Month: May 2022

German conductor Ruth Reinhardt makes her debut with the San Francisco Symphony in a concert which stars Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov performing the West Coast Premiere of Mason Bates’ new Piano Concerto, co-commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra. The program opens with Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski’s Om fotspår och ljus (Of…

On 19th May, The Royal Ballet presents Tchaikovsky’s legendary Swan Lake live in cinemas around the United Kingdom, with an encore on Sunday 22nd May. This revival – based on the original choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov – is by the late Liam Scarlett, a former dancer with the company and Artist in…

As part of its ongoing The Met: Live in HD series, the Metropolitan Opera streams Puccini’s grand opera Turandot in cinemas the world over this coming weekend. This spectacular production, by Italian director, designer, and producer of opera, theatre, motion pictures and television, the late Franco Zeffirelli, is described by the Huffington Post as “….…