Royal Opera tickets go on-sale tomorrow
Tickets to the Royal Opera House’s spring and summer performances are released tomorrow, with the doors opening to socially-distanced, in-person audiences from 17 May 2021.
Some of the finest international choreographers will be celebrated in Christopher Wheeldon’s shimmering ballet Within the Golden Hour, a world premiere from American choreographer Kyle Abraham, as well as two works new to The Royal Ballet from Olivier-Award winning choreographer Crystal Pite comprising The Statement, exploring the shadowy depths of human nature and boardroom politics, and Solo Echo, an atmospheric evocation of winter-inspired by a poem by Mark Strand, accompanied by Brahms’s beautiful sonatas for cello and piano.
The Royal Opera opens its Spring season in the Linbury Theatre with the re-opening of the world’s first opera in hyper reality: Current, Rising, a unique collaboration between the Royal Opera House’s innovation programme, Audience Labs, award-winning Figment Productions and Royal Holloway, University of London.
Developed by a female-led creative team, the 15-minute hyper-reality opera experience combines virtual reality with a multisensory set, inviting audiences to step into a bespoke ‘Opera Tardis’ and experience a dream-like journey carried musically by a poem layered in song.
On the main stage, the Royal Opera will bring together an international group of distinguished singers to perform Mozart’s opera seria, La clemenza di Tito, in a new production directed by Richard Jones, beautifully designed by Olivier-award winning Ultz and performed under the baton of conductor Mark Wigglesworth.
Also performed on the Main Stage summer will be Richard Jones’s production of Puccini’s opera of passion, friendship and heartbreak: La bohème. A favourite of the opera repertory, this production involves COVID-safe adaptations to certain parts of the production.
“As the country begins to open up again, it is with great pleasure that we present this outstanding roster of activity for the remainder of the 2020/21 Season. With innovation, creativity and artistic excellence at its heart, we are proud of a programme which allows the full creative force of the company to find expression on our stages”
- Oliver Mears, Director of The Royal Opera
Booking for all performances, including for online streaming and socially-distanced live experiences, will open for public on 7 May at 9.30am. Find out more here.
