Anna Pirozzi, Asmik Grigorian, Karita Mattila, Salome Jicia Headline Royal Opera House’s Fall 2021 Streaming Slate
By David Salazar(Credit: Clive Barda / Royal Opera House / ArenaPAL)
The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced an autumn streaming program as part of its 2021-22 season.
The company will present productions of “The Magic Flute,” “Macbeth,” and “Jenufa” as well as such ballets as “Giselle,” and “The Dante Project.” Additionally, the company will also stream the Irish National Opera’s “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground.
“The Magic Flute” is set to stream on Oct. 1, 2021, and will star Bernard Richter, Salome Jicia, Huw Montague Rendall, and Brenda Rae, among others. Meanwhile, “Jenufa” will be available to online audiences on Oct. 15, 2021. That opera is set to feature Asmik Grigorian, Karita Mattila, Nicky Spence, Saimir Pirgu, and Elena Zilio.
“Macbeth” will be live streamed on Nov. 26, 2021, with a cast starring Simon Keenlyside, Anna Pirozzi, and Günther Groissböck.
“Alice’s Adventures Under Ground” will take to the internet on Nov. 5, 2021.
“I am delighted to announce the return of our hugely popular streaming program with much loved classics, world premieres and family favorites, available to audiences across the globe. Our 2021-22 Season – the first full season since 2019 – will showcase the extraordinary talents of The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, and audiences from across the UK and worldwide can now enjoy those performances on demand at home, as well as live on stage in our beautiful theaters,” said Alex Beard, Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House in a press release.
All streams can be watched on the ROH’s official website.