Jim Pritchard

Barrie Kosky’s minimally staged, flawed Royal Opera Walküre, is great music theatre nonetheless

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Walküre: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Peter Jones) from the Royal Opera House, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 14.5.2025. (JPr)

Soloman Howard (Hunding), Natalya Romaniw (Sieglinde) and Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Siegmund) © RBO/Monika Rittershaus

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Eleonora Buratto was an outstanding Cio-Cio-San in Berlin Philharmonic’s exceptional Madama Butterfly

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GermanyGermany Puccini, Madama Butterfly (concert performance): Soloists, Rundfunkchor Berlin (chief conductor: Gijs Leenaars), Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Broadcast live from the Berlin Philharmonie (directed by Michael Beyer) on the Digital Concert Hall, 27.4.2025. (JPr)

Kirill Petrenko conducts Jonathan Tetelman (Pinkerton), Eleonora Buratto (Cio-Cio-San) and the Berlin Philharmonic © Berlin Philharmonic

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: see it on tour and let your imagination do most of the work

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (based on the novel by C. S. Lewis): Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 15.4.2025. (JPr)

Kudzai Mangombe (Lucy), Stanton Wright (Aslan) and Joanna Adaran (Susan) © Brinkhoff/Moegenburg

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Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta headlines an exceptional cast in Vienna’s intriguing new production

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AustriaAustria Tchaikovsky, Iolanta: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ella Galliani) from Vienna State Opera, 6.4.2025. (JPr)

Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta at the Vienna State Opera © Michael Pöhn/WS

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Sondra Radvanovsky brings her own ideas about Turandot to The Royal Opera’s much-revived production

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Rafael Payare (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Bridget Caldwell) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 1.4.2025. (JPr)

Sondra Radvanovsky (Princess Turandot), SeokJong Baek (Calaf) and Paul Hopwood (Emperor Altoum) © Tristram Kenton

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Muntagirov and Kaneko are a memorable Romeo and Juliet in the MacMillan ballet’s 60th anniversary

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor), Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 20.3.2025. (JPr)

Vadim Muntagirov as Romeo and Fumi Kaneko as Juliet © Tristram Kenton

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