Parker Young News

In a specially curated, self-guided walk containing art exhibits, displays and pop-up performances, visitors will be invited to step into the worlds of opera and ballet, discover our iconic building, enjoy some of the remarkable front-of-house spaces, and see stunning works of art from David Hockney and Tacita Dean. 

The Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance is a chance to discover the stars of tomorrow. Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, performing the role of Élisabeth, and Andrés Presno, performing the role of Don Carlos, sing a duet from Act II of Don Carlos as part of the Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance 2021.

Celebrate the Royal Opera House's Jette Parker Young Artists as they draw their year to a close with the annual summer performance. Spot stars of the future and enjoy a showcase of musical and creative works from the company's singers, conductors and stage directors and répétiteurs.

The Royal Ballet is continuing its commitment to create opportunities for the next generation of dance professionals and today announced joiners for the 2021/22 Season. This year they welcome four dancers to the Company from The Royal Ballet School: Olivia Findley, Ava May Llewellyn, Viola Pantuso and Alix Van Tiggelen. 

The ROH has announced that former Link Artists soprano April Koyejo-Audiger, tenors Thando Mjandana, Alan Pingarrón and baritone Chuma Sijeqa - will join Young Artists from the 2021 Programme to form the JPYAP 20th Anniversary Company.

The United States Of Al is about the friendship between Riley, a Marine combat veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life in Ohio, and Awalmir (Al), the Interpreter who served with his unit in Afghanistan.

Watch as Soprano Nicole Chevalier sings the aria 'Deh! se piacer mi vuoi' in Richard Jones' Royal Opera production of Mozart's La clemenza di Tito.

'Quest and the Girl with the Yellow Jacket' is a Pittsburgh's first digital hip-hop musical that will premiere tomorrow, during Mental Health Awareness Month, through the New Hazlett Theater. The musical borrows from the unflinching narratives inspired by two musical works of Pittsburgh's leading hip-hop artists-- Jon Quest and Dr. HollyHood.

Find out all there is to know about Richard Jones’s new production of La Clemenza di Tito from members of the cast and creative team.

The much-anticipated winners of the 2021 International Opera Awards sponsored by Mazars were announced in an online ceremony watched around the world. The Awards, considered opera's answer to the Oscars, celebrate achievements in opera around the globe over the last calendar year in a wide range of categories.

On Friday 30 April at 7pm GMT Royal Opera House will present 8bit - a series of eight newly-commissioned, experimental experiences of digital opera – bringing together some of the most innovative contemporary artists. 

On Friday 23 April at 7pm GMT The Royal Opera House will unveil ROH Unmasked, a free, 30-minute, ROH-produced short film, that gets under the skin of one of the world's most famous theatres, reflecting on the experience of its community of musicians, singers, technicians, craftspeople, staff and producers.

Today the Royal Opera House has announced more details of its schedule of in-person and streamed Spring and Summer performances, with public booking opening on 7 May 2021 and the doors opening to socially-distanced, in-person audiences from 17 May 2021.  

Booking is now open for the Royal Opera House’s first live broadcast of 2021 – Bertolt Brecht’s and Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins and Mahagonny Songspiel. Produced by the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, the double bill will be streamed live from the Main Stage in Covent Garden on 9 April at 7.30pm GMT. 

The team behind the operatic miniseries 'desert in,” now in production for a June 2021 debut on Boston Lyric Opera’s streaming service, announced today an award-winning roster of composers and performers working on the project.

The Royal Opera House has shared early plans for its 2021/22 Season, the first full Royal Opera House Season since 2019.   

Today the Royal Opera House has announced that it will once again open its doors to audiences on 17 May 2021, with a packed schedule of in-person performances from both The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, brand new work available to stream online, and the world's first opera in hyper-reality.   

Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, March 6-7, 2021.

The glorious music of La traviata will be brought to life by orchestral partner Manchester Camerata who were due to work with Nevill Holt Opera for the first time in 2020.

Royal Opera House celebrates International Women's Day this month with several events. Check out the lineup.