Broadcasts and Film

ASMF’s A London Dream is a must-see evocative mix of Mendelssohn, Shakespeare, dance and sight-seeing

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A London Dream: a film from the Academy of St Martin in the Fields premiered on Sky Arts, 21.6.2022. (JPr) Standing on the Southbank of the River Thames Zakia Sewell introduced A London Dream – a film featuring the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, as well as the city that is its home … Read more

Despite fine musical performances, Brett Dean’s Hamlet from the Met fails to appeal  

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United StatesUnited States Brett Dean, Hamlet: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Nicholas Carter (conductor), Broadcast Live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to the Dundonald Omniplex, Belfast, 4.6.2022. (RB)

(Back l-r) Dame Sarah Connolly (Gertrude); Rod Gilfry (Claudius), William Burden (Polonius) and Brenda Rae (Ophelia) © Karen Almond / Met Opera

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Mission Commission: demystifying the art of creating music at the source

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United StatesUnited States Bettison, Iyer, Soper, Mission Commission Season Two: Kate Soper (vocalist/narrator), Vijay Iyer (piano), Parker Quartet, Melissa Smey (host), Golda Arthur (producer). Podcasts from Miller Theater at Columbia University, New York, 19.4-24.5,2022. (RP)

Vijay Iyer, Kate Soper & Oscar Bettison © Miller Theater

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At the end of Stefan Herheim’s new Berlin Ring, Götterdämmerung wipes the slate clean

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, actors, Chorus and Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor). Filmed (directed by Götz Filenius) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in November 2021 and now available on Marquee TV. (JPr)

Okka von der Damerau (Waltraute) and Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde) © Bernd Uhlig

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Simon Stone’s Rust Belt Lucia di Lammermoor at the Met shows Nadine Sierra is one for the ages!

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United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 21.5.2021. (JPr)

Javier Camarena (Edgardo) and Nadine Sierra (Lucia) on screen (c) Jonathan Tichler

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How Erik Snyder became the English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2022

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2022: Livestreamed from the Holloway Production Studio at the Mulryan Centre for Dance on London City Island, 19.5.2022. (JPr)

Precious Adams, Erik Snyder and Emilia Cadorin (c) ASH 

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The Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake revival is notable for Lauren Cuthbertson’s total emotional engagement

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Students of the Royal Ballet School, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Gavriel Heine (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and relayed to Cineworld Basildon, Essex. 19.5.2022. (JPr)

Lauren Cuthbertson (Odette) and William Bracewell (Siegfried) (c) Bill Cooper

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