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The Royal Opera, under the direction of Antonio Pappano, is one of the world’s leading opera companies. Based in the iconic Covent Garden theatre, it is renowned for its outstanding performances of both traditional opera as well as commissioning new works by today’s leading opera composers such as Harrison Birtwistle, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Thomas Ades. Some of the most famous singers of all time have performed with the Company including Plácido Domingo, Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Netrebko, Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Jonas Kaufman, Rolando Villazón, Juan Diego Flórez, as well as the late Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland. The Royal Ballet, led by Director Kevin O’Hare, is Britain’s largest ballet company. The Company has a wide-ranging repertory showcasing the great classical ballets, heritage works from Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton and Principal Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan, as well as new works by the foremost choreographers of today. Access is a key issue for the Company and its work is seen not just at the Royal Opera House but via televised and cinematic performances, outdoor Big Screen performances, international touring and through the work of the Company’s Education Department.

02/10/2026

A gathering in full flight đź©°

Across Dances at a Gathering, solos and duets give way to moments shared by the whole ensemble. Here, Jerome Robbins brings the dancers together as one of Chopin’s waltzes sweeps through the group.

With no fixed story, the meaning lies in the music and the connections formed across the stage. For a few exhilarating minutes, the gathering is complete.

đź“… See Dances at a Gathering on our Main Stage as part of Visionaries: Robbins and MacMillan from 9 November: https://bit.ly/45GTxBr

🎥 Federico Bonelli, William Bracewell, Yasmine Naghdi, Francesca Hayward, Valentino Zucchetti, and Fumi Kaneko

A wounded kingdom waits for redemption in Wagner’s final opera 🎵Parsifal opens on our Main Stage tonight in a bold new p...
01/10/2026

A wounded kingdom waits for redemption in Wagner’s final opera 🎵

Parsifal opens on our Main Stage tonight in a bold new production by Evgeny Titov, with Stanislas de Barbeyrac in the title role and Music Director Jakub Hrůša conducting.

Titov places the Grail legend within a hallucinatory dystopia, while Wagner’s majestic score carries Parsifal from innocence towards compassion and the possibility of renewal.

đź“… See Parsifal on our Main Stage until 17 October: https://bit.ly/3Vh9DzP

📸 by ©2026 Marc Brenner: Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Ekaterina Gubanova, Brindley Sherratt, Mark Stone and Christian Gerhaher.

27/09/2026

Harry Styles has been to the ballet? đź‘€

Amelia Townsend joins our young interviewers for the final episode of Kids Ask an Artist, answering their questions about the more unexpected side of life as a dancer.

She explains why pointe shoes sometimes need a hammer, recalls the moment her costume split two minutes into The Firebird and compares being thrown through the air to riding a rollercoaster. Plus, she reveals a few of the famous faces she has spotted in the audience...

🎥 Amelia Townsend and members of Chance to Dance

đź©° Save the date đź©°World Ballet Day will return on Thursday 29 October, and this year's theme is How Stories Are Made.The ...
24/09/2026

đź©° Save the date đź©°

World Ballet Day will return on Thursday 29 October, and this year's theme is How Stories Are Made.

The Royal Ballet will present a three-hour livestream, beginning with daily Company Class, before moving into rehearsals and conversations exploring the transmission of knowledge, and sharing how choreography is passed on to new generations

We'll be taking audiences inside the rehearsal room to discover how teaching and coaching bring ballet to life, and we're excited to be featuring The Royal Ballet School and Birmingham Royal Ballet in our livestream.

The stream will also be supported with BSL and an Audio Description service.

Find out more here: https://www.rbo.org.uk/production/world-ballet-day

24/09/2026

We're thrilled to announce that award-winning actor Ncuti Gatwa will be presenting The Big Ballet from Royal Ballet and Opera Schools! 🩰✨

This fully-funded, live event turns classrooms across the UK into one giant stage. Through movement and storytelling, KS2 pupils will join dancers from The Royal Ballet to bring Will Tuckett's magical adaptation of The Wind in the Willows to life, unlocking creativity, confidence and imagination along the way.

đź“… 25 February 2027
🕤 Choose from a morning or afternoon session
🏫 Join live from your classroom
âś… Free for all UK primary schools

đź”—Register and bring your classroom to life: https://www.rbo.org.uk/schools/resource/thebigballet

A century of dancers, brought together ✨In the studio, Valentino Zucchetti creates a new work for The Royal Ballet Schoo...
24/09/2026

A century of dancers, brought together ✨

In the studio, Valentino Zucchetti creates a new work for The Royal Ballet School’s Centenary Celebration, bringing together dancers from The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and across all years of the School.

With Valentino’s choreography forming a rousing finale to the programme, A Centenary Celebration looks back on the School’s first 100 years while celebrating its graduates who carry its legacy forward.

đź“… A Centenary Celebration opens on our Main Stage 8 October: https://bit.ly/4xDF84o

📸 by Andrej Uspenski : Dancers of The Royal Ballet

A new work for a century of dance đź©°Rehearsals are underway for Belle Ombre, a new work by Christopher Wheeldon created o...
19/09/2026

A new work for a century of dance đź©°

Rehearsals are underway for Belle Ombre, a new work by Christopher Wheeldon created on Lauren Cuthbertson and Lukas B. Brændsrød for The Royal Ballet School’s centenary.

The work will premiere as part of A Centenary Celebration, uniting dancers from The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and The Royal Ballet School on our Main Stage.

đź“… See A Centenary Celebration from 8 to 10 October: https://www.rbo.org.uk/production/a-centenary-celebration-the-royal-ballet-school

📸 by Andrej Uspenski

19/09/2026

A world of feeling, conjured by Chopin’s most familiar melodies 🎹

Marianela Nuñez and Alexander Campbell dance the Pink and Brown pas de deux from Dances at a Gathering, Jerome Robbins’s ballet of fleeting encounters set to Chopin’s solo piano music.

With no fixed story, the meaning of their meeting is left unspoken. For a few delicate minutes, Pink and Brown belong only to the music.

đź“… See Dances at a Gathering on our Main Stage as part of Visionaries: Robbins and MacMillan from 9 November. https://bit.ly/45GTxBr

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