A new production of Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia on June 8 and 11, the first here for 30 years, marks the 25th anniversary of the composer's death. www.aldeburgh.co.uk

The hot ticket at this year's festival is director Deborah Warner's powerful modern-day take on Beethoven's Fidelio. Peter Hall does double duty with a revival of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream and a new production of Verdi's Otello. Glyndebourne, England; through Aug. 26 www.glyndebourne.com

Over the years, music lovers who have trekked to a small Welsh village have seen the British debuts of such opera greats as Pavarotti and Domingo. This year's lineup includes soprano Angela Gheorghiu on July 8. Llangollen, Wales. www.international-eisteddfod.co.uk

This summer's productions include the world premiere of a choral work by Patrick Gowers, as well as Elgar's The Apostles and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Aug. 18-25. Gloucester, England. www.3choirs.org



The Aussie rockers' eight-country stadium tour starts in the U.K. on June 8, where they'll be backed by Offspring and Megadeth. Rest of tour continues throughout Europe through June 24.
The former boy toy is now 42 and the mother of two. But Mrs. Guy Ritchie is still the hottest pop act around, which is why tickets to her July 4 concert at London's Earl Court (the expected highlight of a European tour kicking off in Barcelona on June 9) are going for up to $700 on Ebay.
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It's a homecoming party on July 7 for Oxford's Radiohead and Supergrass. Oxford, England. www.radiohead.com

NME calls the two-city line-up "an embarrassment of riches." After three days (Aug. 24-26), concertgoers will have heard acts including Eminem, Travis and Marilyn Manson. Reading and Leeds, England. www.meanfiddler.com/readingfestival



Working with a mostly Russian cast, Cheek by Jowl company director Declan Donnellan scores a triumph with his revelatory production of this 1831 Alexander Pushkin play. On tour in Europe, with stops including London from June 12 to 16 and the Avignon Festival from July 11 to 18.

Productions include a modern-dress staging of Hamlet, along with Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore and William Wycherley's Restoration comedy, Love in a Wood. Stratford-upon-Avon, England; through Oct. 13; www.rsc.org.uk

Shakespeare had the Globe. Alan Ayckbourn has the Stephen Joseph, which will stage his two new plays, the 58th and 59th of his career, Game Plan and Flat Spin, throughout the summer. Scarborough, England. www.sjt.uk.com

This highly acclaimed Japanese theater company, starring the legendary Nakamura Ganjiro III, wraps up a brief tour of the West with four performances in the greater Manchester area. The Lowry, Salford Quays, England;
The American playwright Sam Shepard receives his third Donmar Warehouse production, this time with a revival of his 1985 play staged by Chicago director Wilson Milam. London. June 28-Sept. 1. www.donmar-warehouse.com

Last chance to catch Joe Orton's Loot is June 23. Feydeau's entertaining farce, The Fall Guy, runs June 27-Aug. 11. Manchester, England. www.royalexchange.co.uk

Harold Pinter, who turns 70 in October, returns to the stage — this time as an actor — in Dublin's Gate Theatre production of his 1984 play. New Ambassadors Theatre, London; July 3-7.
Revivals of plays by Tom Stoppard (On the Razzle), David Storey (In Celebration) and David Hare (The Secret Rapture) run throughout the summer, but a highlight of this year's festival should be Brian Friel's translation of Chekhov's Three Sisters, starring Janie Dee, opening on Aug. 25. www.cft.org.uk

Julie Taymor (The Lion King) creates the life-size puppetry, masks, costumes and movement for this American Repertory Theatre production based on the legend of the King of Serendippo and his search for a wife. Directed by Andrei Serban. Barbican Centre, London; Aug. 15-Sept. 2. www.barbican.org.uk

The first major revival of this 1939 play (with a score by Benjamin Britten and starring Patrick Stewart) kicks off a season devoted to the work of writer J.B. Priestley. West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, England; Aug. 29-Sept. 29. www.wyp.co.uk

Last summer's unlikely theater hit was Further Than the Furthest Thing by then-unknown Zinnie Harris, so it's hard to predict what will emerge from Edinburgh as this year's hot ticket. But the world theater premiere on Aug. 30 of John Cage's radio play Marcel Duchamp, James Joyce, Erik Satie: An Alphabet is promising. Also on tap: Tom Murphy's Too Late for Logic, which opens on Aug. 13, and Luc Bondy's production of The Seagull, coming to Edinburgh on Aug. 29. www.eif.co.uk



"Rembrandt's Women" (June 8-Sept. 2, then to London's Royal Academy, Sept. 22-Dec. 16). Mother, wife and mistress in the 17th century Dutch painter's art. Edinburgh. www.natgalscot.ac.uk

"Taking Positions: Figurative Sculpture and the Third Reich" (to Aug. 26). The human form by sculptors who flourished in Hitler's Germany and lesser-known creators isolated from the regime. Leeds, England. Free. www.leeds.gov.uk

"Vermeer and the Delft School" (June 20-Sept. 16). Johannes Vermeer and Pieter de Hooch helped make the Dutch town of Delft an artistic center in the late 1640s. London. Free. www.nationalgallery.org.uk



Britain's oldest dance ensemble celebrates its 75th anniversary with a two-week program (June 12-23) that includes newly commissioned works by Richard Alston and acclaimed young choreographer Wayne McGregor. Artistic director Christopher Bruce joins the party with Rooster, a collection of '60s dances set to classic Rolling Stones tunes. Sadler's Wells, London. www.sadlers wells.com

With the help of choreographer David Bintley, the Birmingham Royal Ballet dances through the legendary tale of Good versus Evil. The first part of this two-act dramatization of the story of King Arthur can be seen at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth, England. (June 6-9). Dates for Act II are yet to be announced. www.brb.org.uk

The ballet comes to the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden (Aug. 13-18) bringing with it two productions by celebrated choreographer Mark Morris: Sandpaper Ballet and his new A Garden. Those with more surreal tastes can enjoy Magrittomania, Yuri Possokhov's dance interpretation of works by 20th century artist René Magritte. London. www.roh.org.uk

This year, the N.Y.C.B. celebrates the future at the Edinburgh International Festival (Aug. 12-Sept. 1) with a showcase of new works by choreographers such as William Forsythe, Angelin Preljocaj and Christopher Wheeldon. This is the first time so many of these performances will be seen together outside New York. After Edinburgh the N.Y.C.B. will go to Parma to perform works set to Verdi's music for the Teatro Regio di Parma centennial festival. Edinburgh, Scotland. www.eif.co.uk