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A bumper year for opera in both city and country houses, concerts marking 250 years of Beethoven's legacy and a chance to catch the biggest names in music today

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Modern masterpieces take their place alongside much-loved classics in stupendous screenings from London's and New York's top houses, with stars from all over the world.

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English National Opera got back on its feet, the Proms went from strength to strength, and the Royal Opera House season grew and grew

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Heavy-weight production by Keith Warner of Verdi's tragedy based on Shakespeare, with Gregory Kunde in the title role and Ermonela Jaho as Desdemona

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Covent Garden's Christmas show is based on Shaun Tan's enchanting book about a boy who finds a curio on the beach

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The international soprano sings music from her native Russia and from the great Italian operatic repertoire in a rare solo recital in the capital

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A dozen sleeping beauties take to the stage at the Linbury Theatre in Les Beaux Dormants, a multigenerational dance piece inspired by the classic ballet The Sleeping Beauty

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Ravishingly beautiful new production by David McVicar of Benjamin Britten's opera about a dying man's infatuation boasts a matchless cast

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The Royal Opera House tenor talks to Stephen Pritchard about the Messiah season, perpetual youth and getting lost backstage at Covent Garden

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The bass-baritone on playing seven roles at once, music for youngsters and climbing Kilimanjaro

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Bryn Terfel makes a big-hearted role debut at Covent Garden in the comic opera by Donizetti in an otherwise disappointing production

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The Italian director on discovering opera, slipping on banana skins and introducing children to the best

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The Royal Ballet joins the commemorations of Merce Cunningham’s centenary with the fascinating Cross Currents triple bill at the Linbury Theatre

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Traditional and innovative ballet alternates with Verdi, Beethoven and a new family opera

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Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon, an engrossing tale of love, greed and tragedy, is as fresh and cogent as ever, and a powerful opener to The Royal Ballet’s new season

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Joyce DiDonato leads an all-star cast in Barrie Kosky's thrilling production of Handel's opera of ambition and revenge

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Life off-stage in Gerald Barry's comic opera is more dramatic than anything the principal character, himself a composer, can dream up

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A mouth-watering selection of ballet and opera for autumn at the Royal Opera House

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A new children’s dance work by Northern Ballet, Little Red Riding Hood, has its London premiere at the Linbury theatre in the autumn

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Massenet's romantic story of the doomed love of a passionate poet for a virtuous woman returns to Covent Garden in a visually arresting production

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Donizetti's comedy returns to Covent Garden in a production packed with visual humour as well as musical hi-jinks, and with a great comedic guest star

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Mozart's comic opera returns to Covent Garden in the David McVicar production that has become a modern classic. The starry cast is led by Christian Gerhaher and Simon Keenlyside

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Power, overweening ambition and the inevitable fall are at the heart of Mussorgsky's epic opera, returning to Covent Garden with Bryn Terfel in the title role

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Bass-baritone Bryn Terfel on villains and buffoons, an impending marriage, and hanging up his Hans Sachs boots

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Tenor superstar Roberto Alagna returns to Covent Garden to lead an outstanding cast in the title role of an heroic opera

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The hottest ticket in opera: an all-star cast in the London debut of a tried and tested production of Britten's searing opera, directed by Deborah Warner

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Two stories from South African history. An orphaned boy makes his own way in a tough world, and a First World War disaster is turned into one last dance

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The lavish and spectacular return of Gounod's operatic take on a classic story in which a man sells his soul to the devil

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The dazzling Firebird, resourceful Figaro and memories of Fonteyn head up two months of top performances. Booking opens 9AM, Wed 3 April

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The triumphant return of a Handel opera to Covent Garden, after 280 years, is a tremendous curtain-raiser for the London Handel Festival

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The Bolshoi Ballet returns to Covent Garden, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, for an exciting three-week summer season showcasing four spectacular tried and tested ballets

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Jonas Kaufmann returns to Covent Garden as a young woman's lover at war with her vengeful brother