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

Barlett Sher’s Tales of Hoffmann revival at the Met loses the emotional core of this complex opera

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United StatesUnited States Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast Live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 5.10.2024. (JPr)

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Nicklausse), Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann), and Christian Van Horn (Lindorf) © Karen Almond/Met Opera

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Gothenburg Opera’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a heartwarming and colourful fantasy

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SwedenSweden Roald Dahls Charlie och chokladfabriken (Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory): Soloists and ensemble of Gothenburg Opera / Michael England (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 21.9.2024. (NS)

[l-r] Violet Beauregarde (Amanda Lindgren), Augustus Gloop (Robert Sillberg), Mrs Gloop (Carina Söderman), Veruca Salt (Julia Carlström), Willy Wonka (Ola Salo), Mike Teavee (Oskar H Olsson) and Mrs Teavee (Åsa Fång) © Lennart Sjöberg

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A dynamic ensemble cast makes Cluedo 2 overcome its leaden start

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Maurice Gran and Laurence Marks’s Cluedo 2: Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 17.9.2024. (JPr)

[l-r] Ellie Leach (Miss Scarlett), Edward Howells (Professor Plum), Gabriel Paul (Reverend Green), Hannah Boyce (Mrs Peacock), Dawn Buckland (Mrs White) and Jason Durr (Colonel Mustard)

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Siobhan Stagg steps in as Susanna and is the undoubted star of David McVicar’s Marriage of Figaro revival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Opera / Julia Jones (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Rhodri Huw) to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, from Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 10.9.2024. (JPr)

David McVicar’s The Marriage of Figaro Act I © Clive Barda

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Two young gifted musicians wrestle with late-Romantic masterpieces in the Hong Kong Phil’s season opener

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Hong KongHong Kong Sibelius and Bruckner: Daniel Lozakovich (violin), Hong Kong Philharmonic / Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor). Livestreamed on STAGE+ from the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong, 6.9.2024. (ES-S)

Conductor Tarmo Peltokoski and violinist Daniel Lozakovich

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