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LondonThe Magic Flute
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Marie Jacquot; Sir David McVicar; The Royal Opera; Finnegan Downie Dear; John Macfarlane; Paule Constable
LondonLa Fille mal gardée
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Hérold: La Fille mal gardée
Sir Frederick Ashton; The Royal Ballet; Jonathan Lo; Osbert Lancaster; John B. Read
LondonThe Makropulos CaseNew production

Janáček: The Makropulos Case (Věc Makropulos)
Jakub Hrůša; Katie Mitchell; The Royal Opera; Vicki Mortimer; Sussie Juhlin-Wallén; James Farncombe; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée: the most joyous of ballets
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If you’re in need of a pick-me-up, get thee to the Royal Opera House and see La Fille mal gardée, a gem of a ballet. There’s a long roster of impressive casts to choose from.
The Magic Flute returns in triumph to the Royal Opera House
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Sir David McVicar's classic staging of The Magic Flute, now over 20 years old, shines afresh in a stylish performance conducted by Marie Jacquot, making her Covent Garden debut.
The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate is sumptuous but complex
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The Royal Ballet’s season opener, Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate, is visually tremendous, very well danced but the many principal and soloist characters are difficult to keep up with.
