Press Releases: 2020/21
Spring/Summer 2021
- 13 April 2021: Royal Opera House announces packed schedule for Spring and Summer
- 27 April 2021: Royal Opera House to thank NHS workers with programme of live, world-class ballet and opera #ThankYouNHS
- 11 May 2021: The Royal Ballet returns with a celebration of contemporary choreographers and a world premiere
- 12 May 2021: The Royal Opera House announces eight new apprenticeships as it reopens its doors for the first full Season in 18 months
- 8 June 2021: Bill Bailey Summer Larks live at the Royal Opera House
- 15 June 2021: ROH Engender Festival returns for 2021 with a packed programme of events and an unmissable line-up of change-makers and creatives
- 23 June 2021: Royal Opera House and Covent Garden partner for festival of creativity: ROH Unlocked
- 30 July 2021: Celebrate the summer with Sipsmith Gin Palace at the Royal Opera House
Ballet and Dance
- 14 August 2020: The Royal Ballet announces Company news for the end of the 2019/20 Season
- 27 October 2020: #WorldBalletDay 2020 – The biggest ever global celebration of dance
- 1 December 2020: The Royal Ballet announces casting for The Nutcracker
- 15 December 2020: The Royal Ballet announces news of dancers leaving the Company in 2020
- 18 May 2021: The Royal Ballet announces Company promotions
- 27 May 2021: The Royal Ballet celebrates American choreographers George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins
- 3 June 2021: Royal Ballet First Soloist Beatriz Stix-Brunell leaves the Company
- 17 June 2021: Beauty Mixed Programme casting
Cinema
Our House to Your House
- 20 March 2020: The Royal Opera House launches a programme of free online content for the culturally curious at home
- 27 March 2020: #OurHouseToYourHouse Free full-length productions available weekly from the Royal Opera House
- 3 April 2020: ROH announces exciting new content for the culturally curious at home
- 9 April 2020: ROH announces exciting new content for the Easter Weekend, World Art Day and beyond
- 17 April 2020: ROH takes home learning from our house to your house!
- 24 April 2020: ROH announces the next in its series of broadcasts for the culturally curious at home
- 27 April 2020: Press statement from the Royal Opera House
- 1 May 2020: ROH announces exciting new content ahead of VE Day Bank Holiday
- 7 May 2020: ROH announces new broadcast alongside curated programme of online content
- 11 May 2020: Members of ROH costume department make scrubs for NHS heroes
- 15 May 2020: ROH announces more free, full-length productions available online
- 22 May 2020: The latest announcement from the ROH: further details of free online content and activities
- 29 May 2020: The latest content from the ROH: Il trittico broadcast, half-term activities and BBC programming
- 03 June 2020: Royal Opera House announces first live concert since beginning of lockdown
- 05 June 2020: The latest content from the ROH: Jonas Kaufmann documentary, Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée, the first Live from Covent Garden concert and Szymanowski's Król Roger
- 11 June 2020: Royal Opera House announces programming for second Live from Covent Garden concert on Saturday 20 June
- 12 June 2020: The latest content from the ROH: two new free Friday broadcasts ‘Woolf Works’ and ‘La bohème’
- 19 June 2020: The Royal Opera House announces Live from Covent Garden, Saturday 27 June
- 24 June 2020: Live from Covent Garden, Saturday 27 June
- 3 July 2020: Three new Friday Premieres from the ROH and highlights of ‘Live from Covent Garden’ on BBC Four
- 10 July 2020: The latest content from the ROH: drive-in cinema screenings, BBC Bitesize learning and free online broadcasts
- 17 July 2020: A family-friendly Friday Premiere - ROH and the Roundhouse presents ZooNation's The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
- 24 August 2020: Royal Opera House announces Autumn Opera and Ballet Concerts
- 11 September 2020: The Royal Opera House launches autumn digital programme with a new series of Friday Premieres and screenings on Sky Arts
- 23 September 2020: Fundraising for our future – The Royal Ballet: Back on Stage
- 28 September 2020: The Royal Opera House unveils programme of new work alongside much-loved classics for live audiences this Autumn
- 8 October 2020: Public booking opens for latest opera performances, 4/4 and New Dark Age
- 21 October 2020: The Royal Opera House opens its doors for a series of Ballet and Opera live performances this autumn
- 9 November 2020: The Royal Opera House to broadcast series of ballet and opera live performance over November lockdown
- 12 November 2020: The Royal Opera House announces festive highlights for live audiences
- 27 November 2020: The Royal Opera House presents a festive month of design, craft and making for all ages
- 4 December 2020: The Royal Opera House unveils biggest programme of streamed ballet and opera in its history, just in time for Christmas
- 10 December 2020: The Royal Ballet’s spectacular Nutcracker streamed on 22 December 2020
- 13 January 2021: The Royal Opera House announces two new Friday Premieres: Frederick Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand and Massenet’s Cendrillon (Cinderella)
- 20 January 2021: The Royal Opera House announces a new Friday Premiere: The Royal Ballet’s joyous La Fille mal gardée (The Wayward Daughter)
- 27 January 2021: The Royal Opera House announces two new Friday Premieres: Puccini’s Il trittico and Nureyev’s Raymonda Act III
- 09 February 2021: Royal Opera House announces an evening of music and song with Tony and the Young Artists and a new Friday Premiere stream’.
- 17 February 2021: The Royal Opera House unveils a week-long programme of activity to celebrate International Women’s Day 2021
- 25 February 2021: Royal Opera House announces two new Friday Premiere streams: Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and Kenneth MacMillan’s Elite Syncopations
- 10 March 2021: Royal Opera House to open its doors on 17 May
- 17 March 2021: Royal Opera House announces new Friday Premiere stream, The Royal Ballet’s The Dream (2017)
- 22 March 2021: Royal Opera House announces new Friday Premiere stream: The Royal Ballet’s Concerto (2019)
- 31 March 2021: Royal Opera House announces new Friday Premiere - The Royal Ballet’s Symphonic Variations (2017)
- 14 April 2021: Royal Opera House announces FREE stream this week of a special Insight celebrating The Sleeping Beauty
- 21 April 2021: Go behind the scenes of The Royal Opera House with ROH Unmasked – a free live stream
- 22 April 2021: The Royal Opera announces 8bit – a series of 8 free digital operatic experiences, bringing together some of the most innovative contemporary artists
- 4 May 2021: Royal Opera House announces a free stream of a special Insight to Meet the Young Dancers of The Royal Ballet
- 6 May 2021: Royal Opera House announces new Friday Premiere – The Royal Ballet’s Spring Draft Works
- 7 July 2021: The Royal Ballet presents Agnus Dei, a short film by Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, choreographed by Arthur Pita with music by Rufus Wainwright
Royal Opera House Community Partnerships
- 7 July 2020: Doncaster Dances – The Royal Ballet partners with Doncaster for its first ever virtual dance celebration
- 3 September 2020: Take a Bow – Royal Opera House opens its doors for the first time in six months as part of Open House London
- 15 September 2020: Doncaster Dances – The Royal Ballet gets Doncaster Dancing with the premiere of a community dance film recorded in lockdown
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