In some cases these relationships with other venues will enable us to stage pieces that would have been shown in the Linbury Studio Theatre during its period of closure for the Open Up project.Ĭontinuing the ROH’s partnership with the BBC, BBC Radio 3 will broadcast 11 productions from the main stage over the course of the Season. The strand of programming inspired by the theme of Orpheus that began in January 2015 with Monteverdi’s Orfeo at the Roundhouse continues with three productions inspired by the same myth – Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice on the ROH main stage, Luigi Rossi’s Orpheus at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, and Little Bulb Theatre and Battersea Arts Centre on Tour’s Orpheus in the Linbury.įour Royal Opera productions will be staged at external venues – Gerald Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest at New York’s Rose Theater and the Barbican in London Keith Warner’s aforementioned production of Luigi Rossi’s Orpheus at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and Mark Simpson’s Pleasure and Philip Venables’s 4.48 Psychosis, both at the Lyric Hammersmith. Two world premieres will be performed – 4.48 Psychosis (based on playwright Sarah Kane’s final play) and Morgen und Abend – as well as three London premieres – The Last Hotel, Pleasure and In Parenthesis. Four of these directors are new to Covent Garden. The Royal Opera’s Season will feature eight new productions on the Covent Garden main stage – Orphée et Eurydice by Hofesh Shechter and John Fulljames, Morgen und Abend by Graham Vick, Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci by Damiano Michieletto, L’Étoile by Mariame Clément, Boris Godunov by Richard Jones, Lucia di Lammermoor by Katie Mitchell, Oedipe by Àlex Ollé, and Il trovatore by David Bösch. The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet and visiting companies will stage more than sixty works during 2015/16 and twelve productions from Covent Garden – six operas and six ballets – will be relayed live to more than 1,500 cinemas in 35 countries as part of the ROH Cinema Season. The 2015/16 Royal Opera House Season Has Been Announcedįor full details of all ROH events visit

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