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Glyndebourne Festival 2013
Ariadne auf Naxos
The 2013 Glyndebourne Festival opens with a new production of this compelling and intricately crafted collaboration between composer Richard Strauss and writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal. After the enormous success of Der Rosenkavalier, the two men conceived the idea of a light entertainment, a small trifle to amuse and divert the public. 2 h 45 mins
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Glyndebourne Festival 2013
Hippolyte and Aricie
When Rameau died in 1764, the Mercure de France concluded its obituary with the words “Here lies the God of Harmony.” In many ways he defined 18th-century French music, publishing his widely influential Treaty on Harmony in 1722. Hippolyte et Aricie was Rameau’s first work for the stage, written when he was nearly 50. It is also Glyndebourne’s first production of an opera by Rameau, and will strike audiences, as it did in Paris in 1733, with its richness of invention. 3 h 45 mins
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Glyndebourne Festival 2013
Don Pasquale
Donizetti was an enormously prolific composer. Don Pasquale is the 64th of his 66 operas, and was written only a year before the onset of the syphilis-induced dementia that was eventually to overwhelm him. Given the circumstances, it is hardly surprising that the diamond-bright wit and brilliance of this opera also has a distinctly dark side. Danielle de Niese, who is acknowledged as one of the world’s most talented and charismatic artists and has been described as “the world’s coolest soprano” by the New York Times, performs the role of Norina. 2 h 45 mins
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Mariinsky Theatre
Swan Lake
For the first time ever the world's most loved ballet Swan Lake is being presented Live from the city where it was created - and by the company which produces many of the greatest dance stars. (Pavlova, Nureyev, Barishnikov - many more). This special event - celebrating 275 years since Russian ballet began - will be available for cinema audiences across the globe to enjoy live.
The "genius" of Tchaikovsky's incredible score and the "genius" of the choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov bring you the version of Swan Lake the world loves. Lyrical, mysterious and dramatic, the Mariinsky create an imaginary world where Prince Siegfried and the swan-princess Odette affirm their love for each other, conquering the forces of evil.
Tchaikovsky's ravishing music combines with peerless choreography showing the Mariinsky's famed corps de ballet in all its beauty. Starring Ekaterina Kondaurova in the classic role of Odette/Odile.
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NT Live
The Audience
Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in the sell-out West End production of The Audience, broadcast as part of National Theatre Live.
For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace – a meeting like no other in British public life – it is private. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said. Not even to their spouses.
The Audience breaks this contract of silence – and imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street incumbents and their Queen. From Churchill to Cameron, each Prime Minister has used these private conversations as a sounding board and a confessional – sometimes intimate, sometimes explosive.
From young mother to grandmother, these private audiences chart the arc of the second Elizabethan Age. Politicians come and go through the revolving door of electoral politics, while she remains constant, waiting to welcome her next Prime Minister.
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NT Live
Othello
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Pop-Up Opera
Rita/La Serva Padrona
Two one-act operas take place on the same stage, their scenes and stories intertwined. One mute servant appears in both, tying the two tales together. A scene of commotion arises when the dominating Rita and her timid husband Peppe receive an unexpected visit from Rita’s first husband Gaspar. Each believing the other to have died, Gaspar unknowingly arrives seeking Rita's death certificate so he can remarry. Peppe sees it as an opportunity to escape, as Gaspar is still Rita's legal husband. The two men agree to a game, the winner of which will have to stay with Rita. Each of them tries to lose, but Gaspar cunningly manipulates Rita and Peppe to fall in love again. Meanwhile, wealthy old bachelor Uberto is kept under the thumb of his maid Serpina. He enlists his manservant Vespone to help him get rid of Serpina by finding him a wife. Serpina convinces Vespone to trick Uberto into marrying her. Their elaborate plan works and by the time Uberto has agreed to marry Serpina he realises he has loved her all along. Sublime singing in a gorgeous setting.
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The Royal Opera House live
Gloriana
The Royal Opera live from The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
GLORIANA by Benjamin Britten
Britten’s portrait of the public and private faces of Elizabeth I is a brilliant depiction of the Tudor court and the tension between affairs of state and affairs of the heart. Focusing on Elizabeth’s relationship with the young Earl of Essex, Gloriana captures the dichotomy between the public image of the Virgin Queen and her seething personal feelings – a familiar dichotomy in these days of celebrity-worship and
media scrutiny. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House: Conductor Paul Daniel
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The Urban Folk Quartet
The Urban Folk Quartet in concert
Joe Broughton, Paloma Trigas, Frank Moon and Tom Chapman are The Urban Folk Quartet. Four highly accomplished musicians, a dozen instruments and four voices coming together to put on a high energy show of grooving, globally - influenced folk music that will take your breath away.
In just under two years The UFQ have taken the European folk scene by storm, taking their blinding brand of electrifying acoustic music across the continent, packing out concert halls and playing major festivals. This summer saw The UFQ embark on their biggest adventure yet - a rollercoaster ride of gigs across Spain, Germany, Canada, Italy and the UK, playing everything from secluded coves to 30,000 capacity festival fields.
As well as this, their 17 date sell out UK November Tour 2011 received great reviews and with the upcoming release of the band’s second Studio Album ‘Off Beaten Tracks’ you won’t want to miss them live!
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www.theufq.com
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