Tag Archives: Donizetti

Prosecco not Popcorn: Live theatre & opera on the big screen

Posted on 23 March 2011 by Jason Best

Forget Avatar; if you want a truly immersive big-screen experience you should try live relays of theatre and opera. Over two days last week I was fortunate to see two remarkable productions on the BFI’s giant Imax screen near Waterloo … Continue reading →

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Lucrezia Borgia – Sex, violence & poisoning: Donizetti’s lurid opera live on stage & screen

Posted on 23 February 2011 by Jason Best

Filmmaker Mike Figgis’s opera-directing debut, the new English National Opera production of Donizetti’s lurid Renaissance melodrama Lucrezia Borgia, goes out live on Sky Arts 1 & Sky Arts 2 , and on Sky 3D tonight, as well as in over … Continue reading →

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Lucrezia Borgia – Oscar-winning filmmaker Mike Figgis makes his opera-directing debut at ENO

Posted on 31 January 2011 by Jason Best

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Figgis makes his opera-directing debut at English National Opera tonight with his eagerly anticipated production of Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia. Donizetti’s rarely staged opera about the infamous Renaissance femme fatale tells a story as lurid as any Hollywood … Continue reading →

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