Opera Giving Circle
Support our commitment to creating high-calibre operatic performances.
The Opera Giving Circle is a group of opera lovers committed to enabling a new phase of operatic and artistic excellence, supporting our ambitions to realise performances of profound operatic works with some of the world’s most distinguished soloists.
Since 2019 we have regularly partnered with world-class singers to create ground-breaking, semi-staged and concert performances of classic operas. Our performances of opera in the concert hall offer audiences an unparalleled intimacy with the singers and musicians, laying bare the drama of extraordinary works such as Janáček’s Jenůfa (January 2024).
Join the Opera Giving Circle to make possible ambitious future productions of the highest quality. Supporters enjoy a range of special benefits bringing them closer to the performance.
When we first started playing these operas together, I realised that this is music that suits the LSO so perfectly, with their virtuosity, passion, and their sense of humour and refinement. There is something very powerful about having the Orchestra right there, because so often the Orchestra is saying what the singers are just unable to say – and in a concert performance we have this in close-up.
Sir Simon Rattle on Janáček’s operas
Get In Touch
To find out more about joining the LSO Opera Giving Circle, please contact:
Madalene Smith Philanthropy Manager
madalene.smith@lso.co.uk | +44 20 7382 2552
If you wish to make a contribution towards our opera productions, but you do not wish to receive benefits or attend events, you can make a donation-only gift to the LSO. Please contact us for more information.
Future Opera Performances
On Tour at the MITO SettembreMusica, Milan
Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho
Thursday 4 September 2025 • 8pm
Music by Bernstein, Prokofiev and Copland on tour in Milan, with Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho.
On Tour at the MITO SettembreMusica, Turin
Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho
Friday 5 September 2025 • 8pm
Music by Rossini, Chopin and Shostakovich on tour in Turin, with Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho.
On Tour at the Stresa Festival
Sir Antonio Pappano and Mario Brunello
Saturday 6 September 2025 • 8pm
Music by Shostakovich, Schumann and Beethoven on tour in Stresa, with Sir Antonio Pappano and Mario Brunello.
On Tour in Verona
Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho
Sunday 7 September 2025 • 8.30pm
Music by Shostakovich, Chopin and Beethoven on tour in Verona, with Sir Antonio Pappano and Seong-Jin Cho.
BMW Classics 2025
Stream on YouTube
Sunday 15 June 2025 • 5pm BST
The LSO and Sir Antonio Pappano give a free open-air concert in Trafalgar Square, with music by Rossini, Puccini and Verdi, plus a world premiere by Isabella Gellis.
Season Opening: Bernstein and Copland
Sir Antonio Pappano
Sunday 14 September 2025 • 7pm
Dramatic, emotionally intense American symphonies, to start the 2025/26 season: Bernstein's 'Kaddish' and Copland's Symphony No 3, with Chief Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano on the podium.
Limited Tickets
