Stage to Screen

Stage to Screen - Mayo Movie World Cinema – January Programme

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Romeo and Juliette (Gounod) Saturday 9th January @ 7pm

Opera in HD from Salzburg

Stage director Bartlett Sher (winner of this year’s best director of a musical Tony Award for his revival of South Pacific on Broadway) makes his European opera debut with this production of Roméo et Juliette at the Felsenreitschule. Rolando Villazón, one of the leading lyric tenors of our day who has been acclaimed for performances at theatres across the world, acts as Romeo. Juliette is played by the young Georgian soprano Nino Machaizde, who made her La Scala debut in 2006 as Najade in Ariadne auf Naxos under the baton of Jeffrey Tate.  The young French-Canadian conductor,Yannick Nézet-Séguin, music director designate of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conducts for the first time in Salzburg.

 

Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky) Saturday 16th January @ 7pm

Ballet in HD from The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Yolanda Sonnabend's Faberge-inspired designs evoke a world of Imperial Russia in Anthony Dowell's acclaimed production for The Royal Ballet of one of the world's best-loved ballets. Marianela Nuñez as Odette/Odile and Thiago Soares as Prince Siegfried bring new vitality to a compelling story of tragic romance. The Russian conductor Valeriy Ovsyanikov directs the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in Tchaikovsky's lush romantic score. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound.

 

Salome (Strauss) Tuesday 19th January @ 7.30pm

Opera live in HD from Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Strauss's first international hit follows Salome, step-daughter of Herod, as she becomes obsessed with John The Baptist, who is held captive by the King. Herod lusts after his step-daughter, but John does not; a failing that results in his downfall.

 

Don Carlo (Verdi) Saturday 23rd January @ 6pm

Opera in HD from The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

In this majestic production of Verdi’s Don Carlo, Riccardo Chailly’s qualities as a Verdi conductor are brilliantly displayed in the dramatic precision and transparent instrumental detail he draws from both orchestra and cast. Willy Decker directs a wonderful piece of stagecraft, letting the tragedy unwind with minimal, yet telling, interventions. The drama takes place in the mausoleum of Filippo II’s Escorial, where the tombs of countless generations of Spanish royalty line the walls.  Filippo’s confrontation with Il grande inquisitore – which takes place over his own coffin, its resting place in the wall ready and waiting – is chillingly symbolic, as are the feet of the giant crucifix that hangs over Don Carlo as he sees his life sacrificed by his father.

 

Nation (Terry Pratchett) Saturday 30th January @ 1.30pm

Theatre live in Hd from The National Theatre South Bank

A parallel world, 1860. Two teenagers thrown together by a tsunami that has destroyed Mau’s village and left Daphne shipwrecked on his South Pacific island, thousands of miles from home. ogether they come of age, overseen by a foul-mouthed parrot, as they discard old doctrine to forge a new Nation

 

No Distance Left To Run: A film about blur

Tuesday 19th January @ 9.15

No Distance Left To Run is the story of blur in the band's own words. From the late 80s and their early days as Seymour to an unforgettable headline performance at Glastonbury in 2009, No Distance Left to Run is an affecting portrait of enduring friendship. Using a mixture of never-before-seen archive material, candid interviews and observational footage, the film is an exhilarating journey through the highs and lows of the Britpop era and the departure and return of guitarist Graham Coxon. Shot over the course of their triumphant tour this summer, the film follows blur as they come together for the first time in nine years to play the most emotionally-charged shows of their lives.

 

Immodesty Blaize Presents: Burlesque Undressed

Burlesque show from Londons Koko Club Friday 22nd to Thursday 28th

Over 18’s only

The Ultimate film on burlesque starring burlesque queen Immodesty Blaize.  The glitz and spectacle of burlesque is coming to cinemas nationwide in Burlesque Undressed, a lavish and dazzling journey right into the heart of the art-form, featuring a compelling mix of live performance, interviews from burlesque stars past and present, captivating music and all-round show-stopping entertainment.

This high-definition special tells the real story of the genre, charting its rise and fall from early British roots to an American evolution, and finally rejoicing in burlesque’s 21st century revival. Also features a special appearance from Marc Almond and a blaizin' big band soundtrack of heart pounding, memorable music.