Early one Saturday last May, a thin, grim line started forming outside the Royal Opera House at London's Covent Garden. All ...

Read our review of Bellini's opera *I puritani*, now in performances at the Royal Opera House to 19 July. Read more theatre ...

It's the world's best opera – if we can define that as the one best suited to the distinctive talents of a composing genius.

On the opening night of director Richard Jones's excellent production of Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme, England's captain, ...

Bellini’s tale of Roundheads vs Cavaliers requires vocal gymnastics on an Olympic scale. Lisette Oropesa rises effortlessly to the challenge in Richard Jones’s detailed new production ...

After a six-year hiatus, renowned Russian soprano Anna Netrebko is set to make a highly anticipated — and deeply divisive — return to London’s Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. The 53-year-old opera ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian opera soprano singer Anna Netrebko performs Anna Netrebko’s return to Covent Garden was always going to be contentious.

There are good reasons Bellini’s I Puritani has not been seen at Covent Garden since the early 1990s, but despite the uneven ...

The Royal Ballet and Opera is cutting 64 roles, including nine compulsory redundancies, as the Covent Garden institution ...

A fifth revival of Richard Jones’ classic 2017 production Puccini’s four-act opera La Bohème has just opened at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. With a libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi ...

A brand new open-air Covent Garden cinema will welcome visitors next weekend. Restaurants in the area will be offering collection deals to help provide food for audience members, with tickets ...

London’s Royal Opera House is changing its name and hunting for new commercial partners as it works to fill a multimillion pound funding gap. From now on, the institution will be known as the Royal ...