"wit, charm and elegance" are the words used to describe the work of Royal Ballet founding choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton (1904-1988). English ballet, or rather style wouldn't exist without him, ...

The Royal Ballet will present INTERNATIONAL DRAFT WORKS at the Royal Opera House from April 16 to 18, 2026. The annual program brings together emerging choreographic voices from around the world to ...

Demonstrators outside the Royal Opera House protested the Russian soprano’s return to the London stage in a new production of “Tosca.” By Alex Marshall The London institution is creating “RBO/Shift,” ...

He first visited the Royal Opera House at the age of seven, when his grandmother took him to the ballet for one of the most formative moments of his childhood. Little wonder that ...

Tulsa Ballet is preparing to take its work to one of the most prestigious stages in the world. The company heads to London the week of May 13 through the 17 to perform at the Royal Opera House’s ...

London’s Royal Opera House is changing its name and hunting for new commercial partners as it works to fill a multimillion pound funding gap. From now on, the institution will be known as the Royal ...

Esther McVey has decried the lack of funding for brass bands as ‘snobbishness’. How about we forget class and enjoy music for ...

Giselle is the quintessential Romantic ballet. Premiered in 1841 at the Paris Opera, it reflects many of the preoccupations of Romanticism: nature as a repository of all that’s good, yet also ...