French tenor Roberto Alagna, singing the role of Calàf, became ill after the second act. With no understudy available, Richard Hetherington, head of music at the Royal Opera, took to the stage after ...

Critics worry that heckling, such as that at a recent Royal Opera performance, is becoming more common ...

Anna Netrebko’s return to Covent Garden was always going to be contentious. The Russian soprano, 53, was pictured in 2014 bringing gifts to Russian-armed separatists in Crimea. Two years earlier, she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LONDON (AP) — A performer holding a Palestinian flag touched off a brief scuffle on stage at the Royal Opera House in London as ...

The magical spectacle of ballet belies the huge amount of technical expertise and innovative engineering that makes it work, ...

A melancholy clown swings from a scaffolding pole, yearning for the moon. Created in 1962, Glen Tetley’s Pierrot Lunaire is a classic of midcentury modern dance. The Royal Ballet’s deluxe revival ...

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A Royal Opera House performer unfurled a Palestine flag on stage during the curtain call for Il trovatore's closing night on Saturday (19 July). A brief scuffle ensued as an official appeared to try ...

The Royal Opera House has commissioned new stage curtains to honour the King. The current main stage curtains at the venue in London’s Covent Garden have been hanging for 26 years, and it is estimated ...

LONDON (AP) — A performer holding a Palestinian flag touched off a brief scuffle on stage at the Royal Opera House in London as cast members were taking their bows following the season’s final ...