No images? Click here Welcome to our weekly newsletter with recommendations for streamed concerts, opera and dance. Bachtrack continues to be your trusty guide to live events still happening, as well as a portal to online performances with our library of over 1,000 “live-streamed” or “on demand” events. We publish reviews covering the best of both worlds. Top Ten: Operatic drinking songsPub gardens have reopened in the UK this week, so raise a glass or two to celebrate... but, unlike Turiddu, please stay socially distanced! New from around the worldAmsterdam Munich London London Stockholm Basel Opera is back!After a summer bereft of live opera performances in 2020, dozens of UK companies and festivals are planning their return to action. Here's David Karlin's whistle-stop tour of what's coming. Recommended OperaParsifal Pelléas et Mélisande Romeo und Julia Luisa Miller G is for GroupieHow to find inspiration? In this month's column, Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut explores the world of vibrato and shares his journey following in the footsteps of the great masters of the past, including Itzhak Perlman, Arthur Grumiaux and Christian Ferras. Recommended DanceDer Schneesturm E una sera... Chopin Romeo and Juliet The Dying Swans Project Latest reviewsPhotography credits: Playlist, Cavalleria rusticana © ROH | Catherine Ashmore; Víkingur Ólafsson © Ari Magg, Lisette Oropesa © Jason Homa, Christian Thielemann © Matthias Creutziger | Staatskapelle Dresden, Mahan Esfahani © Kaja Smith, Andreas Ottensamer © Dan Carabas, Chorus of Dutch National Opera and Ching-Lien Wu © Nico Alsemgeest, Chloë Hanslip and Danny Driver © Kaupo Kikkas, Andris Poga © Jean Philippe Raibaud, Giovanni Antonini © Marco Borggreve; Opera festivals, Nevill Holt Theatre © NHO | Gary Summers; Parsifal © Michael Pöhn | Wiener Staatsoper GmbH, Romeo und Julia © Hans Jörg Michel | Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Pelléas et Mélisande © Teatro Regio di Parma, Luisa Miller © Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Der Schneesturm © Bayerisches Staatsballett, E uns sera... Chopin © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Romeo and Juliet © Marta Wódz, The Dying Swans Project © Jeanette Bak; Rambert © Camilla Greenwell, NYCB © Erin Baiano, Orchestre Métropolitain © Antoine Saito If you were forwarded this newsletter and enjoyed it, then do click here to subscribe. Stay safe and enjoy our streaming recommendations. |