Jim Pritchard

The immense promise of Grigoryan and De Tommaso radiates out of Zeffirelli’s vintage Met La bohème

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United StatesUnited States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Keri Lynn-Wilson (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Gary Halvorson) at the Met on 8.11.2025 and seen at the Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex. (JPr)

Freddie De Tommaso (Rodolfo) and Julian Grigoryan (Mimì) © Karen Almond/Met Opera

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Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé are delightful in Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée ‘for 2025’

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sir Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Jonathan Lo (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 5.11.2025. (JPr)

Francesca Hayward (Lise) and Marcelino Sambé (Colas) © Alice Pennefather

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With laughter, song and dance, Anton Du Beke at the Musicals is a show you wish would never end

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Anton Du Beke at the Musicals: Anton Du Beke, Lance Ellington (singer), Lucy Nolan and Lowri Beth Evans (singer/dancers), dancers and musicians. Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 3.11.2025. (JPr)

Lance Ellington and Anton Du Beke

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Vienna’s darkly dramatic Pelléas et Mélisande is sung exceptionally by Villazón, Lindsey and Keenlyside

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AustriaAustria Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Alain Altinoglu (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ella Gallieni) from Vienna State Opera, 2.11.2025. (JPr)

Rolando Villazón (Pelléas) and Kate Lindsey (Mélisande) © WS/Michael Pöhn

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Nadine Sierra is the Amina of your dreams in the Met’s new La Sonnambula

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United StatesUnited States Bellini, La Sonnambula: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Gary Halbvorson) at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 18.10.2025 and viewed as an encore showing at the Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex. (JPr)

Nadine Sierra (Amina) in La Sonnambula Act II © Marty Sohl/Met Opera

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(P)review of National Theatre Live’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession at a UK and Ireland cinema from 23 October

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession: Recorded live (directed by Tim Van Someren) at London’s Garrick Theatre and shown widely in cinemas by National Theatre Live across the UK and Ireland from 23rd October. (JPr)

Bessie Carter (Vivie Warren) and Imelda Staunton (Mrs. Kitty Warren) © Johan Persson

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