The Royal Opera House: What Do You See?

This film is fronted by actor Lesley Sharp, best known for her performances in The Full Monty, Bob & Rose and Clocking Off.

'This year I started to get interested in seeing opera and ballet and the Royal Opera House was the place it seemed obvious to go to', says Lesley. 'I'm not from a background that was full of classical music influences – my parents didn't listen to a lot of music, and certainly didn't see any dance. So to come to the Royal Opera House in a relatively late stage in my life has been the most extraordinary, eye-opening and wonderful experience.'

Tickets in the 2015/16 Season start at just £2 for ballet performances and £5 for opera with more than 150,000 tickets priced at less than £20. In addition, last Season 17,500 low-cost tickets (targeted at first-time audiences) were provided through the ROH's extensive Learning and Participation programme which runs projects including Chance to Dance, a series of creative in-school workshops provided to 1,246 pupils across Lambeth, Southwark and Thurrock. As well as engaging audiences at Covent Garden and through extensive outreach projects, performances can be seen around the UK and the rest of the world through regular cinema relays and live-streams. And away from the stage and orchestra pit, the Royal Opera House has more than 1,000 employees and 17 apprentices across various backstage departments, making it a major employer in the creative industries.

'I would say to anybody – "Come here"', says Lesley. 'It's for you. It's ours. The Royal Opera House belongs to Great Britain.'

[abigailcraig]

I see a dream place, magic, art at its finest

[susanbascavile]

I see heartbreaking story's, romantic story's, fairytales, romcoms, Shakespeare's plays tales of the supernatural, tales from far away exotic lands and even Christmas tales, and that's just the ballet one of the best company's in the world, and I one extremely lucky lady who has had the privilege of going to the beautiful opera house to see it all a feast for the

[danielaoppermann]

Es war ein großartiges Erlebnis - vorhin La Bohème aus London im Kino....wunderbare Stimmen, eine Inszenierung voller Romantik...so liebe ich Puccini - Opern ! Danke dafür !

[alisonbrown]

Susan, I absolutely agree. This place is a part of my life.

[WonderingTree]

My dream is to watch a ballet performance at ROH! Hopefully it would be alice's adventures in wonderland, raven girl or manon. One day i will be seated in one of those red chairs!!

[kygerv]

i saw the opera house, such beauty!!🤩😍

[onechopbuddy]

I've just booked my first trip to see the magic flute this autumn, I seriously can't wait.

[philip_araujo]

My dream is to go in this place 💖💖 I just love it ❤

[chunkylefunga]

She's not wrong, decent seats are v expensive.

[PillBoxUK]

I see a place I worked at in 1999. A place where I also got to see the Solar Eclipse from the rooftop and the raising of the London Eye.

[Summet_]

Still see expensive tickets, though it's worth it

[lydiakingdom]

Hello, can you please help me ?We are trying to understand some wording in this poem ? " no temptation "" this is, dramatic this is backstage would be useful if I could get a reply- its for my daughter 's arts awards study time and to Royal Opera House is closed now. thank you Mrs Kingdom

[사라미-oh]

im crying this is the combination of my two favourite things: the performing arts, and london. it's unfair that getting into the uk is so hard, and that i'll never be able to experience what it would be like growing up in england. ;__; rip dreams

[robertgoh]

You most certainly think that the stage curtains are red they're not they're actually dark cherry.

[doge]

I see Haytham kenway on his way to back stage.