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Free lunchtime entertainment for Londoners, with music from this year's productions
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London's own opera festival, spirited programmes from the city's liveliest orchestras, and high-flying soloists. Summer music starts here....
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Opera Holland Park 2022 opens with Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, the story of a first love tempered by experience
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Inevitably overshadowed by the war in Ukraine, The Royal Ballet’s sumptuous production of Swan Lake returned to the stage at Covent Garden
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The clarinet and trumpet show off their appeal, one Handel opera is staged after 270 years while another is given in concert, and two great American conductors breeze into town
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Three major works from The Royal Ballet's repertoire, including The Sleeping Beauty, will be available to downstream for free in the new year
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The Royal Ballet fired the first shot in the battle of The Nutcrackers with its immaculate, heart-filling production of the classic Christmas ballet
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Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! danced with thrilling seasonal sparkle by his New Adventures Company at Sadler’s Wells, is the perfect fun-filled antidote to our fraught times
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Booking opens 16 Nov for two three-act ballets, a new family opera, plus Mozart, Handel and Puccini
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Young children can enjoy the full magic of The Nutcracker this Christmas with Let's All Dance's specially devised short version of the festive ballet
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Let's All Dance presents Sleeping Beauty in a version tailor-made for budding ballet lovers: short in duration but long on fairytale magic
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An opera inspired by a classic novel joins the repertoire at London's own country house opera
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The Russian secret service officer poisoned in his adopted home of London is at the heart of a new opera inspired by his career, marriage and assassination
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Highly charged and ambitious revival of Tchaikovsky's most romantic opera introduces an exciting new soprano in Natalia Tanasii
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English National Ballet has unveiled its full programme for the 2021/22 season, a blend of cutting-edge new works and much-loved classics
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The Royal Ballet's gorgeous production of The Sleeping Beauty is to be streamed as part of the ROH's programme of Friday Premieres
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As a Christmas present to fans, English National Ballet has decided to stream its production of Nutcracker Delights, following the Covid-imposed cancellation of its Coliseum run
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The magic of Christmas is alive and well and dazzling audiences at the Royal Opera House in The Royal Ballet’s sparkling production of The Nutcracker
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The Royal Opera House has unveiled its autumn/winter programme of ballet and opera to be screened in cinemas worldwide
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Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Handel and Richard Strauss operas are planned for the summer, with dates and casts to be announced. But keep room in your diary from May to August
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Beethoven, Verdi and Mozart, of course, but also minimalist Steve Reich and a new work about climate crisis, with many concerts perfect for young music-makers. Booking is open now...
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Immersive debut concert by new orchestra invites audience into the heart of the music. Featuring Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn and Haydn
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English National Opera got back on its feet, the Proms went from strength to strength, and the Royal Opera House season grew and grew
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For a first glimpse of summer plan your nights at London's own country house opera, with much-loved operas by Tchaikovsky and Verdi, plus a comedy and a double-bill
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Tchaikovsky's opera of first love, loss and maturity, packed with stirring melodies and powerful choruses, is given a new production with a starry cast
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Carlos Acosta kicks off his artistic directorship of Birmingham Royal Ballet with Curated by Carlos, an ambitious programme of dance, visual art and literature at Sadler's Wells
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The Royal Ballet serves up a sumptuous feast of pure dancing with its revival of The Sleeping Beauty, now in repertoire at the Royal Opera House
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Birmingham Royal Ballet brings its much-loved production of The Nutcracker to the Royal Albert Hall for a short run this winter
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The UK-Russia Year of Music comes to a brilliant end with concerts featuring Russian artists and masterworks, but much more Russian music lies ahead
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Traditional and innovative ballet alternates with Verdi, Beethoven and a new family opera
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A crafty cigarette underpins an entire opera of its own, and a young woman's eyes are opened by love
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Singer Ashley Riches on making music with old friends, working out and trying his hand at writing
