Central Pest's Hungarian State Opera House has been an institution in Budapest since its opening in 1884. Featuring a neo-Renaissance style, the opera house holds more than 1,200 seats and has a ...

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Prince Charles-Louis, born in 1972, is a member of the House of Orléans ... Welcome to The HELLO! Royal Club, where thousands of royal fans like you get to delve deeper into the wonderful ...

Keen to go to a show under the sails over the next few months? We’ve rounded up a few top picks in the Sydney Opera House autumn season: Following its debut last year, this powerful series ...

As Alfano died in 1954, his completion also went out of copyright last year. At the Royal Opera, that must rank as a piece of good news, as the company’s showpiece production of Turandot has ...

Even more than 40 years since its original run, Andrei Șerban’s production of Turandot succeeds in impressing audiences with its animated choreography, spectacular use of colours and masks, and ...

Thrilling revival of Andrei Şerban’s intoxicating, unsettling Puccini opera As with previous Puccini productions that have lingered long on stage at the Royal Opera – the Zeffirelli Tosca ...

A new three-act ballet closely based on Shakespeare’s text, it presented Romeo and Juliet – in tune with the zeitgeist – as real, impulsive, hormonally charged teenagers. After the curtain, the ...

The Austrian royal family has gone into mourning following the death of Archduchess Estelle, who died at the start of the month. A statement from the Carnet du Figaro bulletin read: "Her husband ...

Getty (2) Kate Middleton has reset her royal role upon her return to public duties one year after revealing her cancer diagnosis. On Jan. 14, the Princess of Wales announced that her cancer is in ...

Even in contemporary productions, this synergy is a defining feature of many European opera houses, from London’s Royal Opera House to Vienna’s Staatsoper. If Staatsoper moves while the ballet remains ...

No wonder the two Armed Men have no heads. Manton’s economical production for Royal Academy Opera looks a million dollars thanks to the lighting wizardry of Charlie Morgan Jones, whose computer-driven ...