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Everything you need to know about booking the Royal Opera House spring 2018 season: from operas to ballets
The Royal Ballet, Obsidian Tear Triple Bill
The works in this triple bill bring together the diverse talents of three of Britain’s best loved choreographers, all of them Royal Ballet Resident Choreographers at one time or another. With performances of the the romantic Marguerite et Armand, primal Obsidian Tear, and light-hearted Elite Syncopations, this is one dance showcase you won't want to miss.
Read more ...Janáček's From The House of the Dead, Royal Opera House
From the House of the Dead is the Czech composer Janáček’s final work and, many believe, his most powerful. Based on Dostoyevsky’s semi-autobiographical novel describing life in a Siberian gulag, Janáček examines compassion born out of shared difficulties in this impactful opera.
Read more ...Verdi's Macbeth, Royal Opera House
Verdi is recognised for translating Shakespeare's original plays into operatic compositions. Verdi considered Macbeth to be ‘one of the greatest creations of man’. The opera he created in response both stands alone and pays homage to the Bard's great tragedy. The production is set to return to Covent Garden on 25 March 2018.
Read more ...The Royal Ballet, Manon
Set in a Paris where squalor and wealth perpetually jostle against each other, the tragic story of Manon follows a pretty young woman who desires romantic love but is corrupted by sex and money. With not a swan, fairy or princess in sight, Manon is a gritty blockbuster of a ballet that tells a sordid story which questions notions of morality and femininity.
Read more ...Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Royal Opera House
Soviet-era opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, returns to its origins as it returns to the Royal Opera House. The story follows a bored and frustrated housewife, Katerina, who takes a lover, Sergey. When Katerina’s father-in-law discovers them, Katerina poisons him, and so sets out on a ruthless and murderous path in this opera about frustration and infidelity
Read more ...The Royal Ballet Insights, Royal Opera House
Every season, the Royal Ballet's Insights programme gives outsiders the opportunity to take an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at particular ballets and individual artists.
Read more ...4:48 Psychosis, Royal Opera at Lyric Hammersmith
4:48 Psychosis was written by Sarah Kane shortly before her tragic suicide in 1999. Inspired by the unique perspectives of the playwright, composer Phillip Venables penned an operatic interpretation for the Royal Opera at Lyric Hammersmith. Returning after two years, during which time it picked up a host of awards and nominations, 4:48 Psychosis creates an abstract world of words.
Read more ...Lessons in Love and Violence, Royal Opera House
One of the most highly anticipated opera events of 2018, the world premiere of Lessons in Love and Violence, will take to the Royal Opera House stage. The opera tells the story of a king who is torn between his duty to his country, and his roles as husband and father.
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