Roberto Alagna and Vida Miknevičiūtė make their role debuts in Calixto Bieito’s unromantic trial by jury Berlin Lohengrin

GermanyGermany Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Matthias Pintscher (conductor). 13.12.2020 performance at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, streamed (directed for TV by Andreas Morell) and available on ARTE Concert until 15.1.2020 (click here). (JPr)

Lohengrin Act III (c) Monika Rittershaus

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Some sunshine from the last Royal Scottish National Orchestra concert of 2020

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven: Francesca Dego (violin/director), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Streamed from the RSNO Centre Glasgow, 18.12.2020. (SRT)

Cornelius Meister conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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LA Opera presents a newly conceived and striking production of The Five Moons of Lorca

United StatesUnited States Gabriela Lena Frank, The Five Moons of Lorca (Las cinco lunas de Lorca): Irene Rodríguez (dancer) and members of the LA Opera Chorus, Nicholas Roehler (piano) / Grant Gershon (choral conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, streaming now until 25.12.2020. (JRo)

Irene Rodriquez in The Five Moons of Lorca © Billy Yates

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For the Met, Bryn Terfel and friends at Brecon Cathedral bring us a holiday welcome from the hillsides

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Met Stars Live in Concert – Sir Bryn Terfel in Wales: Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Natalya Romaniw (soprano), Trystan Llyr Griffiths (tenor), Hannah Stone (harp), Jeff Howard (piano), Calan (folk group), Elen Hydref and Dylan Wyn Rowlands (additional harps). Livestreamed (directed by Gary Halvorson) from Brecon Cathedral, Wales, 12.12.2020. (JPr)

Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Hannah Stone (harp) & Jeff Howard (piano)

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Paris’s lockdown La Bayadère proves a fitting tribute to Nureyev’s final choreographic testament

FranceFrance Rudolf Nureyev’s La Bayadère: Dancers of the Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris, Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris / Philippe Hui (conductor). Livestream (available for only seven day click here) from the Opéra Bastille, Paris, 13.12.2020. (JPr)

Dorothée Gilbert (Nikiya) and Germain Louvet (Solor)

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A superb Christmas at Westminster Abbey progamme: what music could be sweeter?

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Live from London Christmas, Christmas at Westminster Abbey – What Sweeter Music: Catherine Bott (reader), Sally Price (harp), Peter Holder organ), The Choir of Westminster Abbey / James O’Donnell (director). Livestreamed via VOCES8 Foundation (click here), 15.12.2020. (CC)

Christmas at Westminster Abbey (c) Libby Percival

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A Cadogan Hall thinned-down Messiah of bright hope from VOCES8, ECO, and high-profile soloists

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Messiah HWV 56 (shortened version): Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Andrew Staples (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), VOCES8, English Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Kraemer (director / harpsichord). Cadogan Hall, London, 11.12.2020. Streamed via Live from London Christmas (click here). (CC)

VOCES8’s Messiah at Cadogan Hall

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