Broadcasts and Film

The Royal Ballet’s A Diamond Celebration honours the Friends of the Royal Opera House

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Royal Ballet’s A Diamond Celebration marking 60 years of the Friends of the Royal Opera House: Dancers of the Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 16.11.2022. (JPr)

Steven McRae and Natalia Osipova in concert pour deux © Andrej Uspenski

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Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s Cardillac in Vienna is influenced by German Expressionist cinema

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AustriaAustria Hindemith, Cardillac: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Jasmina Eleta) from Vienna State Opera, 13.11.2022. (JPr)

Thomas Konieczny as Cardillac

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The Dallas Opera’s bewitching storybook Hansel and Gretel

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United StatesUnited States Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel: Soloists, Children’s Chorus of the Greater Dallas Choral Society, The Dallas Opera Orchestra / Emmanuel Villaume (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Tim Kelly) from the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, Dallas, 5.11.2022. (JPr)

Elena Villalón (Gretel), Patricia Racette (Witch) and Kangmin Justin Kim (Hansel) © Lynn Lane

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Nadine Sierra’s Violetta in the Met’s La traviata is as remarkable as her recent Lucia

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United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Daniele Callegari (conductor). Broadcast live to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 5.11.2022. (JPr)

The opening of Michael Mayer’s La traviata © Marty Sohl/Met Opera

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Dmitri Tcherniakov experiments with Das Rheingold at Berlin’s Staatsoper

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Andy Sommer) on 29.10.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 17.2.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)

Rolando Villazón (Loge), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich) and Michael Volle (Wotan) © Monika Rittershaus

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Marvellous concert of Mozart directed by Maxim Emelyanychev making his debut in Berlin

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GermanyGermany Mozart: Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Livestreamed from Philharmonie Berlin, viewed on the Digital Concert Hall, 29.10.2022. (GT)

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) and Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord/conductor) © Bettina Stöss

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Philipp Stölzl explores Turandot’s brutal side as Zubin Mehta pulls the strings in Berlin

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GermanyGermany Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Staatsopern Chor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Zubin Mehta (conductor). Filmed (directed by Tiziano Mancini) on 18.6.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 13.1.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)

Yusif Eyvazov (Calaf) at the end of Turandot Act I

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Martin Schläpfer attempts to reawaken Sleeping Beauty for the 2020s in Vienna

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AustriaAustria Vienna State Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty (Dornröschen): Dancers of Vienna State Ballet, Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Patrick Lange (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Balázs Delbó) from the Vienna State Opera, 24.10.2022. (JPr)

Hyo-Jung Kang (Princess Aurora) in Vienna State Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty

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