VOCES8’s ‘A Christmas Cracker’ is full of festive musical treats

United KingdomUnited Kingdom LIVE FROM LONDON CHRISTMAS 2021 – ‘A Christmas Cracker’: VOCES8, VOCES8 Foundation Choir; VOCES8 Orchestra / Barnaby Smith (conductor) with Jack Liebeck (guest leader/soloist), Tamsin Greig, Richard Leaf (narrators), plus Young Performer Spotlight performance from Barnsley Youth Choir. Broadcast from St Jude’s Church, Hampstead and VOCES8 Centre, London, 4.12.2021. (CC)

VOCES8 and string quartet (c) Colin Sheen

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Streaming now The Royal Ballet’s Giselle must not be missed for its exceptional performances

United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Royal Ballet’s Giselle: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Boris Gruzin (conductor). Performance of 20.11.2021 and streamed (directed by Peter Jones) from 3.12.2021. (JPr)

End of Act I of The Royal Ballet’s Giselle

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You’ll be Starstruck by Scottish Ballet’s evocation of ‘Gene Kelly’s love letter to ballet’

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s Starstruck: Dancers of Scottish Ballet, Scottish Ballet Orchestra / Jean-Claude Picard (conductor). Available on Marquee TV until 5.12.2021. (JPr)

Christopher Harrison and Sophie Martin in Starstruck (c) Gavin Smart

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Cinecittà inspires a colourful and enjoyable new Mariinsky staging of Benvenuto Cellini in St Petersburg

Russian FederationRussian Federation Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini: Soloists, Dancers, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre / Valery Gergiev (conductor), Mariinsky II, 10.11.2021. (GT)

Mariinsky Theatre’s Benvenuto Cellini (c) Mikhail Vilchuk

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Ekaterina Semenchuk is the shining star in David McVicar’s revised St Petersburg Macbeth

Russian FederationRussian Federation Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre / Valery Gergiev (conductor), Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, 29.10.2021. (GT)

Ekaterina Semenchuk (Lady Macbeth) in Mariinsky Theatre’s Macbeth

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Vienna State Ballet’s Im Siebten Himmel shows how rich choreographic language can be

AustriaAustria Im Siebten Himmel (In Seventh Heaven): Dancers of the Vienna State Ballet, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Patrick Lange (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Balázs Delbó) from the Vienna State Opera, 14.11.2021. (JPr)

Martin Schläpfer’s On the Beautiful Blue Danube

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BRB’s dancers are energised by Curated by Carlos but more substantial achievements lie ahead

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Curated by Carlos: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis and Paul Murphy (conductors). Streamed (directed by Ross MacGibbon) on Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage from 11.11 to 18.11.2021. (JPr)

Curated by Carlos – Imminent

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