When to Book

The Royal Opera House season runs from September to July. The season is divided into four booking periods:

Autumn | Winter | Spring | Summer

The 2008/9 Royal Opera House season


Autumn 2008 

Deloitte Ignite Festival 

Opera and Music

Don Giovanni
La fanciulla del West
La Calisto
Varjak Paw
La bohème
Matilde di Shabran
Hänsel und Gretel 

Ballet and Dance

Swan Lake
Manon
Serenade / L'invitation au Voyage / Theme & Variations
The Nutcracker

Winter 2008/2009 

Public Booking opens 14 October 2008

Opera and Music

War Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Elektra
Turandot
The Beggar's Opera
Die tote Stadt
Rigoletto
Der fliegende Holländer  

Ballet and Dance

Voluntaries / The Lesson / New McGregor
Ondine
The Thief of Baghdad
La Bayadère
Seven Deadly Sins/Carmen/ DGV (Danse a Grande Vitesse)
Swan Lake

Spring 2009 

Public Booking opens 3 Feb 2009
Priority Booking for Friends of Covent Garden opens on 13 January (ballet and dance) and 14 January (opera and music).

Opera and Music

I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Messa da Requiem
Dido & Aeneas / Acis & Galatea
Il trovatore
Lohengrin
L'elisir d'amore 

Ballet and Dance

Isadora / Dances at a Gathering
Dido & Aeneas / Acis & Galatea
The Red Balloon
Giselle
Les Sylphides / World Premiere by Alastair Marriott / The Firebird

Summer 2009 

Booking opens 28 April 2009

Opera and Music

Lulu
Partheno-Genesis
La traviata
Recital – Rolando Villazón / Antonio Pappano
Un ballo in maschera
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Tosca

Ballet and Dance

Ondine
Jewels
Royal Ballet School matinee

Box Office Information

View information for box office inquiries or questions about booking.

Christmas Opening Hours

Tuesday 23 December  
Link and phones Open 10am Close 7.30pm

Wednesday 24 December  
CLOSED

Thursday 25 December             
CLOSED

Friday 26 December    
Link ONLY Open 3pm Close 7.30pm

Wednesday 31 December 
Link and phones Open 10am Close 6.30pm

Thursday 1 January 2009 
Link ONLY Open 2pm Close 6.30pm