Jim Pritchard

Gergiev’s remarkable ensemble of singing-actors make Vienna’s The Queen of Spades revival still relevant

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AustriaAustria Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Valery Gergiev (conductor). Livestreamed from the Vienna State Opera (directed by Jasmina Eleta), 27.1.2022. (JPr)

Vienna State Opera’s The Queen of Spades Act II Scene 1 © Michael Poehn

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Vienna State Ballet’s Liebeslieder is a captivating Jerome Robbins, Lucinda Childs and George Balanchine triple bill

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AustriaAustria Liebeslieder (Jerome Robbins’s Other Dances, Lucinda Childs’s Concerto, and George Balanchine’s Liebeslieder Walzer): Dancers of Vienna State Ballet, Johanna Wallroth (soprano), Stephanie Maitland (mezzo-soprano), Hiroshi Amako (tenor), Ilja Kazakov (bass), Stephen Hopkins, Sarah Tysman and Igor Zapravdin (pianists). Livestreamed (directed by Balázs Delbó) from the Wiener Staatsoper, 14.1.2022. (JPr)

Lucinda Childs’s Concerto

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Kirill Karabits’s Mahler is an encouraging debut with the London Symphony Orchestra

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler: Lucy Crowe (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor). Half Six Fix performance (8.12.2021) recorded (directed by Phil Glenny) at Barbican Hall, London, and streaming on Marquee TV from 6.1.2022. (JPr)

Lucy Crowe (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits (conductor)

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The Secret is out: Scottish Ballet are having a festive ball on film

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s The Secret Theatre: Dancers of Scottish Ballet, Scottish Ballet Orchestra / Gavin Sutherland and Jean-Claude Picard (conductors). Currently streaming (directed for the screen by Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple) on Marquee TV. (JPr)

Jerome Anthony Barnes (Nutcracker Prince) and Sophie Martin (Sugar Plum Fairy)

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