Theatre, Musicals, Broadcasts & Films

Reviews and articles of some events that are not Concerts, Opera, or Dance, and others that have been streamed, shown in the cinema or on TV

Martin Crimp’s second Misanthrope reaches the screen in an inventive NT staging

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom NT Live – Molière’s The Misanthrope (by Martin Crimp, after Molière): Filmed (directed by Christine Lalla) during its run at the Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London, broadcast in cinemas from 22.9.2026, and viewed at Cineworld, Newport, Isle of Wight. (DH) ****

Sandra Oh (Alice) and Paul Chahidi (John) © Marc Brenner

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Beczała and Grigorian herald the new Vienna State Opera season in grand gala style

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AustriaAustria Vienna State Opera’s ‘Opern-Air’ 2026: Soloists, Ensemble, Opera School choir, Chorus (chorus master: Thomas Lang) and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from Vienna’s Burggarten, 6.9.2026 and available on ARTE.tv from 27.9.2026. (JPr)

Asmik Grigorian and Piotr Beczała © Marcel Urlaub

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Currentzis, Grigorian and Tetelman overcome Carrizo’s choreographic oddities in Salzburg’s Carmen

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2026 [1] – Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Utopia Choir (chorus master: Vitaly Polonsky), Salzburg Bach Choir (chorus master: Michael Schneider), Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor (chorus masters: Wolfgang Götz, Regina Sgier), Utopia Orchestra / Teodor Currentzis (conductor). Filmed (directed by Michael Beyer) at the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, on 8.8.2026 and streamed on STAGE+ on 9.8.2026. (JPr)

Eurudike De Beul (Don José’s Mother), Jonathan Tetelman (Don José) and Kristina Mkhitaryan (Micaëla) © SF/Thomas Aurin

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