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Tried and Tested
Opera
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
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 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
Traditional and innovative ballet alternates with Verdi, Beethoven and a new family opera
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Tried and Tested
Dance
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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Opera
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
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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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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Essential
Opera
Mozart, Handel, Britten, Donizetti – and a new opera for all the family
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Preview
Opera
A mouth-watering selection of ballet and opera for autumn at the Royal Opera House
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Preview
Dance
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
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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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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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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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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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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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