Broadcasts, Musicals, & Others

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

Doreen Carwithen, Grace Williams and Vaughan Williams look out to sea at the BBC Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [9], Prom 16 – Doreen Carwithen, Grace Williams, Vaughan Williams: Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Andrew Manze (conductor). Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, (directed by Rhodri Huw) and now available on BBC iPlayer, 27.7.2022. (JPr)

Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano) and Jacques Imbrailo (baritone) singing in A Sea Symphony © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Daniel Kramer’s kaleidoscopic, futuristic, dystopian reimagining of Turandot in Geneva

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Puccini, Turandot: Grand Théâtre de Genève Chorus, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Antonino Fogliani (conductor). Recorded (directed by Jérémie Cuvillier) at Grand Théâtre de Genève, 22.6.2022 and available on OperaVision until 22.1.2023. (JPr)

Ingela Brimberg (Turandot) and Teodor Ilincăi (Calaf) © Magali Dougados

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Jodie Comer triumphs in Prima Facie and is one of the outstanding stage actors of her generation

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie: Recorded (directed for the screen by Matthew Amos) at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre and broadcast by NT Live to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 21.7.2022. (JPr)

Jodie Comer as Tessa in Prima Facie © Helen Murray

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ASMF’s A London Dream is a must-see evocative mix of Mendelssohn, Shakespeare, dance and sight-seeing

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A London Dream: a film from the Academy of St Martin in the Fields premiered on Sky Arts, 21.6.2022. (JPr) Standing on the Southbank of the River Thames Zakia Sewell introduced A London Dream – a film featuring the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, as well as the city that is its home … Read more