concert of Mozart’s Così fan tutte for two special performances at The Bridgewater Hall in February 2026.

Du Yun and Royce Vavrek
Angel's Bone
Performance dates to be announced
Aviva Studios, Manchester
A UK Premiere and brand new for the ENO in Greater Manchester, Angel’s Bone is the Pulitzer prize-winning opera – theatre work…
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Perfect Pitch - where football and opera collide
Perfect Pitch celebrates the unexpected similarities between football and opera.

Tuning into Opera
Exploring what it means to have a national opera company based in Greater Manchester, alongside our partners in the city-region.


ENO’s FREE* music making programme for schools nationwide; bringing a fusion of opera, film and animation into your classroom, as…