Il turco in Italia
The Royal Opera
11—27 April 2015An evening of shameless fun from the master of comic opera. Rossini's irresistible comedy of love and mayhem is conducted by Evelino Pidò.
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
The Royal Opera
10 March—4 April 2015A new production of Brecht and Weill's furious satire with a cast including Anne Sofie von Otter and Christine Rice. Directed by John Fulljames and conducted by Mark Wigglesworth.
Will Self - Contain Your Self
4 March 2015
Author and journalist Will Self questions whether Weill and Brecht's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny can ever rupture opera's moneyed bourgeois complacency.
Royal Opera House
On stage
The Four Temperaments / Hofesh Shechter / Song of the Earth
The Royal Ballet
27 March—14 April 2015
A world premiere from Hofesh Shechter alongside works by two masters of 20th-century ballet: George Balanchine and Kenneth MacMillan.
La Fille mal gardée
The Royal Ballet
16 April—5 May 2015
Frederick Ashton's much-loved ballet is one of his most fun, infused with his love of the English countryside and bursting with riotous wit and humour.
Cover / Shaker Loops
11—14 March 2015
Ballet de Lorraine performs two UK premieres by choreographers Itamar Serussi and Andonis Foniadakis.
Król Roger
The Royal Opera
1—19 May 2015
A new production directed by Kasper Holten and conducted by Antonio Pappano, in their first collaboration. Szymanowski's complex psychological drama Starring Mariusz Kwiecień.
News and features
Watch: Will Self event live streamed for free on 4 March 2015
27 February 2015Watch the novelist and journalist challenge the purpose of opera and the organizations that create it.
Watch: Noah Stewart sings 'L’Ultima canzone' by Tosti on Radio 3’s In Tune
27 February 2015Leading American tenor discusses getting booed on stage and combining opera with Broadway musicals.
Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor to open world-class studios in 2016
27 February 2015Studio Wayne McGregor will be part of a new educational and cultural hub in East London.
The Royal Opera’s Nabucco available to pre-order on DVD and Blu-ray
26 February 2015Daniele Abbado's new production stars Plácido Domingo and Liudmyla Monastyrska.
Cast Change: Life Reimagined Gala on 25 February 2015
25 February 2015Aleksandrs Antonenko is indisposed and not able to sing at the Gala Celebration tonight.
Online booking: Why we have changed Friends Online Booking opening times to 8am rather than 10am.
25 February 2015Two-day trial on 3 and 4 March to explore whether a staggered booking approach will improve customer experience.
Listen: Sara Cox backstage at The Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake on BBC Radio 2
25 February 2015Radio DJ meets Royal Ballet Principal Thiago Soares, explores backstage and takes her mum to her first-ever ballet.
Your reaction: Der fliegende Holländer live in cinemas
24 February 2015What did you think of the live cinema relay of Wagner's early masterpiece?
Tweets
Catch Arts Question Time tonight at 9pm on BBC Four. A panel of leading creatives will be debating the state of the arts in the UK ^H
RT @TheRoyalOpera: Join Will Self online or in person this Wednesday for his provocative lecture on #ROHmahagonny. Questions welcome. http://t.co/YFd8lPABRl ^H
