About the Royal Ballet and Opera
The Royal Ballet and Opera is the home of world-class opera and ballet. We are a cultural powerhouse, bringing together two world-class performing companies, The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet, in one of the UK’s leading arts institutions, supported by a cast of more than 3,000 employees including technical staff, creatives, and freelancers.
Based primarily at the Royal Opera House in the heart of London’s Covent Garden, with production and logistics sites in Thurrock and Aberdare, our work is enjoyed by audiences in our two theatres and globally through our streaming platform, cinema Season and company tours.
Our work in schools and communities up and down the country is driven by our curriculum linked programmes, specially designed to inspire creativity, widen access to the arts and diversify the future of opera and ballet. Children and teachers in thousands of schools across the country, who might otherwise not have access to the arts, will be offered opportunities, free specialist training and resources to inspire, educate and engage them in dance, music, and design.
Our work in schools sits alongside industry-leading talent development projects, regional partnerships, our Young RBO scheme, and a raft of daytime events, family activities, tours, exhibitions, and concerts in our Covent Garden home.
See what's on at the Royal Opera House
Whether you're new to ballet and opera or you've loved them all your life, we have something for you on our stages.
See what's on in cinemas
Since 2008, our Cinema programme has brought over 120 opera and ballet broadcasts to audiences across the globe. It now reaches more than 1,500 cinemas from the UK to New Zealand, bringing the best of our resident companies to the big screen.
Watch more on Royal Ballet and Opera Stream
Watch incredible performances wherever you are, whenever you want.
Find out more about our work in schools and communities
Our national learning programme, RBO Schools, aims to inspire creativity in every child, build teachers’ confidence to teach artistic subjects and embed cultural learning at the heart of the school curriculum.
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation, a charitable company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales (Company number 480523) Charity Registered (Number 211775)