You’ll be Starstruck by Scottish Ballet’s evocation of ‘Gene Kelly’s love letter to ballet’

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s Starstruck: Dancers of Scottish Ballet, Scottish Ballet Orchestra / Jean-Claude Picard (conductor). Available on Marquee TV until 5.12.2021. (JPr)

Christopher Harrison and Sophie Martin in Starstruck (c) Gavin Smart

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Chalk up another success for the Met with Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice

United StatesUnited States Matthew Aucoin, Eurydice: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 23.10.2021. (RP)

Stacey Tappan (Little Stone), Erin Morley (Eurydice), Ronnita Miller (Big Stone) and Chad Shelton (Loud Stone) © Marty Sohl

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San Francisco Opera’s fresh and winning take on Così fan tutte  

United StatesUnited States Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Henrik Nánási (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 21.11.2021. (HS)

Irene Roberts (Dorabella), Nicole Heaston (Despina) and Nicole Cabell (Fiordiligi) in SFO’s Così fan tutte © Cory Weaver

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Cinecittà inspires a colourful and enjoyable new Mariinsky staging of Benvenuto Cellini in St Petersburg

Russian FederationRussian Federation Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini: Soloists, Dancers, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre / Valery Gergiev (conductor), Mariinsky II, 10.11.2021. (GT)

Mariinsky Theatre’s Benvenuto Cellini (c) Mikhail Vilchuk

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