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A modern Mexican classic of magic realism provides the basis for The Royal Ballet’s new full-length work, reuniting Artistic Associate...

Genre: Family

Cast: Francesca Hayward

Inspired by one of the twentieth century's greatest novels, composer Lorin Maazel evokes Orwell's totalitarian nightmare, where "Big Brother" is...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Simon Keenlyside

José Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Verónica Villarroel and Yvonne Naef lead the star cast of Verdi's blazingly passionate opera IL...

Genre: Drama

Cast: José Cura

The Royal Ballet performs Tchaikovsky's classic ballet, choreographed by Liam Scarlett and starring Marianela Nunez as Odette/Odile and Vadim...

Genre: Music

Cast: Marianela Núñez

The star singers in this revival of the 2006 production were Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel; the Royal Opera Chorus and the...

Genre: Music

Cast: Angela Gheorghiu

Mozart's famous Singspiel after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's work "Belmonte und Konstanze", DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL comes to life in the...

Genre: Music

Cast: Deon van der Walt

The Graham Vicks production of FALSTAFF opened the new Covent Garden Royal Opera House, and was not to everybody's taste; the garish primary colours...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Bryn Terfel

At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andréa Chenier delivers an impassioned denunciation of Louis XVI. Five years later, the...

Genre: Music

Cast: Jonas Kaufmann

Most opera houses ring in the New Year with Johann Strauss Jr.'s most popular operetta--the festiveness of which is appropriate for the occasion--and...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiri Te Kanawa

In the court of Princess Turandot, suitors who fail to solve her riddles are brutally killed. But when a mysterious Prince answers correctly,...

Genre: Music

Cast: Anna Pirozzi

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and...

Genre: Music

Cast: Simon Keenlyside

In a village in a country far away, the community live well and support each other. But when civil war breaks out this idyll of existence is...

Genre: Music

Cast: Sting

The story concerns the enlightenment of the Christian King Roger II by a young shepherd who represents pagan ideals. Kasper Holten’s...

Genre: Music

Cast: Antonio Pappano

La traviata (Italian: [la traˈviaːta], "The Fallen Woman"[1][2]) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by...

Genre: Music

Cast: Angela Gheorghiu

Passion, jealousy and betrayal take center stage at Londons Royal Opera House in a spectacular production of the worlds most popular opera. Bizets...

Genre: Music

Cast: Christine Rice

Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty is one of the best loved of classical ballets, combining in a single work all the enchantment and virtuosity that...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Alina Cojocaru

Manon Lescaut's production was updated and it worked. Highly professional production with two of the best performances I've ever witnessed in any...

Genre: Music

Cast: Kristine Opolais

Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Caterina Antonacci bring rare erotic intensity to the drama of Don José and Carmen in this darkly passionate reading...

Genre: Music

Cast: Anna Caterina Antonacci

This staging of Harrison Birtwistle's opera The Minotaur features John Tomlinson, Johann Reuter, Christine Rice, and Andrew Watts in the main roles....

Genre: Music

Cast: Antonio Pappano

Clara is given an enchanted Nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve. As midnight strikes, she creeps downstairs to find a magical adventure awaiting her and...

Genre: Music

Cast: Anna Rose O'Sullivan