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Essential
Opera
From Mozart to Tchaikovsky to Bernstein, the ups and downs of couples in love find voice in a season of classics. Booking opens at 9AM on Wed 10 July
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Opera
Lots of Puccini in the year that marks the centenary of his death, plus Verdi, Mozart, Gilbert and Sullivan, Britten and more
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Opera
Britten, Verdi, Rameau, Mozart and a new lunar opera in a light-filled theatre for the summer
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Opera
It's a great year for beguiling women at the Sussex country opera house, with Carmen and Cleopatra among those weaving their seductive spells
Tried and Tested
Opera
Inventiveness and enchantment meet unadulterated joy in Simon McBurney's uplifting production
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Opera
A new production of a rarely performed early Mozart opera is better sung than staged
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Opera
A modern take on Mozart's opera fields some interesting new voices
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Opera
The greatest operas in the repertoire are staged in classic productions at the Coliseum
Tried and Tested
Opera
Mozart, Verdi and Massenet bring to a close the spectacular 22/23 season in four must-see productions. Stand by to book from 9am on Thurs 13 April
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Opera
Join New Yorkers in the best seats in the house for a season of global live opera relays, featuring world-class singers
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Classical Music
Classical music is a young person's game when the London Mozart Players are joined by two hot new talents, as soloist and conductor
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Opera
A year-by-year retracing of Mozart's life and work continues with two symphonies, a keyboard concerto and four great arias
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Opera
Operas to entertain and uplift, by Rossini, Mozart, Richard Strauss and Smetana
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Dance
In Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth A.I.M by Kyle Abraham offers a rousing, often deeply moving mediation on death and rebirth shaped by Black culture
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Opera
New productions of Handel, Mozart and Poulenc, plus revivals of Donizetti, Stravinsky and Britten in a star-studded summer season
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Best of
London premieres, much-loved classics and a host of big-name performers in the world's largest music festival. Booking opens 9AM, Sat 21 May
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Opera
Monteverdi, Mozart, Dvorák, Britten and Roxanna Panufnik are this year's composers, with singers including Natalya Romaniw and Ed Lyon
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Opera
A joyful switchback ride through a great Mozart opera is a visual as well as a vocal treat
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Opera
Puccini, Handel, Poulenc, Mozart, Donizetti and a Cornish-set opera by a 20th-century pioneering British woman composer
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Opera
A vivacious new cast brings Italian brio to Mozart's comic masterpiece, in David McVicar's production, a modern classic
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Best of
Booking opens 16 Nov for two three-act ballets, a new family opera, plus Mozart, Handel and Puccini
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Opera
Classic production by David McVicar of Mozart's last opera returns to Covent Garden with a new cast and a star turn
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Opera
More tickets are released as Verdi, Mozart and Wagner welcome back full audiences for the summer festival
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Opera
Mozart's comic opera opens a new summer season at the capital's own country house opera
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Opera
Mozart's late opera re-opens Covent Garden to in-person audiences, with outstanding singing overcoming an ugly production
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Opera
ENO is back with a big new season. Booking opens Wed 2 June for all seven productions from October to April. Why not go once a month?
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Opera
The versatile baritone on lockdown gardening, Brexit fears, and breaking through with 'My Way'
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Opera
Go backstage at the Royal Opera House and meet the people that make opera happen, from the costume makers, stage hands and lighting designers to the singers and players
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Opera
A powerful man who uses his status to seduce women looks as topical as ever, but he has met his match in Donna Anna
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Opera
The Royal Opera House reveals nine months of music, including five new productions, nine revivals, and discoveries in the Linbury Theatre
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Classical Music
On the walls, Canaletto and Fragonard. In the air, the music of Mozart and Vivaldi, as the gallery and ensemble conjure up the sights and sounds of four centuries
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Opera
Good news at last: the Royal Opera House will open its doors on 17 May for a new season of live ballet and opera