London is set to host a spectacular array of events featuring the works of Sergey Prokofiev. From the dramatic ballet 'Romeo and Juliet' at the Royal Albert Hall to chamber music performances at Wigmore Hall, and thrilling orchestral concerts at the Southbank Centre, this season promises to enchant audiences with Prokofiev's timeless compositions. Join us as we delve into these captivating musical experiences and celebrate the genius of Prokofiev.

Celebrating Prokofiev in London: A Year of Musical Masterpieces

This fall and winter, London brims with Tchaikovsky’s musical genius. From the romantic opera 'Eugene Onegin' at the Royal Opera House to the enchanting 'Swan Lake' and the festive 'Christmas Swing' at the Barbican, there’s something for every classical music lover. Don't miss the chance to experience these captivating performances at iconic venues across the city.

Celebrate Tchaikovsky in London: From Opera to Orchestral Brilliance

London is set to host a series of breathtaking concerts and operas celebrating the legendary Georges Bizet, with highlights including the Westminster School Orchestral Concert, New Year's Day Proms, Sketches of Spain, Bizet’s Carmen Symphony, and the much-anticipated return of 'Carmen' at the Royal Opera House. From the iconic Carmen Suites to the fiery passion of operatic performances, these events promise an unforgettable musical journey.

Celebrating Bizet: A Year of Spectacular Performances in London

London's concert halls are set to resonate with the genius of Ludwig van Beethoven this season. From the heroic rescue in 'Fidelio' at the Royal Opera House to the stirring 'Symphony No. 7' by Southbank Sinfonia at St John’s Church, Waterloo, the city is brimming with must-see performances. Experience the depth of Beethoven’s 'Diabelli Variations' with Cédric Tiberghien at Wigmore Hall, and don’t miss the London Symphony Orchestra’s renditions of his First and Fourth Symphonies at the Barbican Centre. The London Philharmonic Orchestra will sweep you away with Beethoven’s 'Piano Concerto No. 3' at Southbank Centre, while Rafael Payare leads the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal performing Beethoven’s 'Piano Concerto No. 1'. These are just a few highlights of the many Beethoven-inspired events scheduled across London.

Beethoven's Timeless Influence: Unmissable Events in London

London is about to be swept off its feet by the musical genius of Giuseppe Verdi! From the Royal Opera House's stirring 'La traviata' and 'Aida' to the English National Opera's gripping 'Rigoletto' at the London Coliseum, Verdi's masterpieces will dominate the city's cultural scene. Don't miss Mark Bebbington's piano recital at Wigmore Hall, the celebratory New Year's Day Proms at the Barbican Centre, and the epic 'Il trovatore.' Plus, Opera North brings the riveting 'Simon Boccanegra' to venues across Bradford, Gateshead, Hull, Liverpool, London, and Nottingham. Get ready for an unforgettable experience!

Celebrate Giuseppe Verdi: Unmissable Performances Across London and Beyond

London's opera scene is set to dazzle audiences with a series of captivating performances of Giacomo Puccini's timeless works. From the gripping drama of 'Tosca' at the Royal Opera House to the emotional depth of 'La bohème' at the London Coliseum, and the melodic beauty of 'La rondine' at the Barbican Centre, there's something for everyone. Join us as we explore these iconic productions and the rich musical heritage of Puccini.

Experience Giacomo Puccini's Masterpieces in London: An Operatic Journey

The Royal Opera House in London is set to dazzle audiences with a spectacular lineup of operas and ballets, showcasing timeless classics and innovative new works. From Puccini's heart-wrenching 'Tosca' and the magical ballet adaptation of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' to the enchanting 'Cinderella' and the dream-like 'The Tales of Hoffmann', these events promise to be unforgettable experiences. With world-class performers and the breathtaking backdrop of the Royal Opera House, each event offers unique storytelling and artistic brilliance, drawing visitors into a world of romance, revolution, and fantasy.

Experience Opera and Ballet Magic at the Royal Opera House

This enchanting ballet by The Royal Ballet’s Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton is a theatrical experience for all the family this Christmas. 

Cinderella

Royal Opera House

Celebrate the one of opera's most beloved composers as a panel of experts discusses some of Puccini's most beautiful works.

Insights: Puccini 100

Ben Duke’s electric work asks: what if Medea had a chance to tell her own story?

Ruination

Feel the magic of Christmas at the Royal Opera House with excerpts from three of the productions that light up the Main Stage this festive period: Cinderella, , Hansel and Gretel and Ruination. Enter into worlds of myth and fairy tale and explore the beauty – and darkness – at the heart of each work.

Insights Magic and Myth in Opera And Ballet

This visually stunning three-act ballet with a new score from Max Richter reunites creative collaborators from McGregor’s landmark 2015 ballet Woolf Works in a new work for our times.

MaddAddam

A radically different kind of opera experience: a powerful digital work exploring voice loss and identity


The Sound Voice Project

A panel of sound and voice interdisciplinary experts come together to discuss the new installation, The Sound Voice Project and to explore what it means to have or to lose a voice.

Insights: The Sound Voice Project

Juan Diego Flórez and Leonardo Caimi lead a fantastic cast in Offenbach's dream-like opera.

The Tales of Hoffmann

Since its creation 23 years ago, Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black has transformed the landscape of British ballet by championing artists of Black and Asian descent. This Season, the company continues its longstanding association with the Linbury Theatre, returning with an innovative mixed programme. 

Ballet Black: HEROES

Royal Ballet Principal Joseph Sissens, in collaboration with Royal Ballet Director Kevin O’Hare, presents Legacy, an evening dedicated to Black and Brown ballet talent and honouring the artistry, brilliance and the profound contributions they have made to the dance world. Following the footsteps of Joseph Toonga who led the Company’s Black History Month celebrations in 2023, Sissens invites Black and Brown dancers and choreographers from around the world in this special event designed to champion and celebrate Black and Brown ballet artists. 

Legacy

In a new work choreographed by Liam Francis, alumni dancers from the Royal Ballet and Opera's Chance to Dance programme perform alongside young ballet dancers from Chance to Dance: Connect. This new work will be performed alongside an open rehearsal of work from Joseph Sissens' imminent Legacy celebration in the Linbury Theatre.

Black Generations

Join Wayne McGregor and Max Richter as they discuss the process and result of their collaboration on MADDADDAM before it comes to the stage.

Insights: MADDADDAM

Explore human emotion through movement with bold contemporary works by Kyle Abraham, Pam Tanowitz, Joseph Toonga and Crystal Pite.

Encounters: Four contemporary ballets

Experience an exciting programme of music in the opulent setting of the historic Royal Opera House Crush Room. These regular lunchtime performances feature artists from The Royal Opera, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Jette Parker Artists and a range of guest artists in performances inspired by the heritage of the Royal Opera House, its operas and music.

Recitals at Lunch

Come dancing and cha-cha-cha along to the Royal Opera House Dance Band, in beautiful surroundings that combine grandeur and elegance.

Tea Dance

Explore The Tales of Hoffmann in more depth with the cast and creatives of this new production. 

Insights: The Tales of Hoffmann

Celebrate the work and unforgettable legacy of this legendary composer and conductor.

Insights: Bernstein — The Real Maestro

Make your own voice count in two interactive concerts by the home-grown and international talents of the Jette Parker Artists Programme.

Meet the Jette Parker Artists: Jukebox

Learn and dance steps inspired by ballets performed at the Royal Opera House.

Dance With The Royal Ballet

Oliver Mears directs a new production of Bernstein’s operas in which one family’s fate becomes a microcosm for the troubled soul of America.

Trouble In Tahiti + A Quiet Place

A young woman embarks on a daring mission to rescue her husband.

Fidelio

Join the cast and creatives to learn more about Legacy, before it opens in the Linbury Theatre later this month. 

Legacy Insights

Free performances featuring Royal Ballet and Opera and guest artists. Admittance subject to capacity.

Live at Lunch

Royal Ballet and Opera

Watch Royal Ballet dancers and coaches in rehearsal as they prepare some of the works they will soon perform on stage.

The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal: Encounters

The Black British Ballet Project celebrates the achievements of Black dancers in British ballet in an insightful new exhibition in the Linbury Theatre foyer.

Pioneers of Black British Ballet

Tumble down the rabbit hole in this ballet adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s famous family story.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

A tale of young love builds to a climactic reckoning between past and present in Tchaikovsky's romantic opera.

Eugene Onegin

Be prepared for some of the most flamboyant and familiar characters in dance to come face to face, as hip-hop meets ballet in an explosion of colour, choreography and extravagant design.

Insights: All about Alice

Heart-rending arias meet harsh realities in this captivating story. Feel the devastating beauty of Verdi’s music, with some of opera’s most famous tunes.

La traviata

As a new production of Eugene Onegin opens on the Main Stage, our Insight explores Tchaikovsky's music and the enduring appeal of its source writer Pushkin.

Insights: Pushkin and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin in 2024

The Queen of Hearts has anger issues, Alice is confused about just how big or small her body actually is. The Mad Hatter, suffering from mercury poisoning, never wants to stop having tea! Ernest has his work cut out for him at his new job. He is tasked to fix people who have been locked away for not being ‘normal’. As he gets closer to his patients, Ernest realises: what’s so great about being ‘normal’ anyway?

The Mad Hatter's Tea Party

Count Almaviva lives with his Countess on their estate near Seville. The Count has his eye on his wife’s maid Susanna, who is about to marry the Count’s servant, Figaro. Much to Figaro’s dismay, the Count plans to seduce Susanna on the night of the wedding. Meanwhile, Cherubino, the Count’s young page, has a crush on the Countess, but has just been dismissed after being discovered with Barbarina, the gardener Antonio’s daughter. 

The Marriage of Figaro

Join us for an extraordinary adventure at the Royal Opera House, offering a spectacular tour high above the rooftops of London. This summer, thrill-seekers are invited to seize this rare opportunity to climb to the roof of the Royal Opera House and take in breathtaking views stretching for miles.

Rooftop Top

Explore the secrets of the universe with Professor Brian Cox and Daniel Harding in this special event combining ground-breaking science with the power of the orchestra.

Professor Brian Cox and Daniel Harding: Symphonic Horizons With The Britten Sinfonia

The Royal Opera House Songs for Ukraine Chorus will join the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and its founder and conductor, Keri-Lynn Wilson, in a historic performance at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral.

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and Songs for Ukraine Chorus

St. Paul's Cathedral London

Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, return to the Main Stage for five nights with their Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live production.

Pet Shop Boys Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live

The 2023/24 Jette Parker Artists perform an uplifting array of opera excerpts on the main stage, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.

Jette Parker Artists Summer Performances

All ages and abilities are welcome to join in and sing in an opera chorus.

Sing At The Royal Opera House

Combining romance, revolution and intrigue, Puccini’s opera is a full-blooded drama.

Tosca

Puccini’s devastating tragedy about a young geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer.

Madama Butterfly

Set in Rome, 1800, Puccini's sweeping operatic thriller combines romance, revolution and a devastating twist.

With its extreme speed, dynamism and athleticism, Balanchine’s choreography pushed the boundaries of the art form. 

Balanchine: Three Signature Works

The Season opens with a new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto, directed by Oliver Mears – his first as Director of The Royal Opera. This production sees Verdi’s masterpiece as a modern morality play that pits power against innocence, beauty against ugliness, in a pitiless world of luxurious decadence, corruption and social decay.  Antonio Pappano and Paul Wynne Griffiths conduct in the Autumn, with Carlos Álvarez in the title role alongside Lisette Oropesa and Liparit Avetisyan. In February Stefano Montanari conducts a cast that includes Luca Salsi, Rosa Feola and Javier Camarena.  Listen out for the return of the opera's most famous aria, "La donna è mobile", in the final act as we find out who gets the last laugh.

Rigoletto

La clemenza di Tito

Return for a Christmas treat or experience your first opera with Puccini’s famous love story.

La Boheme

The magic of the Grimm tales comes to life in this mischievous production. A fairy tale adventure for all.

Hansel and Gretel

Cast and creatives examine the music of Janáček’s transfixing opera of shame, betrayal and redemption.


Insights: Jenůfa

Jakub Hruša conducts Claus Guth’s Olivier award-winning production of Janáček’s Jenůfa. A gripping opera of shame, betrayal and redemption. 

Jenůfa

Principal Guest Conductor Speranza Scappucci leads Jette Parker Artists in a singing masterclass centred on the music of La bohème, her first Covent Garden Main Stage production.

Insights: Masterclass with Speranza Scappucci

Pushkin’s classic love story becomes a sumptuous ballet with John Cranko’s choreography set to Tchaikovsky’s soaring music.

Onegin

Ahead of its world premiere, cast and creatives explore the challenges and processes of transforming Thomas Vinterberg’s cult film into a bold new opera.



Insights: Festen

From classics reimagined to the beauty of pure dance – Northern Ballet returns to the Linbury Theatre with a compelling mixed programme of London premieres. 

Three Short Ballets

Verdi’s sharply relevant opera of love and war returns to the Royal Opera House.

Aida

Impassioned singing meets dreamlike dance in two compelling pieces from The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet inspired by Greek myth.

Phaedra + Minotaur

Decorum descends into chaos in a new opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage.

Festen

Carlos Acosta’s acclaimed dance company explore traditional Cuban influences through contemporary dance.

Folclor

Crystal Pite’s poignant work grapples with themes of safe passage, displacement, community and mortality.

Light Of Passage

Director Adele Thomas’ production interprets this rich story of desire and an all-consuming curse. 

Il trovatore

The second edition of our exciting partnership with High Jewelry Maison Van Cleef & Arpels.

Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

An ancient family feud casts a long shadow over the town of Verona. In this hothouse of tension, brawls are quick to break out and both sides get caught in the crossfire.

Romeo and Juliet

The Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival – a programme launched in 2020 to strengthen the High Jewelry Maison’s commitment to the world of dance – returns to London for the fifth edition of its Festival. Following a successful run in 2022, the 2025 Festival will celebrate the wealth of international choreographic creation, from recent works to pieces from the repertory that have marked the history of contemporary dance. 

Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival

Featuring the ever-popular ‘Nessun dorma’, this opera of love and revenge is brought to life in a dazzling production.

Turandot

A showcase of the ever-changing art form of ballet.

International Draft Works 2025

The untamable heroine of Bizet’s ever-popular opera returns.

Carmen

Damiano Michieletto’s searing production returns, casting a new light on the lust, violence and passion of Bizet’s ever-popular opera.

Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.

Die Walküre

The Jette Parker Artists bring Telemann’s rarely performed comic opera to life on the Linbury Stage in 2025 to celebrate its 300th anniversary.

Pimpinone

Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: four works showing the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet's Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon.

Ballet To Broadway - Wheeldon Works

Gounod's spectacular opera luxuriates in decadence and debauchery.

Faust

Hansel and Gretel take a walk through the woods, unaware of the damage they leave behind. But when they get lost, they meet a host of spirited friends who teach them how we can all better look after the planet – and have some fun along the way!

Northern Ballet - Hansel And Gretel

Take a journey under the sea to a world of music and playful possibilities.

Catch a Sea Star

Next Generation Festival is a fantastic chance to get to know the young dancers of today. Expect performances by a selection of junior companies and dance schools from the UK, across Europe and around the world. Celebrating both national and international talent, witness the diversity and range of performing talent globally and be a part of the art form’s vibrant future.

Next Generation Festival 2025

Pretty Yende stars in a new production directed by Oliver Mears.

Semele

With a mixed programme of heritage, classical, and contemporary works, the matinee features all years of The Royal Ballet School, with dancers ranging in age from 11 to 19. This is a rare opportunity to see some of the rising ballet stars of the future as they hone their skills and artistry at one of the world’s greatest ballet schools.

The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance 2024

The 2024/25 Jette Parker Artists perform an uplifting array of opera excerpts on the main stage, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.

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Dec 2, 2024 - Jan 4, 2025

Ruination

Dec 3, 2024 - Jan 16, 2025

Cinderella

Jul 17 - Dec 13, 2024

Tosca

Jul 19 - Dec 13, 2024

Tosca

Oct 4, 2024 - Feb 28, 2025

Live at Lunch

Dec 3, 2024 - Jan 16, 2025

Cinderella

Dec 3, 2024

Insights: Puccini 100

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