Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House aims to enrich people’s lives through opera and ballet. Home to two of the world’s great artistic companies, The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet, who both perform with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, we seek to be always accessible and engaging, to develop audiences across the UK and to break new ground in the presentation of lyric theatre. The Royal Opera, under the direction of Antonio Pappano, is one of the world’s leading opera companies. The Royal Ballet's extensive repertory embraces 19th-century classics, the singular legacy of works by Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton and Principal Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan and a compelling new canon by Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor, Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon and Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett.

Productions

Madame Butterfly
Director
Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier
Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of American naval officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her romantic idyll shattered when he deserts her shortly...
Mayerling
Director
Kenneth MacMillan
Inspired by dark and gripping real life events, this revival of Kenneth MacMillan's 1978 ballet depicts the sexual and morbid obsessions of...
Rigoletto
Director
Oliver Mears
The hunchbacked jester of the Duo of Mantua, Rigoletto, follows the Duke to a tavern where he drinks and flirts with the Maddalena, the seductive...
Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Since its 1965 premiere with The Royal Ballet, Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet has become a modern ballet classic. Sergey Prokofiev's...
Swan Lake
Director
Liam Scarlett
Tchaikovsky’s first score for ballet in which Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans while out hunting. When one of the swans turns into a...

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