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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Interview
Things to do
Meet the opera singer who defies the stereotype with the simple life off-stage – but on stage gets through tenors five at a time
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Opera
Human vanity, creativity and passion collide in an opera that has become an instant modern classic
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Interview
Things to do
The star of the Royal Opera House's highly-acclaimed new opera Written on Skin talks to Claudia Pritchard about finding – and mislaying – his voice
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Opera
The Italy of Donizetti and Laurent Pelly is a carefree world of lovers, their muses and their ruses
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Opera
The music is ravishing, but Covent Garden's Manon Lescaut is uncompromisingly frank about the brutality of sexual exploitation
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Opera
A Royal Opera directorial debut finds parallels between the classical world and a modern dictatorship
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Things To Do
The festive season is upon us, and we know pantomimes aren't for everyone. So from opera and carols to midnight mass, here's how to celebrate in song this winter
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Things To Do
Things to do
Immerse yourself in the Nutcracker, lace up your Red Shoes and lull yourself into the Beauty of ballet this winter in London
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Tried and Tested
Opera
A new Royal Opera House dream team creates an evening of surreal comedy and satire
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Interview
As a child he begged his parents to play an opera video. Now Gerard Jones is directing a production for the Royal Opera House
