Placido Domingo at the Royal Opera House

It has been 40 years since the Royal Opera House first saw Placido Domingo sing there and to mark this occasion they have had a celebration. Tickets to the event were sold for around £200 but even with this high price the event sold out on the same day. Many regard Domingo is one of the [...]

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The Tsar’s Bride Royal Opera House

A villain’s throat is slashed, a heroine is poisoned and goes mad and her lover is executed this all in The Tsar’s Bride, who would have guessed a royal wedding would have been so exhilarating. The 1899 work of Rimsky-Korsakov is now in a new setting in London at the Royal Opera House, and tells the [...]

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Police and Python opera

The unlikely pairing of The Police drummer, Stewart Copeland and Monty Python legend, Terry Jones will begin performing together in London this Friday. Their pairing will take the form of an operatic double which will be staged by the Royal Opera House’s contemporary department, known as ROH2, in the Linbury Studio Theatre.

The two plays, “The Tell-Tale [...]

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Royal Opera House, Alice

Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s book, has grown up in many and marvellous ways.  The full-length ballet now playing at London’s Royal Opera House brings Alice and her adventures to the stage in an updated but faithful rendition of the characters and madcap action of the original.  Alice is older, but not too old, [...]

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