Royal Opera House

BBC News - Royal Opera premieres 'darker' Hansel and Gretel ballet: "Two hundred years ago the Brothers Grimm published their version of the German folk tale Hansel and Gretel. Now the Royal Opera House in London is staging what it calls "a dark, adult take" on the story - a new ballet set in the America of the 1950s and 1960s."Read Full Story

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John Malveaux of www.MusicUNTOLD.com sends this link:         Uploaded by Addiobelpassato on Oct 24, 2011 Lenora Lafayette sings "Mi chiamano Mimi" from La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini Hallé Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli, conductor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApyGlBe7PqU&feature=share The story of how Lenora Lafayette, a young woman from Baton Rouge, La., came to sing at Covent Garden is almost a fairy tale. She was 26 years old and living in Basel, Switzerland...Read Full Story

BBC News - Access all arias: Behind the scenes of the Royal Opera House: "Inside a huge workshop at Highhouse Production Park a team of scenic painters, carpenters and metalworkers are hard at work for The Royal Opera House's next season. Head Scenic Artist, Emma Troubridge - who creates a wide variety of sets and scenery for the ballets and operas performed in Covent Garden - gave the BBC an insider's guide to preparations under way for Nabucco and Eugene Onegin. Public tours at the...Read Full Story

The Olivier Award celebrations grew far and wide this year. Events at the Royal Opera House were central, but in Covent Garden piazza there was a public party. Our photographer was there to capture the fun.Read Full Story