A story we think we know begins somewhere unexpected, with a newborn who cannot yet stand. By turning Mary Shelley’s novel inside out, this Frankenstein makes us feel the loneliness of being abandoned long before we are asked to judge what that loneliness becomes. It leaves one lingering question: what do we owe the things we bring into the world?
Twenty years ago, the Metropolitan Opera made a risky bet that live opera could travel to a cinema screen without losing its power. This anniversary reel, spanning two decades of the Met's greatest broadcast moments, makes the case that the gamble paid off, and reminds us what it means for world-class opera to become genuinely accessible.
A Crown Court judge who can command any courtroom finds herself powerless in her own home when an unthinkable event threatens to unravel everything she's built. This breathless production, anchored by a towering central performance, barely lets you catch your breath, and that's exactly why it works.
Wagner's Tristan und Isolde is one of the most extraordinary works in the history of Western music, and experiencing it on the big screen is something close to a revelation. This is a review for anyone who has ever wondered whether opera might be for them, and for anyone who already knows it is.
