Articles from April 2013
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Your reaction: Daniele Abbado's production of Nabucco 2013
Taking children to the opera? Listen without prejudice
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Watch: Are opera and ballet elitist?
Design Challenge winners announced for 2013
ROH partners with Freed to give 800 children a dance taster
Cast Change: Roberta Marquez to dance in La Bayadère on 5 April
Cast changes: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on 6 April
Cast change: Bennet Gartside to dance Prince Rudolf in Mayerling on 25 and 30 April
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Leanne Benjamin to retire
Mayerling's music: Atmospheric, dark and decadent
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Cast change: Hikaru Kobayashi to dance in La Bayadère on 9 and 27 April
Cast changes: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on 11 and 13 April
Gallery: The Royal Opera rehearsing L’isola disabitata
Cinema screenings of The Royal Ballet's Frederick Ashton Mixed Programme confirmed
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Your reaction: La Bayadère
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Natalia Osipova to join The Royal Ballet as a Principal Dancer
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Watch: Angela Gheorghiu on La rondine
Autumn Season 2013/14
Winter Season 2013/14
Watch: Nehemiah Kish on La Bayadère
‘Showing us how we are by inventing who we were’: John Fulljames on Walter Scott
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Spring Season 2013/14
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Thomas Hampson on Simon Boccanegra: ‘Dramatic, beautiful and rewarding’
Cast change: Yuhui Choe to dance as Gamzatti in La Bayadère on 12 April
Eugene Onegin to be broadcast on BBC Four on 12 April
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Composer’s Cut #1: Giuseppe Verdi the notorious reviser
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Summer Season 2013/14
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Sir Colin Davis dies at the age of 85
Witch-hunt: Cathy Marston on being inspired by Europe's 'last witch'
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Plácido Domingo receives the Freedom of the City of London
Sir Colin Davis (1927–2013)
Cast Change: La Bayadère 20 April and Mayerling 25 and 30 April
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Your reaction: Die Zauberflöte
Cast change: Béatrice Uria-Monzon to sing Princess Eboli in Don Carlo for all performances
‘A beautiful fusion of maths and music’: Marcus du Sautoy on The Magic Flute
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Watch: Summer Season film 2013 starring Royal Ballet dancers and an impassioned rendition of Norma’s ‘Casta diva’
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Your reaction: Mayerling
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Watch: La donna del lago trailer
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Edward Watson and Mara Galeazzi team up to launch Pointe Shoes Appeal
Royal Opera to stage L'Ormindo at Shakespeare's Globe's new Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Working with Sir Colin: A tribute by David Syrus
The Royal Ballet to tour Japan
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Antonio Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann and Written on Skin win at inaugural Opera Awards
Draft Works 2013: A chance for dancers to play with movement
Recommended recordings Apr 2013: New releases in the ROH Shop
Who's who in Mayerling: our family tree guide
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Conductor Change: David Syrus to conduct Die Zauberflöte on 24 April
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Cast change: Thiago Soares to dance as Solor in La Bayadère on 27 April
Young Artist Profile: Pablo Bemsch
'I am a cloud in trousers': the sayings of George Balanchine
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What are Britten's Canticles?
ROH's Christopher Wheeldon, Marianela Nuñez and Bryan Hymel all win 2013 Olivier Awards
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Your reaction: Nabucco in cinemas 2013
Inside the Pointe Shoes Room with the Bronze Idol from La Bayadère