Committed Dancing in Richly Textured Manon

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Massenet, Manon: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and broadcast to the Ham Yard Hotel, Soho, London, 16.10.2014. (JPr)

Manon © Mikhail Logvinov

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Glyndebourne’s Low-key Traviata Fails to Convince

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Glyndebourne Festival 2014 – Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Filmed ‘live’ at the Glyndebourne Theatre and seen at the Barbican Cinema, London, 10.8.2014. (JPr)

 

Glyndebourne’s La traviata (c) Richard Hubert Smith

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Italianate Ardour in Pappano’s Manon Lescaut

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, 24.6.2014. (JPr)

 Manon Lescaut: Kristine Opolais As Manon Lescaut And Jonas Kaufmann As Chevalier Des Grieux (C) Bill Cooper
Kristine Opolais (Manon Lescaut) & Jonas Kaufmann (Des Grieux)
(c) Bill Cooper

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