Fearsome beasts and fairy cakes
Scenery from Les Troyens © Rob Moore/ROH 2011 The large, light studio on the sixth floor is piled high with objects that divide into two categories: components for a vast war machine, and food –...
View ArticleWatch: Designer Es Devlin on Les Troyens
The Royal Opera in Les Troyens © Bill Cooper/ROH 2012 We recently caught up with Es Devlin, the designer behind the epic set for Les Troyens. In this short film the designer talks in detail about the...
View ArticleWatch: The epic task of transporting Les Troyens from workshop to stage
Barbara Senator as Ascanius, Ashley Holland as Panthus, Bryan Hymel as Aeneas and Fabio Capitanucci as Coroebus in Les Troyens © Bill Cooper/ROH 2012 At a gigantic 15 truckloads in size, transporting...
View ArticleDesigner Es Devlin featured on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row
Es Devlin © ROH Award-winning stage designer Es Devlin was recently featured on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row. She was interviewed by Kirsty Lang at her studio in South East London - a former factory packed...
View ArticleWatch: Members of the cast and creative team on Don Giovanni
Mariusz Kwiecien as Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni © ROH / Bill Cooper 2014 Kasper Holten’s new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, starring Mariusz Kwiecień, Alex Esposito and Malin Byström, was...
View ArticleJoyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez and Plácido Domingo nominated for Olivier...
Joyce DiDonato as Elena and Juan Diego Flórez as Uberto in La donna del lago © ROH / Bill Cooper 2013 The nominations for this year's Olivier Awards have been announced. Joyce Di Donato, Juan Diego...
View ArticleBallet Essentials: The Dream / Connectome / The Concert
David Donnelly and Olivia Cowley in rehearsal for The Concert, The Royal Ballet © ROH/Bill Cooper, 2014 The Dream Fairy and Mortal Worlds Collide Frederick Ashton’s The Dream received its premiere in...
View ArticleMaking Don Giovanni’ exhibition reveals how an opera production is created,...
The Royal Opera in Don Giovanni © ROH / Bill Cooper 2014 An exhibition chronicling the design and creation of Kasper Holten’s production of Don Giovanni is currently open to view in the main entrance...
View ArticleAssociate Director of The Royal Ballet Jeanetta Laurence among those...
Jeanetta Laurence, Associate Director, The Royal Ballet © ROH / Martin Argles Jeanetta Laurence, Associate Director of The Royal Ballet, has received an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for...
View ArticleInternational Opera Awards 2015 finalists announced
Sonya Yoncheva in Faust, The Royal Opera © ROH/Bill Cooper, 2014 Former Jette Parker Young Artists and an array of Company-affiliated artists have been shortlisted as finalists for the International...
View ArticleOlivier Awards 2015 winners announced
Olivier Awards © Society of London Theatre, 2012 Last night (12 April) saw the Royal Opera House red carpet rolled out for the Olivier Awards 2015. Winners included King Charles III, which won in the...
View ArticleSemyon Bychkov, Richard Jones and Aleksandra Kurzak among the winners at the...
Aleksandra Kurzak as Fiorilla and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Selim in Il turco in Italia © ROH/Clive Barda, 2010 A number of Royal Opera artists have won prizes at the Opera Awards 2015. The awards, now...
View ArticlePet Shop Boys to perform four dates at the Royal Opera House in July 2016
Pet Shop Boys. By Pelle Crépin © Pet Shop Boys Partnership, 2016 Pet Shop Boys will perform four dates at the Royal Opera House in July 2016. The 'Inner Sanctum' series of concerts will follow the...
View ArticleRoyal Opera House 2018/19 Season announced
The Royal Opera House auditorium © ROH. Photographer Sim Canetty-Clarke, 2016 Details of the Royal Opera House's 2018/19 Season have been announced. The Royal Opera's Season includes five new...
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