Royal Opera 2025/26 Season Highlights:
• First Season under the baton of new Music Director Jakub Hrůša
• RBO/SHIFT – a new four-day festival exploring the shifting boundary between opera, AI and technology
• 8 new productions: Tosca, The Makropulos Case, Ariodante, Siegfried, I puritani, Giustino, The Turn of the Screw, Jette Parker Artists: Three Chamber Operas
Full season calendar below
Oliver Mears, Director of The Royal Opera said, “Our 25/26 Season represents an exciting new chapter for The Royal Opera. Starting their tenures as Music Director and Principal Guest Conductor, Jakub Hrůša and Speranza Scappucci bring their unique musical brilliance and ability to communicate and inspire, continuing our proud tradition of superlative music-making; Netia Jones begins her tenure as Associate Director with a focus on bold innovation and AI. Across both stages we are thrilled to present eight new productions featuring the very finest singers, conductors and directors. These new shows include the continuation of our remarkable Ring cycle; our ongoing exploration of works by House composers, Handel and Britten; our very first staging of The Makropulos Case; our first new production of I puritani in six decades, and a new Tosca which I’m delighted to be collaborating on with Jakub. In sum – a season of great theatre, great music, and some of the greatest masterpieces of the repertoire.”
Opening the Season on 11 September, Hrůša and Mears will mount a new production of Puccini‘s Tosca. War-torn, modern-day Rome provides the backdrop for this new production. The cast includes Anna Netrebko and Aleksandra Kurzak sharing the title role, Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi, and Gerald Finley as Baron Scarpia.
Later in September, in a nod to his musical heritage, Hrůša leads the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the Royal Opera Chorusin a one-off concert of Hungarian and Czech music featuring the hallucinatory orchestral colours of Bartók‘s Miraculous Mandarin suite, and Dvořák‘s rarely heard cantata for soloists and chorus, The Spectre’s Bride.
In November, Hrůša will go on to lead The Royal Opera’s first-ever staging of Janáček‘s haunting and enigmatic opera The Makropulos Case, in a contemporary new production by Katie Mitchell which sees Ausrine Stundyte make a return to Covent Garden in the title role. In May, Hrůša will conduct the first revival of Deborah Warner‘s production of Peter Grimes, with Allan Clayton, Maria Bengtsson and Bryn Terfel reprising their roles in Britten‘s bleak parable.
Hrůša said, “From my first experience working at The Royal Opera in 2018, it was clear to me that here is a place where the art form can be performed at the highest conceivable level. Alongside our fantastic Chorus, at the musical heart of every production and performance is the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Their focus, commitment, dedication and consistent quality are a given fact, cultivated over many years by my wonderful predecessor and colleague Tony Pappano. To lead such an ensemble is an endless honour and thrill. Within our collaboration, a boundless mutual inspiration has already begun to unfold.”
Moments of transcendent beauty and heroic triumph sparkle in the third instalment of Wagner‘s Ring cycle, as Siegfried is brought to life under Barrie Kosky‘s imaginative eye. Conducted by Antonio Pappano, Andreas Schager makes his much-anticipated debut with The Royal Opera as Siegfried’s titular hero, alongside Christopher Maltman, Peter Hoare and Elisabet Strid.
Director Richard Jones returns to Covent Garden to direct a new production of I puritani. Conducted by Riccardo Frizza in his House debut, this will be The Royal Opera’s first new production of Bellini‘s last opera since Zeffirelli‘s 1964 staging, and will feature a cast including Lisette Oropesa, Francesco Demuro, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Andrzej Filończyk and Marcela Rahal, who makes her House debut.
Two new productions continue the Company’s series of Handel works written for Covent Garden, with two directors making their Royal Opera debuts. Jetske Mijnssen directs Ariodante on the Main Stage, with Stefano Montanari conducting a cast that includes Emily D’Angelo and Jacquelyn Stucker, alongside Christophe Dumaux and Elena Villalón who make their House debuts. In the Linbury Theatre, Handel’s 1737 work Giustino will open the opera Season. British theatre and opera director Joe Hill-Gibbins (Ghosts, Wanamaker Playhouse, The Marriage of Figaro, English National Opera) joins forces with conductor David Bates, who leads his acclaimed Baroque ensemble La Nuova Musica, in this co-production with The Royal Opera.
In summer 2026, The Royal Opera will host a new annual festival connecting the worlds of opera and technology. Curated by Associate Director Netia Jones, RBO/SHIFT will explore the shifting boundary between opera and technology, with a focus on the ever-growing world of artificial intelligence.
The Royal Opera’s exploration of Benjamin Britten works continues in the Linbury Theatre with a chilling new production of The Turn of the Screw. Bassem Akiki conducts a new staging, created by Natalie Abrahami and Michael Levine.
The Jette Parker Artists offer the opportunity to hear the work of three female composers in one show, directed and conducted by JPAs Talia Stern, making her Royal Opera debut, and Peggy Wu. Jette Parker Artists: Three Chamber Operas features Elizabeth Maconchy‘s 1961 piece The Departure and Charlotte Bray‘s 2012 work Making Arrangements. In a wry translation of the yearnings of Chekhov‘s Three Sisters, Elena Langer‘s 2012 piece, Four Sisters, evokes and dashes the American dream and marks the UK professional premiere of Langer’s chamber opera version.
Following sell-out success in the Linbury Theatre and subsequent transfer to the LA Phil in 2024, composer Oliver Leith and librettist/co-director Matt Copson‘s visceral opera Last Days returns. Adapted from Gus Van Sant‘s 2005 film based on the final days of grunge icon Kurt Cobain, Last Days features experimental sound design and an original aria recorded by singer-songwriter Caroline Polachek.
Revivals of world-class repertory classics include a trio of Verdi‘s best-loved operas. Mark Elder conducts Rigoletto. Two casts that include George Petean, Daniel Luis de Vicente, Aida Garifullina, Rosa Feola, Robyn Allegra Parton, Liparit Avetisyan and Iván Ayón Rivas take to the stage in Oliver Mears‘ darkly seductive production. Ermonela Jaho, Pretty Yende and Rachel Willis-Sørensen star in Richard Eyre‘s classic production of La traviata, conducted by Antonello Manacorda and Giacomo Sagripanti.
Alexander Soddy conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in the first revival of Richard Jones’ acclaimed production of Samson et Dalila starring SeokJong Baek and Aigul Akhmetshina in the title roles.
Daniel Oren and Richard Hetherington conduct Andrei Șerban‘s production of Puccini‘s Turandot, with Anna Netrebko, Maida Hundeling and Anna Pirozzi sharing the title role and Yusif Eyvazov, Arsen Soghomonyan and Roberto Alagna sharing the role of Calaf. Richard Jones‘ staging of La bohème is also revived, conducted by Lorenzo Passerini in his House debut and and Christopher Willis starring Juliana Grigoryan, Hrachuhí Bassénz, Freddie De Tommaso and Stefan Pop.
Alex Esposito, Louise Alder, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, and Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha star as Figaro, Susanna, the Count and the Countess in David McVicar‘s The Marriage of Figaro, conducted by Giedrė Šlekytė. McVicar’s The Magic Flute also returns – two casts include Julia Bullock, Lucy Crowe, Huw Montague Rendall, and Amitai Pati and Mingjie Lei who both make House debuts, led by French conductor Marie Jacquot in her Covent Garden debut. Finnegan Downie Dear also conducts.
Richard Jones’ staging of Mussorgsky‘s opera Boris Godunov returns, with Mark Wigglesworth conducting Bryn Terfel as the tormented Tsar.
In May, the two resident Companies come together with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus in a special gala evening of music and dance. And in June, soprano Anna Netrebko performs an intimate recital of songs and arias by German, Russian and French composers on the main stage, accompanied on the piano by Pavel Nebolsin.
Closing the Season, Yves Abel conducts Donizetti‘s La fille du régiment. Laurent Pelly‘s staging stars Sara Blanch who makes her main stage debut alongside Juan Diego Flórez and Jonah Hoskins who makes his House debut.
THE ROYAL OPERA 2025/26 SEASON OVERVIEW
New production The Royal Opera
TOSCA
Main Stage
11 September – 7 October 2025
Music Giacomo Puccini
Conductor Jakub Hrůša
Director Oliver Mears
Set Designer Simon Lima Holdsworth
Costume Designer Ilona Karas
Lighting Designer Fabiana Piccioli
Movement Director Anna Morrissey
Floria Tosca Anna Netrebko/ Aleksandra Kurzak Mario Cavaradossi Freddie De Tommaso Baron Scarpia Gerald Finley Spoletta Carlo Bosi Cesare Angelotti Ossian Huskinson Sacristan Alessandro Corbelli Sciarrone Siphe Kwani
The Royal Opera
LES VÊPRES SICILIENNES
Main Stage
19 September – 6 October 2025
Music Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor Speranza Scappucci
Director Stefan Herheim
Set Designer Philipp Fürhofer
Costume Designer Gesine Völlm
Lighting Designer Anders Poll
Choreographer André De Jong
Dramaturg Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach
Hélène Marina Rebeka Henri Seokjong Baek Jean Procida Ildebrando D’arcangelo Guy De Montfort Quinn Kelsey Robert Vartan Gabrielian Thibault Neal Cooper Le Sire De Béthune Blaise Malaba Le Comte De Vaudemont Thomas D Hopkinson Ninetta Jingwen Cai Danieli Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono Mainfroid Giorgi Guliashvili
The Royal Opera
MUSIC DIRECTOR CONCERT
Main Stage
20 September 2025
Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19 Béla Bartók
The Spectre’s Bride, Op. 69 Antonín Dvořák
Conductor Jakub Hrůša
Soprano Kateřina Kněžíková Tenor Pavel Černoch Baritone Pavol Kubáň
New production
The Royal Opera
GIUSTINO
Linbury Theatre
7 – 18 October 2025
Music George Frideric Handel
Conductor David Bates
Director Joe Hill-Gibbins
Associate Director Jenny Ogilvie
Designer Rosanna Vize
Lighting Designer James Farncombe
Giustino Polly Leech Anastasio Keri Fuge Leocasta Esme Bronwen-Smith Amanzio Jake Arditti Vitaliano Benjamin Hulett Polidarte Jonathan Lemalu
The Royal Opera
THE MAGIC FLUTE
Main Stage
10 October – 3 November 2025
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductors Marie Jacquot/ Finnegan Downie Dear
Director David McVicar
Designer John Macfarlane
Lighting Designer Paule Constable
Movement Director Leah Hausman
Pamina Julia Bullock/Lucy Crowe Tamino Amitai Pati/Mingjie Lei Papageno Huw Montague Rendall Queen of the Night Kathryn Lewek/Annie Fassea Sarastro Soloman Howard/ Timo Riihonen Monostatos Gerhard Siegel First Lady Hannah Edmunds Second Lady Ellen Pearson Third Lady Emma Carrington Speaker of the Temple Matthew Rose Papagena Marianna Hovanisyan First Priest Harry Nicoll Second Priest Wyn Pencarreg First Man in Armour Stuart Jackson Second Man in Armour Graeme Broadbent
In Cinemas: 21 April 2026
The Royal Opera
MEET THE JETTE PARKER ARTISTS Linbury Theatre 16 October 2025
Conductor/Répétiteur Peggy Wu
Opera Répétiteur Richard Fu
Stage Director Talia Stern
Sopranos Hannah Edmunds, Marianna Hovanisyan
Mezzo-sopranos Jingwen Cai, Ellen Pearson
Tenors Emmanuel Fonoti-fuimaono, Giorgi Guliashvili, Emyr Lloyd Jones
Baritones Sam Hird, Siphe Kwani
Bass-baritone Ossian Huskinson
New production
The Royal Opera
THE MAKROPULOS CASE
Main Stage
4 – 21 November 2025
Music Leoš Janáček
Conductor Jakub Hrůša
Director Katie Mitchell
Set Designer Vicki Mortimer
Costume Designer Sussie Juhlin-Wallén
Lighting Designer James Farncombe
Emilia Marty Ausrine Stundyte Albert Gregor Sean Panikkar Baron Jaroslav Prus Johan Reuter Dr Kolenatý Henry Waddington Vítek Peter Hoare Janek Daniel Matoušek Count Hauk-Šendorf Alan Oke Kristina Heather Engebretson Cleaning Woman Susan Bickley Hotel Maid Jingwen Cai Stage Technician Jeremy White
The Royal Opera
LAST DAYS
Linbury Theatre
5 December 2025 – 3 January 2026
Music Oliver Leith
Libretto Matt Copson*
Conductors Jack Sheen, Naomi Woo
Co-directors Matt Copson and Anna Morrissey
Set Designer Grace Smart
Lighting Designer Prema Mehta
Sound Design Sound Intermedia
*Based on the film Last Days written and directed by Gus Van Sant and produced by HBO Films
New production
The Royal Opera
ARIODANTE
Main Stage
9 – 21 December 2025
Music George Frideric Handel
Conductor Stefano MontanarI
Director Jetske Mijnssen
Set Designer Etienne Pluss
Costume Designer Uta Meenen
Lighting Designer Fabrice Kebour
Ariodante Emily D’angelo Ginevra Jacquelyn Stucker Dalinda Elena Villalón Polinesso Christophe Dumaux Lurcanio Ed Lyon Il Re di Scozia Peter Kellner Odoardo Emyr Lloyd Jones
The Royal Opera
TURANDOT
Main Stage15 December 2025 – 4 February 2026
Music Giacomo Puccini
Conductor Daniel Oren/ Richard Hetherington
Director Andrei Șerban
Designer Sally Jacobs
Lighting Designer F. Mitchell Dana
Choreographer Kate Flatt
Choreologist Tatiana Novaes Coelho
Princess Turandot Anna Netrebko/ Maida Hundeling/ Anna Pirozzi Calaf Yusif Eyvazov/ Arsen Soghomonyan/ Roberto Alagna Liù Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha/ Juliana Grigoryan Timur Rafał Siwek/ Vitalij Kowaljow Ping Germán E. Alcántara/ Xiaomeng Zhang Pang Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono/Aled Hall Pong James Kryshak/ Liam Bonthrone Emperor Altoum Raúl Giménez/ Alasdair Elliott Mandarin Ossian Huskinson
The Royal Opera
LA TRAVIATA
Main Stage
8 January – 17 February 2026
Music Giuseppe Verdi
Conductors Antonello Manacorda/ Giacomo Sagripanti
Director Richard Eyre
Designer Bob Crowley
Lighting Designer Jean Kalman
Director of Movement Jane Gibson
Violetta Valéry Ermonela Jaho/ Pretty Yende/ Rachel Willis-sørensen Alfredo Germont Giovanni Sala/ Bekhzod Davronov/ Charles Castronovo Giorgio Germont Aleksei Isaev/ Amartuvshin Enkhbat/ Christoph Pohl Annina Veena Akama-Makia Doctor Grenvil Barnaby Rea Flora Bervoix Ellen Pearson/ Jingwen Cai Baron Douphol Sam Hird/Siphe Kwani Gastone de Letorières Giorgi Guliashvili/ Emyr Lloyd Jones Marquis d’Obigny Ossian Huskinson/ Freddie Tong
In Cinemas: 14 January 2026
The Royal Opera
BORIS GODUNOV
Main Stage
29 January – 18 February 2026
Music Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor Mark Wigglesworth
Director Richard Jones
Set Designer Miriam Buether
Costume Designer Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting Designer Mimi Jordan Sherin
Movement Director Ben Wright
Boris Godunov Bryn Terfel Pimen Adam Palka Andrei Shchelkalov Andrii Kymach Grigory Otrepiev Jamez Mccorkle Prince Shuisky John Daszak Varlaam Alexander Roslavets Missail Alasdair Elliott Xenia Hannah Edmunds Xenia’s Nurse Carolyn Holt Hostess of the Inn Susan Bickley Simpleton Mingjie Lei Nikitich Eddie Wade Mityukha Sam Hird Frontier Guard Alexandros Stavrakakis Boyar Christopher Lemmings
New production
The Royal Opera
SIEGFRIED
Main Stage
17 March – 6 April 2025
Music Richard Wagner
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Director Barrie Kosky
Set Designer Rufus Didwiszus
Costume Designer Victoria Behr
Lighting Designer Alessandro Carletti
Siegfried Andreas Schager Mime Peter Hoare Der Wanderer Christopher Maltman Brünnhilde Elisabet Strid Alberich Christopher Purves Fafner Soloman Howard Erda Wiebke Lehmkuhl Woodbird Sarah Dufresne
In Cinemas: 31 March 2026
The Royal Opera
RIGOLETTO
Main Stage
25 March – 23 April 2026
Music Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor Mark Elder
Director Oliver Mears
Set Designer Simon Lima Holdsworth
Costume Designer Ilona Karas
Lighting Designer Fabiana Piccioli
Movement Director Anna Morrissey
Rigoletto George Petean/ Daniel Luis De Vicente Gilda Aida Garifullina/Rosa Feola/ Robyn Allegra Parton Duke of Mantua Liparit Avetisyan/ Iván Ayón Rivas Sparafucile ANdrea Mastroni/ Alexander Köpeczi Maddalena Anne Marie Stanley/ Elena Maximova Count Monterone Blaise Malaba/ Willard White Giovanna Jingwen Cai/ Veena Akama-makia Marullo Sam Hird/Siphe Kwani Borsa Emmanuel Fonoti-fuimaono/ Emyr Lloyd Jones Count Ceprano Thomas D Hopkinson/ Jamie Woollard
New production
The Royal Opera
THE TURN OF THE SCREW
Linbury Theatre
26 March – 6 April 2026
Music Benjamin Britten
Libretto Mfyanwy Piper
Conductor Bassem Akiki
Created by Natalie Abrahami and Michael Levine
Director Natalie Abrahami
Designer Michael Levine
Costume Designer Hannah Clark
Lighting Designer Guy Hoare
Video Designer Duncan Mclean
Movement and Intimacy Director Anna Morrissey
New production
The Royal Opera
JETTE PARKER ARTISTS: THREE CHAMBER OPERAS
Linbury Theatre
1 – 8 May 2026
Director Talia Stern
Conductor Peggy Wu
The Departure
Music Elizabeth Maconchy
Libretto Anne Ridler
Julia Ellen Pearson Mark Sam Hird
Making Arrangements
Music Charlotte Bray
Libretto Kate Kennedy
Margery Hannah Edmunds Maid Jingwen Cai Leslie Giorgi Guliashvili Hewson Sam Hird
Four Sisters
Music Elena Langer
Libretto John Lloyd-davies
Maid Hannah Edmunds Masha Marianna Hovanisyan Irina Ellen Pearson Olga Jingwen Cai Krumpelblatt Sam Hird
The Royal Opera
PETER GRIMES
Main Stage
5 – 28 May 2026
Music Benjamin Britten
Conductor Jakub Hrůša
Director Deborah Warner
Set Designer Michael Levine
Costume Designer Luis F. Carvalho
Lighting Designer Peter Mumford
Choreographer Kim Brandstrup
Peter Grimes Allan Clayton Ellen Orford Maria Bengtsson Captain Balstrode Bryn Terfel Swallow Clive Bayley Ned Keene Jacques Imbrailo Auntie Catherine Wyn-Rogers Mrs Sedley Christine Rice Bob Boles John Graham-Hall Hobson Barnaby Rea Rev. Horace Adams James Gilchrist First Niece Jennifer France Second Niece Natalia Labourdette Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera
SAMSON ET DALILA
Main Stage
13 May – 3 June 2026
Music Camille Saint-Saëns
Conductor Alexander Soddy
Director Richard Jones
Set Designer Hyemi Shin
Costume Designer Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting Designer Andreas Fuchs
Movement Director Lucy Burge
Samson Seokjong Baek Dalila Aigul Akhmetshina High Priest of Dagon Łukasz Goliński Old Hebrew William Thomas Abimelech Ossian Huskinson First Philistine Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono Second Philistine Siphe Kwani Philistine Messenger Emyr Lloyd Jones
The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera
GALA
Main Stage
14 May 2026
The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera come together with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus in a special gala evening of music and dance.
The Royal Opera
RBO / SHIFT
Linbury Theatre
4 – 7 June 2026
A new annual festival connecting the worlds of opera and technology. The Royal Opera’s new Associate Director Netia Jones curates a four-day festival exploring the shifting boundary between opera and technology. The focus for the first festival is the ever-growing world of artificial intelligence.
How can artists and producers interact with AI in the most exciting way? And what new experiences can audiences expect from this transformation? This festival will explore both the technological possibilities and our role as the human in the loop.
Four days of performance, demonstration, conversation and creative exchange.
The Royal Opera
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Main Stage
4 June – 2 July 2026
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor Giedrė Šlekytė
Director David McVicar
Designer Tanya McCallin
Lighting Designer Paule Constable
Movement Director Leah Hausman
Figaro Alex Esposito Susanna Louise Alder Count Almaviva Andrey Zhilikhovsky Countess Almaviva Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha Cherubino Svetlina Stoyanova Bartolo Carlo Lepore Marcellina Rosie Aldridge Don Basilio Gregory Bonfatti Antonio Mark Saberton Don Curzio Colin Judson Barbarina Marianna Hovanisyan
The Royal Opera
ANNA NETREBKO RECITAL
Main Stage
24 June 2026
Soprano Anna Netrebko
Piano Pavel Nebolsin
Anna Netrebko performs an intimate recital of songs and arias by German, Russian and French composers.
New production
The Royal Opera
I PURITANI
Main Stage
30 June – 19 July 2026
Music Vincenzo Bellini
Conductor Riccardo Frizza
Director Richard Jones
Set Designer Hyemi Shin
Costume Designer Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting Designer Adam Silverman
Movement Director Sarah Fahie
Lord Arturo Talbo Francesco Demuro Elvira Lisette Oropesa Sir Giorgio Valton Ildebrando D’Arcangelo Sir Riccardo Forth Andrzej Filończyk Enrichetta di Francia Marcela Rahal Sir Bruno Roberton Giorgi Guliashvili
The Royal Opera
LA BOHÈME
Main Stage
1 – 25 July 2026
Music Giacomo Puccini
Conductor Lorenzo Passerini/Christopher Willis
Director Richard Jones
Designer Stewart Laing
Lighting Designer Mimi Jordan Sherin
Movement Director Sarah Fahie
Mimì Juliana Grigoryan/Hrachuhí Bassénz Rodolfo Freddie De Tommaso/Stefan Pop Marcello Luca Micheletti/Germán E. Alcántara Musetta Marina Monzó/Ruth Iniesta Schaunard Modestas Sedlevičius/Pierre Doyen Colline Gianluca Buratto/Giorgi Manoshvili Benoît Eddie Wade/Jeremy White Alcindoro Freddie Tong/Wyn Pencarreg
The Royal Opera
LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT
Main Stage
7 – 24 July 2026
Music Gaetano Donizetti
Conductor Yves Abel
Director and Costume Designer Laurent Pelly
Set Designer Chantal Thomas
Lighting Designer Joel Adam
Choreographer Laura Scozzi
Dramaturg Agathe Mélinand
Marie Sara Blanch Tonio Juan Diego Flórez/ Jonah Hoskins Sulpice Pingot Paolo Bordogna La Marquise de Berkenfield Sonia Ganassi Hortensius Donald Maxwell
The Royal Opera
JETTE PARKER ARTISTS SUMMER PERFORMANCE
Main Stage
26 July 2026
Conductor Peggy Wu
Director Talia Stern
Sopranos Hannah Edmunds, Marianna Hovanisyan
Mezzo-sopranos Jingwen Cai, Ellen Pearson
Tenors Emmanuel Fonoti-fuimaono, Giorgi Guliashvili, Emyr Lloyd Jones
Baritones Sam Hird, Siphe Kwani
Bass-baritone Ossian Huskinson Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Carla Fracci.
Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.
He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.