SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, THEATRE , BROADCASTS AND 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
Italy Verdi, Nabucodonosor (Nabucco): Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Ella Gallieni) from Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 29.5.2026. (JPr)
United Kingdom Samadder/Guthrie, Dancing in the Mirror: Actors, Neal Cooper (tenor) and the Lewisham Creative Chorus / Thomas Guthrie (stage director, conductor). Fellowship Inn, Bellingham, 22.5.2026. (AK)
Sam Sherman’s Kaddish (how to be a sanctuary): performed by Sam Sherman. Old Red Lion Pub & Playhouse, London, 19 & 20.5.2026. (AK)
Spain Verdi, Requiem: Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Bernheim (tenor), Riccardo Zanellato (bass), Orfeó Català (chorus director: Xavier Puig), Staatskapelle Dresden / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Marc Pasteau) on medici.tv from the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, 19.5.2026. (JPr)
United Kingdom John Barrowman – My Life in Musicals: John Barrowman and Ben Papworth (musical director). Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 13.5.2026. (JPr) *****
United Kingdom Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show: Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 11.5.2026. (MC)
United States The Met: Live in HD – Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Timur Zangiev (conductor). The Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD broadcast 3.5.2026 (directed by Gary Halvorson) and seen at the Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 5.5.2026. (JPr)
Austria Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Anna Gallieni) from Vienna State Opera, 3.5.2026. (JPr)
