Broadcasts and Film

Thielemann’s Siegfried is beautifully crafted as Tcherniakov explores the loss of childhood innocence

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Andy Sommer) on 6.11.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 17.2.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)

Andreas Schager (Siegfried) and Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde) © Monika Rittershaus

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Michael Volle’s Wotan dominates the diminishing returns of Dmitri Tcherniakov’s Berlin Die Walküre

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Andy Sommer) on 3.10.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 17.2.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)

Michael Volle (Wotan) and Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde) © Monika Rittershaus

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In Munich, Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella continues to confuse as much as it delights

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GermanyGermany Prokofiev, Cinderella: Dancers of Bayerisches Staatsballett, Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 13.11.2022. (JPr)

Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella (opening of Act III)

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A highly imaginative fusion of two late Janáček masterpieces in Brno

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic Janáček, From the House of the Dead, Glagolitic Mass: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the National Theatre, Brno / Jakub Hrůša (Conductor), Livestreamed on OperaVision from the National Theatre, Brno, 6.11.2022 (RB)

From the House of the Dead (c) Marek Olbrzymek

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The Royal Ballet’s A Diamond Celebration honours the Friends of the Royal Opera House

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Royal Ballet’s A Diamond Celebration marking 60 years of the Friends of the Royal Opera House: 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, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 16.11.2022. (JPr)

Steven McRae and Natalia Osipova in concert pour deux © Andrej Uspenski

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Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s Cardillac in Vienna is influenced by German Expressionist cinema

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AustriaAustria Hindemith, Cardillac: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Jasmina Eleta) from Vienna State Opera, 13.11.2022. (JPr)

Thomas Konieczny as Cardillac

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The Dallas Opera’s bewitching storybook Hansel and Gretel

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United StatesUnited States Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel: Soloists, Children’s Chorus of the Greater Dallas Choral Society, The Dallas Opera Orchestra / Emmanuel Villaume (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Tim Kelly) from the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, Dallas, 5.11.2022. (JPr)

Elena Villalón (Gretel), Patricia Racette (Witch) and Kangmin Justin Kim (Hansel) © Lynn Lane

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Nadine Sierra’s Violetta in the Met’s La traviata is as remarkable as her recent Lucia

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United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Daniele Callegari (conductor). Broadcast live to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 5.11.2022. (JPr)

The opening of Michael Mayer’s La traviata © Marty Sohl/Met Opera

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