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    Things to do 

    What we’re most looking forward to post lockdown

    The CW team on the best things to do in London after lockdown

    We Culture Whisper editors get to enjoy the best of London life in normal times. Here’s where we’re most looking forward to going after lockdown

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    Things to do 

    Culture to book now and enjoy later

    Cultural highlights to book now: London things to do, spring/summer 2021

    As the capital reawakens, we round up the brand new plays, exhibitions, concerts, dance shows and festivals to book now (or soon!) and enjoy later

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  • Preview

    Opera 

    Book Now for ROH Autumn

    Royal Opera House Autumn Highlights

    A mouth-watering selection of ballet and opera for autumn at the Royal Opera House

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    A Pavarotti biopic is on the way

    Pavarotti: Ron Howard's biopic of the tenor superstar

    15 Jul 19 – 15 Jul 20

    The larger-than-life character of Luciano Pavarotti came to define and transcend his operatic world. Director Ron Howard is bringing his story to the screen

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  • Preview

    Opera 

    Stockhausen's vast Donnerstag aus Licht

    Stockhausen's Donnerstag aus Licht, Royal Festival Hall

    21 May 19 – 22 May 19

    Karlheinz Stockhausen's Donnerstag aus Licht (Thursday from Light) is a must for devotees of either electronic avant-garde or mammoth opera

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  • Book Now

    Opera 

    Handel's Messiah is coming to an intimate, relaxed venue

    Handel's Messiah (Part 1), The Little Orchestra

    06 Dec 18 – 08 Dec 18

    The Little Orchestra is celebrating classic music and bringing back 'the relaxed, social context that used to belong to music historically'. Next up, Handel's Messiah

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  • Book Now

    Opera 

    The majestic China National Peking Opera Company returns to London

    China National Peking Opera Company, Sadler's Wells

    19 Oct 18 – 20 Oct 18

    The China National Peking Opera Company returns to Sadler's Wells with two new productions

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  • Essential

    Opera 

    Royal Opera House Autumn Opera and Ballet

    Royal Opera House Autumn Opera and Ballet

    Exciting new productions and some old stalwarts make up a varied Autumn of opera and dance at the Royal Opera House. Here are the highlights in chronological order

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Roderick Williams: 'Opera is for everyone'

    Roderick Williams interview: 'Opera is for everyone – we all love stories'

    From Ed Sheeran to Hamilton, and from Monteverdi to Mozart and Tchaikovsky, singer and composer Roderick Williams draws no boundaries in music

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  • Book Now

    Opera 

    Royal Opera House Spring Season Booking Guide

    Booking opens at the Royal Opera House

    Everything you need to know about booking the Royal Opera House spring 2018 season: from operas to ballets

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  • We love

    Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    See opera as never before

    Opera: Passion, Power and Politics ★★★★★

    30 Sep 17 – 25 Feb 18

    400 years, 7 operas, and a display spanning geography, history and art: the V&A and Royal Opera House collaborate to stage the first blockbuster exhibition on opera

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  • We love

    Opera 

    Monteverdi's The Return of Ulysses review , Roundhouse

    Monteverdi's The Return of Ulysses review ★★★★★, Roundhouse

    10 Jan 18 – 19 Jan 18

    In a triumphant Royal Opera production of Monteverdi's setting of the Odyssey, an exhausted traveller's marriage is put to the test

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  • We love

    Classical Music 

    Coraline, Barbican Theatre

    Coraline, Barbican Theatre

    28 Mar 18 – 02 Apr 18

    Coraline transformed: follow the blue-haired heroine from book to film to opera-house this March in a magical musical adaptation at the Barbican Theatre

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  • Essential

    Classical Music 

    Soprano Louise Alder interview: 'It starts with nursery rhymes'

    Louise Alder interview: the audience favourite who wows the critics too

    It starts with nursery rhymes, says the soprano in demand all over the world after picking up award after award. Happily, there are London area performances in store...

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Covent Garden revives its powerful production of Strauss's Salome

    Richard Strauss's Salome, Royal Opera House

    08 Jan 18 – 30 Jan 18

    It caused a sensation when it opened in 1905, and Richard Strauss's drama Salome can still shock today with its ruthless passions

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  • In the Know

    Classical Music 

    The Hong Kong Music Series

    The Hong Kong Music Series

    07 Jul 17 – 28 Jul 17

    Seventy talented musicians flood to London from abroad – the Hong Kong Music Series promises a jam-packed musical itinerary this month

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    The Oscars of opera feature world-class stars of today and tomorrow

    International Opera Awards 2017, Coliseum

    On 07 May 17

    London opera houses and singers take on the world at the Oscars of opera

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    An exciting new home puts a country house opera season within easy reach of London

    Grange Park Opera 2017

    A short hop from Waterloo is the new home of an established opera company with an ambitious season in its sights

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  • Features

     

    Royal Opera House new season booking guide

    Royal Opera House new season booking guide

    Everything you need to know about the Royal Opera House Spring 2017 season operas and ballets

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  • Things To Do

     

    Classical Music and Opera Christmas 2016

    Classical music for Christmas: concerts to book ahead

    The festive season is upon us, and we know pantomimes aren't for everyone. So from opera and carols to midnight mass, here's how to celebrate in song this winter

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  • In The Know

     

    A year-by-year retracing by Classical Opera of Mozart's life as a composer

    Mozart 250: 27 years of live music

    Operas, symphonies, concertos .... music poured out of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and it's all being celebrated in London

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Bellini's powerful and dramatic opera is tested in the fire

    Norma review ★★★★★, Royal Opera House

    12 Sep 16 – 08 Oct 16

    A bright star at Covent Garden eclipses the shortcomings of a new production – and the ROH has opera director

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  • Must See

     

    Autumn Classical and Opera Highlights

    Autumn Classical and Opera Highlights

    From traditional classics at the Royal Opera House to innovative new commissions, the opera and classical concerts coming up this season in London

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Tchaikovsky's tale of compulsion unfolds dramatically at dusk

    The Queen of Spades review, Opera Holland Park ★★★★★

    02 Aug 16 – 13 Aug 16

    Addicted to gambling and to love, Pushkin's tragic antihero risks all, in a brilliantly staged production of Tchaikovsky's opera

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Virtue is rewarded in Rossini's comic opera

    La Cenerentola review, Opera Holland Park 2016 ★★★★★

    14 Jul 16 – 30 Jul 16

    It's sparkling music rather than magic with mice that does the trick in Rossini's Cinderella opera

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  • Book Now

    Classical Music 

    A new opera marks the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London

    And London Burned, Temple Church

    27 Oct 16 – 29 Oct 16

    The Great Fire of London is remembered in an opera inspired by the small blaze in September 1666 that went on to change the face of the capital for ever

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Superb casting and genuine drama: Eugene Onegin review

    Eugene Onegin, Garsington Opera review ★★★★★

    03 Jun 16 – 07 Jul 16

    Garsington Opera opens with a thrilling and full-blooded production of Eugene Onegin that gets to the heart of its conflicting and conflicted characters

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  • In The Know

     

    See and hear the opera stars of tomorrow on the small stage

    Rosenblatt Recitals 2016/17

    London's only international opera recital series unveils the hottest names in singing from around the world

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    Things to do 

    Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2017

    Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2017

    Glyndebourne unveils its productions for 2017, including a new opera by Brett Dean, a neglected work by Cavalli, plus Mozart, Verdi and much more

    Read more
  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    I Capuleti e I Montecchi,  ​

    Pop-Up Opera, I Capuleti e I Montecchi

    29 Mar 16 – 07 May 16

    Bellini's novel take on the famous Romeo and Juliet story: a highly accessible and enjoyable opera for those in the know

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  • Essential

    Opera 

    Il barbiere di Siviglia, Glyndebourne Opera Festival 2016

    Il barbiere di Siviglia, Glyndebourne Opera Festival 2016

    22 May 16 – 17 Jun 16

    Figaro, the resourceful barber and fixer, makes things go his way in Rossini's sparkling comedy

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  • Essential

    Opera 

    Le Nozze di Figaro, Glyndebourne Opera Festival 2016

    Le Nozze di Figaro, Glyndebourne Opera Festival 2016

    03 Jul 16 – 24 Aug 16

    Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart's most dazzling opera returns in the guise of a lavish 1970s house party at Glyndebourne Opera Festival

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