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:
Emma Kjellin Senior Individual Giving Manager
emma.kjellin@lso.co.uk | +44 20 7382 2542
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
Half Six Fix: Mahler 4
Sir Simon Rattle and Lucy Crowe
Wednesday 20 May 2026 • 6.30pm
Mahler's transcendent Fourth Symphony is brought to life by Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO, alongside soprano Lucy Crowe.
Limited Tickets
Gerhard, Strauss and Mahler
Sir Simon Rattle and Lucy Crowe
Thursday 21 May 2026 • 7pm
Lucy Crowe joins the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle for Mahler's Symphony No 4, alongside beautiful late works by Richard Strauss.
Limited Tickets
Fidelio Orchestra: Popular Music – Gershwin and Philip Glass
LSO St Luke's Guest Artist
Saturday 23 May 2026 • 7pm
LSO St Luke's Guest Artists Fidelio Orchestra explore the cultural shifts initiated by Beethoven, in a musical journey from traditional heroism to the affirmation of the individual spirit.
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll & Excerpts from Götterdämmerung
Sir Simon Rattle
Sunday 24 May 2026 • 7pm
Sir Simon Rattle conducts four powerful moments from the final chapter of Wagner's epic Ring cycle, alongside his Siegfried Idyll.
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll & Excerpts from Götterdämmerung
Sir Simon Rattle
Thursday 28 May 2026 • 7pm
Sir Simon Rattle conducts four powerful moments from the final chapter of Wagner's epic Ring cycle, alongside his Siegfried Idyll.
Limited Tickets
On Tour in Bristol
Sir Simon Rattle and Lucy Crowe
Friday 29 May 2026 • 7pm
Lucy Crowe joins the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle for Mahler's Symphony No 4, alongside beautiful late songs by Richard Strauss.
