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In the Know
Opera
Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and more ... Top singers head for London for a rollcall of outstanding productions
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We love
Opera
The devil wears tartan in Shakespeare's murderous Macbeth bewitched by Verdi's music
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Essential
Opera
Masterpieces by Wagner, Mozart, Puccini and Verdi bring to a close a spectacular year at Covent Garden
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Last Chance
Opera
Janáček's last opera is rarely staged. Will this new production bring it to the fore?
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In the Know
Opera
Opera's elder statesman, the baritone Willard White, on Mozart, Janáček, and 40 years at Covent Garden
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In the Know
Opera
From Ed Sheeran to Hamilton, and from Monteverdi to Mozart and Tchaikovsky, singer and composer Roderick Williams draws no boundaries in music
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We love
Opera
Five Opera Heroines: where to hear the world's best sopranos sing their hearts out
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We love
Dance
As they prepare to debut in a principal ballet role in The Winter’s Tale, Reece Clarke and Matthew Ball talk to Culture Whisper about the complex figure of Polixenes
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Book Now
Opera
Everything you need to know about booking the Royal Opera House spring 2018 season: from operas to ballets
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Preview
Dance
Go behind the scenes with the Royal Ballet’s Insights programme for an illuminating look at what goes into making memorable performances
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Tried and Tested
Opera
400 years, 7 operas, and a display spanning geography, history and art: the V&A and Royal Opera House collaborate to stage the first blockbuster exhibition on opera
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Preview
Dance
The Royal Ballet’s last mixed bill of the current season consists of three strongly contrasting works with something for everyone
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We love
Opera
In a triumphant Royal Opera production of Monteverdi's setting of the Odyssey, an exhausted traveller's marriage is put to the test
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We love
Opera
Ridicule and revenge prove a fatal combination when an innocent girl is seduced by a reckless and powerful rake
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In the Know
Opera
Angela Gheorghiu, queen of the great 19th-century Italian repertoire with its passionate arias and often heartbreaking tales, talks to Claudia Pritchard
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Essential
Opera
Puccini, Mozart and Verdi are in the front row of the year's outstanding opera productions
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Tried and Tested
Opera
A queen who murders one man, is in love with another, and in an affair with a third, is heading for disaster on all fronts
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Book Now
Opera
Flirtation races towards tragedy in an 80-minute version of Bizet's Carmen that gets to the heart of its colourful characters
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Tried and Tested
Opera
A highly theatrical treatment of a searing opera pulls no punches in Katie Mitchell's hard-hitting production, with eight performances in store
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We love
Thrill to Tchaikovsky, be amazed by Beethoven, or follow a woman with a secret at English National Opera
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Essential
The very best opera and ballet to book in this Winter Season at the Royal Opera House
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In the Know
Opera
It caused a sensation when it opened in 1905, and Richard Strauss's drama Salome can still shock today with its ruthless passions
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In the Know
Covent Garden raises the curtain on its new year with two appearances by Michael Fabiano in prime roles written by Puccini and Verdi
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Things To Do
Reach for your skinny black dress and pour an Aperol spritz: there is a distinctly Italian feel to the first productions of the season at the Royal Opera House
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Book Now
Opera
Carmen loves the men who don't love her. But when one of them weakens, disaster ensues for all involved
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In the Know
Opera
The opulent Paris Opera is re-created at Covent Garden in a spectacular production of a Verdi grand opera
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We love
Opera
There's someone for everyone, but will the birdcatcher Papageno ever find his perfect match, Papagena?
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Interview
The London-based rising star would drop everything if the dance show came calling...
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In the Know
Opera
A cultivated, glamorous in-crowd gathers in an elegant setting, but the evening takes a terrible turn, in Thomas Ades's new opera
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Interview
The singing star of Farinelli and the King talks about working with Mark Rylance, a new opera based on a surreal film, recreating musical history, and marriage
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We love
Opera
Star soprano Ermonela Jaho may just be the finest Butterfly you ever see
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Kasper Holten bows out of Covent Garden in style with the ultimate talent show
