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The Royal Ballet streams MacMillan’s ‘Anastasia’ online
The Royal Ballet is providing audiences with a wonderfully wide range of works in its current selection of online performances, and this next production – Kenneth MacMillan’s Anastasia – demonstrates just how diverse the Company’s repertoire is. Anastasia brings to the stage of the Royal Opera House the story of Anna Anderson, a psychiatric patient…
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San Francisco Opera launches Opera in ON with Boito’s ‘Mefistofele’
In September 2013, San Francisco Opera staged a remarkable production of Arrigo Boito’s Mefistofele. Regarded as one of the most impressive productions ever staged at the War Memorial Opera House, Mefistofele – from the Company’s archives – is being streamed online on May 9, in the first production of Opera is ON, the Company’s online…
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San Francisco Ballet presents free weekly streams of performances
San Francisco Ballet is currently presenting a free weekly stream to audiences the world over, featuring commissioned works from the 2018 Unbound festival, and well as performances from the Company’s extensive repertoire. For its first full-length online presentation, the Company has selected Romeo and Juliet – Helgi Tomasson’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragic story of the…
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English National Ballet streams Nureyev’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Continuing its Wednesday Watch Parties on ENB at Home, English National Ballet this week presents Leading Principal Dancers Alina Cojocaru and Isaac Hernández in Rudolf Nureyev’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragic tale of young love – Romeo and Juliet. The work was created for the Company (then known as Festival Ballet) to celebrate the Queen’s Silver…
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Royal Ballet streams Wheeldon’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’
Christopher Wheeldon’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s play The Winter’s Tale, for The Royal Ballet, will be shared with audiences the world over as it streams online this evening, 1st May. Created as a co-production between The Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada, The Winter’s Tale – scored by Joby Talbot, with designs by Bob…
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Metropolitan Opera streams performances every night of the week
During the current closure of the Metropolitan Opera season, the Company is ensuring that audiences around the world are still able to watch some of its magnificent repertoire of works. Each night of the week, a different opera from the Company’s Live in HD series is being made available for free streaming on the Met website,…
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SFJAZZ invites you to ‘Fridays at Five’
SFJAZZ has launched a series of online performances called Fridays at Five in which you can watch exclusive footage from some of the finest concerts staged at the SFJAZZ Center over the past few years. Enjoy this series from the comfort of your own home, and you don’t even have to be in San Francisco…
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English National Ballet premieres ‘Broken Wings’ online
As of this week, English National Ballet is inviting audiences around the world to watch a selection of full-length recordings of some of the Company’s performances – not yet seen online. The Wednesday Watch Parties are part of the ENB at HOME initiative, and these performances will be premiered online – and free – on…
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Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo screens ‘Casse-Noisette Compagnie’
In a welcome initiative at a time when all theatrical productions have had to be cancelled, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo – in association with Monaco Info and France 3 Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur – are screening Jean-Christophe Maillot’s acclaimed production of Casse-Noisette Compagnie. This interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker is Maillot’s very own, and it’s the…
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English National Opera presents Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
Mozart’s much-loved opera buffa, The Marriage of Figaro, is the latest production in English National Opera’s current season. A co-production with Opera Wuppertal, it’s directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins and stars bass-baritone Božidar Smiljanić in the title role, with soprano Louise Alder as the servant Susanna, baritone Johnathan McCullough as the Count, and soprano Elizabeth Watts…
