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Royal Ballet & Opera New Season -

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The Royal Ballet & Opera present their brand new season for 2026.

Experience the magic of opera and ballet presented by the world-leading Royal Ballet and Opera, based at the Royal Opera House in London.

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La Fille mal gardée

18 October 2025 – 9 June 2026

A signature work in the Royal Ballet’s repertoire, this production of La Fille mal gardée choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton brings colour and sunshine to the Royal Opera House stage.

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Turandot

OPERA: 15 December 2025 – 4 February 2026

Let your emotions soar with the legendary aria ‘Nessun Dorma’, as this dazzling production of Turandot breathes colourful life into Puccini’s final opera.

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La traviata

OPERA: 8 January – 17 February 2026

Featuring high drama, lavish sets and music to stir the soul, make your January sparkle with this iconic night at the opera.

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Woolf Works

BALLET: 17 January – 13 February 2026

Be swept away by this poetic, poignant and Olivier Award-winning contemporary ballet, inspired by three of Virginia Woolf’s genre-defying works, directed and choreographed by Wayne McGregor, with music by Max Richter.

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Boris Godunov

OPERA: 28 January – 18 February 2026

Starring Sir Bryn Terfel. Haunted by guilt, Tsar Boris Godunov is losing his grip. Meanwhile, an ambitious young man spies an opportunity to steal the crown. What lengths will they both go to, in pursuit of power?

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Giselle

BALLET: 14 February – 20 March 2026

Experience the quintessential Romantic ballet Giselle in Peter Wright’s atmospheric and bewitching production.

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Siegfried

OPERA: 17 March – 6 April 2026

Conductor Antonio Pappano and director Barrie Kosky return for the triumphant third chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.

Rigoletto

OPERA: 25 March – 23 April 2026

Oliver Mears’ acclaimed staging of Verdi’s masterpiece, presented as a modern morality play, pitting power against innocence in a world of decadence and corruption.

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Mayerling

BALLET: 30 March – 18 May 2026

Kenneth MacMillian’s signature ballet Mayerling returning to Covent Garden this spring.

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Wayne McGregor: Alchemies

DANCE: 18 April – 6 May 2026

Experience three powerful ballets from Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor.

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Peter Grimes

OPERA: 5 – 28 May 2026

Allan Clayton, Bryn Terfel and Maria Bengtsson star in Britten’s bleak operatic tragedy Peter Grimes.

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Samson et Dalila

OPERA: 13 May – 3 June 2026

Don’t miss Richard Jones’s ‘vibrant’ (Guardian) production, starring the electrifying Aigul Akhmetshina and SeokJong Baek as the biblical lovers.

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The Marriage of Figaro

OPERA: 4 June – 2 July 2026

Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro – featuring scandal, laugh-out-loud comedy and some of the best tunes in opera, this is one wedding you won’t want to miss.

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So Are We: León and Lightfoot

BALLET: 11 – 20 June 2026

Two works of deep feeling and yearning by the acclaimed contemporary choreographic duo.

I puritani

OPERA: 30 June – 19 July 2026

Vincenzo Bellini’s masterful opera I puritani, directed by Richard Jones.

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La bohème

OPERA: 1 – 25 July 2026

Puccini’s timeless love story captivates audiences the world over in this humourous and heartbreaking celebration of friendship.

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La Fille du régiment

OPERA: 7 – 24 July 2026

With an all-star cast including the return of showstopping tenor Juan Diego Flórez alongside Jonah Hoskins, and a Royal Opera debut from soprano Sara Blanch, don’t miss this five-star production full of belly-laughs, vocal acrobatics and a heart-warming heroine.

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Carnage and the Divine

BALLET: 29 July – 1 August 2026

A contemporary retelling of a classic tale of unrequited love.

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Venue Information

Royal Opera House , Bow Street, London, WC2E 9DD

Nearest Tube or Train: Covent Garden (Piccadilly line), Leicester Square (Piccadilly line, Northern line)

Nearest Buses: 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 26, 68, 76, 77a, 91, 168, 171, 176, 188, 501(southbound only), 505, 521, X68 all go to the Aldwych.

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