Chamber Music & Recitals

The contemporary face of The Royal Ballet is shown in works from three of today's leading choreographers. Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour is based around seven couples separating and intermingling, to music by Vivaldi and Ezio Bosso and lit...

Royal Ballet Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon magically captured the twists and turns of Lewis Carroll's classic story, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, in his 2011 ballet. Bob Crowley's vivid sets and costumes take us down the rabbit hole into a...

Award-winning director Claus Guth's acclaimed production of Jenufa is a striking representation of an oppressed society 'infused with heart-warming humanity' (Evening Standard) Two courageous women struggle for fulfilment against the backdrop of a...

Kenneth MacMillan based his dark, intense ballet Mayerling on the tragic true story of Crown Prince Rudolf and his mistress Mary Vetsera, and it is celebrated as one of The Royal Ballet's narrative masterpieces. The oppressive world of the...

Christian Spuck puts the literary origin at the heart of his choreography of "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", emphasizing the fantastical nature of the original rather than the delightful Christmas fairytale and bringing back the tale of princess...

Claudio Monteverdi was a pioneer in the origins and development of opera, taking vocal music beyond Renaissance polyphony and entering a modern era in which genuine feelings and emotions are expressed through a wide variety of characters. Part of a late...

Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concertos rank among the most popular works of Baroque music. To mark their 300th anniversary in 2021, Collegium 1704 played all six Brandenburg Concertos on historical instruments in K?then Castle's restored Hall of...

For his inaugural concert as the new Gewandhauskapellmeister, Andris Nelsons chose three pieces, each with symbolic power. At it's center is the "Scottish" Symphony by Felix Mendelssohn, his most prominent predecessor, which was premiered by the...

Part of Royal Opera's Britten centenary celebrations ? 'Susan Bullock is an awe-inspiring Gloriana... Toby Spence, as Essex, has regained all his pristine vocal lustre' The Independent ? 'Director Richard Jones... staging... is both moving and surprising...

Winters Tale Blu-Ray

Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Blu-Ray

Carmen - Viscera - Afternoon Of A Faun - Tchaikovy Blu-Ray