The Big Opera Mystery

Family show

25 October – 22 November 2025

Family opera

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A family-friendly show for children aged 5–12 years old.

An expert thief is on the loose, and only you can catch them! Bring your thinking-caps, your magnifying glasses and all your crime-solving skills: this is a mystery like no other, where the suspects are some of the greatest opera characters of all time – and the detective is YOU!

From the team behind 2024’s hit family show The Big Opera Adventure comes a brand new musical extravaganza. Featuring live music from the Orchestra of Opera North, this is the perfect first encounter with opera for the whole family.

 

“My 6-year-old granddaughter adored The Big Opera Adventure. She made several drawings about the performance and told everyone she met about it!”

“A great introduction to opera. It was wonderful to see my 8-year-old son fully immersed in it all.”

– Audience members on The Big Opera Adventure

 

A full list of music performed during the show, and solutions to puzzles can be found here:

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Price

£16 for adults, £10 for children (+£2.25 booking fee)

Start time
12pm

Duration
Approximately one hour, plus calls & pre-show speech

Language
Sung in English

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Activities to do from home

Introduce young ones to the world of music at home with these easy-to-follow activities.

Sounds Around the Home: The Kitchen
A young blonde boy does arts and crafts with other children

Sounds Around the Home: The Kitchen

Can you be a sound detective? Investigate the sounds of your kitchen.

Sounds Around the Home: The Living Room
Little girl playing at an Opera North event

Sounds Around the Home: The Living Room

Uncover the sound secrets of your living room.

Explore the Natural World
Three children, one boy and two girls, playing in nature.

Explore the Natural World

Sounds of nature have inspired many great composers and pieces.

Meet the Orchestra
Members of the Opera North Children's Chorus singing in a group together

Meet the Orchestra

Learn more about the many different musical instruments that make up an orchestra.

Cast & creative

A woman with long wavy hair.
Julia Mariko

Soprano

A man with short hair and a beard.
Trystan Llŷr Griffiths

Tenor

A portrait of Lauren Young smiling
Lauren Young

Mezzo

A man with a shirt beard and slicked back hair in a shirt.
Frazer Scott

Bass

The Opera North Orchestra playing their instruments at a performance
Orchestra of Opera North
A man with wavy hair.
Jack Ridley

Conductor

A man with short dark hair and a neat beard.
Jonathan Ainscough

Director

A portrait of Bek Palmer
Bek Palmer

Designer

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