Jim Pritchard

For the Met, Bryn Terfel and friends at Brecon Cathedral bring us a holiday welcome from the hillsides

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Met Stars Live in Concert – Sir Bryn Terfel in Wales: Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Natalya Romaniw (soprano), Trystan Llyr Griffiths (tenor), Hannah Stone (harp), Jeff Howard (piano), Calan (folk group), Elen Hydref and Dylan Wyn Rowlands (additional harps). Livestreamed (directed by Gary Halvorson) from Brecon Cathedral, Wales, 12.12.2020. (JPr)

Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Hannah Stone (harp) & Jeff Howard (piano)

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Paris’s lockdown La Bayadère proves a fitting tribute to Nureyev’s final choreographic testament

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FranceFrance Rudolf Nureyev’s La Bayadère: Dancers of the Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris, Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris / Philippe Hui (conductor). Livestream (available for only seven day click here) from the Opéra Bastille, Paris, 13.12.2020. (JPr)

Dorothée Gilbert (Nikiya) and Germain Louvet (Solor)

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Jonas Kaufmann’s Rodolfo is a revelation in a vintage Munich La bohème for our time and all time

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GermanyGermany Puccini, La bohème: Soloists. Kinderchor und Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Asher Fisch (conductor). Recorded live at Munich’s Nationaltheater on 27.11.2020. (JPr)

La bohème Act IV in Otto Schenk’s Munich production

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