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Royal Ballet and Opera and The Metropolitan Opera to widen its cinema audience in the UK and US

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Royal Ballet and Opera and The Metropolitan Opera join forces with new cinema collaboration

First of its kind collaboration to widen access to world-class ballet and opera across the UK and US

Broadcasts of the Met’s production of Il barbiere di Siviglia and Royal Ballet’s classic, The Nutcracker

Click here for RBO and here for the Met and find your local cinema screening

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The 2025 Musikfest Berlin takes place from 30 August to 23 September

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Musikfest Berlin 2025: Tickets for the Initial Concert Highlights Available Now

The 2025 Musikfest Berlin will take place from 30 August to 23 September, hosted by Berliner Festspiele in co-operation with the Foundation Berliner Philharmoniker. Eight concerts featuring international guest orchestras from the Netherlands, France and Italy have been announced, and tickets can be purchased now as part of a promotion campaign.

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Muscato’s compelling new La Scala La forza del destino is dominated by Netrebko’s Leonora and Tézier’s Carlo

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ItalyItaly Verdi, La forza del destino: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan / Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Arnalda Canali) on medici.tv from Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 7.12.2024. (JPr)

Huanhong Li (Alcalde) and Ludovic Tézier (Carlo) © Teatro alla Scala / Brescia e Amisano

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WNO petitions to stop the cuts in A Christmas Chorus with RWCMD students

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various – A Chorus Christmas: Singers and musicians from the Welsh National Opera and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama / Freddie Brown (conductor, organ) & Tim Rhys-Evans (conductor). Tabernacle Chapel, The Hayes, Cardiff, 7.12.2024. (LJ)

Musicians: Dean Wright and Martin McHale (trumpet, WNO); Edward Griffiths (horn, WNO); Alan Swain (bass trombone, WNO); Riccardo Fabisiak (percussion, RWCMD); and Joshua Gurner (timpani, RWCMD).

WNO Chorus and Singers from the RWCMD conducted by Tim Rhys-Evans

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Ax and Heras-Casado dig into Mozart and Shostakovich with the Cleveland Orchestra

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United StatesUnited States Mozart, Shostakovich: Emanuel Ax (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 6.12.2024. (MSJ)

Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Cleveland Orchestra as Emanuel Ax plays Mozart © Human Artist Photography/TCO

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