Month: October 2020

Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur has opened the 2020/21 season with a spectacular online production – the opera Akhnaten by contemporary composer Philip Glass, produced and choreographed by Lucinda Childs. Originally intended to run for four performances as of 1st November, the Akhnaten season had to be postponed, due to the enforced closure of theatres during…

In a hugely welcome development, San Francisco Playhouse directors Bill English and Susi Damilano are thrilled to announce their first production of the new season – an online video stream of Yasmina Reza’s highly successful play, Art. Filming took place this week at the Playhouse, with professional costumes, set, lighting, sound and props design, making…

Highly charismatic, exceptionally creative and hugely popular with orchestras and audiences alike, Michael Tilson Thomas is the subject of the latest PBS documentary in its American Masters series – Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is. Recently retired after a 25-year tenure as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, MTT – as he’s affectionately known…

In the second production of its Fall ‘Opera is ON’ season, San Francisco Opera streams a performance of Giuseppi Verdi’s Attila, recorded during a live performance in 2012, marking only the second occasion on which this opera was staged at the War Memorial Opera House. The title role is sung by Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto,…

Breaking off from its highly successful, and ongoing tour, to Biarritz, the German city of Ludwigshafen and Paris, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo presents the first programme of the Winter Season in Monaco, showcasing two works by Choreographer-Director Jean-Christophe Maillot. In the first programme of the Monaco season, the Company performs Altro Canto 1 and Vers…

San Francisco Opera continues to keep opera alive for its many enthusiasts – and in presenting the fall season online, gives many opera lovers the world over an opportunity to enjoy productions by this top tier company as well. This fall, San Francisco Opera presents Puccini’s Tosca, Verdi’s Attila and Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro…

The Royal Ballet celebrates its return to the stage with a performance streamed live from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden on 9th October. In a programme curated by Director Kevin O’Hare, Royal Ballet principals – Matthew Ball, Federico Bonelli, Alexander Campbell, Francesca Hayward, Ryoichi Hirano, Sarah Lamb, Laura Morera, Vadim Muntagirov, Yasmine Naghdi,…

When Jerome Robbins created Dances at a Gathering for New York City Ballet in 1969, he was returning to ballet after 13 highly successful years as a Broadway choreographer. For the score, he turned to the music which had been his first love – the mazurkas, waltzes and études of Frédéric Chopin. He saw –…

The SFJAZZ Fridays at Five online sessions are proving hugely popular for jazz enthusiasts to share their love of the music, virtually bringing them to San Francisco from around the world, to enjoy an hour of stellar performances each week, to ‘meet’ the musicians, and also to support musicians in need. During the month of…