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

Currentzis, Grigorian and Tetelman overcome Carrizo’s choreographic oddities in Salzburg’s Carmen

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2026 [1] – Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Utopia Choir (chorus master: Vitaly Polonsky), Salzburg Bach Choir (chorus master: Michael Schneider), Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor (chorus masters: Wolfgang Götz, Regina Sgier), Utopia Orchestra / Teodor Currentzis (conductor). Filmed (directed by Michael Beyer) at the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, on 8.8.2026 and streamed on STAGE+ on 9.8.2026. (JPr)

Eurudike De Beul (Don José’s Mother), Jonathan Tetelman (Don José) and Kristina Mkhitaryan (Micaëla) © SF/Thomas Aurin

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Rienzi marches up Bayreuth’s Green Hill: political corruption and a hidden family secret blights lives

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GermanyGermany Bayreuth Festival 2026 [3] – Wagner, Rienzi: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra od the Bayreuth Festival / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Livestreamed on STAGE+ (directed by Michael Beyer) from the Bayreuth Fespielehaus, 26.7.2026. (JPr)

Rienzi first scene © BF/Enrico Nawrath

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No scenery, no apologies, just Oklahoma! at Glimmerglass

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United StatesUnited States The Glimmerglass Festival 2026 [2] – Rodgers & Hammerstein, Oklahoma!: Soloists, Glimmerglass Festival Chorus and Orchestra / James Lowe (conductor). Cooperstown Central School, N.J. Sterling Auditorium, Cooperstown, 18.7.2026. (RP)

[Opening night photo] Peter Murphy (Will Parker) © Kayleen Bertrand

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