Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

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LondonManon – The Royal Ballet

Francesca Hayward as Manon and Marcelino Sambé as Des Grieux in MacMillan’s Manon © 2024 RBO. Foteini Christofilopoulou

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Nov 13, 14 mat, eve, 19, 25

Massenet: Manon

Sir Kenneth MacMillan; The Royal Ballet; Koen Kessels; Martin Georgiev; Nicholas Georgiadis

Yasmine Naghdi and Marcelino Sambé in Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering © 2026 Johan Persson

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Nov 17, 20, 23, 24, 28 mat, eve

Chopin, Mahler

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

Ginger Costa-Jackson (Carmen) and Russell Thomas (Don José) © Mihaela Bodlovic

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Nov 18, 21

Bizet: Carmen

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

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Nov 30, Dec 02, 07, 10, 12, 15, 18

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Jakub Hrůša; Philipp Stölzl; The Royal Opera; Antony McDonald; Fabiana Piccioli; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Dec 03, 04 mat, eve, 05 mat, eve, 08, 09, 11, 14 mat, eve, 16 mat, eve, 19 mat, eve, 21, 22 mat, eve, 23 mat, eve, 24 mat, 29 mat, eve, 30, 31 mat, 2027 Jan 02 mat, eve, 05, 07, 08, 12, 13

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Sir Peter Wright; Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; The Royal Ballet; Jonathan Lo; Charlotte Politi; Julia Trevelyan Oman

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Dec 13 mat, 17, 30 mat, 2027 Jan 01, 06, 08 mat, 14, 16, 23, Feb 06, 09, 11, 14 mat, 17

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Dalia Stasevska; Sir David McVicar; The Royal Opera; Julia Jones; John Macfarlane; Paule Constable

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The Royal Ballet in Visionaries: two spellbinding masterpieces

Graham Watts, 9 Nov

The Royal Ballet presents a tremendous double bill of Robbins’s Dances at a Gathering and MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, with inspired casting.

****1

Dominic Lowe, 29 Oct

Ginger Costa-Jackson is no stranger to Carmen, and in her latest assumption of the role she brings a countercultural flair to the doomed gypsy.

***11

Deborah Weiss, 13 Oct

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.

*****

Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Parsifal) © The Royal Opera | Marc Brenner

David Karlin, 1 Oct

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.

*****

Lisette Oropesa (Alcina) © RBO | Ian Hippolyte

Christopher Woodley, 15 Sept

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.

****1