
The UK's Royal Ballet and Opera (RBO) has cancelled its 2026 production of Puccini’s Tosca in Tel Aviv after almost 200 staff condemned the UK company’s “hypocrisy” on the war in Gaza, accusing it of aligning with “a government currently engaged in crimes against humanity”.
In an internal message to staff, according to The Guardian, RBO chief executive Sir Alex Beard said: “We have made the decision that our new production of Tosca will not be going to Israel.”