Week 41, 8-14 October, 2012
Monday 8 October 2012
Lunchtime Recital: Programme to include Haydn trio 15xv 27 in C maj and Dvorák piano trio no.4, op.90 in E min (Dumky)
Event13:00Crush RoomThe regular free lunchtime recitals feature the rising stars of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, members of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and The Royal Opera Chorus and Southbank Sinfonia.
Swan Lake
Performance19:30Main StageWith instantly recognizable music and a timeless story of good against evil, Swan Lake is the greatest of Romantic ballets. Anthony Dowell's production draws upon the opulent style of 1890s Russia.
Tuesday 9 October 2012
Götterdämmerung
Performance16:00Main Stage OLD (Facility 97)Wagner's tale of gods, mortals and giants draws to a close. Keith Warner presents a bravura production of the fourth opera in the Ring cycle.
Wednesday 10 October 2012
Pre-performance Talk: Albert Herring
Event18:30General AdmissionBritten's touching and bittersweet comedy is given an entertaining new staging by English Touring Opera.
Swan Lake
Performance19:30Main StageWith instantly recognizable music and a timeless story of good against evil, Swan Lake is the greatest of Romantic ballets. Anthony Dowell's production draws upon the opulent style of 1890s Russia.
Albert Herring
Performance19:45Linbury StudioBritten's touching and bittersweet comedy is given an entertaining new staging by English Touring Opera.
Thursday 11 October 2012
Pre-performance Talk: The Lighthouse
Event18:30General AdmissionPeter Maxwell Davies’s haunting opera is an atmospheric combination of a detective mystery and a ghost story.
Swan Lake
Performance19:30Main StageWith instantly recognizable music and a timeless story of good against evil, Swan Lake is the greatest of Romantic ballets. Anthony Dowell's production draws upon the opulent style of 1890s Russia.
The Lighthouse
Performance19:45Linbury StudioPeter Maxwell Davies’s haunting opera is an atmospheric combination of a detective mystery and a ghost story.
Friday 12 October 2012
The Royal Ballet in Class
Event10:30Main StageA present from The Royal Ballet to the Friends in celebration of their 50th Anniversary.
Tea Dance BP1
Event13:00Paul Hamlyn HallOur Tea Dances take place throughout the season in the Paul Hamlyn Hall and give you the opportunity to walz, tango, cha cha cha and quickstep to the Royal Opera House Dance Band.
In Conversation with Kasper Holten
Event19:30Clore ReservedEnhance your experience of opera through these informal and enlightening interviews with some of our international opera stars.
Swan Lake
Performance19:30Main StageWith instantly recognizable music and a timeless story of good against evil, Swan Lake is the greatest of Romantic ballets. Anthony Dowell's production draws upon the opulent style of 1890s Russia.
Christ lag / Emperor Atlantis
Performance20:00Linbury StudioJames Conway presents a powerful production of this daring political satire. It was created when Viktor Ullman and Peter Kien were imprisoned in a concentration camp during World War II.
Saturday 13 October 2012
Swan Lake
Performance13:30Main StageWith instantly recognizable music and a timeless story of good against evil, Swan Lake is the greatest of Romantic ballets. Anthony Dowell's production draws upon the opulent style of 1890s Russia.
Swan Lake
Performance19:00Main StageWith instantly recognizable music and a timeless story of good against evil, Swan Lake is the greatest of Romantic ballets. Anthony Dowell's production draws upon the opulent style of 1890s Russia.
The Lighthouse
Performance19:45Linbury StudioPeter Maxwell Davies’s haunting opera is an atmospheric combination of a detective mystery and a ghost story.
Sunday 14 October 2012
Awake In Chorus!
Concert16:00Paul Hamlyn HallJoin the Royal Opera Chorus and the ROH Thurrock Community Chorus for a wonderful performance of opera classics.
