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Three Short Works

Three Short Works
theater tickets
Royal Opera House
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Royal Opera House
Bow Street
Covent Garden
London  WC2E 9DD
United Kingdom
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Price
£17.00 - £55.00
Prices shown are a guide to standard adult prices generally available, including any applicable per ticket fees - other concessions may also be available.
Booking from
Tue, 28th October 2008
Booking to
Mon, 10th November 2008
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This is the perfect opportunity to discover The Royal Ballet and classical dance: three entrancing works, a host of Company Principals on stage, the skill of the corps de ballet – and even special pricing for the best seats in the theatre. George Balanchine’s Serenade is a great piece of 20th-century choreography, to a lyrical Tchaikovsky score. It has no plot, but evokes a succession of moods inspired by the music with the engaging patterns and shifting pace that have made Balanchine a true master of the ballet repertory. In contrast, next comes the return after a long absence of L’Invitation au voyage, by the choreographer and former Royal Ballet dancer Michael Corder. The music is a selection of the lovely and atmospheric French songs of Duparc, with the singer on stage, and the lyrical choreography is set against new designs for this revival. The final work returns to Balanchine and to Tchaikovsky, taking its cue from the Imperial Russian style of the choreographer’s youth and set in a grand ballroom. Theme and Variations has dazzling technique for a star ballerina at its centre, complementing the music’s mood, from playful to exultant.


The present theatre was built in 1858. During World War II it was used as a dance hall but after the war the decision was made to establish the Royal Opera House as the permanent year-round home of the opera and ballet companies now known as the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet. The ballet company reopened the building on 20 February 1946 with The Sleeping Beauty. The two companies combined for Purcell's The Fairy Queen that December, and on 14 January 1947, Covent Garden Opera Company gave its first complete opera performance, Bizet's Carmen.

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Nearest Rail: Charing Cross

Nearest Tube: Covent Garden (Piccadilly line)