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Preview
Dance
The Royal Ballet joins worldwide commemorations of the Merce Cunningham centennial with an exciting triple bill at the Linbury Theatre this autumn
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In the Know
Opera
Hilarious opera set backstage at the rehearsals for – an opera. A welcome revival of Gerald Barry's comedy
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Essential
Opera
Barrie Kosky's staging of Handel's opera is sure to be a hit, with Joyce DiDonato in the power-mad title role and an all-star cast
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We love
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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In the Know
Opera
Massenet's romantic story of the doomed love of a passionate poet for a virtuous woman returns to Covent Garden in a visually arresting production
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Preview
Dance
MacMillan's Manon, a powerful tale of love, lust and tragedy, opens The Royal Ballet's 2019/20 season at Covent Garden
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Opera
Donizetti's comedy returns to Covent Garden in a production packed with visual humour as well as musical hi-jinks, and with a great comedic guest star
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In the Know
Opera
Women conductors make waves, the classics are refreshed by our leading orchestras, and opera goes from strength to strength
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We love
Opera
Mozart's comic opera returns to Covent Garden in the David McVicar production that has become a modern classic. The starry cast is led by Christian Gerhaher and Simon Keenlyside
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Opera
Power, overweening ambition and the inevitable fall are at the heart of Mussorgsky's epic opera, returning to Covent Garden with Bryn Terfel in the title role
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Essential
Opera
Bass-baritone Bryn Terfel on villains and buffoons, an impending marriage, and hanging up his Hans Sachs boots
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Opera
Packed with soaring music and with a devastating ending, Puccini's opera is a profoundly moving celebration of art, music and courageous love
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Tenor superstar Roberto Alagna returns to Covent Garden to lead an outstanding cast in the title role of an heroic opera
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Tried and Tested
Opera
The hottest ticket in opera: an all-star cast in the London debut of a tried and tested production of Britten's searing opera, directed by Deborah Warner
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In the Know
Opera
Two stories from South African history. An orphaned boy makes his own way in a tough world, and a First World War disaster is turned into one last dance
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Opera
The lavish and spectacular return of Gounod's operatic take on a classic story in which a man sells his soul to the devil
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Essential
Best of
The dazzling Firebird, resourceful Figaro and memories of Fonteyn head up two months of top performances. Booking opens 9AM, Wed 3 April
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We love
Opera
The triumphant return of a Handel opera to Covent Garden, after 280 years, is a tremendous curtain-raiser for the London Handel Festival
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Preview
Dance
The Bolshoi Ballet returns to Covent Garden, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, for an exciting three-week summer season showcasing four spectacular tried and tested ballets
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Preview
Opera
Jonas Kaufmann returns to Covent Garden as a young woman's lover at war with her vengeful brother
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In the Know
Talks
Peek behind the scenes at Covent Garden by meeting the women who turn artistic visions into reality
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We love
Opera
Nothing is as it seems in a many-layered reading of Mozart's comedy of romantic swapsies
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Book Now
Opera
An abandoned child searches for love against all odds – and the gods – in a spectacular new opera aimed at the whole family
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Tried and Tested
Dance
A crowd-pleaser, if ever there was one, The Royal Ballet’s sunny, funny production of Don Quixote is wowing audiences at the Royal Opera House
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Preview
Opera
Some of the Royal Opera House’s top ballet and opera productions will be available for on-demand streaming for the first time through the digital streaming service Marquee.TV
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Tried and Tested
Opera
A young woman is trapped in a hopeless marriage, but her husband's departure opens up new possibilities .... A star team stages a new production of Janáček's opera
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In the Know
Opera
The conductor on working in a foreign language, the Royal Opera family, and getting children into classical music
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Ermonela Jaho takes Covent Garden by storm as Verdi's many-layered Violetta
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Tried and Tested
Opera
A thrilling and terrifying card game has deadly consequences in Tchaikovsky's great opera
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Book Now
Opera
Storybook characters come to life in a production that has jokes for adults too
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In the Know
Opera
The director and conductor of the Royal Opera House's spectacular new production opens the door to the gingerbread house
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Tried and Tested
Dance
It’s official! Christmas started on Monday, 3 December, with the first performance of the Royal Ballet’s magical The Nutcracker at Covent Garden relayed to almost 1,000 cinemas in 50 countries.
