Dominic Hartley – Seen and Heard International

Fairground thrills and emotional truth in the Met’s Coney Island Così fan tutte

07/10/202607/10/2026 by Dominic Hartley

United States The Met: Live in HD – Mozart, Così fan tutte: Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Nimrod David Pfeffer (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Gary Halvorson) from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 3.10.2026, and viewed at Everyman Winchester, 6.10.2026. (DH) ****

Federica Lombardi (Fiordiligi) and Samantha Hankey (Dorabella) © Marty Sohl/Met Opera

Martin Crimp’s second Misanthrope reaches the screen in an inventive NT staging

23/09/202623/09/2026 by Dominic Hartley

United Kingdom NT Live – Molière’s The Misanthrope (by Martin Crimp, after Molière): Filmed (directed by Christine Lalla) during its run at the Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London, broadcast in cinemas from 22.9.2026, and viewed at Cineworld, Newport, Isle of Wight. (DH) ****

Sandra Oh (Alice) and Paul Chahidi (John) © Marc Brenner

Covent Garden’s indestructible The Magic Flute powers on

23/04/202622/04/2026 by Dominic Hartley

United Kingdom Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Marie Jacquot (conductor). Recorded (directed by Rhodri Huw) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 20.10.2025 and viewed at Cineworld Newport, Isle of Wight, 21.4.2026. (DH)