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Anna Netrebko’s presence on stage called a ‘disgrace’, despite soprano condemning Russia’s invasion of UkraineDozens of protesters have gathered outside the Royal Opera House to demonstrate against an eminent Russian opera singer nicknamed “Putin’s div…
Oliver Mears asks Royal Opera House members for understanding after open letter accuses him of ‘extremely poor judgment’The Royal Opera House’s director of opera has pleaded with members to “understand” why he attempted to forcibly snatch a Palestinian…
The Royal Ballet and Opera said it was scrapping performances in Tel Aviv next year, after nearly 200 staff members signed an open letter criticizing its stance on the war in Gaza.
Show scheduled for next year pulled after 182 members of UK company sign letter criticising RBO’s stance on GazaThe Royal Ballet and Opera has pulled its 2026 production run of Tosca at the Israeli National Opera in Tel Aviv.The internal announcement b…
Director Kevin O’Hare announces staging of NYCB choreographer Peck’s 2014 piece, as well as new works by Akram Khan and Cathy MarstonA ballet by one of New York’s hottest choreographers, set to the music of Sufjan Stevens, and Akram Khan’s first work f…
‘The “fright” look is all naturally mine,’ riposted Rose Knox-Peebles after FT reviewer assumed she had makeup on in Das RheingoldRose Knox-Peebles was on a high after the opening night of Das Rheingold at the Royal Opera House earlier this week.It was…
National Theatre and Royal Ballet among 21 groups to receive grants from new fundVogue World will donate £2m to London-based arts organisations through a newly established fund, Condé Nast has announced.The star-studded event at London’s Theatre Royal …
Speranza Scappucci hopes to demystify the art form for the English public when she becomes principal guest conductorIn her native Italy, conductor Speranza Scappucci stars in a national television show in which she sits at the piano explaining symphoni…
Move leaves British Museum and Science Museum isolated as arts institutions with fossil fuel sponsorsCampaigners have hailed a “seismic shift” in arts funding after the Royal Opera House confirmed it had severed its sponsorship relationship with BP aft…
Insurrection: A Work in Progress by Peter Brathwaite will highlight folk traditions as a form of resistanceA leading British opera singer is developing a work based on the music of his enslaved ancestors in Barbados as a way of examining complex histor…