CONSUMER NEWS
January 2022
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.
INTERESTING NEWS FOR YOU
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Avant Première goes online!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Avant Première 2022 takes place online! Joins us + watch Camilla Nylund, Martha Argerich or Gustavo Dudamel perform on-screen before anybody else does.
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Countdown: One more week to submit!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Submit your dance film until 31 January for the Cinedans in partnership with dancescreen 2022 competition + win up to 5.000 EUR!
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ICMA 2022 Winners Announced!
ICMA - International Classical Music Award
The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced the winners of 26 awards for the 2022 edition - congratulations!
NEW RELEASES
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Abrahamsen: The Snow Queen / Bayerische Staatsoper
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings presents Hans Abrahamsen's The Snow Queen composed for and sung by the phenomenal soprano Barbara Hannigan.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Casablancas: L’enigma di Lea / Liceu Opera
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
The winner of several awards Benet Casablancas' L’enigma di Lea beautifully staged at the Gran Teatre del Liceu with soprano Allison Cook as immortal Lea.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: David Garrett: Unlimited
C Major Entertainment
Violinist David Garrett celebrates his 10-year spectacular crossover program with thousands of fans in the extraordinary atmosphere of the Arena di Verona.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Don Quixote - Nureyev's masterwork
Opus Arte
A spectacular film of Don Quixote, directed by ballet superstar Rudolf Nureyev, and recognised as one of the finest ever on-screen performances.
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Blu-Ray: Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Offenbach
EuroArts Music International
Daniele Finzi Pasca brings an enchanting, fairy-tale-like version of Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” to the stage.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Moniuszko: Halka from Theater an der Wien
C Major Entertainment
Stanisław Moniuszko’s Polish national opera Halka is performed by a superb cast including Corinne Winters Piotr Beczała and Tomasz Konieczny.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Opéra Comique
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
Dido and Aeneas brilliantly staged by Deborah Warner with Malena Ernman, Christopher Maltman and Les Arts Florissants under William Christie's direction.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: The Royal Ballet Collection - 15-disc set
Opus Arte
Your 15-disc set, celebrating the talent of "The Royal Ballet" at a special, lower price!
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DVD + Blu-Ray: The Royal Opera Collections - 18 opera set
Opus Arte
The ultimate opera lover’s collection celebrating the talent of The Royal Opera at a special, lower price!
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Weber: Der Freischütz from Wiener Staatsoper
C Major Entertainment
Christian Räth’s inspired staging of Der Freischütz, Weber’s seminal Romantic opera, stands out due to the bold set and costume design by Gary McCann.
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DVD + Blu-Ray: Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini / Christof Loy
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
Riccardo Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini staged by award-winning director Christof Loy at the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Sara Jakubiak and Jonathan Tetelman.
CONCERTS + LIVE STREAMS
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7 Lives of Music - The Kanneh-Mason Family
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Seven siblings, each one a musical sensation. The Kanneh-Masons prove that classical music is not only made by white people for white people.
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KULMAG.LIVE starts a new chapter
KULMAG Kulturmanagement AG
With a new design and a new cooperation team, we are looking forward to 2022!
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LIVE: 100 years of Moscow Philharmonic Society
The Moscow Philharmonic Society (on hold)
Watch live on Medici.tv: Gala Concert for the 100th anniversary of the Moscow Philharmonic Society.
- CONSUMER NEWS