Opera & Ballet – Page 13 – Seen and Heard International

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

05/01/202531/12/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United 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

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

05/01/202529/12/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United 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)

A food bank serves as the striking backdrop for Bremen’s La bohème

05/01/202529/12/2024 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Theater Bremen, Bremer Philharmoniker / Sasha Yankevych (conductor). Theater Bremen, 23.12.2024. (DM-D)

Oliver Sewell (Rodolfo) and Adèle Lorenzi (Mimì) © Jörg Landsberg

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

05/01/202528/12/2024 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany 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

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

05/01/202527/12/2024 by Jim Pritchard

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

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

A food bank serves as the striking backdrop for Bremen’s La bohème

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

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

A sunny West Coast Christmas in Los Angeles Ballet’s The Nutcracker

Pfitzner’s Palestrina is conducted by Thielemann, the opera’s tireless advocate, and triumphs in Vienna

This glorious Tosca in Ostrava is blessed by terrific singing from Šimková, Berger and Čapkovič