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Live From Covent Garden will consist of three events in total, with performances by singers Louise Alder, Toby Spence and Gerald Finley, and a range of repertory by such renowned composers as Britten, Butterworth, and Handel.

Each show will be performed on an empty stage at the Royal Opera House and be broadcast live over You Tube and Facebook.

The initiative will see the central London institution stream a series of live performances from their home in Covent Garden. First came news that the immersive theatre version of the Great Gatsby was to reopen, next came information on the Young Vic’s socially distanced version of Lungs, and now we hear news of the Royal Opera House Live From Covent Garden programme. Whisper it quietly, but live theatre is slowly making a comeback.

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