ROH Spring Opera and Ballet Highlights
Tickets for the ROH hit-packed Spring period are now on sale. Here are some of the highlights
La Forza del Destino, Royal Opera House
The heartthrob German tenor Jonas Kaufmann returns to Covent Garden in a new production of the quintessential tale of tragic love, loyalty and revenge.
Read more ...The Royal Ballet, Romeo and Juliet Preview
The greatest love story ever told, and one of the Royal Ballet's best loved works, is given an unusually long run with a wide and fascinating choice of casts.
Read more ...Faust, Royal Opera House
David McVicar's vigorous production of Gounod's masterpiece eloquently tells the story of Faust's reckless and ultimately fatal pact with the Devil.
Billy Budd, Royal Opera House
An all-star cast comes together under the direction of Deborah Warner in Benjamin Britten's harrowing tale of compassion versus duty, set on board a naval ship.
Read more ...The Royal Ballet, Within the Golden Hour Bill Preview
The Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui presents his first ever work for the Royal Ballet, as part of a mixed bill that includes Crystal Pite's view of the refugee crisis, and Christopher Wheeldon's luminous Within the Golden Hour.
Read more ...Tosca, Royal Opera House
A staple of the Royal Opera's repertoire, Jonathan Kent's sumptuous production of Tosca is interpreted by a stellar cast including the soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Vittorio Grigòlo as the lovers, and the baritone Bryn Terfel as the dastardly police chief Scarpia.
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