United Kingdom These Violent Delights – ‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?’ ***
(P)review of Scottish Ballet and Forest of Black’s These Violent Delights in cinemas soon
Broadcasts and Film
Asmik Grigorian gives typically towering portrayals in Vienna’s new Zemlinsky/Bartók double-bill
Austria Zemlinsky, A Florentine Tragedy; Bartók, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: Soloists, Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Alain Altinoglu (conductor). 8.10.2026 Vienna State Opera performance (directed by Jakob Pitzer) livestreamed on 10.10.2026. (JPr)
Fairground thrills and emotional truth in the Met’s Coney Island Così fan tutte
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) ****
(P)review of ENB’s The Sleeping Beauty film: ideal viewing for those new to ballet
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty: Soloists, Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Filmed (directed by Ross MacGibbon) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 28 June 2025 and available in UK cinemas from 13.9.2026. (JPr) ***
Martin Crimp’s second Misanthrope reaches the screen in an inventive NT staging
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) ****
Beczała and Grigorian herald the new Vienna State Opera season in grand gala style
Austria Vienna State Opera’s ‘Opern-Air’ 2026: Soloists, Ensemble, Opera School choir, Chorus (chorus master: Thomas Lang) and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from Vienna’s Burggarten, 6.9.2026 and available on ARTE.tv from 27.9.2026. (JPr)
Currentzis, Grigorian and Tetelman overcome Carrizo’s choreographic oddities in Salzburg’s Carmen
Austria Salzburg Festival 2026 [1] – Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Utopia Choir (chorus master: Vitaly Polonsky), Salzburg Bach Choir (chorus master: Michael Schneider), Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor (chorus masters: Wolfgang Götz, Regina Sgier), Utopia Orchestra / Teodor Currentzis (conductor). Filmed (directed by Michael Beyer) at the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, on 8.8.2026 and streamed on STAGE+ on 9.8.2026. (JPr)
Rienzi marches up Bayreuth’s Green Hill: political corruption and a hidden family secret blights lives
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2026 [3] – Wagner, Rienzi: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra od the Bayreuth Festival / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Livestreamed on STAGE+ (directed by Michael Beyer) from the Bayreuth Fespielehaus, 26.7.2026. (JPr)
