Hérold: La Fille mal gardée (The Royal Ballet)
Video | 1 months ago
Lise is the only daughter of Widow Simone, the owner of a prosperous farm. She is in love with the young farmer Colas, but her mother has higher ambitions for her, hoping to marry her off to Alain, the son of the wealthy proprietor Thomas. Desperate to marr...
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Trial by Jury / A Matter of Misconduct! (Scottish Opera Double Bill)
Video | 2 months ago
A dazzling double-bill of classic G&S comedy and new writing from Scottish Opera Trial by Jury, first performed in 1875, is the first major hit from the partnership of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Set around a classic case of broken vows – the defendan...
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Fairytale Ballets Boxset (The Royal Ballet)
Video | 3 months ago
The Royal Ballet’s perfect pairing of *Marianela Nuñez* and *Vadim Muntagirov* takes centre stage in this collection of four fairytale favourites. Royal Ballet founding choreographer Frederick Ashton’s *Cinderella* was brought back to Covent Garden in 2023 ...
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Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works (The Royal Ballet)
Clip | 4 months ago
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works showcasing the extraordinary versatility of The Royal Ballet’s Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon. His hugely successful career, spanning ballet to musica...
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Scènes de ballet | A Month in the Country | Rhapsody (The Royal Ballet)
Video | 5 months ago
This collection celebrates the masterful artistry of The Royal Ballet’s Founder Choreographer, Frederick Ashton, with three defining works. A pioneer of 20th-century dance, Ashton brought elegance, innovation and emotional depth to the stage, shaping the id...
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Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Video | 9 months ago
*Now available on Amazon Prime Video.* ‘Come on, and kiss me, Kate’ In a reimagined 1590, society is a matriarchy. Baptista Minola is seeking to sell off her son Katherine to the highest bidder. Cue an explosive battle of the sexes in this electrically char...
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Shakespeare: Measure for Measure (The Royal Shakespeare Company)
Video | 9 months ago
*Now available on Amazon Prime Video.* ‘To whom should I complain?’ When a young novice nun is compromised by a corrupt official, who offers to save her brother from execution in return for sex, she has no idea where to turn for help. When she threatens to ...
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Shakespeare: Timon of Athens (The Royal Shakespeare Company)
Video | 9 months ago
*Now available on Amazon Prime Video.* In a world driven by greed, what do we truly value? Timon has it all – money, influence, friends. Surely it can’t last? When the money runs out, Timon soon finds her influence and friends have also gone. Left alone, sh...
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Shakespeare: As You Like It (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Video | 10 months ago
*Now available on Amazon Prime Video.* 'Love is merely a madness' Rosalind is banished from Court. With her best friend Celia by her side, she journeys to a world of exile. But not before catching the eye of love-struck Orlando, who is also forced from the ...
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Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Video | 10 months ago
*Now available on Amazon Prime Video.* “Love all. Trust a few. Do wrong to none” Helena is convinced that she and wealthy Bertram are #CoupleGoals. He’s not so sure. After engineering their betrothal, Helena will go to any length to bring her idealised vers...
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Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Video | 10 months ago
*Now available on Amazon Prime Video* “My only love sprung from my only hate!” What if your first true love was someone you’d been told to hate? Ripped apart by the bitter division of their parents, two young people will risk everything to be together. The ...
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Shakespeare: Richard III (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Review | 10 months ago
*Now available on Amazon Prime Video.* ‘Conscience is but a word that cowards use’ Young Richard of Gloucester uses the chaos of the Wars of the Roses to begin his unscrupulous climb to power. Despite being manifestly unfit to govern, he seizes the crown as...
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