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

David McVicar’s puzzling Rheingold is redeemed by Simone Young’s conducting and some fine singing

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ItalyItaly Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / Simone Young (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Anna Gettel) from La Scala, Milan, 3.11.2024 and available on demand on LaScala TV. (JPr)

David McVicar’s new Das Rheingold for La Scala © Brescia e Amisano

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The Royal Ballet are on great form in Wheeldon’s phantasmagorical Alice’s Adventures, but it’s too long

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and seen at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 15.10.2024. (JPr)

William Bracewell (The Knave of Hearts) and Francesca Hayward (Alice) © Alice Pennefather

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Barlett Sher’s Tales of Hoffmann revival at the Met loses the emotional core of this complex opera

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United StatesUnited States Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast Live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 5.10.2024. (JPr)

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Nicklausse), Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann), and Christian Van Horn (Lindorf) © Karen Almond/Met Opera

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Gothenburg Opera’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a heartwarming and colourful fantasy

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SwedenSweden Roald Dahls Charlie och chokladfabriken (Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory): Soloists and ensemble of Gothenburg Opera / Michael England (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 21.9.2024. (NS)

[l-r] Violet Beauregarde (Amanda Lindgren), Augustus Gloop (Robert Sillberg), Mrs Gloop (Carina Söderman), Veruca Salt (Julia Carlström), Willy Wonka (Ola Salo), Mike Teavee (Oskar H Olsson) and Mrs Teavee (Åsa Fång) © Lennart Sjöberg

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