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Lauren Cuthbertson opens refurbished Freed Shoes Shop

Royal Ballet Principal dancer Lauren Cuthbertson this week re-opened the refurbished St Martin's Lane shop of Freed of London, a major supplier of custom-made pointe shoes to The Royal Ballet. The...

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New water-bound opera based on The Owl and the Pussycat

The Owl and the Pussycat © ROH 2012 A water-bound operatic spectacle based on the enchanting Edward Lear poem The Owl and the Pussycat is on offer during the summer of the Games, a new work from ROH2....

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Mayerling to be screened live and for free on BP Big Screens around the UK

Mara Galeazzi and Edward Watson in Mayerling © ROH/Johan Persson, 2005 The Royal Ballet's Mayerling will be screened live, for free, to BP Big Screens around the UK next Thursday (13 June). The annual...

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Your reaction: Mayerling on BP Big Screens

Mara Galeazzi and Edward Watson at the curtain call for Mayerling © ROH / Ruairi Watson [View the story "Your reaction: Mayerling on BP Big Screens" on Storify][View the story "Your reaction: Mayerling...

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ROH 2012/13 Season in review

The Royal Opera House auditorium © Rob Moore/ROH 1998 [View the story "ROH 2012/13 Season in review" on Storify] What was your favourite production or moment of the 2012/13 Season? The 2013/14 Season...

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Your reaction: The Bolshoi's Swan Lake

Anna Tikhomirova in Swan Lake | Photo by Damir Yusupov Incredibly powerful ending. Loved it. Am a complete zakarhova fan. She's chilling as odile. But love her arms #bolshoi — McVic (@Vix_McVic) July...

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Family Sundays: A chance to experience opera and ballet close-up


Family Sundays dance workshop © ROH/Sim Canetty-Clarke The Paul Hamlyn Hall early on a Sunday morning: the bunting is up and a brass quintet starts to play. Upstairs in the Amphitheatre Bar, racks...

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The ROH during World War I: Suffragettes, star names and shut doors

Tanks taking part in a victory parade near Covent Garden to mark the end of World War I, 1918. Photo by Thomas Scales In 1914, as Europe slid inexorably towards war, the Royal Opera House's programme...

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Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory short films to have their premiere at Deloitte...

Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis at the Olivier Awards 2013 © Rex Features Actors Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory will be part of Deloitte Ignite's opening weekend, reading famous interpretations of the...

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Claus Guth’s production of Die Frau ohne Schatten wins Best Opera at The...

Emily Magee as the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014 Claus Guth’s production of Die Frau ohne Schatten has won Best Opera at The South Bank Sky Arts Awards. The new production...

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Woolf Works and Guillaume Tell win Knight of Illumination awards

Edward Watson and Natalia Osipova in Woolf Works. ©2015 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton Two lighting designers involved in recent Royal Opera House productions have won Knight of Illumination...

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Watch: Ermonela Jaho on returning to Suor Angelica — 'I sing with a different...

When she first accepted the title role in Richard Jones' production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica in 2011, Ermonela Jaho reveals she wasn’t very familiar with Puccini's one-act opera: ‘The bit that I...

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Iced Gems: Remembering the Royal Opera House’s indoor ice-skating rink

Enchanted Night as part of Rhapsody on Ice, 1937, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden © ROH In 1937 a new art form graced the Royal Opera House stage – ice ballet. It was an ambitious project that...

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Cast Change: Angela Gheorghiu to sing in Tosca on 25 and 29 January 2016

Angela Gheorghiu in Tosca © ROH/Catherine Ashmore, 2011 Amanda Echalaz has had to withdraw from Tosca on 25 and 29 January due to illness. The Royal Opera is extremely grateful to Romanian soprano...

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Cast Change: Maria Guleghina to sing in Tosca on 2 and 5 February 2016

Maria Guleghina © ROH. 2016 Amanda Echalaz has had to withdraw from Jonathan Kent's Tosca on 2 and 5 February due to illness. The role of Floria Tosca will now be sung by Odessan–born soprano Maria...

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From the archives: The 1856 Covent Garden Fire

The destruction of Covent Garden Theatre on the morning of 5 March 1856 Saturday 5 March marks the 160th anniversary of the fire that destroyed the Royal Italian Opera, the second theatre to stand on...

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Frederick Ashton and Margot Fonteyn honoured with English Heritage blue plaques

Darcey Bussell unveils the blue plaque for Margot Foteyn © English Heritage, 2016 Former Director of The Royal Ballet Frederick Ashton and Royal Ballet Prima Ballerina Assoluta Margot Fonteyn have been...

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The Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker inspires Liberty’s Christmas windows 2016

Toy soldiers from The Nutcracker at Liberty's Christmas Shop © Liberty Throughout November and December 2016, one of London’s best-loved department stores, Liberty, will dedicate their Christmas...

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Out Loud: Royal Opera Chorus to join Joseph Calleja for free pop-up performance

The Royal Opera Chorus and the Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus singing in Awake in Chorus! © Paul Starr/ROH 2012 Singers are taking over London’s Covent Garden Piazza on Sunday 4 September...

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A trip around Handel’s London

George Frideric Handel attributed to Balthasar Denner oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1726-1728 NPG 1976 © National Portrait Gallery, London Handel may have been born in Halle but he was a Londoner...

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