Shanghai
We have left Beijing and we are now in the fantastic city of Shanghai. On first impressions its seems far more relaxed and western in appearance compared to Beijing. Apart from a dinner hosted in our...
View ArticleWould you like to help write the Royal Opera House blog?
Are you a blogger or an aspiring journalist who is interested in opera, music, ballet or dance? If so, then we'd like to hear from you. The Royal Opera House is looking for an enthusiastic team of...
View ArticleThe Twitter Opera Taster
Just in case you can't until tomorrow, here it is! The Twitter Opera Taster...
View ArticleA World Stage - Sergei Polunin (Autumn)
Discover more about Sergei Polunin at www.roh.org.uk/aworldstage
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Royal Opera House Production Park in Thurrock
Royal Opera House Thurrock © ROH 2011 In 2010, the gates of the brand new, state-of-the-art, Royal Opera House Production Park will open on a 14-acre site at High House Farm, Purfleet, Thurrock....
View ArticleOn Britten's Cabaret Songs
Benjamin Britten had a fractious relationship with the poet W.H. Auden. Bold both in his political leanings and his private life, Auden was a thorn in the side of the shy young middle-class composer....
View ArticleThe Royal Opera House Production Park... Is Coming!
Hello, my name is Stephen Spencer and I'm the Director of the new Royal Opera House Production Park, that will open in Purfleet, Thurrock, Essex, at the end of 2010. I will have lots to tell, ask and...
View ArticleInspiring Youth
I experienced some great entertainment and behind-the-scenes rehearsal atmosphere at the celebration launch event for the National Skills Academy's first founder college in Southend last night. South...
View ArticleWork in Progress
Currently working on a timeline showing all the things (big & small) I have to do to open the Park in less than 18 months' time! Currently using 2 large pieces of flipchart paper to try and fit it...
View ArticleNetworking
I attended the East of England Tourism (EET) Conference last Thursday, at Newmarket Racecourse. The Chief Executive of EET reported on a positive year with the so-called 'staycation' market...
View ArticleFor the first time
Blogging for the first time is a strange feeling: a bit like joining rehearsals for a show halfway through. Everyone else has settled in and knows what they’re doing, you feel like the new boy, with a...
View ArticleA Vision Realised...
I was lucky enough to visit the Cass Sculpture Foundation, in the stunning environs of Goodwood, on Friday. The Foundation, the vision of Wilfred Cass CBE and his wife Jeanette, is a charitable...
View ArticleROH - Opened Up
A lot of the work the Royal Opera House does with young people takes place away from the Royal Opera House building itself, in school halls and classrooms, community centres and other arts venues. But...
View ArticleWhat's in a name?
Leadership within arts organisations is crucial to their success. That’s why 5 years ago a new training initiative was established – the Clore Leadership Programme – to help develop leadership skills...
View ArticleSchools' Matinees - the ideal introduction to opera and ballet
Schools' Matinees are ROH's longest running educational initiative, having been a regular feature since 1977. When I came to work here I was ambivalent about the idea. My experience of such occasions...
View ArticleGlobal access to backstage and rehearsals
A colleague who runs a museum and gallery in Florence said to me recently that not everyone’s going to love a particular painting or sculpture but, even if they don’t, they will often love finding out...
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Art for Art's Sake
Creative Exchange © ROH 2011 The growth of learning and participation work within cultural organisations has been built partly on its ability to serve a wide range of educational, social and health...
View ArticleROH – a military operation
This Sunday we’re hosting the BAFTAs, which we’ve done for a few years now and it always causes a huge buzz around the place. Who doesn’t fall (even if they pretend otherwise) for red carpets and...
View ArticleThe Royal Opera in Japan - from the Royal Opera Chorus
Well, so begins the 2010-2011 Season at the Royal Opera House – hello from Japan. The long-awaited summer break is over, and the forty-eight full time choristers return to 'the office' for another...
View ArticleFrom the Royal Opera Chorus in Japan – Day 1
The great day finally arrived. We all assembled at Heathrow - Terminal 3 for the Virgin flight and Terminal 5 for BA. Both groups are a mixture of chorus, extra-chrous, actors , dancers, principals,...
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