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    Opera cinema screenings: London dates

    Opera cinema screenings: London showcases international casts

    Modern masterpieces take their place alongside much-loved classics in stupendous screenings from London's and New York's top houses, with stars from all over the world.

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Best Classical Music and Opera 2019

    Best Classical Music and Opera 2019

    English National Opera got back on its feet, the Proms went from strength to strength, and the Royal Opera House season grew and grew

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  • Postponed

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    Opera 

    La Traviata, Royal Opera House review

    La Traviata, Royal Opera House review ★★★★★

    17 Dec 19 – 23 Mar 20

    Celebrating 25 years at Covent Garden, a classic production of Verdi's tragic opera returns

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Otello, Royal Opera House review

    Otello, Royal Opera House review ★★★★★

    09 Dec 19 – 22 Dec 19

    Heavy-weight production by Keith Warner of Verdi's tragedy based on Shakespeare, with Gregory Kunde in the title role and Ermonela Jaho as Desdemona

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  • Book Now

    Opera 

    The Lost Thing, Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre review

    The Lost Thing, Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre review ★★★★★

    07 Dec 19 – 04 Jan 20

    Covent Garden's Christmas show is based on Shaun Tan's enchanting book about a boy who finds a curio on the beach

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  • Book Now

    Opera 

     Hibla Gerzmava recital, Cadogan Hall

    Hibla Gerzmava recital, Cadogan Hall

    On 13 Feb 20

    The international soprano sings music from her native Russia and from the great Italian operatic repertoire in a rare solo recital in the capital

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    Sleeping Beauties at the Linbury

    Les Beaux Dormants Review ★★★★★

    21 Nov 19 – 24 Nov 19

    A dozen sleeping beauties take to the stage at the Linbury Theatre in Les Beaux Dormants, a multigenerational dance piece inspired by the classic ballet The Sleeping Beauty

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  • Book Now

    Opera 

    Death in Venice, Royal Opera House review

    Death in Venice, Royal Opera House review ★★★★★

    21 Nov 19 – 06 Dec 19

    Ravishingly beautiful new production by David McVicar of Benjamin Britten's opera about a dying man's infatuation boasts a matchless cast

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Benjamin Hulett interview: 'We're good at training opera singers'

    Benjamin Hulett interview: 'We're good at training opera singers'

    The Royal Opera House tenor talks to Stephen Pritchard about the Messiah season, perpetual youth and getting lost backstage at Covent Garden

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  • In the Know

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    Gerald Finley interview: 'Everyone wants the high-wire act'

    Gerald Finley interview: 'Everyone wants the high-wire act'

    The bass-baritone on playing seven roles at once, music for youngsters and climbing Kilimanjaro

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    The Magic Flute, Royal Opera House review

    The Magic Flute, Royal Opera House review ★★★★★

    01 Nov 19 – 27 Nov 19

    Classic production by David McVicar of Mozart's last opera returns to Covent Garden with a new cast

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Don Pasquale, Royal Opera House review

    Don Pasquale, Royal Opera House review ★★★★★

    14 Oct 19 – 02 Nov 19

    Bryn Terfel makes a big-hearted role debut at Covent Garden in the comic opera by Donizetti in an otherwise disappointing production

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

     Damiano Michieletto: 'Arts make us more sensitive’

    Damiano Michieletto interview: 'The arts make us more sensitive’

    The Italian director on discovering opera, slipping on banana skins and introducing children to the best

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    The Royal Ballet celebrates Merce Cunningham

    The Royal Ballet, Cross Currents Triple Bill review ★★★★★

    10 Oct 19 – 11 Oct 19

    The Royal Ballet joins the commemorations of Merce Cunningham’s centenary with the fascinating Cross Currents triple bill at the Linbury Theatre

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    Best of 

     Best Covent Garden Opera and Dance this winter

    Best Covent Garden Opera and Dance this winter

    Traditional and innovative ballet alternates with Verdi, Beethoven and a new family opera

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    The Royal Ballet dances MacMillan's Manon

    The Royal Ballet, Manon review ★★★★★

    02 Oct 19 – 06 Nov 19

    Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon, an engrossing tale of love, greed and tragedy, is as fresh and cogent as ever, and a powerful opener to The Royal Ballet’s new season

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  • We love

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    Agrippina, Royal Opera House review

    Agrippina, Royal Opera House review ★★★★★

    23 Sep 19 – 11 Oct 19

    Joyce DiDonato leads an all-star cast in Barrie Kosky's thrilling production of Handel's opera of ambition and revenge

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    The Intelligence Park, Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre review

    The Intelligence Park, Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre review ★★★★★

    25 Sep 19 – 04 Oct 19

    Life off-stage in Gerald Barry's comic opera is more dramatic than anything the principal character, himself a composer, can dream up

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  • We love

    Opera 

    Don Giovanni, Royal Opera Housereview

    Don Giovanni, Royal Opera House review ★★★★★

    16 Sep 19 – 10 Oct 19

    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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  • Essential

    Opera 

    Opera at Covent Garden: all the shows this season

    Opera at Covent Garden: all the shows this season

    Mozart, Handel, Britten, Donizetti – and a new opera for all the family

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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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  • Preview

    Dance 

    A new work for children from Northern Ballet

    Little Red Riding Hood, Northern Ballet, Linbury Theatre

    08 Nov 19 – 10 Nov 19

    A new children’s dance work by Northern Ballet, Little Red Riding Hood, has its London premiere at the Linbury theatre in the autumn

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Werther, Royal Opera House

    Werther, Royal Opera House

    17 Sep 19 – 05 Oct 19

    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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  • We love

    Opera 

    La Fille du Régiment, Royal Opera House review

    La Fille du Régiment, Royal Opera House review ★★★★★

    08 Jul 19 – 20 Jul 19

    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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  • We love

    Opera 

    The Marriage of Figaro, Royal Opera House review

    The Marriage of Figaro, Royal Opera House review ★★★★★

    29 Jun 19 – 21 Jul 19

    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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  • We love

    Opera 

    Boris Godunov, Royal Opera House review

    Boris Godunov, Royal Opera House review ★★★★★

    19 Jun 19 – 03 Jul 19

    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 

    Bryn Terfel interview: 'I've broken my own rule'

    Bryn Terfel interview: 'I have broken my own rule'

    Bass-baritone Bryn Terfel on villains and buffoons, an impending marriage, and hanging up his Hans Sachs boots

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  • We love

    Opera 

    Tosca review, Royal Opera House

    Tosca review★★★★★, Royal Opera House

    27 May 19 – 20 Jun 19

    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 

    Andrea Chénier review , Royal Opera House

    Andrea Chénier review ★★★★★, Royal Opera House

    20 May 19 – 09 Jun 19

    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 

    Billy Budd review , Royal Opera House

    Billy Budd review ★★★★★, Royal Opera House

    23 Apr 19 – 10 May 19

    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 

    Isango Ensemble review , Linbury Theatre, ROH

    Isango Ensemble review ★★★★★, Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House

    16 Apr 19 – 04 May 19

    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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  • We love

    Opera 

    Faust review , Royal Opera House

    Faust review ★★★★★, Royal Opera House

    11 Apr 19 – 06 May 19

    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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