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Friends Rehearsals

8 May 2025–4 July 2026

    8 May 2025

    Thursday, 7pm
    Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Not available

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    21 May 2025

    Wednesday, 11.15am
    Faust
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Not available

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    27 June 2025

    Friday, 11.30am
    Semele
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Not available

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    5 July 2025

    Saturday, 5pm
    Il trovatore
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Not available

    Priority booking:

    9 September 2025

    Tuesday, 7pm
    Tosca
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    16 September 2025

    Tuesday, 11.30am
    Sicilian Vespers (Les vêpres siciliennes)
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    29 September 2025

    Monday, 11.30am
    Like Water for Chocolate
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    8 October 2025

    Wednesday, 11.30am
    The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte)
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    17 October 2025

    Friday, 12.30pm
    La Fille mal gardée
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    1 November 2025

    Saturday, 11.30am
    The Makropulos Case (Vec Makropulos)
    Main Stage - No interval

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    13 November 2025

    Thursday, 11.30am
    Perspectives
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    22 November 2025

    Saturday, 12.30pm
    The Nutcracker
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    6 December 2025

    Saturday, 11.30am
    Ariodante
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    6 January 2026

    Tuesday, 11.30am
    La traviata
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    15 January 2026

    Thursday, 11.30am
    Woolf Works
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    27 January 2026

    Tuesday, 11.30am
    Boris Godunov
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

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    13 February 2026

    Friday, 11.30am
    Giselle
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    23 March 2026

    Monday, 7.30pm
    Rigoletto
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    30 March 2026

    Monday, 11.30am
    Mayerling
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    17 April 2026

    Friday, 11.30am
    Wayne McGregor: Alchemies
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    2 May 2026

    Saturday, 11.30am
    Peter Grimes
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    11 May 2026

    Monday, 11.30am
    Samson et Dalila
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

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    22 May 2026

    Friday, 11.30am
    La Fille mal gardée
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    2 June 2026

    Tuesday, 6.30pm
    The Marriage of Figaro
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    10 June 2026

    Wednesday, 7pm
    So Are We: León and Lightfoot
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

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    27 June 2026

    Saturday, 11.30am
    I puritani
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    29 June 2026

    Monday, 11.30am
    La bohème
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.

    4 July 2026

    Saturday, 6pm
    La Fille du régiment
    Main Stage

    Guidance: Guidance available for each performance

    Sold out

    All tickets are sold out. Check back later for returns.
The view towards the Main Entrance Foyer from within the Royal Opera House café

Access information for Friends Rehearsals

There is lift access and step-free routes to over 100 seats in the Stalls Circle, Balcony and Amphitheatre. There are 10 steps or fewer to some seats in the Stalls Circle, Balcony, Amphitheatre and the Donald Gordon Grand Tier. All seats in the Orchestra stalls are accessed by 9 steps or more. 

Join our Access Scheme for priority access performance tickets and to personalise your account for your access requirements.

See our Accessibility page for more information on access at the Royal Opera House.

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