La Bayadère Returns to Covent Garden with Remarkable Performances from Nuñez, Muntagirov and Osipova

United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Royal Ballet’s La Bayadère: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Boris Gruzin (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1.11.2018. (JPr)

Vadim Muntagirov (Solor) & Marianela Nuñez (Nikiya)
(c) Bill Cooper

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Jiří Heřman’s Edgy and Grand Libuše Celebrates 100 Years of Czech Statehood

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Smetana, Libuše: Soloists, National Theatre Brno Chorus and Orchestra / Robert Kružík (conductor), Brno Exhibition Centre – Pavilion P, Brno, 28.10.2018. (RP)

Czech Presidents T. G. Masaryk and Václav Havel in Smetana’s Libuše
© National Theatre Brno

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John Lundgren’s Conflicted Wotan is the Highlight of Keith Warner’s Die Walküre

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists and Orchestra of The Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano. Directed for the screen by Jonathan Haswell and broadcast to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 28.10.2018. (JPr)

Sarah Connolly (Fricka) & John Lundgren (Wotan) (c) Bill Cooper

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Westbroeck and Kaufmann Bring Real Gold to Them Thar Hills in Met’s La fanciulla del West

United StatesUnited States Puccini, La fanciulla del West: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast Live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera to Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 20.10.2018. (JPr)

Eva-Maria Westbroek (Minnie) & Jonas Kaufmann (Johnson) (c) Ken Howard/The Met

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