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Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
  • Main Stage
  • Ballet and dance
Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
9 - 27 May 2025
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.
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Aigul Akhmetshina in Damiano Michieletto's Carmen, The Royal Opera
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Carmen
Carmen
26 April - 3 July 2025
The untamable heroine of Bizet’s ever-popular opera returns.
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A dramatic scene from Adele Thomas’s Il trovatore, depicting a group of around two dozen men in the centre of the frame, dressed in medieval-style clothing and armor, appearing confused and alarmed. In the background, a blurred, looming figure accompanied by two horned soldiers seems poised to descend upon them, intensifying the sense of impending conflict.
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Il trovatore
Il trovatore
8 - 19 July 2025
Verdi’s opera of obsession and superstition returns to the Royal Opera House.
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A vibrant and crowded dance scene from the opera Faust, featuring a large ensemble on the Royal Opera House main stage surrounding two lead dancers. The male dancer lifts the smiling female dancer, who stands with her arms outstretched in a joyful pose. The setting evokes a lively 1950s cabaret, with bright stage lights and performers dressed in vintage-style costumes, creating an atmosphere that is both inviting and grand.
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Faust
Faust
23 May - 10 June 2025
A deal with the devil. What could go wrong?
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Cesar Corrales playing Onegin stands motionless and focused while blurred figures swirl around him, creating a dramatic contrast between stillness and movement, suggestive of emotional isolation. He wears a 19th-century black formal attire.
  • Main Stage
  • Ballet and dance
Onegin
Onegin
29 May - 12 June 2025
A bittersweet ballet of first love and regret.
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Pretty Yende as Semele
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Semele
Semele
30 June - 18 July 2025
Experience Handel’s opera of desire and destruction in a darkly satirical new staging.
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Next Generation Festival 2025
  • Linbury Theatre
  • Ballet and dance
Next Generation Festival 2025
Next Generation Festival 2025
A showcase of emerging young dancers.
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In Cinemas

A naked man lies on a dark forest floor impaled by a large sword as the viewer watches from a hollowed tree.
  • Opera and music
Live in Cinemas: Die Walküre
Live in Cinemas: Die Walküre
Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.
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Live in Cinemas: Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
  • Ballet and dance
Live in Cinemas: Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Live in Cinemas: Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.
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A view of the whole stage set for The Metropolitan Opera's production of THe Barber of Seville. Six performers stand at the front of the stage in 18th Century costume. At the back of the stage rows of soldiers are positioned. The stage is set with trees, open doorways and a staircase.
  • Opera and music
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Be transported to the sun-drenched streets of 18-century Seville in Bartlett Sher’s witty production of Rossini’s opera on the big screen.
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A pale hand with red-painted nails and a silver bracelet reaches towards a marble wall with dark veins running through it. A streak of red veins, resembling blood, runs down the wall towards the hand, blending with the natural veins in the marble. The shadow of the hand is cast on the wall, adding a dramatic effect. The hand belongs to the character playing Tosca in Olive Mears’s production of Tosca.
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Find out more about our upcoming 2025/26 Cinema Season
Find out more about our upcoming 2025/26 Cinema Season
Across the 2025/26 Season, Royal Ballet and Opera will bring world-class performances to more than 1,500 cinemas around the world.
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Spotlight on... Reece Clarke
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  • Ballet and dance
Spotlight on... Reece Clarke
Spotlight on... Reece Clarke
Reece Clarke discusses some of his favourite roles and highlights from his incredible career with The Royal Ballet.
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A performer dressed in a red cloak carrying a wicker picnic basket stands on a wooden turntable and sings under a spotlight. In front of her, a bearded man is curled on his back on the floor, holding a bright pink flower. Musicians are sat around the turntable and a yellow moon hangs in the background.
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  • Opera and music
Wolf Witch Giant Fairy (2024)
Wolf Witch Giant Fairy (2024)
Red Riding Hood is delivering bread to her Grandmother, deep in the heart of the fairy tale forest. But en route, Red meets a cunning Wolf who tricks her into taking a different path...
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  • Opera and music
Vocal Masterclass with Christopher Maltman
Vocal Masterclass with Christopher Maltman
Chrisopher Maltman leads this opera masterclass with members of the Jette Parker Artists Programme.
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A dancer creates a shape with their body - they lean forward on one lef, the other leg is raised upwards towards the sky, both arms make an A shape.
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  • Ballet and dance
Dance Reflections (2025): Insight
Dance Reflections (2025): Insight
A special Insight celebrating choreographic creation as part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival.
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Das Rheingold (2023)
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  • Opera and music
Das Rheingold (2023)
Das Rheingold (2023)
Director Barrie Kosky joins forces with conductor Antonio Pappano in a bold new imagining of the first chapter of Wagner's Ring cycle.
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Other events

A film camera in the corner overlooks the back of Resident Choreographer Sir Wayne Mcgregor as he watches three dancers of The Royal Ballet rehearse in the centre of a studio. One dancer is leaning against another and the third is performing behind them.
  • Royal Opera House
  • Ballet and dance
  • Opera and music
  • Workshops and activities
Insights
Insights
Discover more about our productions through a variety of talks, workshops and events, showcasing the world-class artists and creators working on stage and behind the scenes.
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Behind the Scenes Tour
  • Royal Opera House
  • Tours
Behind the Scenes Tour
Behind the Scenes Tour
26 April - 30 June 2025
Take a look in the areas that are normally off-limits to the public, including rehearsal studios, costumes and production workshops.
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Jukebox for Meet the Young Artists Week 2018, The Crush Room © 2018 ROH. Photographed by Roger Way
  • Royal Opera House
  • Workshops and activities
  • Opera and music
Recitals at Lunch
Recitals at Lunch
19 May - 14 July 2025
Experience an exciting programme of music in the opulent setting of the historic Royal Opera House Crush Room.
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Live at Lunch
  • Paul Hamlyn Hall
  • Opera and music
Live at Lunch
Live at Lunch
2 May - 13 June 2025
Free performances featuring Royal Ballet and Opera and guest artists. Admittance subject to capacity.
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Sip and sketch: Costume design Tour
  • Royal Opera House
  • Tours
Sip and sketch: Costume design Tour
Sip and sketch: Costume design Tour
8 - 22 June 2025
Peek inside our costume workroom and witness where designs come to life. Then, relax with a Bellini in our bar while trying your hand at sketching your own designs.
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Family Sundays
  • Royal Opera House
  • Workshops and activities
  • Ballet and dance
Family Sundays
Family Sundays
27 April - 6 July 2025
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HerStory of the Royal Opera House
  • Royal Opera House
  • Tours
HerStory of the Royal Opera House
HerStory of the Royal Opera House
26 April 2025
Immerse yourself in the history and stories of the Royal Opera House through the experiences of the incredible women who made it.
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A view across the Main Stage auditorium of The Royal Opera House during a busy performance. The auditorium is dark but several bright white light cones stream across the audience from different parts of the theatre.  

Announcing the 2025/26 Season 

Today, the Royal Ballet and Opera launches its 2025/26 Season, unveiling an unforgettable programme of new commissions, world premieres and much-loved revivals alongside the first annual festival connecting the worlds of opera and technology. 

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