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

Barrie Kosky’s minimally staged, flawed Royal Opera Walküre, is great music theatre nonetheless

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Walküre: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Peter Jones) from the Royal Opera House, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 14.5.2025. (JPr)

Soloman Howard (Hunding), Natalya Romaniw (Sieglinde) and Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Siegmund) © RBO/Monika Rittershaus

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Federica Lombardi shines in a first-class production of Le nozze di Figaro from The Met: Live in HD

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United StatesUnited States Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York / Joana Mallwitz (conductor), Metropolitan Opera, New York, performance of 26.4.2025, seen at Avenue Cinema, Belfast, 30.4.2025. (RB)

Olga Kulchynska (Susanna), Federica Lombardi (Countess) and Sun-Ly Pierce (lying, Cherubino) © Evan Zimmerman/Met Opera

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: see it on tour and let your imagination do most of the work

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (based on the novel by C. S. Lewis): Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 15.4.2025. (JPr)

Kudzai Mangombe (Lucy), Stanton Wright (Aslan) and Joanna Adaran (Susan) © Brinkhoff/Moegenburg

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Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta headlines an exceptional cast in Vienna’s intriguing new production

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AustriaAustria Tchaikovsky, Iolanta: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ella Galliani) from Vienna State Opera, 6.4.2025. (JPr)

Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta at the Vienna State Opera © Michael Pöhn/WS

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Sondra Radvanovsky brings her own ideas about Turandot to The Royal Opera’s much-revived production

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Rafael Payare (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Bridget Caldwell) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 1.4.2025. (JPr)

Sondra Radvanovsky (Princess Turandot), SeokJong Baek (Calaf) and Paul Hopwood (Emperor Altoum) © Tristram Kenton

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