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All events Opera and Music Ballet and Dance

Royal Opera House
Tours

Stages and Cells of Covent Garden

28 August–30 October 2026

Join Bow Street Museum of Crime and Justice and the Royal Opera House on this outdoor walking tour to discover the relationship between theatre and crime in Covent Garden.

A blurred image of Steven McRae and Vasko Vassilev in rehearsal. Both wear black, Vassilev plays his violin while McRae moves in front with arms partially outstretched

Linbury Theatre

Insights: The McRae / Vassilev Project

2 September 2026

Join the cast and creatives behind The McRae / Vassliev Project and learn more about the collaboration between Steven McRae and Vasko Vassilev, and the works of violinist Niccolo Paganini, who has inspired this project.

A full audience facing the main stage of the Royal Opera House.

Main Stage
Opera and music
Ballet and dance

Friends Rehearsals

8 September 2026–10 July 2027

A black and white image of director Evgeny Titov, he wears black trousers and a black t-shirt and sits with his back against a concrete wall.

Clore Studio

Insights: Parsifal

8 September 2026

Join cast and creatives in conversation about Evgeny Titov's bold new production of Wagner's Parsifal.

Two performers embrace passionately on a stage in front of a backdrop of a house that has images of red roses and handwriting projected onto the entire space.

Main Stage
Opera and music

Don Giovanni

10 September–15 October 2026

Includes Young RBO prices

Mozart’s darkest opera returns.

Linbury Theatre
Ballet and dance

The McRae / Vassilev Project

11–19 September 2026

Two masters of their craft. One stage. A showstopping fusion of exceptional music and dance.

Two ballet dancers wearing black stand on stage in front of a black curtain.

Clore Studio
Ballet and dance

Holding Light

12 September 2026

Fallen Angels Dance Theatre present a powerful performance exploring real stories of addiction recovery.

Clore Studio
Ballet and dance

Insights: Fallen Angels Dance Theatre

13 September 2026

Join cast and creatives from Fallen Angels Dance Theatre in a discussion on the work they do to support those recovering from addiction and about their new work Holding Light, which comes to the Clore Studio this Autumn.