ROH2 Commissions and Productions
Each Season, ROH2 commissions and produces new full length and short opera and dance pieces in the Linbury Studio Theatre and other spaces in the building. We work with composers, choreographers, designers, puppeteers and visual artists to create new works that work within the context of the art forms of the Royal Opera House, while extending the boundaries, combining disciplines and attracting new audiences to opera and dance. We plan around two years in advance, and frequently develop work with our Associate Artists and through our artist development programmes, as well as commissioning artists who are creating work for ROH for the first time.
This Season
Exposure: Dance
Classic Cut (ROH2 co-commission with Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company)
New Dance Commissions
OperaShots
SUM
Past Productions
Exposure: Opera
Magical Night
YES
Heart of Darkness (ROH2 co-production with Opera East)
The Metamorphosis
Deloitte Ignite
Season 2010/11
Exposure: Dance
Voices Across the World 2011
Seven Angels (ROH2 co-production with The Opera Group and Tramway)
The Royal Ballet School Summer Performances
Cocteau Voices
Clemency
Exposure 2011
OperaShots 2011
Deloitte Ignite 10
Pleasure’s Progress
Faeries
Firsts 10
Season 2009/10
Deloitte Ignite 09
Goldberg: The Brandstrup-Rojo Project
Firsts 09
The Enchanted Pig
Dalston Songs
God’s Garden (An Open Heart Production, co-commissioned by ROH2 and DanceEast)
Exposure 2010
OperaShots 2010
Recital 1 / Into the Little Hill (A co-production with Aldeburgh Festival, London Sinfonietta and The Opera Group)
Voices Across the World 2010
Season 2008/09
Deloitte Ignite 08
Firsts 08
Thief of Baghdad
Seasonal Celebration
Into the Little Hill / Down by the Greenwood Side (a co-production with The Opera Group and London Sinfonietta)
The Red Balloon
Parthenogenesis
Summer Collection
Voices Across the World 2009
Operashots 2009
Previous productions:
Wind in the Willows, Red Balloon, Pinocchio, Into the Woods, Dalston Songs, Soldier’s Tale, Cathy Marston productions, Gentle Giant
Visiting and Co-productions
ROH2 programmes a range of visiting company productions into the Linbury Studio Theatre and other spaces, as well as working in partnership with dance and opera companies to support the development of new pieces. We work regularly with our Associate Companies, such as Music Theatre Wales, Nitro, Ballet Black and others, by investing in the development and creation of new opera and dance. Some of the companies we have worked with include: Music Theatre Wales, Ballet Black, The Opera Group, Bern:Ballett, Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company, Nitro, Opera East, English Touring Opera, DanceXchange, Henri Oguike Dance Company, Chinatown Arts, Open Heart Productions and Segue Productions.
Visiting Company productions
This Season
Ballet Black
Young British Dancer of the Year Award (Royal Ballet School)
Verve 12 (Verve and part of ROH2's Springboard Series)
Rambert (Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance and part of ROH2's Springboard Series)
Ballet Central (Central School of Ballet and part of ROH2's Springboard Series)
Past Productions
Guest Suites (Jacky Lansley)
Smashed (Gandini Juggling and part of the London International Mime Festival)
Holistic Strata / Haptic (Hiroaki Umeda and part of the London International Mime Festival)
Lucinda Belle Orchestra (part of the London Jazz Festival)
Cédric Andrieux (Jérôme Bel - part of Dance Umbrella)
Bare Bones The Decade (DanceXchange)
Carnival the Musical (DreamArts and part of ROH2's Springboard Series)
Seven Angels (an ROH2, The Opera Group and Tramway co-production)
The Orpheus Centre (The Orpheus Centre and part of ROH2’s Springboard Series)
Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance (Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance and part of ROH2’s Springboard Series)
Ballet Central (Ballet Central and part of ROH2’s Springboard Series)
CLARA/Howl (Bern:Ballett)
Butterfly Dreaming Tour (Henri Oguike Dance Company)
Ballet Black (Ballet Black)
In the Penal Colony (Music Theatre Wales)
The Duenna (English Touring Opera)
Promised End (English Touring Opera)
Monumental (Ros Warby - part of Dance Umbrella)
Songs From a Hotel Bedroom (Segue)
Cleveland Watkiss and Nicki Yeoh (part of the London Jazz Festival)
Choreographic Workshop (Rambert Dance Company)
Les Corbeux (Josef Nadj - part of the London International Mime Festival)
The Art of Laughter (Jos Houben - part of the London International Mime Festival)
Le Jardin (Atelier Lefeuvre & André - part of the London International Mime Festival)
Festivals
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ROH2 produces, hosts and takes part in a number of festivals each Season. These offer the opportunity for a wide range of artists and companies to perform at the Royal Opera House, and for audiences to attend new work within a relaxed and informal atmosphere. Additionally, by hosting London wide or national festivals such as Dance Umbrella and the London International Mime Festival, ROH is able to provide excellent spaces, marketing, press and technical support, as well as a high profile platform for companies performing in London or the UK for the first time.
One of the largest festivals produced by ROH2 is the annual Deloitte Ignite, which launches the new Season at the beginning of September. The festival is curated by a high profile artist or partner, and shows new site specific work and performances across all the public spaces in the building, as well as opening up some backstage and working areas.
ROH2 Festivals
Deloitte Ignite
Exposure
Voices Across the World
Visiting festivals
Dance Umbrella
London Jazz Festival
London International Mime Festival
Festivals ROH2 has taken part in
Latitude Festival 09
Latitude Festival 10
Artist Development Programmes
A central part of the work of ROH2 is supporting artist development in a number of ways. We run an Opera Development Programme throughout the year, which provides workshop time for composers creating new work, a range of courses and the opportunity for commissions from the small scale through to chamber pieces in the Linbury Studio Theatre. We have a number of Associate Artists working in a range of disciplines, including composers, choreographers and a scientist. We facilitate opportunities for independent artists and emerging practitioners to be immersed in the wide range of artistic practice within the Royal Opera House, to benefit from opportunities to work in various departments and with The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet, and to extend and develop their own work as a result.
Associate Artist Programme
Opera Development
Dancelines
On the Road
The Royal Opera House regularly takes its work On the Road, encouraging people to engage with and participate in opera and dance. Our ambition is to connect with new and existing audiences across the UK.
The On the Road programme is currently focusing work primarily in the North West and the East regions of the UK, building relationships with organisations based in those areas and developing new initiatives in partnership. On the Road currently works with key partners, The Lowry in Salford and DanceEast in Ipswich as well as a range of other local organisations. Activity largely takes place through spring and summer residencies, with some projects taking place throughout the year.
Activity On the Road includes education projects with families, schools and communities, small-scale touring productions which take our work to new settings; touring exhibitions showcasing the history of our productions and of the Royal Opera House itself and live relays of opera and ballet to Big Screens around the country. Opportunities are also available for groups engaged with On the Road events, to visit the Royal Opera House and participate in activities at our Covent Garden home.