Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote Returns to the Royal Ballet and is Vibrant and Enthusiastically Danced

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Minkus (arr. Martin Yates), Don Quixote: Dancers of the Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 16.2.2019. (JPr)

Akane Takada as Kitri in 2014 (c) Bill Cooper

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Alagna and Kurzak lift Richard Eyre’s Met Opera Carmen revival to another level

United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York / Louis Langrée (conductor). Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 2.2.2019. (JPr)

Clémentine Margaine (Carmen) & Roberto Alagna (Don José) (c) The Metropolitan Opera

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Jaho, Castronovo and Domingo Breathe New Life into a 25th Anniversary Royal Opera Traviata

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and broadcast live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 30.1.2019. (JPr)

Plácido Domingo (Georgio Germont) & Ermonela Jaho (Violetta Valéry)
(c) Catherine Ashmore

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Jurowski speeds the radiant London Philharmonic and an uneven cast through Die Walküre

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.1.2019. (JPr)

Dress rehearsal photo of Ruxandra Donose (Sieglinde) and Stuart Skelton (Siegmund) © Simon Jay Price

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The Global Phenomenon Notre Dame de Paris Makes a Captivating Return to London

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Notre Dame de Paris (Richard Cocciante [music] and Luc Plamondon [lyrics]): Singers, Dancers, Musicians, Acrobats and Break Dancers of the Notre Dame de Paris Company, English National Opera Orchestra / Matthew Brind (conductor). London Coliseum, 23.1.2019. (JPr)

Cast of Notre Dame de Paris (c) Alessandro Dobici

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Tchaikovsky Plays the Hand Herheim Gives Him in the Royal Opera’s The Queen of Spades

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Directed for the screen by Francesca Kemp and broadcast from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 22.1.2019. (JPr)

The Royal Opera’s The Queen of Spades (c) Catherine Ashmore

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