Eyvazov is a compelling Hermann and Netrebko an expressive Lisa in a Vienna revival of The Queen of Spades

AustriaAustria Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Timur Zangiev (conductor). Livestreamed from the Vienna State Opera (directed by Dominik Kepczynski), 27.6.2025. (JPr)

Yusif Eyvazov (Hermann) and Anna Netrebko (Lisa) © WS/Michael Pöhn

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Il trovatore in Vienna: Stoyanova, Beczała, Semenchuk and Salsi are great; if perhaps not Caruso’s ‘best’

AustriaAustria Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Anna Gettel) from the Vienna State Opera, 30.5.2025. (JPr)

Luca Salsi (Count di Luna) © Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn

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Cultural hedonism gets explored as Tannhäuser returns to Vienna State Opera in a new production

AustriaAustria Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dominic Kepczynski) from the Vienna State Opera, 25.5.2025. (JPr)

Clay Hilley (Tannhäuser) and Ekaterina Gubanova (Venus) © Michael Poehn/Wiener Staatsoper

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The pizzazz of An American in Paris redeems Wheeldon revisiting old choreographic friends

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon WorksFool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 22.5.2025. (JPr)

Fool’s Paradise – Lukas B. Brændsrød and Marianela Nuñez © Johan Persson

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You will find Asmik Grigorian’s tour de force in Paris Opera’s Il trittico hard to forget

FranceFrance Puccini, Il trittico: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra national de Paris / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Broadcast live from the Opéra Bastille (directed by Mathilde Jobbé-Duval) on 16.5.2025 and available until 16.6.2025. (JPr)

Paris Opera’s Gianni Schicchi © Guergana Damianova

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