Jim Pritchard

Jukebox IDOLS with The Overtones is an upbeat and uplifting song and dance spectacular

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Overtones’s Jukebox IDOLS: The Overtones with dancers Nadiya Bychkova, Louis Smith, Mia Bowers, Kiera Brunton, James Cutler and India Taylor. Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 13.6.2026. (JPr)

‘Moon River’ with The Overtones and Nadiya Bychkova and James Cutler © Ieuan Bradfield.

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Vocal excellence from Luca Salsi and Anna Netrebko in a strike-hit La Scala performance of a new Nabucco

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ItalyItaly Verdi, Nabucodonosor (Nabucco): Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Ella Gallieni) from Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 29.5.2026. (JPr)

Anna Netrebko (Abigaille) © Bresia e Amisano/Teatro alla Scala

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Rattle’s viscerally exciting LSO Wagner showcased Elizabeth DeShong’s Waltraute masterclass

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner: Anja Kampe (soprano, Brünnhilde), Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano, Waltraute), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 24.5.2026. (JPr) ****

Elizabeth DeShong sings as Waltraute with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle © Mark Allan/LSO

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Gatti, Orfeó Català, Staatskapelle Dresden and four stellar soloists perform a Verdi Requiem for the ages

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SpainSpain Verdi, Requiem: Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Bernheim (tenor), Riccardo Zanellato (bass), Orfeó Català (chorus director: Xavier Puig), Staatskapelle Dresden / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Marc Pasteau) on medici.tv from the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, 19.5.2026. (JPr)

Soprano Eleonora Buratto and mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča

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Lithuanian Asmik Grigorian stars with Russians and Ukrainians in the Met’s superbly sung Eugene Onegin

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United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Timur Zangiev (conductor). The Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD broadcast 3.5.2026 (directed by Gary Halvorson) and seen at the Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 5.5.2026. (JPr)

Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Prince Gremin), Asmik Grigorian (Tatiana) and Iurii Samoilov (Eugene Onegin) © Evan Zimmerman/The Met

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Tomasz Konieczny is a very impressive Dutchman in Vienna’s shipbound Der fliegende Holländer

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AustriaAustria Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Anna Gallieni) from Vienna State Opera, 3.5.2026. (JPr)

Tomasz Konieczny (Dutchman) and Erica Eloff (Senta)  © WS/Michael Pöhn

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Tschernischova’s Vienna Giselle is a very familiar one, yet superbly danced in its latest revival

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AustriaAustria Elena Tschernischova’s Giselle: Dancers of Vienna State Ballet, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Luciano Di Martino (conductor). Broadcast live from the Vienna State Opera (directed by Anna Gettel), 26.4.2026. (JPr)

Laura Fernandez Gromova (Giselle) and António Casalinho (Count Albrecht)

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