For the first time ever, you can experience these classics from anywhere – at home, on the go, on your mobile, desktop, laptop or Smart TV. The extensive catalogue, which includes full-length performances spanning two decades, features many of the Royal Opera House’s most beloved works: Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée, Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale, Wagner’s Die Walküre, Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Anna Nicole and Puccini’s Tosca. Both are available in UHD, and come complete with wrap-around material – an opera masterclass, artists in conversation, and a sneak peek at The Royal Ballet’s rehearsals ahead of their world premiere.Īlongside those new titles, Royal Opera House Stream offers an extraordinary collection of 45 curated treasures – perfect for seasoned theatregoers and those new to our art forms, looking to deepen their knowledge. The first selection contains two of last Season’s most celebrated productions: Wayne McGregor’s award-winning The Dante Project, available from launch and Oliver Mears’ five-star Rigoletto, featuring the outstanding Carlos Álvarez and flawless Lisette Oropesa, available from Thursday 20 October 2022. With family favourites and modern masterpieces – heartbreaking arias and passionate pas-de-deux – Royal Opera House Stream offers it all: truly transformative experiences for only £9.99 a month or £99 annually.īrand-new titles will be made available monthly, along with behind-the-scenes content.
Join today to watch the world’s greatest performers, emerging talent, leading choreographers and trailblazing creative teams from the comfort of your own home. The opening sequence using old vinyl records reminded us that we can still hear her voice on our ancient turntables.īravo to Royal Ballet for embracing new work.Today, the Royal Opera House launches its brand-new streaming service – offering 45 stunning works from The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera’s rich archives, and over 85 behind-the-scenes features, trailers, talks and Insights. With an exquisite score by composer Phillip Feeney, incorporating moving and powerful cello music by Elgar, Beethoven, Faure, Mendelssohn, Piatti, Rachmaninov and Schubert, played by soloist Hetty Snell. And time to explore coping with her heart-breaking decline. More on her relationship with Barenboim and the tensions between classical musicians. How much more could have been made of her early years (she never finished her school exams), her ambitious mother and her relationship with her sister Hilary, a flautist. This is a tragic story on a grand scale and deserves more narrative.
However, what a shame that this was not a two-act ballet. The Artists as narrators were often underused due to the constrictions of time in the storytelling. The choreography was swirling and strong but the flat feet as she was lifted embodying the playing position, proved a discordant image. Lauren Cuthbertson has wonderful lyrical qualities and gave a sympathetic moving performance, coming into her own in the final tragic scene, alone on the stage in a single chair. Mathew Ball danced the Husband (Barenboim), often side-lined by her love of her instrument. Sambe, portraying the Cello (A Stradivarius), was an ingenious, moving metaphor and he embodied it with delicacy. She had the resources of Lauren Cuthbertson, one of the finest dancers in the company, newly promoted principal Marcelino Sambe and rising star Matthew Ball at her command. Making a narrative ballet is a challenge and condensing into a one-hour performance is even more so. She is sought after by many companies as a choreographer, but this was coming home as she trained at the Royal Ballet School.
Kathy Marston, former director of the Bern Ballet, took on a huge task with this work. Her life was a giddy rise to fame celebrated around the world as she flew from one concert hall to another, marrying pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, and becoming the golden couple of the day. She was regarded as the finest cellist of her generation. In her first commission for the Royal Ballet in 2020 choreographer Kathy Marston chose to tell the story of the renowned cellist Jaqueline du Pre, whose career was cut short by the onset of multiple sclerosis. She was forced to stop performing at 28 and died at age 42.
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