Friday Rush

Get last-minute tickets for the Royal Ballet and Opera at a range of prices – even for sold-out shows!

Friday Rush tickets are released every Friday at 1pm. They include tickets for Main Stage performances for the following week, until the next Friday Rush. All of the performances with tickets in the next Friday Rush will appear on this page.

You can purchase two Friday Rush tickets for each performance.

The next Friday Rush will be held on Friday 11 July 2025 at 1pm.

From the start of the 2025/26 Season, the Royal Ballet and Opera will no longer be offering Friday Rush tickets. Please find more information on our Friday Rush FAQs page. The final Friday Rush will be Friday 18 July 2025.

Ballet and dance

The Royal Ballet School Summer performance 2025

SATURDAY 12 JULY 2025, 12PM

Dancers from one of the world’s greatest ballet schools take to the Main Stage in an annual showcase of their talent and artist

A group of Royal Ballet School dancers on the main stage of the Royal Opera House in synchronised formation, all wearing matching gold tutus, pose in a classic arabesque. The stage is framed by grand, ornate curtains in rich, warm tones, highlighting the elegance and grandeur of the performance.

Opera and music

Il trovatore

SATURDAY 12 JULY 2025, 7.30PM

Verdi’s opera of obsession and superstition returns to the Royal Opera House.

Three actors stand on stage, two are crouched at either side of the central actor and they are wearing horned helmets. They are faced by an army wearing helmets.

Opera and music

Il trovatore

MONDAY 14 JULY 2025, 7.30PM

Verdi’s opera of obsession and superstition returns to the Royal Opera House.

Three actors stand on stage, two are crouched at either side of the central actor and they are wearing horned helmets. They are faced by an army wearing helmets.

Opera and music

Semele

TUESDAY 15 JULY 2025, 7PM

Experience Handel’s opera of desire and destruction in a darkly satirical new staging.

Opera singer Pretty Yende is photographed as Semele, a character from the opera of the same name. Semele is viewed from above, as she gazes at someone who casts a looming shadow over her.

Please note the performance of Il Trovatore on 16 July 2025 is British Sign Language interpreted and Captioned.

Opera and music

Il trovatore

WEDNESDAY 16 JULY 2025, 7.30PM

Verdi’s opera of obsession and superstition returns to the Royal Opera House.

Three actors stand on stage, two are crouched at either side of the central actor and they are wearing horned helmets. They are faced by an army wearing helmets.

Please note the performance of Il Trovatore on 17 July 2025 is Audio described.

Opera and music

Il trovatore

THURSDAY 17 JULY 2025, 7.30PM

Verdi’s opera of obsession and superstition returns to the Royal Opera House.

Three actors stand on stage, two are crouched at either side of the central actor and they are wearing horned helmets. They are faced by an army wearing helmets.

Opera and music

Semele

FRIDAY 18 JULY 2025, 7PM

Experience Handel’s opera of desire and destruction in a darkly satirical new staging.

Opera singer Pretty Yende is photographed as Semele, a character from the opera of the same name. Semele is viewed from above, as she gazes at someone who casts a looming shadow over her.

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