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    The Monstrous Child review  Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House

    The Monstrous Child review ★★★★★ Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House

    21 Feb 19 – 03 Mar 19

    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 

    Don Quixote, The Royal Ballet's vibrant production

    The Royal Ballet, Don Quixote Review ★★★★★

    15 Feb 19 – 04 Apr 19

    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 

    Top ROH productions on-demand

    Royal Opera House and Marquee.TV streaming tie-in

    05 Feb 19 – 05 Feb 20

    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 

    Kát'a Kabanova review , Royal Opera House

    Kát'a Kabanova review ★★★★★, Royal Opera House

    04 Feb 19 – 26 Feb 19

    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 

    Edward Gardner interview: 'It's the first day at school!'

    Edward Gardner interview: 'It's the first day at school every time!'

    The conductor on working in a foreign language, the Royal Opera family, and getting children into classical music

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    The Queen of Spades review , Royal Opera House

    The Queen of Spades review ★★★★★, Royal Opera House

    13 Jan 19 – 01 Feb 19

    A thrilling and terrifying card game has deadly consequences in Tchaikovsky's great opera

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    Hansel and Gretel , Royal Opera House

    Hansel and Gretel review ★★★★★, Royal Opera House

    13 Dec 18 – 29 Dec 18

    Storybook characters come to life in a production that has jokes for adults too

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Hansel and Gretel: the children's gateway opera

    Hansel and Gretel: the children's gateway opera

    The director and conductor of the Royal Opera House's spectacular new production opens the door to the gingerbread house

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    Dance 

    The Royal Ballet's Nutcracker in cinemas worldwide

    The Royal Ballet, The Nutcracker Cinema Relay Review ★★★★★

    03 Dec 18 – 15 Jan 19

    It’s official! Christmas started on Monday, 3 December, with the first performance of the Royal Ballet’s magical The Nutcracker at Covent Garden relayed to almost 1,000 cinemas in 50 countries.

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Carmen review , Royal Opera House

    Carmen review ★★★★★, Royal Opera House

    30 Nov 18 – 22 Dec 18

    Barrie Kosky is one of the most exciting directors, and Carmen one of the best works in the repertoire. Theirs is a marriage made in heaven, if you love vaudeville

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Simon Boccanegra review , Royal Opera House

    Simon Boccanegra review ★★★★★, Royal Opera House

    15 Nov 18 – 10 Dec 18

    The welcome return to Covent Garden of a moving Verdi grand opera staged in the grandest style, wonderfully sung

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    Opera 

    ROH, Linbury Cinema Festival Highlgihts

    ROH, Linbury Cinema Festival Highlights

    03 Dec 18 – 07 Jan 19

    The Royal Opera House Cinema Festival presents films of some of its most memorable ballet and opera performances in the newly refurbished Linbury Theatre

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Recitals at Lunch, Royal Opera House

    Recitals at Lunch, Royal Opera House

    05 Nov 18 – 17 Dec 18

    Drop into Covent Garden for a daytime musical refreshment from the best of the Royal Opera House's rising singers and instrumentalists

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    The Best ROH Winter Dance & Opera

    The Best Winter Dance and Opera at the Royal Opera House 2018/19

    Enjoy skating moves and fantastical drama from the dancers, and the music of Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Janáček from the singers

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  • In The Know

    Immersive 

    The new Royal Opera House – Open and Accessible

    The new Royal Opera House – Open and Accessible

    The Royal Opera House opens the doors to its transformed Covent Garden home, and to mark the occasion re-joins Open House London Weekend (21-23 Sep)

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Stuart Skelton interview: 'Wagner is a soap opera'

    Stuart Skelton interview: 'Wagner is a soap opera with the best soundtrack'

    The world-class tenor on music-induced injuries, the good life in London, and unwinding at 200mph

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    Opera 

    Die Walküre, Royal Opera House and cinemas

    Die Walküre, Royal Opera House

    On 28 Oct 18

    The most popular of Wagner's four Ring cycle operas is staged at Covent Garden, and screened across the capital

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  • Essential

    Opera 

    Royal Opera House Autumn Opera and Ballet

    Royal Opera House Autumn Opera and Ballet

    Exciting new productions and some old stalwarts make up a varied Autumn of opera and dance at the Royal Opera House. Here are the highlights in chronological order

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    Best of 

    Autumn Dance Highlights

    Autumn Dance Highlights

    After a somnolent summer, the autumn sees London dance come alive with a myriad of unmissable events. Here are some of the highlights

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  • Last Chance

    Classical Music 

    L'Ange de Nisida review , Royal Opera House

    L'Ange de Nisida review ★★★★★, Royal Opera House

    18 Jul 18 – 21 Jul 18

    Thrilling world premiere after 180 years of a tragic opera by Donizetti

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  • In the Know

    Classical Music 

    Joyce El-Khoury interview: 'I had the worst stage fright you can imagine'

    Joyce El-Khoury interview: 'I had the worst stage fright you can imagine'

    The international opera star talks about singing in secret, her breakthrough as an understudy, and a world premiere, 180 years on

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    Cave, Royal Opera at the Printworks

    Cave, Royal Opera at the Printworks

    20 Jun 18 – 23 Jun 18

    An immersive opera inspired by ancient cave paintings, and set in a dystopian future

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    Immersive 

    Tansy Davies interview: 'Composers can get stuck inside their heads'

    Tansy Davies interview: 'Composers can get stuck inside their heads'

    A leading composer of her generation, Tansy Davies ranks a healthy lifestyle with harmonic skills in her working life

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Lessons in Love and Violence Review

    Lessons in Love and Violence Review ★★★★★

    10 May 18 – 26 May 18

    George Benjamin's latest opera, Lessons in Love and Violence, has had its triumphant premiere at the Royal Opera House

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  • Tried and Tested

    Opera 

    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk review, Royal Opera House

    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk review ★★★★★, Royal Opera House

    12 Apr 18 – 27 Apr 18

    The scheming wife becomes a central character in her own right in Shostakovich's opera about frustration and infidelity

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Opera at Covent Garden 2018/19

    Opera at Covent Garden 2018/19: Royal Opera House must-sees

    Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and more ... Top singers head for London for a rollcall of outstanding productions

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  • Essential

    Opera 

    Summer at the Royal Opera House

    Summer at the Royal Opera House

    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 From The House of the Dead review

    Janáček's From The House of the Dead review ★★★★★, Royal Opera House

    07 Mar 18 – 24 Mar 18

    Janáček's last opera is rarely staged. Will this new production bring it to the fore?

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  • In the Know

    Opera 

    Willard White interview: 'I'm still learning new roles'

    Willard White interview: 'I'm still learning new roles'

    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 

    Roderick Williams: 'Opera is for everyone'

    Roderick Williams interview: 'Opera is for everyone – we all love stories'

    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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    Five Opera Heroines: where to see the world's best female sopranos

    Five Opera Heroines: hear the world's best sopranos sing their hearts out

    Five Opera Heroines: where to hear the world's best sopranos sing their hearts out

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    Dance 

    Becoming Polixenes...

    Becoming Polixenes...

    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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