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Booking opens at the Royal Opera House

By Hailey Wendling on 29/1/2018

Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming spring season at the Royal Opera House – from blockbuster ballets to over-the-top operas

General booking opens at 9am Wednesday 31 January

Matthew Ball, Calvin Richardson, Edward Watson in Obsidian Tear, ROH 2016 photo Andrej Uspenski

The Royal Ballet, Obsidian Tear Triple Bill

The works in this triple bill bring together the diverse talents of three of Britain’s best loved choreographers, all of them Royal Ballet Resident Choreographers at one time or another. With performances of the the romantic Marguerite et Armand, primal Obsidian Tear, and light-hearted Elite Syncopations, this is one dance showcase you won't want to miss.

WHEN

14 Apr 2018 – 11 May 2018, 19:30 (except 14 April at 19:00) Dur.: TBC

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Tenor Nicky Spence plays a prisoner and Nikita in From the House of the Dead at Covent Garden. Photo: Robert Workman

Janáček's From The House of the Dead, Royal Opera House

From the House of the Dead is the Czech composer Janáček’s final work and, many believe, his most powerful. Based on Dostoyevsky’s semi-autobiographical novel describing life in a Siberian gulag, Janáček examines compassion born out of shared difficulties in this impactful opera.

WHEN

07 Mar 2018 – 24 Mar 2018, 8:00 PM – 9:45 PM

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Verdi's Macbeth is true to Shakespeare's original. But with better tunes... Photo: AKA/ROH

Verdi's Macbeth, Royal Opera House

Verdi is recognised for translating Shakespeare's original plays into operatic compositions. Verdi considered Macbeth to be ‘one of the greatest creations of man’. The opera he created in response both stands alone and pays homage to the Bard's great tragedy. The production is set to return to Covent Garden on 25 March 2018.

WHEN

25 Mar 2018 – 10 Apr 2018, times vary; eight performances

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Manon, Marianela Nuñez, Federico Bonelli, photo Alice Pennefather

The Royal Ballet, Manon

Set in a Paris where squalor and wealth perpetually jostle against each other, the tragic story of Manon follows a pretty young woman who desires romantic love but is corrupted by sex and money. With not a swan, fairy or princess in sight, Manon is a gritty blockbuster of a ballet that tells a sordid story which questions notions of morality and femininity.

WHEN

29 Mar 2018 – 16 May 2018, 19:30 except 19 Apr, 7 May at 13:30, 5 & 7 May 19:00, 12 May 12:30 Dur.: 2hours 35 mins incl. 2 intervals

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Shostakovich's Katerina is murderously deranged by her tedious home life in his once banned opera

Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Royal Opera House

Soviet-era opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, returns to its origins as it returns to the Royal Opera House. The story follows a bored and frustrated housewife, Katerina, who takes a lover, Sergey. When Katerina’s father-in-law discovers them, Katerina poisons him, and so sets out on a ruthless and murderous path in this opera about frustration and infidelity

WHEN

12 Apr 2018 – 27 Apr 2018, 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

The Royal Ballet Insights, Royal Opera House

Every season, the Royal Ballet's Insights programme gives outsiders the opportunity to take an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at particular ballets and individual artists.

WHEN

06 Mar 2018 – 10 Apr 2018, 19:30 Dur.: 1 hour and 30 minutes no interval

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Philip Venables's 4:48 Psychosis amazed audience and critics in 2016. Photo: Stephen Cummiskey

4:48 Psychosis, Royal Opera at Lyric Hammersmith

4:48 Psychosis was written by Sarah Kane shortly before her tragic suicide in 1999. Inspired by the unique perspectives of the playwright, composer Phillip Venables penned an operatic interpretation for the Royal Opera at Lyric Hammersmith. Returning after two years, during which time it picked up a host of awards and nominations, 4:48 Psychosis creates an abstract world of words.

WHEN

23 Apr 2018 – 04 May 2018, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

WHERE

Lyric Hammersmith
Lyric Square, King St, W6 0QL

Soprano Barbara Hannigan stars in Lessons in Love and Violence at the Royal Opera House

Lessons in Love and Violence, Royal Opera House

One of the most highly anticipated opera events of 2018, the world premiere of Lessons in Love and Violence, will take to the Royal Opera House stage. The opera tells the story of a king who is torn between his duty to his country, and his roles as husband and father.

WHEN

10 May 2018 – 26 May 2018, six performances, times vary

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Booking opens at the Royal Opera House

Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming spring season at the Royal Opera House – from blockbuster ballets to over-the-top operas

General booking opens at 9am Wednesday 31 January

The Royal Ballet, Obsidian Tear Triple Bill

Janáček's From The House of the Dead, Royal Opera House

Verdi's Macbeth, Royal Opera House

The Royal Ballet, Manon

Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Royal Opera House

The Royal Ballet Insights, Royal Opera House

4:48 Psychosis, Royal Opera at Lyric Hammersmith

Lessons in Love and Violence, Royal Opera House

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Booking opens at the Royal Opera House

Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming spring season at the Royal Opera House – from blockbuster ballets to over-the-top operasGeneral booking opens at 9am Wednesday 31 January

The Royal Ballet, Obsidian Tear Triple Bill

Janáček's From The House of the Dead, Royal Opera House

Verdi's Macbeth, Royal Opera House

The Royal Ballet, Manon

Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Royal Opera House

The Royal Ballet Insights, Royal Opera House

4:48 Psychosis, Royal Opera at Lyric Hammersmith

Lessons in Love and Violence, Royal Opera House

Opera

Dance

Royal Opera House

Book now: the best theatre of 2018

Summer Season, Shakespeare's Globe

Immersive London: pop-ups and secret adventures in the city

Reasons to stay in: best TV this summer

Family theatre: London's best shows for all the family

Best art exhibitions Frieze week 2019

Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming spring season at the Royal Opera House – from blockbuster ballets to over-the-top operas

General booking opens at 9am Wednesday 31 January