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 Gala del Belcanto - Donizetti, Bellini Lisette Oropesa, soprano Xabier Anduaga, tenor Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Antonio Pappano

 Brahms : Ein deutsches Requiem Chen Reiss, soprano Thomas Tatzl, baritone Chorus and Orchestra of the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome Sir Antonio Pappano

Theoretically, this should be have been a blog about a live brodacast, in the same way I was doing them for the cinema HD broadcasts over the last few years. The fact remains is that it's different watching at home. There are technical issues which don't (usually) exist in the cinema, both in terms of audio and video, and there's an ambience, or lack thereof, a different type of listening/watching experience. Yet this is something that is likely to become more prevalent, especially the longer it is before a viable vaccine for COVID-19 emerges. Streaming live may allow theatrical companies and orchestras to make up, to some extent, for the obligatory reduced capacity of their regular venues.  Also to the good, it opens up the experience, potentially, to an audience which might normally feel excluded from the concert hall or opera house both in terms of price and of public. To those, the question of ambience at home will not be significant; to those like me, it is someth...

Verdi : La forza del destino Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Sir Antonio Pappano

Tchaikovsky : The Queen of Spades Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Sir Antonio Pappano