Nureyev’s Spirit Lives on in ENB’s Romeo and Juliet

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet (Rudolf Nureyev Production): Dancers of English National Ballet and the English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes, 22.10.2015. (JPr)

ROMEO and JULIET, English National Ballet_ Bristol Hippodrome; Juliet; Alina Cojocaru, Romeo; Isaac Hernández, Mercutio; Cesar Corrales, Benvolio; James Forbat, Tybalt; James Streeter, Rosaline; Alison McWhinney, Paris; Max Westwell,
Nureyev’s Romeo and Juliet – Dancers of English National Ballet
(c) Bill Cooper

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Static Staging but Plenty of Musical Tension in the Met’s New Otello

United StatesUnited States Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, 17.10.2015. (JPr)

Otello Met 2015 c Ken Howard
Bartlett Sher’s Otello Act III (c) Ken Howard

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Anna Netrebko Excels as Leonora in Met Live’s Il trovatore

United StatesUnited States Met Live’s 10th Season – Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, 3.10.2015. (JPr)

Il Trovatore
Il Trovatore– Anna Netrebko as Leonora
(c) Marty Sohl/The Metropolitan Opera

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