Broadcasts and Film

The pizzazz of An American in Paris redeems Wheeldon revisiting old choreographic friends

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works – Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: 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, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 22.5.2025. (JPr)

Fool’s Paradise – Lukas B. Brændsrød and Marianela Nuñez © Johan Persson

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You will find Asmik Grigorian’s tour de force in Paris Opera’s Il trittico hard to forget

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FranceFrance Puccini, Il trittico: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra national de Paris / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Broadcast live from the Opéra Bastille (directed by Mathilde Jobbé-Duval) on 16.5.2025 and available until 16.6.2025. (JPr)

Paris Opera’s Gianni Schicchi © Guergana Damianova

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Barrie Kosky’s minimally staged, flawed Royal Opera Walküre, is great music theatre nonetheless

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Walküre: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Peter Jones) from the Royal Opera House, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 14.5.2025. (JPr)

Soloman Howard (Hunding), Natalya Romaniw (Sieglinde) and Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Siegmund) © RBO/Monika Rittershaus

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Federica Lombardi shines in a first-class production of Le nozze di Figaro from The Met: Live in HD

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United StatesUnited States Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York / Joana Mallwitz (conductor), Metropolitan Opera, New York, performance of 26.4.2025, seen at Avenue Cinema, Belfast, 30.4.2025. (RB)

Olga Kulchynska (Susanna), Federica Lombardi (Countess) and Sun-Ly Pierce (lying, Cherubino) © Evan Zimmerman/Met Opera

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Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta headlines an exceptional cast in Vienna’s intriguing new production

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AustriaAustria Tchaikovsky, Iolanta: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ella Galliani) from Vienna State Opera, 6.4.2025. (JPr)

Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta at the Vienna State Opera © Michael Pöhn/WS

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Sondra Radvanovsky brings her own ideas about Turandot to The Royal Opera’s much-revived production

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Rafael Payare (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Bridget Caldwell) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 1.4.2025. (JPr)

Sondra Radvanovsky (Princess Turandot), SeokJong Baek (Calaf) and Paul Hopwood (Emperor Altoum) © Tristram Kenton

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Muntagirov and Kaneko are a memorable Romeo and Juliet in the MacMillan ballet’s 60th anniversary

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet: 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, London, 20.3.2025. (JPr)

Vadim Muntagirov as Romeo and Fumi Kaneko as Juliet © Tristram Kenton

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Seven stars align for an engrossing Metropolitan Opera Fidelio revival

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United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Gary Halvorson) from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 15.3.2025. (JPr)

The Prisoners’ Chorus from Fidelio Act I © Karen Almond/Met Opera

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