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LondresCarmen

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Bizet: Carmen
Sesto Quatrini; Damiano Michieletto; The Royal Opera; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

LondresManon – The Royal Ballet

Francesca Hayward as Manon and Marcelino Sambé as Des Grieux in MacMillan’s Manon © 2024 RBO. Foteini Christofilopoulou
Massenet: L'Histoire de Manon
Sir Kenneth MacMillan; The Royal Ballet; Koen Kessels; Martin Georgiev; Nicholas Georgiadis

LondresVisionaries: Robbins and MacMillan – The Royal Ballet

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Chopin, Mahler
Jerome Robbins; Sir Kenneth MacMillan; The Royal Ballet; Koen Kessels; Nicholas Georgiadis; Joe Eula; Jennifer Tipton

LondresUn ballo in mascheraNouvelle production

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Verdi: Un bal masqué
Jakub Hrůša; Philipp Stölzl; The Royal Opera; Antony McDonald; Fabiana Piccioli; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

LondresThe Nutcracker – The Royal Ballet

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Tchaïkovski: Casse-Noisette
Sir Peter Wright; Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; The Royal Ballet; Jonathan Lo; Charlotte Politi; Julia Trevelyan Oman

LondresThe Magic Flute

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Mozart: La Flûte enchantée (Die Zauberflöte)
Dalia Stasevska; Sir David McVicar; The Royal Opera; Julia Jones; John Macfarlane; Paule Constable
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The Royal Ballet’s Manon: your heart will break

Francesca Hayward as Manon and Marcelino Sambé as Des Grieux in MacMillan’s Manon © 2024 RBO. Foteini Christofilopoulou
Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon with The Royal Ballet looks every bit as good as it did back in 1974. There is a reason why it’s stood the test of time. 

Titov and Hrůša’s new Parsifal: musically sublime dystopia

Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Parsifal) © The Royal Opera | Marc Brenner
In The Royal Opera’s latest Wagner outing, Jakub Hrůša and the orchestra give a performance for the record books, while Evgeny Titov creates intelligently nuanced dystopia.

Alcina bewitches hearts and minds again at Covent Garden

Lisette Oropesa (Alcina) © RBO | Ian Hippolyte
Lisette Oropesa leads a strong cast in an engaging revival of Richard Jones’ eye-catching account of a Handel masterpiece. Thomas Mayes' performance as Oberto marks him out as a talent to watch.

Don Giovanni spins round again to open The Royal Opera’s season

Gordon Bintner (Don Giovanni) © RBO | Mihaela Bodlovic
With its busy videography, Kasper Holten's 2014 production returns, vibrantly conducted by Stefano Montanari. 

Royal Ballet School comes up trumps with Iain Mackay at the helm

Sophia Koo and Millán de Benito in Christopher Wheeldon's Christening Suite © Photography by ASH
Iain Mackay is the best person to lead the Royal Ballet School into the future and presented a rich and diverse programme of legacy and new works.

Royal Opera revival of La Fille du régiment delights with fresh fizz

Sara Blanch (Marie), Juan Diego Flórez (Tonio) and Paolo Bordogna (Sulpice) © RBO | Tristram Kenton
Sara Blanch's Covent Garden debut, together with Juan Diego Flórez on top form, lead a fizzing revival of La fille du régiment from Royal Opera.
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LondresMadama Butterfly

Ermonela Jaho (Cio-Cio-San) © ROH | Bill Cooper
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Sir Antonio Pappano; Moshe Leiser; The Royal Opera; Renato Balsadonna; Christian Fenouillat; Agostino Cavalca; Christophe Forey