OPERA

ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD

Emma Rice (former artistic director at the Globe) directs a new production of Offenbach’s saucy satire of Parisian morals with a cast including Mary Bevan, Ed Lyon and Willard White. Sian Edwards conducts the scintillating score.

London Coliseum WC2

(020 7845 9300), tonight, Fri and in rep until Nov 28

THE SILVER LAKE

Kurt Weill and Georg Kaiser’s sly but cutting satire of interwar Germany, shut down by the Nazis in 1933, is presented in a new English Touring Opera production directed by James Conway. Weill specialist James Holmes conducts a cast led by David Webb.

Hackney Empire E8

(020 8985 2424), tonight, Mon and touring

RIGOLETTO

A new production of Verdi’s tragic drama of the humpbacked jester and the seduction of his innocent daughter, directed by Christiane Lutz, with a cast led by Nikoloz Lagvilava in the title role. Thomas Blunt conducts.

Glyndebourne, near Lewes (01273 815000), Fri and in rep until Nov 2, then touring