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

By showing us war is cruel does little to improve Verdi’s uneven La forza del destino at the Met

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United StatesUnited States Verdi, La forza del destino: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). A Live in HD broadcast (directed by Gary Halvorson) from New York’s Metropolitan Opera to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 9.3.2024. (JPr)

Lise Davidsen (Leonora) and Igor Golovatenko (Carlo) © Karen Almond/Met Opera

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In Dresden: Vogt’s fine role debut in another remarkable Tristan und Isolde from Thielemann

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Tiziano Mancini) in January 2024 at the Semperoper Dresden and available now on medici.tv. (JPr)

Klaus Florian Vogt (Tristan) and Camilla Nylund (Isolde) © Ludwig Olah

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The Met’s cast fires on all cylinders in Carrie Cracknell’s first-rate truck stop Carmen

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United StatesUnited States Bizet, Carmen: Soloists Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Daniele Rustioni (conductor). Transmitted Live in HD (directed by Gary Halvorson) from New York to the Avenue Cinema, Belfast. 27.1.2024. (RB)

Aigul Akhmetshina as Carmen © Ken Howard/Met Opera

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An imaginative presentation of Rimsky’s Mozart and Salieri for Salzburg’s Mozartwoche

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AustriaAustria Mozartwoche Salzburg 2024 [1] – Salieri, Rimsky-Korsakov: Soloists, Puppeteers, Students from the Mozarteum University, Salzburg / Kai Röhrig (conductor). Salzburg Marionette Theatre, Salzburg, 27.1.2024. (MB)

Mozart und Salieri © Bernhard Mueller

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