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Covent Garden Dance and Opera to book this winter

By Claudia Pritchard on 10/11/2021

Booking opens on Tues 16 Nov at 10AM for the Royal Opera House's big winter productions: two three-act ballets, a new family opera, plus Mozart, Handel and Puccini

Tosca

Puccini's most dramatic opera in this splendid production by Jonathan Kent never ceases to thrill. With breathtaking set pieces and matchless music, it is the perfect opera for new-comers and addicts alike. Listen out for rising tenor Freddie De Tommaso as artist Cavaradossi at some performances, prime tenor Bryan Hymel at others. Several sopranos sing Tosca, including Angela Gheorghiu.

WHEN

Sun 5 Dec to Tues 22 Feb, 14 performances, start times vary

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

The Royal Ballet, César Corrales and Francesca Hayward © ROH 2021 Photo: Helen Maybanks

Romeo and Juliet

Kenneth MacMillan's heart-breaking masterpiece, Romeo and Juliet, to Prokofiev's dramatic score, resumes its run. An exciting and varied roster of casts includes Natalia Osipova and Reece Clarke, Sarah Lamb and Steven McRae, and Lauren Cuthbertson and Matthew Ball.

WHEN

Sat 1 Jan to Fri 25 Feb, 18 performances, start times vary

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Wolf Witch Giant Fairy is a storybook in song. Artwork: Louise Boulter

Wolf Witch Giant Fairy, Linbury Theatre

It sounds like the storyline that's got the lot: Wolf Witch Giant Fairy promises to be a mash-up of all the favourite characters in children's literature, dished up with a sense of humour and lashings of music.

WHEN

Fri 10 Dec to Mon 3 Jan 2022, 14 relaxed performances, times vary, no interval

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

The Marriage of Figaro

Two clever servants dodge their lustful employer with the help of his abandoned countess in Mozart's enduring comedy, lavishly staged here by David McVicar and conducted by the master of Italian opera, Sir Antonio Pappano. Enjoy Polish mezzo-soprano Hanna Hipp in some performances as the sexed-up teenager Cherubino.

WHEN

Sun 9 Jan to Thurs 27 Jan, eight performances, start times vary

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Theodora

Eagerly awaited new production of Handel's very powerful opera stars the incomparable Joyce DiDonato (pictured) as Irene, the friend of Theodora (soprano Julia Bullock), a young woman persecuted for her beliefs. An all-star cast in this moving drama includes tenor Ed Lyon and scintillating Polish counter-tenor Jakub Józef Orliński, making his role and Covent Garden debut. That's definitely something to catch.

WHEN

Mon 31 Jan to Wed 16 Feb, seven performances, start times vary

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Swan Lake

Everything you could possibly want from a classical ballet: love, betrayal, redemption of sorts, moonlight, sumptuous palaces, and above all lots and lots of dazzling dancing to a gorgeous, transporting score by Tchaikovsky. Casts include Natalia Osipova and Reece Clarke, and Fumi Kaneko and Federico Bonelli. Absolutely not to be missed.

WHEN

Tues 1 Mar to Sat 28 May 2022, 18 performances, start times vary

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Covent Garden Dance and Opera to book this winter

Booking opens on Tues 16 Nov at 10AM for the Royal Opera House's big winter productions: two three-act ballets, a new family opera, plus Mozart, Handel and Puccini

Tosca

Romeo and Juliet

Wolf Witch Giant Fairy, Linbury Theatre

The Marriage of Figaro

Theodora

Swan Lake

Royal Opera House

Royal Ballet

Royal Opera

Natalia Osipova

Antonio Pappano

Joyce DiDonato

Kenneth Macmillan

Tchaikovsky

Prokofiev

Puccini

Mozart

Handel

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