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Opera
Superstar Lise Davidsen sings the forsaken sweetheart of a talented singer who swops true love for sex, in Wagner's opera
In the Know
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Drama and comedy at the opera, music for children, and Paris in song
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Opera
The ruined life of a hidden Kennedy is vividly and movingly re-created in a powerful and imaginative opera
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Dance
Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate, adapted from Laura Esquivel’s best-selling Mexican family saga for The Royal Ballet, will be shown in cinemas nationwide
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The big sounds of Rachmaninov herald an anniversary year packed with the Russian-born composer's music. Plus, the forgotten Kennedy, and a Wagner fantasy
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Opera
Freddie De Tommaso and Natalya Romaniw bring youth and promise to a fine production of Puccini's opera
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Dance
The Royal Ballet’s glorious production of the Christmas ballet par excellence, The Nutcracker, is now firmly installed on the main stage at Covent Garden
Essential
Opera
Family encounters with the orchestra, contemporary music and seasonal favourites, including Mozart's musical pantomime
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Opera
A new production in the Linbury Theatre of Benjamin Britten's opera is unsparing in its depiction of toxic masculinity
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Opera
A glamorous and witty new production of Handel's opera is a great all-round theatrical experience
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Dance
Dance at its most varied this month
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Dance
Tickets are now on general sale for The Royal Ballet's Winter Season, featuring two 'big beasts' and a few smaller but no less enticing programmes
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An opera based on a timeless movie, a chance for audiences to take charge, and musical answers to winter
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Dance
World Ballet Day returns to our screens, bringing a wealth of behind-the-scenes live footage from a record number of international companies
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Dance
Light of Passage, choreographer Crystal Pite’s reworking of her award-winning piece on the refugee crisis for The Royal Ballet, has had its world premiere at the ROH
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Dance
The Royal Ballet opened its new season with a star-studded near-perfect performance of Kenneth MacMillan’s emotionally devastating Mayerling
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Dance
A promising opening of the 2022-23 season
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Opera
Robert Carsen's prescient new production of Verdi's opera finds parallels in today's headlines
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Marking the arrival of autumn in music, two 50th anniversary concerts, and an exciting conducting debut
Book Now
Opera
Handel, Verdi and Puccini masterpieces are not to be missed, with two new productions and a top-cast revival. Booking opens 10AM, Wed 27 July
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Dance
Ballet Black continues its 20th anniversary celebrations by bringing its double bill Say it Loud to the Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre
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Opera
Passions run high and jealousy proves deadly in this award-winning, heat-soaked double bill
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Opera
A superb performance in the title role is a thrilling addition to a fine production of Puccini's moving opera
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Dance
Young dancers from across the globe join forces in the Next Generation Festival, hosted by the ROH Linbury Theatre to celebrate young talent
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Dance
The Royal Ballet's sumptuous production of the much-loved Swan Lake comes to a cinema near you in a live relay from Covent Garden
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Opera
What's in a name? Everything, when Elsa falls for a mysterious stranger in Wagner's romantic opera. Jennifer Davis reprises a landmark role in this revival of David Alden's production
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Dance
There's light and shade, and old and new in the packed 2022/23 Royal Ballet season, which has just been announced
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Dance
The American choreographer Kyle Abraham talks to Culture Whisper about The Weathering, his first major commission by the Royal Ballet, and his approach to artistic creation
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Opera
The Royal Opera House puts on a series of performances in aid of the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal
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Opera
Deborah Warner directs a new production of Benjamin Britten's opera. A Suffolk village rises up when a lone fisherman loses an apprentice at sea
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Dance
The Royal Opera House joined Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels with Ola Maciejewska’s Bombyx Mori, which had its UK premiere at the Linbury Theatre
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Dance
A bumper month for dance in London