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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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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
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Opera
A mighty man is brought down by a scheming woman in the best-loved opera by Camille Saint-Saëns, with two big stars in the title roles
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Opera
A superb production makes a mini masterpiece of an opera by Vivaldi – and friends
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Opera
An all-star cast and spectacular debut rescue a warped reading of Handel's work of faith
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Dance
The Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker joins Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels with Fase at the Linbury Theatre
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Opera
An international cast highlights the plight of oppressed peoples in Verdi's powerful opera
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Dance
Contemporary dance ranging from established to experimental will take over three London venues in March as part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels festival
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Dance
Van Cleef & Arpels talks to Culture Whisper about the Maison's long-standing love affair with dance and the origins of its first festival of choreography coming to London in March
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Dance
Marianela Nuñez and Federico Bonelli dazzled as the star-cross’d lovers in The Royal Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet's return to Covent Garden
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Opera
A vivacious new cast brings Italian brio to Mozart's comic masterpiece, in David McVicar's production, a modern classic
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Passion, mystery and intrigue are enacted on stage, and the finest concerts feature world-class artists breaking new ground with much-loved works
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Opera
After an overnight sensation at the Royal Opera House, the tenor talks about instant fame, his love of theatre and getting children into opera
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Opera
British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso rescues the opening night of Puccini's opera, revived at Covent Garden, thrilling the audience with his accidental major role debut
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Opera
Get the best seat in the house for Puccini's nail-biting opera, with an all-star cast, as Jonathan Kent's matchless production is screened live
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Opera
The devil wears tartan in Shakespeare's murderous Macbeth bewitched by Verdi's music
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Opera
The London-based tenor talks about his new television career, wedding plans and incest at the opera