19 December 2018
Newsdesk
The Royal Opera House presents a host of world premieres and debuts across ballet and opera in 2019, alongside a diverse range of free and ticketed Front of House events for all ages. 2019 also sees the first performances by The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera in the newly refurbished Linbury Theatre, the West End’s newest and most intimate theatre.
Now open every day from 10am, the Royal Opera House offers an exciting programme of events for audiences of all ages throughout 2019, including free Live at Lunch recitals and rehearsals, Dance with The Royal Ballet, Books at Brunch and Family Sundays.
The Royal Ballet presents a world premiere from Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, alongside the much-anticipated revival of Crystal Pite’s Olivier Award-winning Flight Pattern. Kenneth MacMillan’s seminal Romeo and Juliet is also revived on the main stage, with this run featuring a host of debuts. Guest Artist of The Royal Ballet Alessandra Ferri returns to the Royal Opera House in January 2019, presenting TRIOConcertDance alongside Herman Cornejo and Bruce Levingston. The Royal Ballet performs for the first time in the new Linbury Theatre in February, presenting New Work New Music, a mixed programme of world premieres set to contemporary music never used before for dance.
The Royal Opera’s 2019 programme includes La forza del destino, with cast members including international stars Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann and Christopher Maltman. The production is conducted by Music Director of The Royal Opera Antonio Pappano and directed by Christof Loy. Deborah Warner’s production of Billy Budd is seen for the first time at Covent Garden in April, with Jacques Imbrailo, Toby Spence and Brindley Sherratt in the lead roles. Also returning in April is David McVicar's stunning production of Faust, with a cast including Michael Fabiano, Diana Damrau and Erwin Schrott. In the Linbury Theatre, The Royal Opera presents The Monstrous Child, a world premiere by British composer Gavin Higgins and best-selling author Francesca Simon, inspired by Norse mythology.
Royal Opera House productions are broadcast in more than 1,500 cinemas in 51 countries around the world in 2019 as part of ROH Live Cinema. Forthcoming screenings include The Queen of Spades (22 Jan), La traviata (30 Jan), Don Quixote (19 Feb), La forza del destino (2 April), Faust (30 April) and Romeo and Juliet (11 June).
The Royal Opera House BP Big Screens return in summer 2019 with three opera and ballet performances screened live and for free at several locations across the UK. Titles and locations will be announced soon.
TRIOCONCERTDANCE
17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 January at 7.45pm
20* and 27 January at 4pm
#ROHtrio
* post-show talk
Generously supported by Freed of London
Co-produced by AF DANCE LLC, The Joyce Theater’s Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work, The Jerome Robbins Foundation and Natalia and Veronica Bulgari
NEW WORK NEW MUSIC
6, 8, 9 February at 7.45pm
9 February at 2.45pm
#ROHnewworknewmusic
Generous philanthropic support from Sue Butcher
April \ March by David Sawer is co-commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and the Royal Philharmonic Society Drummond Fund
ROMEO AND JULIET
26 and 28 March at 7.30pm
10 April at 7.30pm
13 April at 1.30pm and 7pm
26 April at 7.30pm
27 April / 4, 11, 25 May / 1 June at 1.30pm and 7pm
1, 13, 14, 17, 22, 23, 29 May and 11 June at 7.30pm
#ROHromeo
Generous philanthropic support from Julia and Hans Rausing, Sir Lloyd and Lady Dorfman, John and Susan Burns, Maggie Copus, The Gerald Ronson Family Foundation, The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund and an anonymous donor
WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR / NEW SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI / FLIGHT PATTERN
8, 9, 15, 16 and 21 May at 7.30pm
18 May at 1.30pm and 7pm
Generous philanthropic support from Julia and Hans Rausing, The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund
Within the Golden Hour: Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon generously supported by Kenneth and Susan Green. Generous philanthropic support from
Mr and Mrs Edward Atkin CBE
New Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui: Generous philanthropic support from The Taylor Family Foundation, Georgia Rosengarten and the New Choreography Syndicate
THE MONSTROUS CHILD
21, 22, 27, 28 February and 2 March at 7.30pm
24 February and 3 March at 2pm
#ROHmonstrous
Suitable for ages 8+
Generous philanthropic support from The Clore Duffield Foundation, Hamish and Sophie Forsyth, The John S Cohen Foundation, Mr Stefan Sten Olsson and Mr John Tierney, The Taylor Family Foundation, the Contemporary Music Circle and The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
21, 27, 29 March and 2, 5, 9, 12, 17, 22 April at 6.30pm
24 March at 2pm
#ROHforza
Co-production with Dutch National Opera
Generous philanthropic support from Production Principal Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet
Position of Music Director Maestro Antonio Pappano generously supported by Mrs Susan A. Olde OBE
Generous philanthropic support from Lord and Lady Laidlaw, Alfiya and Timur Kuanyshev, Spindrift Al Swaidi, Ian and Helen Andrews, Mrs Carolyn Calcutt, Maggie Copus, Peter Harrison and Fiona Willis, Martin and Jane Houston, Rena and Sandro Lavery, The Taylor Family Foundation, Mrs Trevor Swete, La forza del destino Production Syndicate, the American Friends of Covent Garden and The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund
BILLY BUDD
23, 29 April and 7 and 10 May at 7.30pm
#ROHbillybudd
Co-production with Teatro Real Madrid and Opera di Roma
Generous philanthropic support from Production Principal Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet
Dr and Mrs Michael West, Hamish and Sophie Forsyth and the Billy Budd Production Syndicate
FAUST
11, 15, 18, 25, 30 April and 3 and 6 May at 7pm
#ROHfaust
A co-production with Opéra de Monte Carlo, Opéra de Lille and Fondazione Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste
Generous philanthropic support from ROH Young Philanthropists and The Friends of Covent Garden
ROH LIVE CINEMA
THE QUEEN OF SPADES 22 January 2019 | OPERA
LA TRAVIATA | 30 January 2019 | OPERA
DON QUIXOTE | 19 February 2019 | BALLET
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO | 2 April 2019 | OPERA
FAUST | 30 April 2019 | OPERA
WITHIN THE GOLDER HOUR / NEW SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI / FLIGHT PATTERN |
16 May 2019 | Ballet
ROMEO AND JULIET | 11 June 2019 | Ballet
