The Royal Ballet and Opera launches its 2025/26 Season, unveiling an unforgettable programme of new commissions, world premieres and much-loved revivals alongside the first annual festival connecting ...

Patricia Auchterlonie, a singer who has performed at the Royal Opera House, was listening to a version of herself. "The first portion of the track was somewhat straightforward singing that really ...

The United Kingdom‘s Royal Ballet and Opera has canceled its planned 2026 production of “Tosca” at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, following internal protest over the organization’s stance on Gaza, the ...

The rise of machine learning has led many artists and writers to feel that their life's work could be about to be destroyed.

London marked the 2026 World Cup kick-off with SeokJong Baek and the Royal Opera Chorus performing Puccini’s ‘Nessun dorma’ ...

Timothée Chalamet’s recent comments about opera and ballet have garnered all manner of backlash and praise, and have naturally been a divisive source of cultural discourse. But as it turns out, ...

On Thursday 14 May, following almost three decades of service and tens of thousands of performances, the Royal Ballet and Opera will unveil its new stage curtains as part of a landmark Gala ...

LONDON — In the summer of 1975, WWD reported that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made a rare appearance at the Metropolitan Opera House after the death of her shipping tycoon husband, Aristotle Onassis.

LONDON — No opera is short of heartbreak, but in “Semele,” sorrow is wrapped in beautiful fabrics. The Handel opera from 1744 has been reimagined by Oliver Mears, the director of opera at the Royal ...

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