Robert Wilson’s static Paris Turandot focuses the mind on Puccini’s score and some excellent singing

FranceFrance Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Chorus, Children’s Choir and Orchestra of Paris Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by François Roussillon) from the Opéra Bastille, Paris, 13.11.2023. (JPr)\

Iréne Theorin (Turandot) and Brian Jagde (Calaf) in Robert Wilson’s Turandot

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CALLAS – PARIS, 1958 in cinemas soon should not be missed by opera lovers of whatever vintage

FranceFrance CALLAS – PARIS, 1958: Maria Callas (soprano), featured soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris / Georges Sébastian (conductor). Filmed for ORTF by Roger Benamou on 19.12.1958 and released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 11 & 12.11.2023. (JPr)

Maria Callas © Fonds de Dotation Maria Callas

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Jerome Robbins evening at the Paris Opera Ballet: can it ever be better than this?

FranceFrance Jerome Robbins: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 25.10.2023. (JO’D)

Jerome Robbins’s The Concert: Vessela Pelovska (piano), Hannah O’Neill and Pauline Verdusen © Julien Benhamou/OnP

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Serebrennikov’s new Paris Opera Lohengrin is utterly compelling theatre despite confusing moments

FranceFrance Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra national de Paris / Alexander Soddy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Myriam Hoyer) from the Opéra Bastille, Paris, 24.10.2023 and available on medici.tv from 1.11.2023. (JPr)

Paris Opera’s Lohengrin Act I © Charles-Duprat/OnP

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Fully restored CALLAS – PARIS, 1958 is exclusively in cinemas during November and December

Celebrating Maria Callas’s Centenary, her historical performance is fully restored for the first time in colour exclusively for the big screen

CALLAS – PARIS, 1958
Released in the UK and Ireland 11-12 November 2023
CLICK HERE for all global release dates

(P)REVIEWED HERE

Director and Producer – Tom Volf
Production and Restoration – Samuel Francois-Steininger
International Distribution – Piece of Magic Entertainment
Runtime – 90 minutes

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