Broadcasts and Film

Possokhov and Serebrennikov’s Berlin Nureyev shows us something of his spirit but not his tortured soul

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GermanyGermany Staatsballet Berlin’s Nureyev: Vocalconsort Berlin, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Dominic Limburg (conductor). Filmed at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (directed by Miriam Hoyer) on 21.3.2026 and available on ARTE Concert until 30.3.2031. (JPr)

Iana Salenko (Margot Fonteyn) and David Soares (Nureyev) © Carlos Quezada

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Kosky’s oddly staged Siegfried disappoints though Pappano and his orchestra are on top form

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Peter Jones) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 31.3.2026 and viewed at the Chelmsford Theatre, Essex, 5.4.2026. (JPr)

Soloman Howard (Fafner) and Andreas Schager (Siegfried) in Act II © The Royal Opera/Monika Rittershaus

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Arresting visuals and narrative confusion of Tristan at the Met with Lise Davidsen’s transcendental Isolde

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United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Gary Halvorson) from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 21.3.2026 and viewed at Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 24.3.2026. (JPr)

Yuval Sharon’s production of Tristan und Isolde Act II © Karen Almond/Met Opera

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McVicar’s La Scala Siegfried is so good in parts – Young, Vogt and Volle particularly – but fails in others

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ItalyItaly Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra / Simone Young (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Anna Gettel) from La Scala, Milan, 13.6.2025 and available on demand on LaScala TV. (JPr)

Siegfried final scene © Teatro alla Scala/Brescia e Amisano

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Exceptional display of dancing from all concerned as Takada and Ball star in The Royal Ballet’s Giselle

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Adolphe Adam, Giselle: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Orchestra / Vello Pähn (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 3.3.2026. (JPr)

Akane Takada (Giselle) and Matthew Ball (Albrecht) © RBO/Andrej Uspenski

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Review of David Harewood’s Othello in cinemas from 4 March

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shakespeare’s Othello: Filmed live (directed by Tim Van Someran) at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, and to be seen in cinemas from 4.3.2026. (JPr)

Caitlin FitzGerald (Desdemona) and Vinette Robinson (Emilia) © Brinkhoff-Moegenburg

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McGregor’s choreography challenges the dancers but Osipova is a magnetic stage presence in Woolf Works

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works – a triptych: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Students of The Royal Ballet School, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 9.2.2026. (JPr)

Natalia Osipova as Virginia Woolf (and Marcelino Sambé as Septimus) in Wayne McGregor’s I now, I then © 2026 Johan Persson

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The stars, Mkhitaryan and Bernheim, align in Massenet’s Manon revived at Vienna State Opera

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AustriaAustria Massenet, Manon: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Betrand de Billy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from the Vienna State Opera 17.1.2026. (JPr)

Benjamin Bernheim (Des Grieux) and Kristina Mkhitaryan (Manon) © Weiner Staatsoper

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