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Celebrating Alessandra Ferri's 40-year association with The Royal Ballet by reviving Maurice Béjart's L'Heure exquise, a rarely-seen work by one of Europe's great 20th-century choreographers. 

Asami Maki's Raymonda returns to stage after 12 years, and the result was glorious, with excellent interpretation by Yui Yonezawa, Yudai Fukuoka and Masahiro Nakaya.

Based on a story published by Heinrich Heine in 1834, Giselle has long stood as a front runner in the classical ballet canon.

There’s a good reason Swan Lake is a box office blockbuster. Not only is it “famous” in the sense that even ballet neophytes know all about it, Swan Lake is a seriously meaty ballet with a narrative arc that offers tension-filled dynamics, a luscious score by Tchaikovsky and one of the most famous tragic love stories of all time.

A revival of a traditional staging,  with great singers and full of dramatic energy

In this production of Andrea Chénier, love, liberty, revolution and death are all ingredients to create strong emotions: with a final ovation for the conductor.

Le célèbre ballet créé en 1876 au Palais Garnier fait son entrée au répertoire de l'Opéra national de Paris dans une version « rétro » signée Manuel Legris qui peine à convaincre.

Le ballet remonté par Pierre Lacotte en 2001 est un classique du répertoire de l’Opéra de Paris qui permet de voir de nouveaux talents faire leurs preuves sur scène en cette fin d'année. 

Große Stimmen, große Emotionen und nur kleine Irritationen: Das Wiener Staatsopernpublikum feiert Anna Netrebko, Luca Pisaroni und Celso Albelo in der Wiederaufnahme von Anna Bolena.