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This impressive building in the heart of Covent Garden has been playing host to major stars of the classical music world since 1858. The third theatre to be located on this site, today's Royal Opera House is the result of a reconstruction in the 1990s (although the main auditorium is part of the original building). It is a beacon of modern theatre design and the place to go for high quality performances in sumptuous surroundings. As one of London's most esteemed, iconic and beautiful performance venues, it's worth a visit even if you're not a ballet or opera fan. Before 1999 the theatre only opened its doors to ticket holders just before performances but today you can explore parts of the building for free during the day - the Paul Hamlyn Hall with its dramatic glass atrium is especially worth a peek. For smaller scale productions such as chamber opera and experimental dance shows there's the 400-seat Linbury Theatre and the Clore Studio which holds an audience of 180 for more intimate events and performances. Both were refurbished in 2018 as part of a three year, £50.7 million project which saw the entrances, foyers and terraces upgraded and a new café, bar and restaurant added.
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Royal Opera: La TraviataRoyal Opera: La TraviataRichard Eyre's production is a well-rehearsed formula for the Royal Opera but time after time it draws the crowds with the promise of pure spectacle. Verdi's music takes audiences to the heart of Violetta's world in La Traviata as she gives up her wild lifestyle for love and makes the ultimate sacrifice. There's romance, there's tragedy, there's ev2019-01-14T00:00:00+00002019-01-31T00:00:00+0000
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event > Concerts > Opera - Italian opera
PRICING £71-£225
DATES Running from Monday 14th January 2019untilThursday 31st January 2019
Richard Eyre's production is a well-rehearsed formula for the Royal Opera but time after time it draws the crowds with the promise of pure spectacle. Verdi's music takes audiences to the heart of Violetta's world in La Traviata as she gives up her wild lifestyle for love and makes the ultimate sacrifice. There's romance, there's tragedy, there's ev... More about this event
Royal Opera House: Queen Of SpadesRoyal Opera House: Queen Of SpadesNorwegian director Stefan Herheim presents a spectacular production of Pyotr ll'yich Tchaikovsky's adaptation of the Alexander Pushkin story of a penniless soldier taking up gambling in order to make enough money to marry. One of Tchaikovsky's most impressive and varied scores, The Queen of Spades has grand choruses, intimate arias and tender duets2019-01-13T00:00:00+00002019-02-01T00:00:00+0000
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event > Concerts > Opera
PRICING £11-£215
DATES Running from Sunday 13th January 2019untilFriday 1st February 2019
Norwegian director Stefan Herheim presents a spectacular production of Pyotr ll'yich Tchaikovsky's adaptation of the Alexander Pushkin story of a penniless soldier taking up gambling in order to make enough money to marry. One of Tchaikovsky's most impressive and varied scores, The Queen of Spades has grand choruses, intimate arias and tender duets... More about this event
Royal Opera: Simon BoccanegraRoyal Opera: Simon BoccanegraElijah Moshinsky's Renaissance production of Verdi's tragedy about the ill-fated Doge of Genoa comes to the Royal Opera House this autumn. The happy rise and tragic fall of Simon Boccanegra is depicted as Genoa's Doge strives to unite the warring factions in his city. A reunion with his long-lost daughter promises happiness for the lonely Boccanegr2018-12-10T00:00:00+00002018-12-10T00:00:00+0000
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event > Concerts > Opera - Italian opera
PRICING £8-£175
DATES Running until Monday 10th December 2018
Elijah Moshinsky's Renaissance production of Verdi's tragedy about the ill-fated Doge of Genoa comes to the Royal Opera House this autumn. The happy rise and tragic fall of Simon Boccanegra is depicted as Genoa's Doge strives to unite the warring factions in his city. A reunion with his long-lost daughter promises happiness for the lonely Boccanegr... More about this event
Royal Opera: CarmenRoyal Opera: CarmenFollowing its UK premiere in February this year, Barrie Kosky's all-singing all-dancing production of Bizet's much-loved opera Carmen returns to the Royal Opera for its first revival this autumn. Australian director Barrie Kosky - "a maverick whose successes include a radical staging of Handel's oratorio Saul at Glyndebourne" (Telegraph) - presents2018-12-10T00:00:00+00002018-12-22T00:00:00+0000
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event > Concerts > Opera - French opera
PRICING £8-£195
DATES 30th November to 22nd December 2018
Following its UK premiere in February this year, Barrie Kosky's all-singing all-dancing production of Bizet's much-loved opera Carmen returns to the Royal Opera for its first revival this autumn. Australian director Barrie Kosky - "a maverick whose successes include a radical staging of Handel's oratorio Saul at Glyndebourne" (Telegraph) - presents... More about this event
The Royal Ballet: The NutcrackerThe Royal Ballet: The NutcrackerThat great seasonal stalwart The Nutcracker starts playing at the Royal Opera House on the 3rd December, offering families a fun and festive treat watching Clara dance in front of the Christmas tree. It's hard to imagine a production more indulgently sumptuous than Peter Wright's restaging of Lev Ivanov's choreography to Tchaikovsky's famous score.2018-12-10T00:00:00+00002019-01-15T00:00:00+0000
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event > Dance > Traditional dance - Ballet
PRICING £6-£112
DATES 3rd December 2018 to 15th January 2019
That great seasonal stalwart The Nutcracker starts playing at the Royal Opera House on the 3rd December, offering families a fun and festive treat watching Clara dance in front of the Christmas tree. It's hard to imagine a production more indulgently sumptuous than Peter Wright's restaging of Lev Ivanov's choreography to Tchaikovsky's famous score.... More about this event
The Royal Opera: Hansel and GretelThe Royal Opera: Hansel and GretelHumperdinck's operatic adaptation of the Grimm Brother's fairy tale about two children who get lost in an enchanted forest comes to the Royal Opera House this December. The tale of Hansel and Gretel, who can't resist a bite of the house made of cake, is told through catchy folksongs and late-Romantic orchestration. Staged by director and designer A2018-12-11T00:00:00+00002018-12-29T00:00:00+0000
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event > Concerts > Opera - German opera
PRICING £5-£500
DATES 11th to 29th December 2018
Humperdinck's operatic adaptation of the Grimm Brother's fairy tale about two children who get lost in an enchanted forest comes to the Royal Opera House this December. The tale of Hansel and Gretel, who can't resist a bite of the house made of cake, is told through catchy folksongs and late-Romantic orchestration. Staged by director and designer A... More about this event
event > Concerts > Opera - German opera
PRICING phone for availability
DATES 13th, 17th, 21st, 27th and 29th Dec 2018
Antony McDonald presents Humperdinck's opera in a co-production with San Francisco Opera, based on the traditional children's fairy tale, about two children who become lost in the woods and happen upon a house made of sweet treats, as well as the sinister owner of the house. Sung in German with English surtitles.
event > Dance > Traditional dance - Ballet
PRICING £32-£70
DATES 18th Dec 2018 to 20th Dec 2018, 2nd Jan 2019 and 4th Jan 2019
A mixed programme of three individual works by Jerome Robbins's The Concert, Frederick Ashton's Les Patineurs and Kenneth MacMillan's Winter Dreams.
event > Dance > Traditional dance - Ballet
PRICING £3-£70
DATES 18th Jan & 19th Jan, 2nd Feb, 5th Feb and 13th Feb 2019
A cast of 20 dancers, led by three principal couples, perform Liam Scarlett's interpretation of Poulenc's music. In Frederick Ashton's work a man is torn between his existing lover and a Gypsy girl. Barry Wordsworth conducts.
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Seven Dials, WC2H | 3 minutes from Royal Opera House
In the middle of Covent Garden, the Radisson Blu Edwardian Mercer Street (formally the Mountbatten) is perfect for those wanting to be in the heart of ... More
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel from £124 39% off
Aldwych, WC2B | 3 minutes from Royal Opera House
Positioned between the City's Square Mile and the thriving West End, this grand, Edwardian Hilton hotel welcomes guests with a patisserie and champagne bar in the ... More
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel from £69 26% off
372 Strand, WC2R | 4 minutes from Royal Opera House
This West End Art Deco hotel right on the Strand and next to Covent Garden is in a fantastic location for accessing central London and theatreland. ... More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
Russell Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 2 minutes from Royal Opera House
The first theatre built after World War I is an astonishing piece of architecture. Built in 1922-4, it preceded the arrival of the Art Deco and ... More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
Catherine Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 3 minutes from Royal Opera House
London's oldest theatre is also its most spectacular, with a palatial auditorium that is among the most impressive in the world. The first theatre on this ... More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 3 minutes from Royal Opera House
Although this site has been an entertainment venue since at least the mid-19th century, the New London Theatre only opened its doors in 1973, making it ... More
London > Entertainment > Live Music
170 Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 3 minutes from Royal Opera House
This new Covent Garden alternative to the West End tourist traps has welcomed the likes of filthy San Franciscan Scott Capurro and TV favourite Andi Osho. ... More
London > Entertainment > Cinemas
3 Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, Soho, London WC2H | 6 minutes from Royal Opera House
Vue's flagship West End cinema in Leicester Square, which first opened in October 1938, underwent a £6.6m refurbishment in 2017, upgrading its seating and sound systems ... More
London > Entertainment > Cinemas
93-107 Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, London W1D | 6 minutes from Royal Opera House
This cracking, refurbished Soho cinema shows a broad-range of art-house films. The three screens feature Dolby THX sound and ample leg-room. The regular Sunday double-bills ... More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 23rd November 2018 to 16th February 2019
Royal Opera House, 404 Strand, WC2R | 4 minutes from Royal Opera House
Kit Harington - famous for his leading role in Game of Thrones - and Johnny Flynn - star of Lovesick, Beast and US TV series Genius, ...More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 28th September 2018 to 5th January 2019
Royal Opera House, St Martin's Lane, WC2N | 4 minutes from Royal Opera House
Hearts are broken and emotional wounds salved as young gay men in modern-day New York continue to wrestle with their feelings in the closing chapter of ...More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 22nd November 2018 to 6th January 2019
Royal Opera House, Portugal Street, WC2A | 5 minutes from Royal Opera House
Bill Alexander directs Birmingham Repertory Theatre's musical adaptation of Raymond Briggs' children's story about the airborne adventures of a boy and his frosty friend. This staging ...More
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London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Covent Garden Piazza, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 2 minutes from Royal Opera House
A visit to Covent Garden is a must, whether you intend to shop, sightsee or soak in the carnival atmosphere. The focal ... More
London > Attractions > Museums
45 Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 2 minutes from Royal Opera House
The London Film Museum, located on the site of the Theatre Museum in the original Flower Cellars in the heart of Covent Garden, is the second ... More
London > Attractions > Museums
Covent Garden Piazza, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 2 minutes from Royal Opera House
After a two-year, £22 million refurbishment the London Transport Museum reopened on 22 November 2007 revealing more exhibition space than before. The museum travels back through ... More
London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
17 Russell Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 1 minute from Royal Opera House
Belgium's finest export, the first Godiva was opened in Brussels approximately 75 years ago by master chocolatier Joseph Draps and named after the legendary Lady Godiva. ... More
London > Shopping > Delicatessens
14-18 Neal Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 1 minute from Royal Opera House
Sweet to taste, cute to look at and made with natural ingredients, Lola's Cupcakes can hold their own when it comes to the coveted title of ... More
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London > Restaurants > British restaurants
Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | Same location as Royal Opera House
The hall over which this stunning restaurant and champagne bar looks was named in honour of publisher Paul Hamlyn after his foundation gifted a generous £10m ... More
London > Restaurants > Indian/South Asian restaurants
48 Floral Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 1 minute from Royal Opera House
The obvious point of comparison for this chain of trendy, inexpensive Indian restaurants is Wagamama's. Like that sainted chain, they offer authentic street food, quick service ... More
London > Restaurants > Thai restaurants
44 Floral Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 1 minute from Royal Opera House
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London > Education > Universities and Colleges
24 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, WC2H | 2 minutes from Royal Opera House
The London Film School is the oldest-established international school of film technique in the world. The school has contributed significantly to ... More
London > Education > Universities and Colleges
1 Sheffield Street, Holborn, London WC2A | 5 minutes from Royal Opera House
The award-winning Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, designed by Irish architects O'Donnell + Tuomey and awarded the RIBA London Building of the Year Award in 2014, ... More
London > Education > English Language Courses
10 Coptic Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1A | 6 minutes from Royal Opera House
English [Out There!] takes a very hands-on approach to learning English. The course places an emphasis on using what you have learned. Students are taken out ... More
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London > Leisure > Fitness
12 Floral Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 2 minutes from Royal Opera House
This day spa exclusively for women is a total pampering experience from the minute you step through the door. Located in bustling Covent Garden you'll soon ... More
London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
25 Shelton Street, 40 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 2 minutes from Royal Opera House
Let the Thai Square Spa transport you to the shores of Asia with their traditional Thai spa treatment rooms, smack bang in the centre of Covent ... More
London > Leisure > Arts Centres
24 Endell Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 2 minutes from Royal Opera House
Before it was a hip private members' club designed specifically for the creative industries - complete with bar and dining rooms, cinema, TV and recording studios ... More
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
39 Bow Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 2 minutes from Royal Opera House
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London > Nightlife > Pubs
33 Rose Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 3 minutes from Royal Opera House
One of the oldest pubs in London, the Lamb & Flag was once known as the Bucket of Blood, thanks to the bare-knuckle fights held here. ... More
London > Nightlife > Pubs
40 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 3 minutes from Royal Opera House
Philomena's is an Irish themed bar and sports cafe on Great Queen Street, just two minutes walk from Covent Garden tube station. A great place to ... More
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London > Nightlife > Bars
36 Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 2 minutes from Royal Opera House
The reputation of the Benelux breweries precedes them and this themed bar captures the flair of Dutch cafe culture too. The impressive row of shiny silver ... More
London > Nightlife > Bars
35 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 2 minutes from Royal Opera House
Covent Garden "style" bar serving cocktails and a chilled out, trendy vibe. Considered to be one of London’s original “style” or “concept” bars, despite being on the ... More
London > Nightlife > Wine Bars
26 Wellington Street, WC2E | 3 minutes from Royal Opera House
Specialising in sparkling wines Grays & Feather offers an exploration, education and, most importantly, enjoyment - without breaking the bank - of fizz. From the rolling ... More
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London > Business > Venue Hire
45 St. Martin's Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2N | 4 minutes from Royal Opera House
To enter the stunning St Martins Lane Hotel in the heart of London's Theatreland you pass through the tallest revolving door in London, a luminescent yellow-glass ... More
London > Business > Venue Hire
8 John Adam Street, Covent Garden, London WC2N | 6 minutes from Royal Opera House
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London > Business > Venue Hire
24-26 Leicester Square, Soho, London WC2H | 6 minutes from Royal Opera House
One of London's biggest cinemas, the Odeon Leicester Square regularly plays host to premieres and awards ceremonies as well as screening the week's big releases. Aside ... More
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