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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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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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Opera
Nothing is as it seems in a many-layered reading of Mozart's comedy of romantic swapsies
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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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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
A thrilling and terrifying card game has deadly consequences in Tchaikovsky's great opera
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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.
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Barrie Kosky is one of the most exciting directors, and Carmen one of the best works in the repertoire. Theirs is a marriage made in heaven, if you love vaudeville
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Tried and Tested
Opera
The welcome return to Covent Garden of a moving Verdi grand opera staged in the grandest style, wonderfully sung
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Preview
Opera
The Royal Opera House Cinema Festival presents films of some of its most memorable ballet and opera performances in the newly refurbished Linbury Theatre
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In the Know
Opera
Drop into Covent Garden for a daytime musical refreshment from the best of the Royal Opera House's rising singers and instrumentalists
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Best of
Enjoy skating moves and fantastical drama from the dancers, and the music of Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Janáček from the singers
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In The Know
Immersive
The Royal Opera House opens the doors to its transformed Covent Garden home, and to mark the occasion re-joins Open House London Weekend (21-23 Sep)
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Opera
The world-class tenor on music-induced injuries, the good life in London, and unwinding at 200mph
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Essential
Opera
The most popular of Wagner's four Ring cycle operas is staged at Covent Garden, and screened across the capital
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Essential
Opera
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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Best of
After a somnolent summer, the autumn sees London dance come alive with a myriad of unmissable events. Here are some of the highlights
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Last Chance
Classical Music
Thrilling world premiere after 180 years of a tragic opera by Donizetti
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In the Know
Classical Music
The international opera star talks about singing in secret, her breakthrough as an understudy, and a world premiere, 180 years on
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Opera
An immersive opera inspired by ancient cave paintings, and set in a dystopian future
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Immersive
A leading composer of her generation, Tansy Davies ranks a healthy lifestyle with harmonic skills in her working life
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Opera
Maverick director Richard Jones salutes tradition in a spirited and moving reading of Puccini's heart-breaker
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Tried and Tested
Opera
George Benjamin's latest opera, Lessons in Love and Violence, has had its triumphant premiere at the Royal Opera House
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Tried and Tested
Opera
The scheming wife becomes a central character in her own right in Shostakovich's opera about frustration and infidelity
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In the Know
Opera
Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and more ... Top singers head for London for a rollcall of outstanding productions
