Jim Pritchard

You needed to be there: a (p)review of NT Live’s The Motive and the Cue as Gielgud and Burton clash in 1964

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom NT Live – Jack Thorne’s The Motive and the Cue: Currently on at London’s Noel Coward Theatre until 23.3.2024. It was filmed live in 2023 (directed by Matthew Amos) at London’s Lyttleton Theatre and it will be available in cinemas from 21.3.2024. (JPr)

The Motive and the Cue © Mark Douet

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By showing us war is cruel does little to improve Verdi’s uneven La forza del destino at the Met

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United StatesUnited States Verdi, La forza del destino: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). A Live in HD broadcast (directed by Gary Halvorson) from New York’s Metropolitan Opera to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 9.3.2024. (JPr)

Lise Davidsen (Leonora) and Igor Golovatenko (Carlo) © Karen Almond/Met Opera

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A superb Covent Garden revival of Tim Albery’s production showcases Bryn Terfel’s outstanding Dutchman

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Henrik Nánási (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 29.2.2024. (JPr)

Elisabet Strid (Senta) in Tim Albery’s The Flying Dutchman © Tristram Kenton

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In Dresden: Vogt’s fine role debut in another remarkable Tristan und Isolde from Thielemann

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Tiziano Mancini) in January 2024 at the Semperoper Dresden and available now on medici.tv. (JPr)

Klaus Florian Vogt (Tristan) and Camilla Nylund (Isolde) © Ludwig Olah

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Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra’s memorable Mahler Sixth

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NetherlandsNetherlands R. Strauss, Mahler: Chen Reiss (soprano), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Lahav Shani (conductor). Broadcast live on medici.tv (directed by Dick Kuijs) from De Doelen Concert Hall, Rotterdam, 16.2.2024. (JPr)

Lahav Shani conducts soprano Chen Reiss and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra © medici.tv

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