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Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works

13–27 May 2025
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.
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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.
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  • Opera and music

Faust

23 May–10 June 2025
A deal with the devil. What could go wrong?
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Pretty Yende as Semele
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  • Opera and music

Semele

30 June–18 July 2025
Experience Handel’s opera of desire and destruction in a darkly satirical new staging
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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.
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  • Opera and music

Il trovatore

8–19 July 2025
Verdi’s opera of obsession and superstition returns to the Royal Opera House.
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Behind the Scenes Tour

13 May–19 July 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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