Photograph: Tristram Kentonįans of angular socialist polemic should also be sure to tune in on April 9 for a live stream of the ROH’s first fully staged production since the start of the pandemic: a brand-new double bill of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’ and ‘Mahagonny Songspiel’.

The ROH has also announced the reopening of the world’s first opera set in hyperreality: ‘Current, Rising’, a collab with Figment Productions and Royal Holloway, University of London. If you haven't been to hyperreality, it's like normal reality but faster. The new productions will run concurrently with the ROH’s very popular #OurHouseToYourHouse streaming initiative, which has seen ROH versions of much-loved classics including ‘Peter and the Wolf’, Mozart’s classic opera ‘Così fan tutte’ and Shakespearian ballet ‘The Winter’s Tale’ streamed for free during lockdown.įull details of the new programme, including ticket booking dates, will be released on April 13, but confirmed productions include another Mozart opera, ‘La Clemenza di Tito’ (always a banker old Wolfie), plus ballet highlights including Christopher Wheeldon’s shimmering ‘Within the Golden Hour’ and two works by Crystal Pite. It’s the news that fans of £10 programmes, interval-wine preorders and tiny binoculars have been longing to hear: live opera and dance will be back at London’s epic Royal Opera House in Covent Garden from May 17.

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