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Blurred motion photograph of dancers of The Royal Ballet in flowing white dresses performing Balanchine’s Serenade on a dimly lit stage. The dancers' movements create a dreamy and ethereal effect, with their skirts billowing as they glide across the floor. The soft blue lighting enhances the sense of grace and fluidity in the performance.
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Aigul Akhmetshina in Damiano Michieletto's Carmen, The Royal Opera
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Carmen
Carmen
9 April - 3 July 2025
The untamable heroine of Bizet’s ever-popular opera returns.
More info
The Royal Opera perform Il Trovatore. A man stands against a black background in armour, looking out over a troop of soldiers in metal helmets.
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Il trovatore
Il trovatore
8 - 19 July 2025
Verdi’s opera of obsession and superstition returns to the Royal Opera House.
More info
Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
  • Main Stage
  • Ballet and dance
Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
9 - 27 May 2025
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.
More info
Production photo of Faust, The Royal Opera © 2019 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Faust
Faust
23 May - 10 June 2025
A deal with the devil. What could go wrong?
More info
Onegin ©2024 Sebastian Nevols
  • Main Stage
  • Ballet and dance
Onegin
Onegin
29 May - 12 June 2025
A bittersweet ballet of first love and regret.
More info
Pretty Yende as Semele
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Semele
Semele
30 June - 18 July 2025
Experience Handel’s opera of desire and destruction in a darkly satirical new staging.
More info
Next Generation Festival 2025
  • Linbury Theatre
  • Ballet and dance
Next Generation Festival 2025
Next Generation Festival 2025
A showcase of emerging young dancers.
More info
Aigul Akhmetshina in Damiano Michieletto's Carmen, The Royal Opera
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Carmen
Carmen
9 April - 3 July 2025
The untamable heroine of Bizet’s ever-popular opera returns.
More info
The Royal Opera perform Il Trovatore. A man stands against a black background in armour, looking out over a troop of soldiers in metal helmets.
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Il trovatore
Il trovatore
8 - 19 July 2025
Verdi’s opera of obsession and superstition returns to the Royal Opera House.
More info
Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
  • Main Stage
  • Ballet and dance
Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
9 - 27 May 2025
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.
More info
Production photo of Faust, The Royal Opera © 2019 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Faust
Faust
23 May - 10 June 2025
A deal with the devil. What could go wrong?
More info
Onegin ©2024 Sebastian Nevols
  • Main Stage
  • Ballet and dance
Onegin
Onegin
29 May - 12 June 2025
A bittersweet ballet of first love and regret.
More info
Pretty Yende as Semele
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Semele
Semele
30 June - 18 July 2025
Experience Handel’s opera of desire and destruction in a darkly satirical new staging.
More info
Next Generation Festival 2025
  • Linbury Theatre
  • Ballet and dance
Next Generation Festival 2025
Next Generation Festival 2025
A showcase of emerging young dancers.
More info
Aigul Akhmetshina in Damiano Michieletto's Carmen, The Royal Opera
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Carmen
Carmen
9 April - 3 July 2025
The untamable heroine of Bizet’s ever-popular opera returns.
More info
The Royal Opera perform Il Trovatore. A man stands against a black background in armour, looking out over a troop of soldiers in metal helmets.
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Il trovatore
Il trovatore
8 - 19 July 2025
Verdi’s opera of obsession and superstition returns to the Royal Opera House.
More info
Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
  • Main Stage
  • Ballet and dance
Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
9 - 27 May 2025
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.
More info
Production photo of Faust, The Royal Opera © 2019 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Faust
Faust
23 May - 10 June 2025
A deal with the devil. What could go wrong?
More info
Onegin ©2024 Sebastian Nevols
  • Main Stage
  • Ballet and dance
Onegin
Onegin
29 May - 12 June 2025
A bittersweet ballet of first love and regret.
More info
Pretty Yende as Semele
  • Main Stage
  • Opera and music
Semele
Semele
30 June - 18 July 2025
Experience Handel’s opera of desire and destruction in a darkly satirical new staging.
More info
Next Generation Festival 2025
  • Linbury Theatre
  • Ballet and dance
Next Generation Festival 2025
Next Generation Festival 2025
A showcase of emerging young dancers.
More info
A view across the Main Stage auditorium of The Royal Opera House during a busy performance. The auditorium is dark but several bright white light cones stream across the audience from different parts of the theatre.  

Announcing the 2025/26 Season 

Today, 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 the worlds of opera and technology. 

Find out more

In Cinemas

A character in Oriental costume holds a lit lantern with their back to the audience, light flows through a window
  • Opera and music
Live in Cinemas: Turandot
Live in Cinemas: Turandot
Puccini’s captivating opera of a cold-hearted princess and her mysterious suitor.
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A naked man lies on a dark forest floor impaled by a large sword as the viewer watches from a hollowed tree.
  • Opera and music
Live in Cinemas: Die Walküre
Live in Cinemas: Die Walküre
Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.
Find a screening
Live in Cinemas: Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
  • Ballet and dance
Live in Cinemas: Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Live in Cinemas: Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.
Find a screening
A view of the whole stage set for The Metropolitan Opera's production of THe Barber of Seville. Six performers stand at the front of the stage in 18th Century costume. At the back of the stage rows of soldiers are positioned. The stage is set with trees, open doorways and a staircase.
  • Opera and music
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Be transported to the sun-drenched streets of 18-century Seville in Bartlett Sher’s witty production of Rossini’s opera on the big screen.
Find a screening
A character in Oriental costume holds a lit lantern with their back to the audience, light flows through a window
  • Opera and music
Live in Cinemas: Turandot
Live in Cinemas: Turandot
Puccini’s captivating opera of a cold-hearted princess and her mysterious suitor.
Find a screening
A naked man lies on a dark forest floor impaled by a large sword as the viewer watches from a hollowed tree.
  • Opera and music
Live in Cinemas: Die Walküre
Live in Cinemas: Die Walküre
Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.
Find a screening
Live in Cinemas: Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
  • Ballet and dance
Live in Cinemas: Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Live in Cinemas: Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.
Find a screening
A view of the whole stage set for The Metropolitan Opera's production of THe Barber of Seville. Six performers stand at the front of the stage in 18th Century costume. At the back of the stage rows of soldiers are positioned. The stage is set with trees, open doorways and a staircase.
  • Opera and music
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Be transported to the sun-drenched streets of 18-century Seville in Bartlett Sher’s witty production of Rossini’s opera on the big screen.
Find a screening
A character in Oriental costume holds a lit lantern with their back to the audience, light flows through a window
  • Opera and music
Live in Cinemas: Turandot
Live in Cinemas: Turandot
Puccini’s captivating opera of a cold-hearted princess and her mysterious suitor.
Find a screening
A naked man lies on a dark forest floor impaled by a large sword as the viewer watches from a hollowed tree.
  • Opera and music
Live in Cinemas: Die Walküre
Live in Cinemas: Die Walküre
Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.
Find a screening
Live in Cinemas: Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
  • Ballet and dance
Live in Cinemas: Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Live in Cinemas: Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.
Find a screening
A view of the whole stage set for The Metropolitan Opera's production of THe Barber of Seville. Six performers stand at the front of the stage in 18th Century costume. At the back of the stage rows of soldiers are positioned. The stage is set with trees, open doorways and a staircase.
  • Opera and music
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Be transported to the sun-drenched streets of 18-century Seville in Bartlett Sher’s witty production of Rossini’s opera on the big screen.
Find a screening

On Stream

Subscribe to Royal Ballet and Opera Stream
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Subscribe to Royal Ballet and Opera Stream
Subscribe to Royal Ballet and Opera Stream
Watch incredible performances wherever you are, whenever you want, from just £9.99 a month.
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Das Rheingold (2023)
  • Online only
  • Opera and music
Das Rheingold (2023)
Das Rheingold (2023)
Coming soon to RBO Stream. Director Barrie Kosky joins forces with conductor Antonio Pappano in a bold new imagining of the first chapter of Wagner's Ring cycle.
More info
Manon (2024)
  • Online only
  • Ballet and dance
Manon (2024)
Manon (2024)
Torn between her desire of a life of splendour and riches and her devotion to her true love Des Grieux, the feckless and capricious Manon pays the ultimate price.
More info
Alice Pennefather: Dreams of Giverny
  • Online only
  • Ballet and dance
Alice Pennefather: Dreams of Giverny
Alice Pennefather: Dreams of Giverny
A modern day ghost story told through the art of classical ballet.
More info
Romeo and Juliet: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal
  • Online only
  • Ballet and dance
Romeo and Juliet: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal
Romeo and Juliet: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal
Petroc Trelawny is joined in conversation by Deborah MacMillan, Donald MacLeary and Laura Morera as dancers of The Royal Ballet rehearse Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet.
More info
Spotlight on... Francesca Hayward
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  • Ballet and dance
Spotlight on... Francesca Hayward
Spotlight on... Francesca Hayward
Francesca Hayward discusses highlights from her incredible career with The Royal Ballet.
More info
Subscribe to Royal Ballet and Opera Stream
  • Online only
Subscribe to Royal Ballet and Opera Stream
Subscribe to Royal Ballet and Opera Stream
Watch incredible performances wherever you are, whenever you want, from just £9.99 a month.
Subscribe to watch
Das Rheingold (2023)
  • Online only
  • Opera and music
Das Rheingold (2023)
Das Rheingold (2023)
Coming soon to RBO Stream. Director Barrie Kosky joins forces with conductor Antonio Pappano in a bold new imagining of the first chapter of Wagner's Ring cycle.
More info
Manon (2024)
  • Online only
  • Ballet and dance
Manon (2024)
Manon (2024)
Torn between her desire of a life of splendour and riches and her devotion to her true love Des Grieux, the feckless and capricious Manon pays the ultimate price.
More info
Alice Pennefather: Dreams of Giverny
  • Online only
  • Ballet and dance
Alice Pennefather: Dreams of Giverny
Alice Pennefather: Dreams of Giverny
A modern day ghost story told through the art of classical ballet.
More info
Romeo and Juliet: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal
  • Online only
  • Ballet and dance
Romeo and Juliet: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal
Romeo and Juliet: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal
Petroc Trelawny is joined in conversation by Deborah MacMillan, Donald MacLeary and Laura Morera as dancers of The Royal Ballet rehearse Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet.
More info
Spotlight on... Francesca Hayward
  • Online only
  • Ballet and dance
Spotlight on... Francesca Hayward
Spotlight on... Francesca Hayward
Francesca Hayward discusses highlights from her incredible career with The Royal Ballet.
More info
Subscribe to Royal Ballet and Opera Stream
  • Online only
Subscribe to Royal Ballet and Opera Stream
Subscribe to Royal Ballet and Opera Stream
Watch incredible performances wherever you are, whenever you want, from just £9.99 a month.
Subscribe to watch
Das Rheingold (2023)
  • Online only
  • Opera and music
Das Rheingold (2023)
Das Rheingold (2023)
Coming soon to RBO Stream. Director Barrie Kosky joins forces with conductor Antonio Pappano in a bold new imagining of the first chapter of Wagner's Ring cycle.
More info
Manon (2024)
  • Online only
  • Ballet and dance
Manon (2024)
Manon (2024)
Torn between her desire of a life of splendour and riches and her devotion to her true love Des Grieux, the feckless and capricious Manon pays the ultimate price.
More info
Alice Pennefather: Dreams of Giverny
  • Online only
  • Ballet and dance
Alice Pennefather: Dreams of Giverny
Alice Pennefather: Dreams of Giverny
A modern day ghost story told through the art of classical ballet.
More info
Romeo and Juliet: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal
  • Online only
  • Ballet and dance
Romeo and Juliet: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal
Romeo and Juliet: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal
Petroc Trelawny is joined in conversation by Deborah MacMillan, Donald MacLeary and Laura Morera as dancers of The Royal Ballet rehearse Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet.
More info
Spotlight on... Francesca Hayward
  • Online only
  • Ballet and dance
Spotlight on... Francesca Hayward
Spotlight on... Francesca Hayward
Francesca Hayward discusses highlights from her incredible career with The Royal Ballet.
More info

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Other events

Behind the Scenes Tour
  • Royal Opera House
  • Tours
Behind the Scenes Tour
Behind the Scenes Tour
3 April - 30 May 2025
Take a look in the areas that are normally off-limits to the public, including rehearsal studios, costumes and production workshops.
More info
Jukebox for Meet the Young Artists Week 2018, The Crush Room © 2018 ROH. Photographed by Roger Way
  • Royal Opera House
  • Workshops and activities
  • Opera and music
Recitals at Lunch
Recitals at Lunch
7 April - 14 July 2025
Experience an exciting programme of music in the opulent setting of the historic Royal Opera House Crush Room.
More info
Live at Lunch
  • Paul Hamlyn Hall
  • Opera and music
Live at Lunch
Live at Lunch
4 April - 13 June 2025
Free performances featuring Royal Ballet and Opera and guest artists. Admittance subject to capacity.
More info
Sip and sketch: Costume design Tour
  • Royal Opera House
  • Tours
Sip and sketch: Costume design Tour
Sip and sketch: Costume design Tour
13 April 2025
Peek inside our costume workroom and witness where designs come to life. Then, relax with a Bellini in our bar while trying your hand at sketching your own designs.
More info
Family Sundays
  • Royal Opera House
  • Workshops and activities
  • Ballet and dance
Family Sundays
Family Sundays
27 April - 6 July 2025
More info
HerStory of the Royal Opera House
  • Royal Opera House
  • Tours
HerStory of the Royal Opera House
HerStory of the Royal Opera House
19 - 26 April 2025
Immerse yourself in the history and stories of the Royal Opera House through the experiences of the incredible women who made it.
More info
Behind the Scenes Tour
  • Royal Opera House
  • Tours
Behind the Scenes Tour
Behind the Scenes Tour
3 April - 30 May 2025
Take a look in the areas that are normally off-limits to the public, including rehearsal studios, costumes and production workshops.
More info
Jukebox for Meet the Young Artists Week 2018, The Crush Room © 2018 ROH. Photographed by Roger Way
  • Royal Opera House
  • Workshops and activities
  • Opera and music
Recitals at Lunch
Recitals at Lunch
7 April - 14 July 2025
Experience an exciting programme of music in the opulent setting of the historic Royal Opera House Crush Room.
More info
Live at Lunch
  • Paul Hamlyn Hall
  • Opera and music
Live at Lunch
Live at Lunch
4 April - 13 June 2025
Free performances featuring Royal Ballet and Opera and guest artists. Admittance subject to capacity.
More info
Sip and sketch: Costume design Tour
  • Royal Opera House
  • Tours
Sip and sketch: Costume design Tour
Sip and sketch: Costume design Tour
13 April 2025
Peek inside our costume workroom and witness where designs come to life. Then, relax with a Bellini in our bar while trying your hand at sketching your own designs.
More info
Family Sundays
  • Royal Opera House
  • Workshops and activities
  • Ballet and dance
Family Sundays
Family Sundays
27 April - 6 July 2025
More info
HerStory of the Royal Opera House
  • Royal Opera House
  • Tours
HerStory of the Royal Opera House
HerStory of the Royal Opera House
19 - 26 April 2025
Immerse yourself in the history and stories of the Royal Opera House through the experiences of the incredible women who made it.
More info
Behind the Scenes Tour
  • Royal Opera House
  • Tours
Behind the Scenes Tour
Behind the Scenes Tour
3 April - 30 May 2025
Take a look in the areas that are normally off-limits to the public, including rehearsal studios, costumes and production workshops.
More info
Jukebox for Meet the Young Artists Week 2018, The Crush Room © 2018 ROH. Photographed by Roger Way
  • Royal Opera House
  • Workshops and activities
  • Opera and music
Recitals at Lunch
Recitals at Lunch
7 April - 14 July 2025
Experience an exciting programme of music in the opulent setting of the historic Royal Opera House Crush Room.
More info
Live at Lunch
  • Paul Hamlyn Hall
  • Opera and music
Live at Lunch
Live at Lunch
4 April - 13 June 2025
Free performances featuring Royal Ballet and Opera and guest artists. Admittance subject to capacity.
More info
Sip and sketch: Costume design Tour
  • Royal Opera House
  • Tours
Sip and sketch: Costume design Tour
Sip and sketch: Costume design Tour
13 April 2025
Peek inside our costume workroom and witness where designs come to life. Then, relax with a Bellini in our bar while trying your hand at sketching your own designs.
More info
Family Sundays
  • Royal Opera House
  • Workshops and activities
  • Ballet and dance
Family Sundays
Family Sundays
27 April - 6 July 2025
More info
HerStory of the Royal Opera House
  • Royal Opera House
  • Tours
HerStory of the Royal Opera House
HerStory of the Royal Opera House
19 - 26 April 2025
Immerse yourself in the history and stories of the Royal Opera House through the experiences of the incredible women who made it.
More info

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