Opera, like theatre, has a long tradition of characters who do not recognise their own childen, and in his masterpiece Semiramide, Rossini makes full dramatic use of this device. But the audience knows better
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When an innocent and overprotected young woman has to choose between a dashing duke and her demanding father, love and loyalty clash in Verdi’s great opera, famous for its final act quartet
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As featured in the highly recommended Opera: Passion, Power and Politics at the V&A, Richard Strauss’s bloody and powerful Salome, which shocked audiences in 1905. But are we easily shocked today...?
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If you love her, you are playing with fire: if you don’t love her, it’s more dangerous still. Bizet’s fiery character Carmen is famous for her sizzling sex appeal – and his opera even more famous for its fantastic music
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A painter and opera singer struggle to get on with their careers in Puccini's opera set in Rome, where a menacing chief of police expects special favours from Tosca in exchange for her lover's safety
The story of the peasant girl who turns into a restless forest spirit after dying of a broken heart, Giselle was first performed in Paris in 1841 and has been the Romantic ballet par excellence ever since. This year we recommend booking pronto for one of the two (sure to sell out) performances where Natalia Osipova - one of the great Giselles of our time - will be partnered by the wonderful American dancer, David Wallberg (1 and 9 March).
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“Exhilarating,” “faultless,” “a triumph,” “an Instant classic” – these were just some of the adjectives that greeted choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Talewhen it premiered at Covent Garden in the Spring of 2014. Now it's back with new casts along the original one, where Edward Watson gave one of the performances of his career as the tormented Leontes.
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