Rick Perdian in conversation with tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Julius Drake

Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake discuss Schubert’s Winterreise and their decades-long musical partnership

Tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Julian Drake

Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake bring their renowned interpretation of Schubert’s Winterreise to New York’s Kaufmann Concert Hall at 92NY on 5 March 2025. Their North American tour takes them to Montreal, Boston and Baltimore, but only New York audiences will experience their masterful performance of Schubert’s great song cycle.

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Ballet Icons Gala returns on 9 March 2025 at the London Coliseum

BALLET ICONS GALA IN 2025 WILL BE A MESMERIZING CELEBRATION OF DANCE AND WILL HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF THE GLOBAL ENVIROMENTAL CRISIS

Globally recognized Ballet Icons Gala is set to enchant audiences once again at the London Coliseum on 9 March 2025. A global highlight on the ballet calendar, this much-anticipated event promises an unforgettable evening, celebrating the unparalleled beauty of classical and contemporary ballet.

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McCrystal’s too merry Glyndebourne Merry Widow lacks the depth it deserves despite a fine ensemble

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor). Filmed (directed by Rhodri Huw) at the Glyndebourne Opera House and broadcast on BBC Four on 25.12.2024 and available on iPlayer. (JPr)

The entrance of Hanna Glawari (Danielle de Niese) in The Merry Widow Act I © Tristram Kenton

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Sky Arts shows the constructive chaos behind English National Ballet’s work-in-progress new Nutcracker

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Backstage with English National Ballet (Sky Arts, series directed by Zoë Dobson) & English National Ballet’s Nutcracker (directed for TV by Peter Jones): English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Filmed at the London Coliseum and first broadcast on Sky Arts on 23.12.2024. (JPr)

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Exciting singing and imaginative staging in Hamburg’s vintage La bohème

GermanyGermany Puccini, La bohème: Staatsoper Soloists, Chorus, Extra Chorus and Alsterspatzen of Staatsoper Hamburg. Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg / Ramón Tebar (conductor). Staatsoper Hamburg, 17.12.2024. (DM-D)

First scene of the 2006 La bohème © Hans Jörg Michel

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There will never be another! Relive Rudolf Nureyev’s virtuosic talent in his legendary Don Quixote film

AustraliaAustralia The Australian Ballet in Rudolf Nureyev’s Film of Don Quixote: The Australian Ballet, The State Orchestra of Victoria (formerly The Elizabethan Trust Melbourne Orchestra) / John Lanchbery (conductor). Filmed in 1973, restored and remastered in 1999, and currently available on medici.tv. (JPr)

Gailene Stock and Caroline Rappell (Kitri’s girlfriends) and Rudolf Nureyev in Don Quixote

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