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

Getting In The Mood on a Jazzy German Bank Holiday Weekend

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GermanyGermany ‘Time of Swing’ – ‘In the Mood – A Tribute to Glen Miller’: Andrej Hermlin and his Swing Dance Orchestra with Finn Wiesner, The Skylarks with Viola Manigk, Semperoper, Dresden, 15.5.2016. (MC)

‘Jazz Meets Classics’ – Till Brönner (trumpet, flugelhorn), Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet, flugelhorn), Stephan Braun (cello), Dieter Ilg (bass) & Gil Goldstein (keyboards, accordion), Semperoper, Dresden, 16.5.2016 (MC)

Andrej Hermlin and his Swing Dance Orchestra, photo Uwe Hauth
Andrej Hermlin and his Swing Dance Orchestra (c) Uwe Hauth

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ROH’s 1869 Boris Godunov Lacks Drama and Epic Grandeur

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex. 21.3.2016. (JPr)

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Harry Nicoll (Missail) and John Tomlinson (Varlaam)
(c) Catherine Ashmore

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An Unsettling, Thought-Provoking Reflection on War and Conflict

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Drums and Guns: Cast from Royal Irish Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Juillard School, Iain Burnside and Conor Hanratty (directors), Milton Court Theatre, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, 12.3.2016 (CS)

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