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Opera
New productions of Handel, Mozart and Poulenc, plus revivals of Donizetti, Stravinsky and Britten in a star-studded summer season
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London premieres, much-loved classics and a host of big-name performers in the world's largest music festival. Booking opens 9AM, Sat 21 May
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Dance
The exciting American choreographer Kyle Abraham brings his own company A.I.M by Kyle Abraham to Sadler's Wells with Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth
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Opera
Monteverdi, Mozart, Dvorák, Britten and Roxanna Panufnik are this year's composers, with singers including Natalya Romaniw and Ed Lyon
Tried and Tested
Opera
A joyful switchback ride through a great Mozart opera is a visual as well as a vocal treat
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Opera
Puccini, Handel, Poulenc, Mozart, Donizetti and a Cornish-set opera by a 20th-century pioneering British woman composer
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Opera
World and European premieres, classics revisited, orchestral music for children, and operas from three centuries by Handel, Verdi and Janáček
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Opera
A vivacious new cast brings Italian brio to Mozart's comic masterpiece, in David McVicar's production, a modern classic
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The clarinet and trumpet show off their appeal, one Handel opera is staged after 270 years while another is given in concert, and two great American conductors breeze into town
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Booking opens 16 Nov for two three-act ballets, a new family opera, plus Mozart, Handel and Puccini
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Opera
A new work by Isobel Waller-Bridge, London's newest orchestra plays Mozart, comedy with Cal McCrystal, and masterpieces for the stage by Verdi, Wagner
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Opera
Classic production by David McVicar of Mozart's last opera returns to Covent Garden with a new cast and a star turn
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Opera
More tickets are released as Verdi, Mozart and Wagner welcome back full audiences for the summer festival
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Opera
Mozart's comic opera opens a new summer season at the capital's own country house opera
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Opera
Mozart's late opera re-opens Covent Garden to in-person audiences, with outstanding singing overcoming an ugly production
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Opera
ENO is back with a big new season. Booking opens Wed 2 June for all seven productions from October to April. Why not go once a month?
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Opera
The versatile baritone on lockdown gardening, Brexit fears, and breaking through with 'My Way'
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Opera
Go backstage at the Royal Opera House and meet the people that make opera happen, from the costume makers, stage hands and lighting designers to the singers and players
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Opera
A powerful man who uses his status to seduce women looks as topical as ever, but he has met his match in Donna Anna
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Opera
The Royal Opera House reveals nine months of music, including five new productions, nine revivals, and discoveries in the Linbury Theatre
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Classical Music
On the walls, Canaletto and Fragonard. In the air, the music of Mozart and Vivaldi, as the gallery and ensemble conjure up the sights and sounds of four centuries
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Opera
Good news at last: the Royal Opera House will open its doors on 17 May for a new season of live ballet and opera
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Opera
A new-look theatre welcomes audiences safely for Mozart, Verdi, Janacek and romantic Mascagni
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Opera
Classic productions with the world's finest singers, a new title streamed every 24 hours and joining a growing library of fine music
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Celebrate the musical giants who transformed British music-making with 10 of our favourite musical influencers
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Opera
Covent Garden lets its hair down with a pyjama party and hands music-lovers a musical gift
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Opera
A full-throttle production of Mozart's sexy opera fields an all-star cast, led by Uruguayan baritone Erwin Schrott in the title role
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Opera
A moving performance of a beautiful and thoughtful work by top soloists with the orchestra and chorus of English National Opera
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Opera
The soprano who has reached new heights talks about singing during lockdown, a commemorative performance, and improvising on stage
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Classical Music
Five evenings for a live audience with top artists in a historic venue, specially lit for the occasion
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Classical Music
Relax or roam in inspiring surroundings to music by Mozart, Haydn, and their successors
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Opera
From 10 October, live performance goes back indoors at the Sussex opera house, with a comic opera, a short-form Magic Flute, and Christmas concerts