English National Ballet’s breathtaking Swan Lake in-the-round will delight cinema audiences this Autumn in selected cinemas from Wednesday October 30 2024
READ OUR (P)REVIEW OF WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE CINEMA HERE
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Every seat is $11 or ‘pick your price’ at Opera Philadelphia this season
Anthony Roth Costanzo’s $11 a ticket or ‘Pick your Price’ initiative at Opera Philadelphia in 2024-2025
The State Ballet of Georgia’s Swan Lake at the London Coliseum from 28 August
WORLD RENOWNED STATE BALLET OF GEORGIA BRINGS SWAN LAKE TO THE LONDON COLISEUM STARTING THIS WEEK
SUPERSTAR NINA ANANIASHVILI, FORMER PRIMA BALLERINA OF THE BOLSHOI, EX PRINCIPAL DANCER OF AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE, FORMER GUEST STAR OF THE ROYAL BALLET AND NOW DIRECTOR OF STATE BALLET OF GEORGIA, RETURNS TO THE CAPITAL FOR THE COMPANY’S LONDON DEBUT.
STATE BALLET OF GEORGIA WILL PERFORM THEIR LAVISH PRODUCTION OF SWAN LAKE FROM 28 AUGUST TO 8 SEPTEMBER AT THE LONDON COLISEUM.
FOR INFORMATION AND TICKETS CLICK HERE.
ALL PERFORMANCES WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE AWARD-WINNING ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA ORCHESTRA
Varna International Ballet returns to the UK in 2025
Varna International Ballet presents stunning classical ballets to UK audiences
RG Live presents the return of the celebrated Varna International Ballet and Orchestra to the UK following a breathtaking debut tour in 2023. The company will visit 20 venues around the UK in 2025 with beloved classics Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet.
For more information and to book tickets CLICK HERE
Last two performances of the new opera Becoming Tosca are in Hastings on 23rd and 24th July
Becoming Tosca: a new opera for Summer 2024 with two final performances soon in Hastings
Hastings-based Prologue Opera is presenting its new production of Becoming Tosca. After two successful early July performances it will be put on at The Stables Theatre in Hastings on 23rd and 24th July.
For more about Prologue Opera and to obtain tickets for the final performances click HERE.
Carnegie Hall’s new podcast series ‘If This Hall Could Talk’
Carnegie Hall launches ‘If This Hall Could Talk’ – a podcast series exploring its rich history and lore
The Flying Dutchman in Birmingham next week is the UK’s first Black- and Asian-led Wagner production
Ambitious and diverse production of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman to be performed at Birmingham’s Bradshaw Hall on 7, 10 and 13 July 2024
The first Black- and Asian-led Wagner production in the UK, the project aims to break down racial barriers within the opera sector. This production of Wagner will be performed and seen by many people of mixed ethnic heritage who may never have experienced opera before.
Artistic Director Cameron Menzies and baritone Yuriy Yurchuk talk about Northern Ireland Opera
Robert Beattie in conversation with Cameron Menzies, Artistic Director of Northern Ireland Opera, and baritone Yuriy Yurchuk
I have been reviewing Northern Ireland Opera’s productions for some years (links to some of my reviews can be found here). I have been struck both by the very high quality and infinite variety of their productions. They have produced a string of more conventional operatic productions, including La bohème, La traviata and Tosca which have received glowing reviews from the Press. Opera Magazine commented: ‘Northern Ireland Opera’s La traviata suggests that the artistic director Cameron Menzies has at long last realised the region’s ambition to have a grand opera company truly deserving of the name.’