Broadcasts and Film

A review of NT’s compelling, if thought-provoking, Les Liaisons Dangereuses in cinemas from 25 June

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom NTLive’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses (by Christopher Hampton based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos): Filmed (directed by Ollie Gardner) during its run at the Lyttelton Theatre at London’s Royal National Theatre and now in cinemas from 25 June. (JPr) ****

Lesley Manville (Marquise de Merteuil) and Aidan Turner  (Vicomte de Valmont) © Sarah Lee

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Vocal excellence from Luca Salsi and Anna Netrebko in a strike-hit La Scala performance of a new Nabucco

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ItalyItaly Verdi, Nabucodonosor (Nabucco): Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Ella Gallieni) from Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 29.5.2026. (JPr)

Anna Netrebko (Abigaille) © Bresia e Amisano/Teatro alla Scala

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Gatti, Orfeó Català, Staatskapelle Dresden and four stellar soloists perform a Verdi Requiem for the ages

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SpainSpain Verdi, Requiem: Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Bernheim (tenor), Riccardo Zanellato (bass), Orfeó Català (chorus director: Xavier Puig), Staatskapelle Dresden / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Marc Pasteau) on medici.tv from the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, 19.5.2026. (JPr)

Soprano Eleonora Buratto and mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča

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Lithuanian Asmik Grigorian stars with Russians and Ukrainians in the Met’s superbly sung Eugene Onegin

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United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Timur Zangiev (conductor). The Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD broadcast 3.5.2026 (directed by Gary Halvorson) and seen at the Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 5.5.2026. (JPr)

Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Prince Gremin), Asmik Grigorian (Tatiana) and Iurii Samoilov (Eugene Onegin) © Evan Zimmerman/The Met

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Tomasz Konieczny is a very impressive Dutchman in Vienna’s shipbound Der fliegende Holländer

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AustriaAustria Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Anna Gallieni) from Vienna State Opera, 3.5.2026. (JPr)

Tomasz Konieczny (Dutchman) and Erica Eloff (Senta)  © WS/Michael Pöhn

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Tschernischova’s Vienna Giselle is a very familiar one, yet superbly danced in its latest revival

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AustriaAustria Elena Tschernischova’s Giselle: Dancers of Vienna State Ballet, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Luciano Di Martino (conductor). Broadcast live from the Vienna State Opera (directed by Anna Gettel), 26.4.2026. (JPr)

Laura Fernandez Gromova (Giselle) and António Casalinho (Count Albrecht)

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Covent Garden’s indestructible The Magic Flute powers on

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Marie Jacquot (conductor). Recorded (directed by Rhodri Huw) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 20.10.2025 and viewed at Cineworld Newport, Isle of Wight, 21.4.2026. (DH)

Huw Montague Rendall (Papageno) and Amitai Pati (Tamino) © Johan Persson

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Singers, orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin unite in a Rotterdam Siegfried for the ages

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NetherlandsNetherlands Wagner, Siegfried (concert performance): Soloists, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast live – and available in replay on medici.tv – from de Doelen (Grand Hall), Rotterdam, 17.4.2026. (JPr)

Rebecca Nash (Brünnhilde), Clay Hilley (Siegfried), conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra © medici.tv

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