Dolce Vita: Jonas Kaufmann’s Italian Night at Berlin’s Waldbühne
03/09/2018
Germany Jonas Kaufmann: Under the Stars: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo-soprano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Jochen Rieder (conductor). Recorded at Waldbühne Berlin (video director: Henning Kasten) on 13th July and shown at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 30.8.2018. (JPr)
Jonas Kaufmann, Anita Rachvelishvili & Jochen Rieder (conductor)
Liam Scarlett’s Cygnet for the Royal Ballet is Not Yet a Fully-fledged New Swan Lake
14/06/2018
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers of The Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and relayed to Cineworld Basildon, Essex. 12.6.2018. (JPr)
Marianela Nuñez & Vadim Muntagirov in Swan Lake (c) Tristram Kenton
Daniel McCormick Wins English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2018
12/06/2018
United Kingdom English National Ballet Emerging Dancer 2018: Nominated dancers, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Live streamed from London Coliseum, London, 11.6.2018. (JPr)
Winner of the 2018 Emerging Dancer Award, Daniel McCormick © Laurent Liotardo
The Met’s Excellent Production of Massenet’s Delectable Cendrillon
01/05/2018
United States Massenet, Cendrillon: Cast, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Bertrand de Billy (Conductor), Broadcast live to the Dundonald Omniplex Cinema in Belfast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, 28.4.2018. (RB)
Alice Coote & Joyce DiDonato in Massenet’s Cendrillon (c) Ken Howard
Yoncheva, Beczała and Ageless Domingo Headline a Memorable Luisa Miller from the Met
15/04/2018
United States Verdi, Luisa Miller: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Bertrand de Billy (conductor), Met Live in HD broadcast to the Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 14.4.2018. (JPr)
Plácido Domingo (Miller) & Sonya Yoncheva (Luisa) (c) Chris Lee
The Met’s Così fan tutte Redeemed by Fine Musical Performances
03/04/2018
United States Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / David Robertson (Conductor), Broadcast live to the Dundonald Omniplex Cinema, Belfast, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 31.3.2018. (RB)
Serena Malfi (Dorabella) in Così fan tutte (c) Marty Sohl
The Royal Ballet’s Triple Bill Celebrates the Bernstein Centenary
28/03/2018
United Kingdom Bernstein Centenary – Yugen, The Age of Anxiety & Corybantic Games: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels & Barry Wordsworth (conductors). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and broadcast to Cineworld Basildon from The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 27.3.2018. (JPr)
Artists of The Royal Ballet in Corybantic Games (c) Andrej Uspenski
The Met’s Semiramide Lacks Dramatic Tension Despite Some Beautiful Singing
11/03/2018
United States Rossini, Semiramide: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Broadcast Live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 10.3.2018. (JPr)
Semiramide Act I (c) Ken Howard/Met Opera
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