Press Releases: 2019/20
Ballet and Dance
- 27 June 2019: The Royal Ballet’s 2019/20 Season opens with Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon
- 12 July 2019: The Royal Ballet announces promotions, leavers and joiners for the 2019/20 Season
- 7 August 2019: The Royal Ballet presents Concerto, Enigma Variations and Raymonda Act III
- 16 August 2019: The Royal Ballet and Dance Umbrella celebrate the legacy of choreographer Merce Cunningham with heritage works, international dance companies and a world premiere by Pam Tanowitz
- 24 September 2019: News for The Royal Ballet’s 2019/20 Season
- 24 September 2019: The Royal Ballet’s enchanting classic, The Sleeping Beauty returns to the Royal Opera House for Christmas
- 30 September 2019: Exclusive: Join the sporting elite and Royal Ballet dancers live and behind the scenes on #WorldBalletDay 2019
- 3 October 2019: David Hallberg returns to The Royal Ballet as Principal Guest Artist for the 2019/20 Season
- 24 October 2019: Olympians, sports stars and 34 worldwide dance companies join the biggest ever World Ballet Day
- 28 October 2019: Royal Ballet News – Company Departures
- 5 November 2019: Unrequited love runs deep in The Royal Ballet’s Onegin
- 15 November 2019: Rediscover Les Beaux Dormants (The Sleeping Beauties), a modern take on a classic ballet
- 9 December 2019: Programming update announced for The Linbury Theatre, The Royal Ballet's International stage for dance
- 13 December 2019: Aisha and Abhaya: A contemporary tale of hope and fearlessness
- 6 January 2020: The Royal Ballet’s world premiere of The Cellist broadcast live in UK cinemas this February
- 7 January 2020: Casting update from The Royal Ballet
- 8 January 2020: Ballet World Premiere: The Cellist by Cathy Marston, inspired by the life of celebrated cellist Jacqueline du Pré
- 20 January 2020: The Royal Ballet’s acclaimed production of Swan Lake returns to the Royal Opera House
- 27 January 2020: The Royal Ballet and MS Society collaborate with three month residency at the Royal Opera House
- 29 January 2020: The Royal Ballet announces continuation of Emerging Choreographer Programme
- 4 February 2020: Acosta Danza Up Close: Carlos Acosta’s acclaimed company bring five dynamic works to the Linbury Theatre
- 12 February 2020: Scottish Ballet make their Linbury Theatre premiere in March 2020 with a double bill, This is My Body…
- 14 February 2020: Wayne McGregor and Margaret Atwood present MADDADDAM, a major international collaboration between The Royal Ballet and The National Ballet of Canada
- 28 February 2020: International Draft Works returns, celebrating new choreographic ideas and rising talent
- 9 March 2020: The Royal Ballet present a thrilling mixed programme of work by McGregor, Wheeldon and Balanchine
Opera and Music
- 16 July 2019: The Royal Opera presents George Frideric Handel’s Agrippina
- 23 July 2019: The Royal Opera’s 2019/20 Season opens with Don Giovanni
- 7 August 2019: Juan Diego Flórez returns to The Royal Opera in Werther
- 12 August 2019: Gerald Barry’s The Intelligence Park opens the 2019/20 Season in the Linbury Theatre
- 15 August 2019: The Royal Opera presents its seventh revival of Mozart’s glorious opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte)
- 21 August 2019: Venice is brought to life in David McVicar’s dazzling new Royal Opera production of Britten’s Death in Venice
- 5 September 2019: The Royal Opera and Candoco Dance Company present the world premiere of a new adaptation of Shaun Tan’s The Lost Thing in the Linbury Theatre this Christmas
- 2 October 2019: The Royal Opera celebrates 25 years of Richard Eyre's iconic production of La Traviata
- 11 October 2019: Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece Otello returns to The Royal Opera
- 27 November 2019: Gerald Barry’s madcap Alice’s Adventures Under Ground is staged for the first time at the Royal Opera House
- 2 December 2019: Launching Opera Nation – a free new training programme for young people in the West Midlands
- 15 January 2020: Jette Parker Young Artists Programme celebrates 19 years at the centre of global talent development
- 6 March 2020: Royal Opera House Don Carlo Casting Announcement
Cinema and Live Relays
- 9 September 2019: Mozart’s dramatic opera Don Giovanni to be broadcast live to cinemas across the UK on Tuesday 8 October 2019
- 23 September 2019: The Royal Opera’s new production of Donizetti’s witty Don Pasquale will be broadcast live in cinemas all over the UK
- 2 October 2019: Royal Ballet triple bill broadcast live in cinemas across the UK
- 4 November 2019: The Royal Ballet’s festive classic Coppélia broadcast live in cinemas this December
- 11 November 2019: Christmas is coming as The Royal Ballet’s festive favourite The Nutcracker is broadcast in UK cinemas
Daytime Events
- 3 September 2019: The Royal Opera House celebrates more than one million visitors as it unveils a new exciting events season
- 8 October 2019: A fun packed half term for kids at the Royal Opera House
- 4 November 2019: Cocktails, contemporary music and culture at ROH Late
- 10 December 2019: Brownies, Guides and Rangers from across the UK pack the Royal Opera House to the rafters for special Christmas performance
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