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Tried and Tested
Opera
New production of Tchaikovsky's searing opera excels musically but is visually disappointing
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English National Opera launches its new season with three productions, the Royal Opera stages Bernstein rarities, and the piano gets its own festival
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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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Dance
Let's All Dance presents Sleeping Beauty in a version tailor-made for budding ballet lovers: short in duration but long on fairytale magic
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English National Ballet dancers display their versatility in Our Voices, a triple bill of neo-classical and contemporary works which opened the company’s new season at Sadler’s Wells
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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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The Royal Ballet's superlative Sleeping Beauty comes to a cinema near you
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English National Ballet’s Swan Lake, now at the Coliseum, is a meticulous, often magical, production of this timeless classic
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English National Ballet’s very own Nutcracker is now installed at the Coliseum for its traditional festive season run
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Matthew Bourne’s gothic and magical take on The Sleeping Beauty is now installed at Sadler’s Wells for the whole of the festive season
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The Royal Ballet’s glorious production of the Christmas ballet par excellence, The Nutcracker, is now firmly installed on the main stage at Covent Garden
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Northern Ballet got off the blocks early with a nationwide tour of its charming production of The Nutcracker
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An Evening with the Next Generation at the ROH Linbury Theatre brings together students and young dancers from the UK and Europe in an eclectic bill
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Opera
Opera Holland Park 2022 opens with Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, the story of a first love tempered by experience
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Opera
Free lunchtime entertainment for Londoners, with music from this year's productions
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Dance
Inevitably overshadowed by the war in Ukraine, The Royal Ballet’s sumptuous production of Swan Lake returned to the stage at Covent Garden
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Three major works from The Royal Ballet's repertoire, including The Sleeping Beauty, will be available to downstream for free in the new year
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Dance
The Royal Ballet fired the first shot in the battle of The Nutcrackers with its immaculate, heart-filling production of the classic Christmas ballet
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Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! danced with thrilling seasonal sparkle by his New Adventures Company at Sadler’s Wells, is the perfect fun-filled antidote to our fraught times
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Booking opens 16 Nov for two three-act ballets, a new family opera, plus Mozart, Handel and Puccini
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Opera
An opera inspired by a classic novel joins the repertoire at London's own country house opera
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Opera
The Russian secret service officer poisoned in his adopted home of London is at the heart of a new opera inspired by his career, marriage and assassination
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Opera
Highly charged and ambitious revival of Tchaikovsky's most romantic opera introduces an exciting new soprano in Natalia Tanasii
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Dance
English National Ballet has unveiled its full programme for the 2021/22 season, a blend of cutting-edge new works and much-loved classics
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Dance
The Royal Ballet's gorgeous production of The Sleeping Beauty is to be streamed as part of the ROH's programme of Friday Premieres
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Dance
As a Christmas present to fans, English National Ballet has decided to stream its production of Nutcracker Delights, following the Covid-imposed cancellation of its Coliseum run
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Dance
The magic of Christmas is alive and well and dazzling audiences at the Royal Opera House in The Royal Ballet’s sparkling production of The Nutcracker
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Opera
The Royal Opera House has unveiled its autumn/winter programme of ballet and opera to be screened in cinemas worldwide
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Opera
Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Handel and Richard Strauss operas are planned for the summer, with dates and casts to be announced. But keep room in your diary from May to August
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Beethoven, Verdi and Mozart, of course, but also minimalist Steve Reich and a new work about climate crisis, with many concerts perfect for young music-makers. Booking is open now...
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Immersive
Immersive debut concert by new orchestra invites audience into the heart of the music. Featuring Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn and Haydn
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Opera
English National Opera got back on its feet, the Proms went from strength to strength, and the Royal Opera House season grew and grew
