“What harbour shelters peace, away from tidal waves, away from storms?” The opening moments of Deborah Warner’s new production of Britten’s Peter Grimes at the Royal Opera House make it…
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Oliver Mears’ Rigoletto at Covent Garden: a superb drama of darkness and light
It was an absolute delight to be back at the Royal Opera House for the opening night of the 2021-22 season, but also somewhat disorientating. A full auditorium; convivial operagoers…
The Royal Opera House announces eight new apprenticeships
The Royal Opera House has been providing sector-leading apprenticeships for fourteen years and, as we reopen our doors after more than a year of closure, we are delighted to announce eight* new…
Royal Opera House announces packed schedule for Spring and Summer
The Royal Opera House is delighted to announce more details of its packed schedule of in-person and streamed Spring and Summer performances, with public booking opening on 7 May 2021 and the doors opening to socially-distanced, in-person audiences from 17 May 2021. Both The Royal Ballet and The…
ROH’s live-streamed double bill – The Seven Deadly Sins and Mahagonny Songspiel
Booking is now open for the Royal Opera House’s first live broadcast of 2021 – Bertolt Brecht’s and Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins and Mahagonny Songspiel. Produced by the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, the double bill will be streamed live from the Main…
The Royal Opera House reveals highlights of its first full Season since 2019
The Royal Opera House is excited to share early plans for its 2021/22 Season, the first full Royal Opera House Season since 2019. Today we reveal highlights including five world…
Royal Opera House announces an evening of music and song with Tony and the Young Artists and a new Friday Premiere stream
The Royal Opera House is proud to continue its #OurHouseToYourHouse programme with Tony and the Young Artists, a celebration of music and song on Friday 19 February at 7pm GMT and our next Friday Premiere, The…
Royal Opera House announces two new Friday Premiere Streams
The Royal Opera House is delighted to continue its #OurHousetoYourHouse programme, featuring online broadcasts, musical masterclasses and cultural highlights thata can be accessed by audiences around the world. Join us…
The Royal Opera House Christmas Concert
Lockdowns and homeworking have made pyjamas the sartorial style of choice during 2020, so who would be surprised that director Dan Dooner decided to turn the Royal Opera House’s Christmas…
The Royal Opera House presents Current, Rising the world’s first opera in hyper reality
From 19 December 2020 the Royal Opera House will present the world’s first opera in hyper reality: Current, Rising – a unique collaboration between the Royal Opera House’s innovation programme, Audience Labs,…