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The Royal Opera House hosts a Festival of New Choreography showcasing new and diverse dance-makers from the UK and beyond
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Opera
Another great revival of Puccini's masterpiece, set in the dangerous Rome of 1800
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Opera
Bright new talent kicks new life into an old favourite at Covent Garden
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Dance
One of the most powerful works in The Royal Ballet repertoire, MacMillan's Manon, returns to Covent Garden on its 50th anniversary for a three-week run
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Opera searches for love and meaning, while Vauxhall unwinds with music for all ages
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Opera
Richard Strauss's richly orchestrated opera based on the Greek tragedy in which a furious daughter avenges the murder of her father
In the Know
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Love drives the drama in all four large-scale productions from February to May. Booking opens on Thurs 11 Jan
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A London debut, plus opera by Puccini and Strauss – and at the cinema
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Opera
A fairy tale opera looks the part, but where are the angels?
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Opera
The ultimate children's storybook on stage has all our favourite characters, brought together for a Christmas family show
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Dance
The Royal Ballet’s near-perfect production of The Nutcracker brings magic to the Christmas season at the Royal Opera house
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Opera
Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak star in a full-blooded village drama, and a travelling show turns nightmarish, in a great Italian double bill
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Opera
Handel's Messiah dominates the month's great music, but there is also Bach, passionate Italian opera and a German fairy tale
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Opera
Jennifer France shines as a daughter lost to her father's dangerous pledge in a new staging of Handel's oratorio
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Dance
The Royal Opera House hosts a performance of Island Movements, the centrepiece of the Black British Ballet project
Last Chance
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Healing music for a troubled world, a new symphony by Joan Armatrading and an opera film night
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Dance
The Royal Ballet principal Mayara Magri tells Culture Whisper how she’s preparing for her debut in the role of Jacqueline du Pré in the dramatic ballet The Cellist
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Opera
Coronation soprano Pretty Yende stars in a revival of Verdi's tragic opera
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Dance
Tickets for The Royal Ballet's winter period are now on general sale
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Dance
The ideal opening to the new season, The Royal Ballet’s Don Quixote brings sunshine, fun and simply glorious dancing to Covent Garden
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Opera
Donizetti's opera about a love potion fizzes right out of the bottle at Covent Garden
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Opera
When a mother loses her child, she sets out to find one truly happy person in her changed world...
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Opera
It's messy play time at Covent Garden in a madcap revival of Verdi's action-packed opera
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Opera
The despoliation of the Earth and the humiliation of women are underlying themes in a new production launching Covent Garden 2023/24
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Dance
After a 35-year absence from London’s premier dance house, The Australian Ballet took to the stage at Covent Garden with Balanchine’s glamorous, glittering Jewels
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Dance
Tickets are now on general sale for The Royal Ballet's Autumn season
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Opera
Booking opens on Wed 2 Aug for operas by Wagner, Verdi, Donizetti, Handel and more
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Dance
Proving he’s still got it at 50 years old, the Cuban superstar Carlos Acosta returns to the ROH with a programme that celebrates a long, illustrious career in dance
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Opera
Superb singing breathes new life into a classic production of a Verdi grand opera
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Dance
Young dancers from the UK and abroad join forces for the Next Generation Festival at the Linbury Theatre this summer
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Opera
Outstanding singing from the heroine of Massenet's evening raises the roof. Aigul Akhmetshina is Covent Garden's big star
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Opera
A superbly sung new production of Verdi's great drama has a picturebook quality and a big star in Jamie Barton