CONSUMER NEWS
October 2024
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.

Avant Première 2025: Early Bird Rates Available
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Avant Première 2025 returns from 15-19 February in Berlin! Enjoy exclusive screenings, networking, pitching opportunities, and expert insights. Early Bird rates are now available.
LIVESTREAMS

MET OPERA LIVE IN HD – GROUNDED
Clasart Classic
Emily D’Angelo stars in Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera GROUNDED – transmitted live to cinemas on 19 October.

Reopening of the Theater an der Wien
VBW International GmbH
Theater an der Wien reopening on 12 October 2024 at 11:00 (live broadcast in ORFIII), featuring Beethoven and Strauss, followed by Idomeneo at 19:00.

SF Dance Film Festival Streams on Marquee TV
San Francisco Dance Film Festival
2024 San Francisco Dance Film Festival programmes to stream online via Marquee TV from 21 October through 3 November.
NEWS FROM THE IMZ

EBU-IMZ Outstanding Achievement Award
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
This year's EBU-IMZ Outstanding Achievement award goes to Canadian documentary filmmaker Larry Weinstein!

New IMZ Member: Stagecast
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
A warm welcome to Stagecast, leading UK performing arts broadcast supplier, known for producing high-quality films and live streams for clients like the London Symphony Orchestra.
NEW RELEASES

DVD + Blu-Ray: Critics' Choice - The Snow Queen
Opus Arte
Scottish Ballet's festive classic, the perfect Christmas gift.

DVD + Blu-Ray: Ernani
C Major Entertainment
Bregenz Festival presents Verdi’s Ernani combining a great cast, the baton of Enrique Mazzola and an action-packed staging by Lotte de Beer.

Vinyl: Gustav Mahler’s worlds
Berlin Phil Media GmbH
Now on LP: The complete Symphonies with the Berliner Philharmoniker.

DVD + Blu-Ray: Hans van Manen: Moving to Music
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
In the documentary Moving to Music, Hans van Manen talks about his life and work, inspiration and ballets that are charged with drama and eroticism.

DVD + Blu-Ray: Kenneth MacMillan's Manon
Opus Arte
Performed at the Royal Opera House starring Natalia Osipova and Reece Clarke.

CD: Lisette Oropesa: Mis amores son las flores
EuroArts Music International
Lisette Oropesa is one of the most in-demand lyric coloraturas today, who performs Zarzuela repertoire on this stunning album.

CD: SZINERGIA
Accentus Music
SZINERGIA unites composers through folk rhythms and melodies, showcasing the timeless connection between diverse cultures and musical traditions.

DVD + Blu-Ray: Tosca
C Major Entertainment
Yoncheva and Grigolo return to the breathtaking Arena di Verona to perform Puccini's Tosca. A standing ovation production by Hugo de Ana.

Blu-Ray: Ute Lemper: Songs for Eternity
MONARDA Music GmbH
Ute Lemper interprets songs written in concentration camps during World War II, collected by Schmerke Kaszcerginsky in 1948.

CD: Zhu Xiao-Mei – The English Suites
Accentus Music
After a six-year hiatus, acclaimed pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei returns with a deeply personal and masterful recording of J.S. Bach's English Suites.
- CONSUMER NEWS