By Megan
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHFQpXzL6PI
Available until: Unknown
Scottish Opera’s production of Hansel and Gretel is really fun and magical. It was only posted on YouTube last month but it is obviously a really Christmassy production and even watching it in March still feels very exciting. There are trees and Christmas jumpers and for one hour and fifty-five minutes it’s like it’s Christmas again.
By Megan
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MFdnPptcSw
Available until: 7th
February 2021
Scottish Opera’s production of Cosi
fan tutte is really lighthearted and fun but it does take the story
seriously and shows the characters as real people. The title is usually
translated as ‘So do all women’ but this production seems to focus on the fact
that everyone makes mistakes. So it’s like Cosi fan tutti. ‘Tutti’ means
all males but it’s also used for a mixture of men and women.
By Cal
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6FLpEyzSBw
Available until: Unknown
Warnings: Contains scenes of mild violence, adult language
and preparation of fish dishes. Not recommended for ichthyophobes and probably
isn’t suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
This is an interesting one! It’s 13 minutes of in the lives
of three chefs who work at a restaurant called The Narcissistic Fish – brothers
Angus and Kai, and Belle, who is paid less but is the brains of the business.
Angus and Kai receive some news which they both react to in different ways,
while Belle has to make a decision about her future.
By Cal
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhBVPT3DIFU
Available until: Unknown
The Diary of One Who Disappeared was filmed under
social distancing guidelines and I think it’s a really good choice of
repertoire. The cast is small, which makes it easier to social distance. It’s
also only just over half an hour, which would be a much smaller risk than a
piece of two hours or more.
By Louise
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkdksRstd80
Available until: Unknown
The Edinburgh International Festival isn’t officially
happening this year. Like the Proms, the Glyndebourne Festival and almost every
other live performance, it was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
However, also like the Proms and Glyndebourne and many others, the Edinburgh
International Festival didn’t want to leave its fans with nothing to watch this
year, so they have filmed quite a few different performances which we can enjoy
at home. The series is called The Light Shines On and there are a lot of
different videos for us to enjoy.
