Not just Fred and Ginger: a call for papers
If any people missed out on the recent Ninette de Valois conference, they may like to know about another fascinating conference coming soon. Not Just Fred and Ginger: Camaraderie, Collusion and...
View ArticleJust announced: 2011/12 Cinema Season
Nine Productions, 22 Countries, Over 600 Cinemas There’s a Royal Ballet ballet or Royal Opera opera coming soon to a cinema near you. We’ve just announced our next Cinema Season which kicks off this...
View ArticleIn pictures: Manon on the Big Screen
Gary Avis as Monsieur GM, Lauren Cuthbertson as Manon and José Martin as Lescaut in Manon © ROH / Tristram Kenton 2011 Thank you to everyone who came along to last night's BP Big Screening of Manon. It...
View ArticleMadama Butterfly - last night's BP Big Screen
Did you come along to the BP Big Screening of Madama Butterfly last night? The Puccini opera was broadcast live to five screens around London (Trafalgar Square, Canary Wharf, Hammersmith, Walthamstow...
View ArticleLucky Winners: BP Summer Big Screen Education Project 2011
Lucky Winners: BP Summer Big Screens Education Project © ROH 2011 Lucky Winners: BP Summer Big Screens Education Project © ROH 2011 Lucky Winners: BP Summer Big Screens Education Project © ROH 2011...
View ArticleDeloitte Ignite preview: Six of the best
With the Mike Figgis-curated Deloitte Ignite Festival with its theme of 'Just tell the truth' opening tomorrow (Sept 2nd), we thought we'd delve into the digital depths of YouTube to have a look at the...
View ArticleCinema Season 2011/12 launched
Angela Gheorghiu - A World Stage © ROH 2011 Last night the Royal Opera House launched its exclusive Cinema Season. Hosted by Lloyd Bracey and with assembled members of the press and some very...
View ArticleNew World Stage film featuring Lauren Cuthbertson
Backstage on the shoot for the World Stage film © ROH / Ruairi Watson 2011 With the Olympics under a year away, the new World Stage film for the 2011 winter Season has a decidedly Olympian influence....
View ArticlePappano's Essential Tosca
Antonio Pappano © Clive Barda/ROH 2011 Showing on BBC Two at 1.35pm on Christmas Eve, Pappano's Essential Tosca follows the acclaimed Opera Italia series, shown on BBC Four last year. In Essential...
View ArticleMadam Butterfly 3D in cinemas from March
From Monday 5 March you can see Madam Butterfly 3D in UK and Irish cinemas - a RealD and Royal Opera House production. Puccini's opera is adapted for the stage by acclaimed directors Moshe Leiser...
View ArticleLa Fille mal gardée live in cinemas on 16 May 2012
Steven McRae and Roberta Marquez in La Fille mal gardée ©ROH 2012 Audiences around the world will be treated to a visit to the Suffolk countryside on 16 May as Frederick Ashton's La Fille mal gardée is...
View ArticleIl tabarro broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 15 June
Il Tabarro © ROh / Bill Cooper 2011 Richard Jones's production of Il tabarro is to be broadcast on BBC Four tonight (Friday 15 June) at 8pm. The three operas that make up Il trittico are to be...
View ArticleSuor Angelica broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 22 June.
Ermonela Jaho as Sister Angelica in Suor Angelica © ROH / Bill Cooper 2011 Suor Angelica - the second installment from Puccini's Il Trittico - is to be broadcast this evening (22 June) on BBC Four at...
View ArticleBallet meets Renaissance art in Metamorphosis: Titian 2012
Detail from Titian's Diana and Callisto Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 opens on stage at the Royal Opera House this Saturday and will be screened live around the country on Monday 16 July as part of BP...
View ArticleMetamorphosis Titian 2012: Abstraction, Symbol and Feeling
Marianela Nuñez and The Royal Ballet in Diana and Actaeon. Metamorphosis: Titian 2012. © ROH/Johan Persson, 2012. Tonight’s relay of Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 as part of BP Summer Big Screens is a...
View ArticleAnna Pavlova the focus of BFI Southbank season
Anna Pavlova Iconic ballerina Anna Pavlova is the subject of a film season at BFI Southbank this month. The series is part of Pavlova 2012, a celebration of the ballerina making London her home a...
View ArticleROH LIVE Cinema Season 2012/13 opens this month
Artists of The Royal Ballet in Swan Lake, Act II © Bill Cooper/ROH 2011 With The Royal Ballet and Royal Opera back on stage in Covent Garden, it'll soon be time for the return of our popular Cinema...
View ArticleSwan Lake in Cinemas: Cast sheets
Nehemiah Kish and Zenaida Yanowsky in Swan Lake © Bill Cooper Tonight (23 October) we're screening Swan Lake live from Covent Garden to cinemas around the world. We hope that cast sheets will be...
View ArticleWhat’s it like to direct opera and ballet for the screen?
The Royal Opera in Les Troyens © Bill Cooper/ROH 2012 I’ve been a screen director for over twenty years, but during the 1970s and 80s I performed as a dancer in The Royal Ballet. Because of my...
View ArticleYour reaction: Swan Lake in cinemas
Zenaida Yanowsky, Will Tuckett and Nehemiah Kish in The Royal Ballet's Swan Lake © ROH/Bill Cooper [View the story "Your reaction: Swan Lake in cinemas" on Storify] Your reaction: Swan Lake in cinemas...
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