Dec 13, 2024 · Swan Lake was the basis of a sea-change in the status of Bourne’s company.Since its inception it has been seen all over the world, garnering rave reviews and sold-out houses everywhere it goes. As always, Bourne’s gentle but highly effective sense of humour shines through it, alongside his humanity and willingness to avoid sugar-coating threat or tragedy.

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Nov 17, 2024 · The Metropolitan Opera is presenting 13 performances of Puccini's Tosca this season, broken into chunks of five, four and four, with breaks in between and each with a different and strong cast. I don't think it's untoward to say that most eyes and ears were glued to the central four (ending on 23rd November), which featured debutant Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi, Met favorite Quinn Kelsey ...

Sep 11, 2023 · Unsurprisingly, Central European orchestras fared strongly: the Berlin Philharmonic was one of three German orchestras in our top ten, joined by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (3rd) and Leipzig Gewandhaus (9th); the Budapest Festival Orchestra punched well above its weight at 8th; and the Vienna Philharmonic were the …

Jan 1, 2025 · In another Met role debut, Piotr Beczała cut a dashing figure but was a less than vocally luminous Radamès. Recovering from a bad cold, he offered some elegant phrasing in “Celeste Aida”, his difficult opening aria, especially in its closing lines where he observed Verdi’s morendo marking on the final high B flat, but was far from his best throughout the rest of the act.

Dec 15, 2024 · Like many, I was growing tired of the version that had been presented since 2010 and particularly its unseasonably spartan second act set and have looked forward to the advent of this eleventh ENB Nutcracker – and the first to be choreographed by artistic director, Aaron S. Watkin (in collaboration with Arielle Smith).The good news is that it is a distinct improvement on its predecessor ...

Nov 7, 2024 · Picking up where the first series left off, The Mirror and the Light opens in the aftermath of Anne Boleyn’s execution, with the cunning Tudor politician Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) rising to greater heights in the court of King Henry VIII (Damian Lewis).. Fans of the first Wolf Hall will be glad to hear that, alongside the cast, the core creative team have returned as well, including ...

Dec 11, 2024 · La rondine isn’t seen enough and, in this centenary year, what better way both to commemorate the great man’s death and to celebrate the first season with the London Symphony Orchestra of that Puccini interpreter par excellence than to see a concert performance under Sir Antonio Pappano.Serendipitously, he and the LSO have history with this work, making their first recording together ...

Jan 1, 2025 · The enduring delights of Sir Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker, first aired in 1990 with Birmingham Royal Ballet, look set to carry on drawing in audiences for another few decades.It has had some tweaking, Sir David Bintley is credited with this production (not choreography) and inevitably, what has now become a regular slot – the version shown at the Royal Albert Hall – has required some ...

Jan 26, 2025 · Armstrong, Bendix-Balgley, Grosz, Choi, Ortega Quero, Manz, Viotti, Minetti Quartet, Quatuor Hermès, Schumann Quartet