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Death in Venice

Enjoy An Opera And An Emotional Birthday Celebration At The London Coliseum

English National Opera presents Benjamin Britten’s Death in Venice.

English National Ballet perform Swan Lake in The Royal Albert Hall, London - 11th June 2013

Sixty Swans Cause Ripples At The Royal Albert Hall

English National Ballet’s spectacular production of Swan Lake in the round.

ENO The Perfect American - Christopher Purves & Improbable (c) Richard Hubert Smith

Walt Disney Opera Enjoys UK Premiere At The London Coliseum

Does The Perfect American make for the perfect opera?

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Raven Girl: Eclectic Mix Of Old And New From The Royal Ballet

A humble postman and raven give birth to a girl who can neither speak nor fly…

Wozzeck147_2560669b Alastair Muir

Bleak, But Effective, Updating Of Berg’s Wozzeck From English National Opera

Director Carrie Cracknell makes this early 20th century masterpiece feel as relevant as ever.

Tamara Rojo as Girl/Death and Nicolas Le Riche as Young Man in Le Jeune Homme et la Mort. © 2013 David Jenson

More Ecstasy Than Death From English National Ballet At The Coliseum

Fascinating and sexy triple bill of twentieth century works.

Sunken Garden (c) ENO_Joost Rietdijk-1

Multimedia Opera, Sunken Garden, Premieres At Barbican

A visually stunning, boundary crossing piece.

Ubu Roi Johan Persson

Barbican Saves The Absurdest Theatre ‘Til Last With Ubu Roi

A Surreal masterpiece before the word had even been invented.

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Dress Up And Get Down At The Barbican’s Salon Project

Nineteenth century grandeur with a twenty-first century twist.

Sunken Garden (c) ENO_Joost Rietdijk-1

Opera Goes Multimedia, As Sunken Garden Premieres At The Barbican

3D film opera comes to London.