19 December 2019 Enjoy the best culture London has to offer in 2019 at the Royal Opera House ROH, 2018. Photographed by Luke Hayes. 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. For all Royal Opera House press releases visit www.roh.org.uk/for/press-and-media
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. ENDS NOTES TO EDITORS 1. For further information or image requests please contact Katharine Morgan 2. For images, please click here Page 2 of 6
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 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 Page 3 of 6
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 Page 4 of 6
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 Page 5 of 6
#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 About the Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House s aim is for many more people to enjoy and engage in exceptional ballet and opera. As The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, we bring together the world s most extraordinary ballet and opera artists in more than 500 performances every year: live events that thrill, move and excite, and that transport people to other worlds though music, dance and theatre. Page 6 of 6