CONSUMER NEWS
October 2018
Your monthly update on performing arts releases, live streams, previews and specials - directly from the producers. Brought to you by the IMZ International Music + Media Centre, the international business network supporting performing arts through audiovisual media.
NEW RELEASES
![](imzfiles/507243-item-dvd-blu-ray-alexander-ekman-play-4380450.jpg)
DVD + Blu-Ray: Alexander Ekman: Play
Bel Air Media
Enter Alexander Ekman's surprising and dreamlike universe with "Play", his first collaboration with the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, out on DVD & Blu-ray!
![](imzfiles/507262-item-dvd-blu-ray-britten-billy-budd-4378436.jpg)
DVD + Blu-Ray: Britten: Billy Budd
Bel Air Media
800 liters of water, 2 sails, 30 pulleys, 60 hammocks : Deborah Warner's critically acclaimed production of "Billy Budd" now out on DVD & Blu-ray !
![](imzfiles/507281-item-dvd-blu-ray-britten-death-in-venice-teatro-real-4340170.jpg)
DVD + Blu-Ray: Britten: Death in Venice / Teatro Real
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
The stylised production of Benjamin Britten’s last opera Death in Venice staged at the Teatro Real by the successful German theatre director Willy Decker.
![](imzfiles/507300-item-dvd-blu-ray-giuseppe-verdi-macbeth-teatro-massimo-4342184.jpg)
DVD + Blu-Ray: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth / Teatro Massimo
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece Macbeth staged by the Italian director Emma Dante, famed for her award-winning film career, at the Teatro Massimo in 2017.
![](imzfiles/507319-item-dvd-blu-ray-handels-agrippina-staged-at-theater-an-der-wien-4366352.jpg)
DVD + Blu-Ray: Handel's Agrippina staged at Theater an der Wien
François Roussillon et Associés
Robert Carsen's stage production available on DVD/Blu-ray.
![](imzfiles/507338-item-dvd-blu-ray-handel-xerxes-serse-4356282.jpg)
DVD + Blu-Ray: Handel: Xerxes (Serse)
C Major Entertainment
Rising opera star Gaëlle Arquez in the title role of Serse - "...a great evening of opera.“ (Deutschlandfunk).
![](imzfiles/507357-item-cd-new-on-cdsacd-simon-rattles-beethoven-cycle-4350240.jpg)
CD: New on CD/SACD: Simon Rattle’s Beethoven cycle
Berlin Phil Media GmbH
“Energetic, honest Beethoven” - The 9 symphonies with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Simon Rattle now on CD/SACD.
![](imzfiles/507376-item-dvd-blu-ray-tchaikovsky-iolanta-the-nutcracker-4384478.jpg)
DVD + Blu-Ray: Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / The Nutcracker
Bel Air Media
Tchaikovsky's "Iolanta" and "The Nutcracker", brought together by Dmitri Tcherniakov for the Paris Opera, with Sonya Yoncheva and the Paris Opera Ballet.
![](imzfiles/507414-item-dvd-blu-ray-waldbuehne-2018-goodbye-sir-simon-4344198.jpg)
DVD + Blu-Ray: Waldbühne 2018 – Goodbye Sir Simon!
EuroArts Music International
It is the end of an era: Sir Simon Rattle’s tenure as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker is ending after 16 years.
PRODUCTIONS SOON ON THE MARKET
![](imzfiles/507452-item-new-box-set-releases-4392534.jpg)
New box set releases
Accentus Music
This fall, Accentus Music will release DVD and Blu-ray boxsets the feature Claudio Abbado, Arvo Pärt, Robert Wilson and the St. Thomas Choir Leipzig.
FESTIVALS + EVENTS
![](imzfiles/507433-item-paris-opera-live-in-cinemas-season-201819-4372394.jpg)
Paris Opera live in cinemas season 2018/19
François Roussillon et Associés
The cinema season starts on 4 October with a live relay all over Europe of "Les Huguenots".
![](imzfiles/506768-item-san-francisco-dance-film-festival-opens-october-4-4376422.jpg)
San Francisco Dance Film Festival Opens October 4
San Francisco Dance Film Festival
The 9th annual San Francisco Dance Film Festival opens on October 4-14 featuring 100+ films from around the world with many works made by IMZ Members.
- CONSUMER NEWS