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Carmen; Celebrating 22 Years of Antonio Pappano – review

Every opera company, large, small, private, public, urban or suburban, is preoccupied with the same dry equation: how to combine artistic ambition with financial reality. One answer will always be correct. Georges Bizet Carmen. Going gold at the box office, this 1875 French masterpiece is everywhere. The Royal Opera House’s new staging has been extended.… Read More »

The Royal Opera House will change its name in a big boost to ballet

The Royal Opera House is to change its name to put ballet on equal footing with opera, in a “long overdue” move according to Covent Garden bosses. From the new season, which starts in September, the organization will be called the Royal Ballet and Opera (but the building will remain the Royal Opera House). It… Read More »