The aim is to experience the new work on its own terms. That’s hard enough, given the PR onslaught that precedes any Royal Opera première – the way the classical establishment circles the wagons, and ...

Dinkova is attuned to the operations of the gaze in the text and in the opera house. Narraboth surveils everyone, especially Salome, on security cameras that show us spaces beyond the opera house.

Operagoers who miss the grandeur of Strauss’ full score will have the chance to see Salome in the Met’s upcoming new production. But it’s hard to imagine that the bigger house will be able to offer ...

The Royal Opera House opened in 1858. The building was previously destroyed twice by fire (once in 1808 and again in 1856). It was originally named the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. The Opera House ...

The Royal Opera House has announced a cast change for its production of “Faust.” The company said, “Lisette Oropesa has withdrawn from all performances of Faust due to personal reasons.” As a result, ...

As for casting the Swede in the title role of Richard Strauss’s Salome, the idea seemed roughly comparable to starring Judith Anderson as Lolita. But New York’s Metropolitan Opera does ...

Find tickets to a variety of shows at the Royal Opera House. Established in 1732, The Royal Opera House has served as a prominent hub for operatic and ballet performances. The iconic venue has ...

It’s a bold choice for the Royal Opera House mainstage treatment – or it would be for anyone other than Mark-Anthony Turnage, king of in-your-face operatic confrontation: Greek tragedy ...

You have until 25th February 2025 to see Onegin at the Royal Opera House. While Onegin was originally conceived as an opera, it is now being performed as a ballet at the Royal Opera House.

The people at Heartbeat Opera--that dazzling reinvention-machine for taking works that you think you might have heard one time too often and making them compelling--must have had a crystal ball ...