Press Releases: 2022-23
ROH Season 2022/23
- 11 April 2023: Celebrate the Coronation at the Royal Opera House this May
- 4 November 2022: Arts Council England makes NPO announcement
- 25 October 2022: Royal Opera House appoints new Trustees to the Board
- 27 July 2022: Booking Now Open for Royal Opera House 2022/23 Season
- 18 May 2022: The Royal Opera House launches 2022/23 apprenticeship programme
- 6 April 2022: The Royal Opera House announces 2022/23 Season
Ballet and Dance
- 6 June 2023: The Royal Ballet celebrates Wayne Sleep’s 75th birthday with an afternoon of entertainment at the Royal Opera House
- 22 May 2023: The Royal Opera House celebrates young dance talent with the Next Generation Festival
- 16 May 2023: The Royal Ballet presents a summer mixed programme of one-act ballets
- 13 April 2023: Carlos Acosta returns to the Royal Opera House to celebrate his 50th Birthday
- 5 April 2023: Burberry to collaborate with The Royal Ballet
- 20 February 2023: The Royal Ballet’s Cinderella celebrates its 75th anniversary in a new production
- 9 February 2023: Laura Morera to retire as Principal dancer of The Royal Ballet after 27 years
- 1 February 2023: Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works returns to the Royal Opera House
- 25 January 2023: World Premiere by Company Wayne McGregor – UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey
- 20 January 2023: Pam Tanowitz returns to The Royal Ballet with her second world premiere of the Season and first revival of the critically acclaimed Everyone Keeps Me
- 5 January 2023: Acosta Danza present Spectrum, a vibrant dance programme of premieres and revivals
- 15 December 2022: The Royal Ballet's Sleeping Beauty returns to the Royal Opera House
- 28 November 2022: The Royal Ballet celebrates Christmas with the return of The Nutcracker
- 9 November 2022: World premiere – Dance Theatre Company Lost Dog present Ruination, an alternative Christmas show inspired by the myth of Medea
- 7 November 2022: The Royal Ballet celebrates 60 Years of The Friends of Covent Garden with A Diamond Celebration – featuring world premieres, repertory classics and George Balanchine’s Diamonds
- 31 October 2022: This week The Royal Ballet joins largest ever #WorldBalletDay
- 13 October 2022: Crystal Pite returns to The Royal Ballet, transforming her critically acclaimed ballet Flight Pattern into a full-length world premiere
- 11 October 2022: Biggest-ever global celebration of dance #WorldBalletDay
- 6 October 2022: Northern Ballet present London premiere of Made in Leeds: Three Short Ballets at the Royal Opera House
- 6 October 2022: Ballet Black celebrate 20th anniversary with new performance at the Royal Opera House
- 23 September 2022: Doncaster student works with the Royal Opera House
- 21 September 2022: The Royal Ballet leap into Doncaster with spectacular Gala performances and free mass dance event with 300 local school children participating
- 13 September 2022: #WorldBalletDay – save the date
- 8 September 2022: Crystal Pite returns to The Royal Ballet, transforming her critically acclaimed ballet Flight Pattern into a full-length world premiere
- 5 September 2022: Deadly Desire: Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling opens The Royal Ballet’s 2022/23 Season
- 8 July 2022: The Royal Ballet announces Company promotions, new joiners and leavers
Opera and Music
- 4 July 2023: Royal Opera House celebrates Maria Callas centenary with free exhibition
- 7 June 2023: Exciting programme announced for the 4th Engender Festival which runs at the Royal Opera House from 30 June - 2 July
- 5 June 2023: Royal Opera House appoints Speranza Scappucci as Principal Guest Conductor
- 30 May 2023: Adele Thomas’s new production of Il trovatore opens at the Royal Opera House
- 15 May 2023: Exclusive first look behind the scenes of The Royal Opera’s new production of Wozzeck
- 27 March 2023: Kaija Saariaho's shattering new opera Innocence makes its long-awaited UK debut
- 16 March 2023: 130 Ukrainians join Royal Opera Chorus for special performance
- 1 March 2023: The Royal Opera’s Turandot returns this spring
- 21 February 2023: Royal Opera House and London-based Ukrainians to mark one year since invasion
- 8 February 2023: Exclusive first look behind the scenes of The Royal Opera’s new production of Dvořák’s timeless ode to nature, Rusalka
- 2 February 2023: Rossini’s comic masterpiece, The Barber of Seville, returns to Covent Garden with glittering cast
- 27 January 2023: Wagner’s Tannhäuser returns to the Royal Opera House
- 25 January 2023: Royal Opera House announces Insurrection: A work in progress
- 23 January 2023: The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Artist Programme announce the 2023-24 Company
- 23 January 2023: Jette Parker Artists present a thrilling reimagining of Handel’s Arminio
- 18 October 2022: Royal Opera House appoints Jakub Hrůša as Music Director
- 7 October 2022: The Royal Opera partners with Balenciaga for Last Days
- 1 September 2022: Full casting announced for The Rape of Lucretia
- 5 August 2022: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House announces Mentorship Scheme
- 27 July 2022: Full casting announced and new imagery released for Last Days
- 30 June 2022: The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Artist Programme announce the 2022/23 Company
ROH Stream and Cinema
- 16 August 2023: Royal Ballet founding choreographer Frederick Ashton celebrated with exclusive recordings on Royal Opera House Stream
- 21 June 2023: Jonathan Kent’s acclaimed production of Puccini’s Tosca released on Royal Opera House Stream
- 12 June 2023: The Royal Opera closes the 2022/23 Cinema Season with Il trovatore
- 24 May 2023 Royal Opera House announces 2023/24 international Cinema Season
- 22 May 2023: The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty on the silver screen
- 17 May 2023: Christopher Wheeldon’s acclaimed Like Water for Chocolate released on Royal Opera House Stream
- 28 March 2023: The Royal Opera’s The Marriage of Figaro reaches audiences across the globe
- 20 March 2023: The Royal Opera’s Turandot in cinemas this week
- 14 March 2023: The Royal Ballet’s brand-new Cinderella, broadcast to cinemas this April
- 9 February 2023: Celebrate Valentine’s in style with Romeo and Juliet on Royal Opera House Stream
- 23 January 2023: The Barber of Seville hits the big screen
- 28 December 2022: Start 2023 with the best of Royal Opera House Stream
- 20 December 2022: The Royal Ballet’s acclaimed Like Water for Chocolate in cinemas this New Year
- 12 December 2022: What to watch this Christmas from the Royal Opera House
- 28 November 2022: The Nutcracker on screen and on demand
- 14 November 2022: On screen and on demand – Monday 14 November to Sunday 27 November 2022
- 9 November 2022: Celebrate Christmas in cinemas with The Nutcracker
- 31 October 2022: On screen and on demand – Monday 31 October to Sunday 13 November 2022
- 19 October 2022: World premieres and Principals galore: The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration in cinemas
- 13 October 2022: Live from Covent Garden: La bohème in cinemas this October
- 4 October 2022: Royal Opera House Stream – world-class performances now available online
- 3 October 2022: Robert Carsen’s new Aida live in cinemas
- 28 September 2022: The Royal Ballet’s Mayerling live in cinemas
- 8 September 2022: Madama Butterfly opens Royal Opera House Cinema Season 2022/23
- 19 May 2022: Royal Opera House announces biggest Cinema Season ever
Events in London
- 8 February 2023: The Royal Opera House celebrates International Women’s Day 2023 with a dedicated event and exclusive performance of Born to Exist - The Women I Know
- 20 December 2022: Royal Opera House thanks NHS staff for their work over the pandemic and beyond
- 12 December 2022: Royal Opera House welcomes 1,800 NHS nurses and their families for the Paul Hamlyn Christmas Treat
- 15 November 2022: Weave your way through a wintry forest this Christmas at the Royal Opera House
- 11 October 2022: Celebrate Halloween with the Royal Opera House
- 6 September 2022: Royal Opera House offers free tours for #OpenHouseLondon
National Work
- 11 July 2023: Royal Opera House broadcasts live to thousands of children across the UK
- 7 July 2023: Almost 2,000 school children perform at the Royal Opera House
- 27 June 2023: Royal Opera House hosts major Headteachers' Symposium
- 9 June 2023: Royal Opera House celebrates winners of its national Design Challenge competition
- 13 December 2022: 600 students take part in mass dance event in Coventry Cathedral
- 10 October 2022: Royal Opera House announces major, national partnership with The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust
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