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Royal Opera House performer unfurls Palestine flag on stage

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).

The Independent UK

Royal Opera House chaos as privately-educated 'queer dance artist' unfurls Palestinian flag on stage

The incident involving cast member Daniel Perry took place during the curtain call of Il Trovatore on Saturday night

Evening Standard

Olivier awards 2025: full list of winners

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Giant and Fiddler on the Roof were among the big winners at the Royal Albert Hall ceremony

The Guardian - UK

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King Charles applauded on Royal Opera House stage and says he's 'not too bad' amid cancer treatment

The event paid tribute to Sir Antonio Pappano, who was the conductor at the King’s coronation

Evening Standard

Carlos Acosta: ‘At 50, I have to dance in a way that I can still walk off, and not call an ambulance’

The Cuban star on returning to the Royal Opera House stage, commissioning a heavy metal ballet and diversity in the arts

The Guardian - UK

Olivier Awards 2023 winners: The complete list in full

Paul Mescal, Jodie Comer, and David Tennant were among this year’s nominees

The Independent UK

Princess Diana’s dance partner reveals she washed his dishes to take ‘a break’ from royal life

Princess Diana and Wayne Sleep performed a dance routine to Billy Joel’s ‘Uptown Girl’ at the Royal Opera House in 1985

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Olivier Awards 2023 nominations: The complete list in full

Paul Mescal, Jodie Comer, and David Tennant are among this year’s nominees

The Independent UK

Tannhäuser at the Royal Opera House review: a strangely torpid kind of hedonism

Conceived for a specific singer, this staging doesn’t best serve anyone

Evening Standard

Royal Opera House cuts ties with long-term sponsor BP after 33 years

The oil and gas company has sponsored the opera house for more than three decades.

Evening Standard

Booing happens in opera houses, but is it acceptable or justifiable?

Letters: Readers respond to a piece by Martin Kettle in which he addresses the heckling of 12-year-old soprano Malakai M Bayoh

The Guardian - UK

Royal Opera House bans heckler for life after he shouted ‘rubbish’ at child singer

The incident occurred while Malakai M Bayoh, 12, was singing on the opening night of Handel’s Alcina on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Man permanently banned from Royal Opera House after booing and heckling a child actor

Witnesses claim they heard the man shouting 'rubbish' to the child who was singing during a performance at the Royal Opera House. The child then received a standing ovation, and the man was permanently banned from the establishment

Daily Mirror

‘Kurt Cobain was a walking paradox’: inside the opera about the star’s final days

It has little plot, the dialogue is mumbled, cereal bowls are a big theme, and a fast-talking cattle auctioneer plays his manager. We meet the team behind the Royal Opera House’s daring new show

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Evening Standard

Royal Opera House swaps glitz for grunge in Gus Van Sant adaptation

As the Royal Opera House readies itself for a grunge adaptation, Richard Godwin asks, why are we so attached to old misconceptions about snobbery in the oeuvre?

Evening Standard

London arts venues closed due to Queen’s death

From galleries to theatres and museums – here’s how London’s artistic spaces are dealing with the passing of Her Majesty the Queen

Evening Standard

My London: Jaime Winstone

The actress about to step into Babs Windsor’s shoes for an EastEnders one-off would take a date to the Royal Opera House, is a sucker for Barbies and will always be a Camden girl at heart

The Guardian - UK

Stop pandering to purists, says Royal Opera House’s first black Otello

Russell Thomas says opera must reflect the diverse world around it to survive, not stick to the ‘same-old, same-old’

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The Independent UK

Arts Council England quizzed over support of Royal Opera House amid levelling up

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee chairman Julian Knight suggested the organisation’s subsidies for the venue are ‘entirely incongruous’.

Liverpool Echo

The Olivier Awards nominees, performances and air time

Anything Goes and Life of Pi are among this years performances

Evening Standard

My London: Erdem Moralıoğlu

The fashion designer thinks the River Café is magic, scoops up obscure books at Skoob and would like a very specific Royal Opera House burial

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