Thomas Hampson: A true "Mastersinger"
Thomas Hampson as Giorgio Germont in La Traviata © ROH / Catherine Ashmore 2009 One of the world’s pre-eminent opera singers, an ambassador of American song and something of a cyber-philanthropist,...
View ArticleYour Reaction: Royal Ballet Mixed Programme
Marianela Nunez and Carlos Acosta in Apollo ©ROH/Johan Persson, 2013[View the story "Your Reaction: The Royal Ballet's Mixed Programme" on Storify] Your Reaction: The Royal Ballet's Mixed Programme...
View ArticleA great new website helps teachers take learning outside the classroom
Curtain Up! - Royal Opera House Thurrock Taking education outside of the school gives students the chance to do hands-on learning. It’s also a great way for organizations, such as the Royal Opera...
View ArticleFancy an MA in Opera Making? Guildhall School of Music & Drama and ROH to...
Kasper Holten and Simon Keenlyside in rehearsals for Eugene Onegin © ROH/Bill Cooper 2013 A doctoral Composer-in-Residence position and new MA in Opera Making will be offered at the Guildhall School of...
View ArticleCast change: Lianna Haroutounian to sing role of Elizabeth of Valois in Don...
Lianna Haroutounian German soprano Anja Harteros has withdrawn from singing the role of Elizabeth of Valois in Don Carlo for the final four performances in May (15, 18, 21, and 25 May). Anja is not...
View ArticleBrazil Blog #3: Striking the balance between creativity and technique in ballet
Workshop participants and staff from The Royal Opera House at Rio's Theatro Municipal © Luiz Guilherme Guerreiro, 2013 Passionate debate over the balance between creativity and technique was the...
View ArticleGuide to the Royal Opera House Summer Season 2012/13
Summer Season 2012/3 One Extraordinary World. The Royal Opera House Booking days Premium 2 Friends: 26 February Premium 1 Friends: 27 February Supporting Friends: 1 March Friends of Covent Garden -...
View ArticleWatch: Written on Skin trailer
Katie Mitchell’s production of George Benjamin and Martin Crimp’s dark and passionate opera Written on Skin opens in Covent Garden on 8 March. The production, which features a 60-piece orchestra, a...
View ArticleFranz Kafka: Cryptic, confessional, aphoristic
Franz Kafka About ten years ago the American illusionist David Blaine performed an extreme endurance stunt in London – he starved himself for 44 days, suspended in a transparent box over the Southbank....
View ArticleWatch: Atoms for Peace's new video featuring choreography by Wayne McGregor
Atoms for Peace, Thom Yorke's Radiohead side-project (also featuring Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nigel Godrich) have released a music video for Ingenue. The video stars the frontman performing...
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