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

Sofia Opera’s open air Les Misérables is a spectacular triumph of wonderful singing and acting

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BulgariaBulgaria Opera on the Square Summer Festival – Boublil and Schönberg, Les Misérables: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of Sofia Opera and Ballet / Constantin Trinks (conductor). Alexander Nevsky Square, Sofia, 2.8.2025. (GT)

Sofia Opera’s Les Misérables in Alexander Nevsky Square

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For the Liceu’s West Side Story with its star singers, the Oscar goes to … Gustavo Dudamel

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SpainSpain Bernstein, West Side Story (concert version): Soloists, Chorus (chorus director: Pablo Assante) and Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Gran Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona, 29.7.2025. (JMI)

Juan Diego Flórez (Tony) and Nadine Sierra (Maria) © D. Ruano

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Freddie De Tommaso’s confident role debut and Bryn Terfel’s masterclass in Verbier’s Puccini double bill

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Verbier Festival 2025 – Puccini, Gianni Schicchi, Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana (concert performances): Soloists, Oberwalliser Vokalensemble choir, Verbier Festival Orchestra / Andrea Battistoni (conductor), Johanna Vaude (video art). Broadcast live from Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland, 24.7.2025 and available on medici.tv. (JPr) Updated review.

Sungho Kim (Rinuccio), Ying Fang (Lauretta) and Sir Bryn Terfel (Gianni Schicchi)

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Eyvazov is a compelling Hermann and Netrebko an expressive Lisa in a Vienna revival of The Queen of Spades

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AustriaAustria Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Timur Zangiev (conductor). Livestreamed from the Vienna State Opera (directed by Dominik Kepczynski), 27.6.2025. (JPr)

Yusif Eyvazov (Hermann) and Anna Netrebko (Lisa) © WS/Michael Pöhn

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