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5 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 1 APRIL 2020 NEWS CORONAVIRUS Stream operas, ballet and concerts from the comfort of your home LAURA CALLEJA OPERA houses, symphonises, orches- tras and ballet companies from around the world are streaming live, rather than cancelling their performance due to the COVID-19 epidemic. While these performances may be played to empty rows, they are instead reaching digital audiences from around the world, some also offering free access to digital catalogues and past perfor- mances. Here is a list of some of the events and performances available to stream on- line: The Berliner Philharmoniker The Berliner Philharmoniker, which has closed its doors until at least 19 April, is continuing to play for its au- dience in its digital concert hall. The orchestra has opened its digital library of performances with more than 600 shows. Notably are the performanc- es conducted by Simon Rattle, the or- chestra's principal conductor for 16 years. OperaVision Supported by the European Union's creative Europe program, OperaVision offers free recorded performances from around the world, including Madam butterfly from the Royal Swedish Op- era, Tosca at the Polish National Opera and from many other opera companies from 17 countries under the editorial supervision of Opera Europa. The Royal Opera House For those interested in Ballet the Royal Opera House will be offering a free pro- gram broadcasted online, musical mas- ter classes and cultural insights that get deep inside both ballet and opera and offer a unique look behind the scenes at one of the most famous cultural insti- tutions. The program includes the following productions which can be found on the ROH's Facebook and YouTube chan- nels: • Acis and Galatea, The Royal Op- era, 2009 – 3 April 2020, 7pm GMT • Così fan tutte, The Royal Opera, 2010 – 10 April 2020, 7pm GMT • The Metamorphosis, The Royal Ballet, 2013 – 17 April 2020, 7pm GMT The opera house is also offering a range of operas and other ballets which include La Traviata and Alice's Adven- tures in Wonderland with new titles be- ing added constantly. BroadwayHD A streaming service set up in 2015, BroadwayHD is offering New York and West End London Broadway thea- tre shows for free for seven days. The service is available world wide. On the platform, subscribers can find a combi- nation shows including Cats, The King and I and Sound of Music, as well as Broadway performances filmed by the platform such as Kinky Boots and 42nd Street. The LA Philharmonic The LA Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Classical KUSC (Los Ange- les), and Classical KDFC (San Francis- co) are teaming up remotely to present at Home with Gustavo, which will be broadcast four times a week in English and once a week in Spanish. The limit- ed-run series will be streamed interna- tionally online. The Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera is offering a whole week of Wagner relays including a complete Ring cycle, culminating with Götterdämmerung. The opera house is also streaming the production Verdi which was filmed in 2014 and was one of the first to showcase Anna Netreb- ko's new career as a dramatic sopra- no. She has swept the board as Lady Macbeth since. Her colleagues here in- clude Joseph Calleja and Željko Lučić, conducted by Fabio Luisi. Bavarian State Opera Bavarian State Opera is broadcasting Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) start- ing Diana Damrau's Lucia in one of her signature roles, she is joined by Pavol Breslik and conductor Kirill Petrenko. Barbara Wysocka's 2015 production takes the Scottish heroine on a journey to the US of the Kennedy era. Vienna State Opera The Vienna State Opera is offering Roméo et Juliette (Gounod), which is available to watch from 29 March. Up- and-coming soprano Aida Garifullina joins established star tenor Juan Die- go Flórez in this Vienna production of Gounod's opera from 2017. Plácido Do- mingo conducts. The King and I on BroadwayHD The Metropolitan Opera will be streaming Götterdämmerung Vienna State Opera will be streaming its world reowned Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) Bavarian State Opera will be broadcasting Lucia di Lammermoor Acis and Galatea at The Royal Opera