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New images of how the Royal Opera House will look when its multimillion-pound transformation is completed have been released.
Among the flagship changes of its multimillion-pound Open Up project are a complete redevelopment of the building’s main foyer and entrance, and redesigns of the Linbury Theatre and Clore Studio.
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Pet Shop Boys will return to the Royal Opera House for four special shows in July 2018, two years after their debut performances at Covent Garden.
The duo will return with their ‘Inner Sanctum’ show, which sold out in record time in 2016 and was staged by Es Devlin and choreographer/director Lynne Page.
Pet Shop Boys: Inner Sanctum runs 25-28 July 2018. Tickets go on sale from 1pm on 28 February 2018.
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The Royal Opera House is to offer stalls tickets for its most popular productions for as little as £10, rather than the usual £230.
The catch? You won’t actually get a seat. Instead, make yourself comfortable on the floor.
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The story begins…
Brother and sister Paul and Lise grow up together in isolation. They begin a game, the nature of which transforms as their bodies mature. Their imagined reality begins to unravel as the real world intrudes, with disastrous consequences.
After Cocteau
Jean Cocteau wrote his influential novel Les Enfants Terribles in 1929, and in 1950 director Jean-Pierre Melville adapted the novel into a film. Nearly fifty years later in 1996 Philip Glass adapted the film and novel as the final element of his Cocteau trilogy. He collaborated with choreographer Susan Marshall to create a dance-opera, in which the action is shared between dancers and singers. Now, as part of global celebrations to mark Glass’s 80th birthday, choreographer and director Javier De Frutos creates a new production for The Royal Ballet at the Barbican.
⇒Les Enfants Terribles runs at the Barbican from 27–29 January 2017. Tickets are currently sold out on the Royal Opera House website, but more tickets have been released on the Barbican website.
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Ever wanted to take centre-stage at Covent Garden with our world-class Royal Opera Chorus?
A new virtual reality experience allows aspiring performers across the globe to get a taster of what it’s like in the run-up to opening night, as they stand on stage in the centre of a rehearsal.