The event paid tribute to Sir Antonio Pappano at the end of his 22-year tenure as music director of The Royal Opera. Performers were told the King would be attending 20 minutes before they went on ...

The Royal Opera ©2024 ... trees of the forest are on stage throughout, in light and in shadow, and very lifelike. Moths and beetles climb the walls of the opera house proscenium.

An opera will consist of performers with very different voices: sopranos, mezzo-sopranos, and contraltos among the women. Male performers range from countertenors, tenors, baritones, bass-baritones, ...