The Flying Dutchman in Birmingham next week is the UK’s first Black- and Asian-led Wagner production

Ambitious and diverse production of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman to be performed at Birmingham’s Bradshaw Hall on 7, 10 and 13 July 2024

The first Black- and Asian-led Wagner production in the UK, the project aims to break down racial barriers within the opera sector. This production of Wagner will be performed and seen by many people of mixed ethnic heritage who may never have experienced opera before.

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Enkhbat and Radvanovsky transcend criticism in Pappano’s Covent Garden ‘farewell’ Andrea Chénier

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House London / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Performance of 5.6.2024 broadcast as live (directed by Peter Jones) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to the Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 11.6.2024. (JPr)

Carlo Gérard (Amartuvshin Enkhbat) and Andrea Chénier (Jonas Kaufmann) © Marc Brenner

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Well, what did it mean to you? Homoki’s conclusion to his Zurich Ring leaves unanswered questions

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Extras at the Zurich Opera House, Chorus of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zürich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Michael Beyer) from Zurich Opera House, 26.5.2024. (JPr)

The Norns: (l-r) Freya Apffelstaedt, Lena Sutor-Wernich and Giselle Allen © Monika Ritterhaus

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A superlative performance as the Wanderer from Tomasz Konieczny in a disappointing Zurich Siegfried

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Philharmonia Zürich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Michael Beyer) from Zurich Opera House, 24.5.2024. (JPr)

Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan) and Klaus Florian Vogt (Siegfried) © Monika Rittershaus

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Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale is a ballet for all seasons and was exceptionally danced

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 22.5.2024. (JPr)

Mayara Magri (Paulina) © Alice Pennefather

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Tomasz Konieczny is a tremendous Wotan in Andreas Homoki’s – better acted than sung – Zurich Die Walküre

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Extras at the Zurich Opera House, Philharmonia Zürich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Michael Beyer) from Zurich Opera House, 20.5.2024. (JPr)

Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan) and Camilla Nylund (Brünnhilde) © Monika Rittershaus

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