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

Royal Opera Returns to the Screen with Turandot

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Henrik Nánási (conductor) in Andrei Serban’s 1984 production with designs by Sally Jacobs. Broadcast to The May Fair Hotel, Mayfair, London. 18.9.2013. (JPr)

LINDSTROM AS TURANDOT, BERTI AS CALAF (C) KENTON ROH
Lise Lindstrom (Turandot) & Marco Berti (Calaf) (c) Tristam Kenton/ROH

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Impeccable Verdi and Terfel’s Wotan at Verbier (Rebroadcast)

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Verdi, Wagner: Soloists, Verbier Festival Orchestra, The Collegiate Chorale, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland. Film director: Anaïs Spiro. Production: Idéale Audience. Broadcast on www.medici.tv. 25.7.2013 (RDA)

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Tremendous Verdi Requiem from Noseda at Verbier (Rebroadcast)

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Verdi, Messa da Requiem: Soloists, Verbier Festival Orchestra and Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Maria Agresta (soprano), Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass). Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland. Movie director: Corentin Leconte. Production: Idéale Audience, – MUSEEC/medici.tv. 1.8.2013 (RDA)

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