Jaho, Castronovo and Domingo Breathe New Life into a 25th Anniversary Royal Opera Traviata
31/01/2019
Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and broadcast live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 30.1.2019. (JPr)
Plácido Domingo (Georgio Germont) & Ermonela Jaho (Violetta Valéry)
(c) Catherine Ashmore
Tchaikovsky Plays the Hand Herheim Gives Him in the Royal Opera’s The Queen of Spades
24/01/2019
Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Directed for the screen by Francesca Kemp and broadcast from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 22.1.2019. (JPr)
The Royal Opera’s The Queen of Spades (c) Catherine Ashmore
Michael Mayer’s Disneyfied Traviata is Not the Most Auspicious Start for Nézet-Séguin
18/12/2018
The Met: Live in HD – Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast live to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 15.12.2018. (JPr)
Alfredo (Juan Diego Flórez) & Violetta (Diana Damrau) in La traviata Act I
(c) Marty Sohl/Met Opera
Simon Callow’s Uplifting, Yet Thought-Provoking, New Film Version of A Christmas Carol
13/12/2018
Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow: Adaptation by Tom Cairns and Simon Callow; Production designed by Marie Lanna; Cinematography by David Raedeker. Screened at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 11.12.2018. (JPr)
Simon Callow in A Christmas Carol
O’Sullivan, Sambé, Nuñez and Muntagirov Transcend the Routine in The Royal Ballet’s Familiar The Nutcracker
11/12/2018
Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker (choreography by Peter Wright): Soloists, corps de ballet, London Oratory Junior Choir, Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Recorded at the Royal Opera House on 3 December and screened at Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 10.12.2018. (JPr)
Clara (Anna Rose O’Sullivan) and Hans-Peter (Marcelino Sambé)
in The Nutcracker Act I (c) Alistair Muir
Darcey Bussell Recollects Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia
09/12/2018
The Royal Opera House’s Cinema Festival – The Royal Ballet’s Sylvia (choreography by Sir Frederic Ashton): Soloists, corps de ballet and Royal Opera House Orchestra / Graham Bond (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon. Introduced by Dame Darcey Bussell and screened in the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. 7.12.2018. (JPr)
Darcey Bussell as Sylvia (c) ROH
High Quality Playing and Perfect Rapport from Trio Martinů
22/11/2018
Wimbledon International Music Festival 2018 – Suk, Martinů and Dvořák: Malcolm Messiter (oboe), Trio Martinů, St John’s Church, Spencer Hill, London, 20.11.2018. (AS) Read more
Rediscovery and Reconstruction of Breslauer’s 1924 Silent Film, Die Stadt ohne Juden
19/11/2018
Neuwirth/Breslauer, Die Stadt ohne Juden: PHACE / Nacho de Paz (conductor). Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 15.11.2018. (MB)
Die Stadt ohne Juden: PHACE & Nacho de Paz (conductor) (c) Mark Allan
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