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Opera
As the nights draw in, an evening at home with the world's finest singers and players is more appealing than ever. For our favourites, click on 'read more'
Tried and Tested
Dance
The Royal Ballet performed to a live audience at Covent Garden for the first time in seven months, in a celebratory gala that more than lived up to expectations
Preview
Opera
The Royal Opera House has announced its autumn programme, jam-packed with new opera and classic ballet, and available to live and online audiences
Preview
Opera
The Royal Opera House has unveiled its autumn/winter programme of ballet and opera to be screened in cinemas worldwide
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Dance
London's only free open-air cinema brings together feature films and filmed Royal Opera House performances over a weekend in the Covent Garden piazza
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Opera
Ballet and opera from the Royal Opera House will be available to view in drive-in cinemas around the UK this summer
Tried and Tested
Opera
The stars of the future light up the stage of the Royal Opera House in the third live concert, streamed to subscribers
Tried and Tested
Dance
Two short duets drawn from The Royal Ballet's extensive repertoire made up dance’s fleeting participation in the third Live From Covent Garden programme
Tried and Tested
Opera
The Royal Opera House’s second Live From Covent Garden event was an emotion-laden performance, bringing together a Mahler masterpiece and a short but dazzling ballet
Tried and Tested
Opera
It's not all solemnity at the first live streaming from the Royal Opera House: a cluster of songs about pets lightens the mood
Tried and Tested
Dance
Live ballet returned to the stage at the Royal Opera House as part of Live from Covent Garden, a series of socially distanced performances streamed on Saturdays
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Opera
The virtual festival of the arts continues with new relays of opera, classical music and documentaries, plus theatre and visual art
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Opera
In dance and song, a spectacular celebration originally created for the coronation of the Queen that knits the 1950s with the reign of Elizabeth I
Tried and Tested
Dance
The Royal Ballet’s The Metamorphosis, an adaptation of Franz Kafka’s harrowing novella, becomes available online this week as part of the ROH’s programme of free curated broadcasts
Tried and Tested
Opera
Jonas Kaufmann stars in Beethoven's heroic opera, in the year that marks 250 years since the composer's birth. But it's soprano Lise Davidsen who excels
Preview
Opera
Young singing stars and a glittering orchestra put a shine on a dull modern-dress staging of a rarely heard oratorio by Handel
Tried and Tested
Opera
It's a musical helter-skelter ride for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Gerald Barry's breakneck opera based on adventures down the rabbit hole
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Opera
Composer Gerald Barry on discovering books and music, and two forthcoming Royal Opera House productions
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Opera
Richard Strauss's richly orchestrated opera based on the Greek tragedy in which a furious daughter avenges the murder of her father
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Opera
A young woman's hopes of marriage are dashed by a rash act, and her baby faces an uncertain future, in Janácek's opera
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Best of
A fiery triple bill, a guest appearance by Scottish Ballet, and tragedies by Janacek, Strauss and two Italian masters. Booking opens 9AM, Wed 29 Jan
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Best of
It's never too early to get into music, and it comes naturally to kids. Here are the best events for musical adventures they'll never forget
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Opera
The baritone on playing an interfering father, farming in Wales and life after Brexit
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Best of
A bumper year for opera in both city and country houses, concerts marking 250 years of Beethoven's legacy and a chance to catch the biggest names in music today
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Opera
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.
In the Know
Opera
English National Opera got back on its feet, the Proms went from strength to strength, and the Royal Opera House season grew and grew
Tried and Tested
Opera
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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Opera
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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Opera
The international soprano sings music from her native Russia and from the great Italian operatic repertoire in a rare solo recital in the capital
Tried and Tested
Dance
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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Opera
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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Opera
The Royal Opera House tenor talks to Stephen Pritchard about the Messiah season, perpetual youth and getting lost backstage at Covent Garden