Jim Pritchard

Sir David Pountney’s Guillaume Tell still hits the target in Vienna

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AustriaAustria Rossini, Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Transmitted live (directed by Dominic Zepczynski) from the Vienna State Opera, 16.3.2024. (JPr)

Vienna State Opera’s Guillaume Tell © Michael Pöhn/Weiner Staatsoper

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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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