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Romantic Music Festival A MUST for October visitors

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98 Liszt 1832          This fall, the 6th Edition of the Festival Franz Liszt is presenting a super lineup of concerts on the Côte d’Azur.   www.franzlisztlevenscotedazur.com

Music lovers, from the most erudite to the complete novice, will enjoy concerts every weekend from October 1 to 22, 2016.

Featured composers: Borodine – Brahms – Dvorak – Fauré – Moussorgsky – Rachmaninoff.  In pictoresque villages like Biot, Levens, Villeneuve-Loubet, Mandelieu-La Napoule.p.historch-768x376 Check out the website for details and reservations
www.franzlisztlevenscotedazur.com

Hope to see you all there!

Artists include HarpAzur, Nicolas Bringuier, Elena Sommer, The Cannes Provence Alps Côte d’Azur Ochestra, Amy Christianna Blake, Olivier Augé-Laribé, The Azuréen Symphonique Orchestra, Musiques en Jeux, Alain Joutard, Richard Rittelmann, Frédéric Diquero, Claudia Cesarano, Landry Chosson, Ensemble Vocal Levens

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Royal Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ Comes to Beaulieu

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THE NUTCRACKER ; Music by Tchaikovsky ; Choreography by Wright ; Lauren Cuthbertson (as The Sugar Plum Fairy) and Cory Stearns (as The Prince) ; The Royal Ballet ; At the Royal Opera House, London, UK ; 3 December 2013 ; Credit: Tristram Kenton / Royal Opera House / ArenaPAL

THE NUTCRACKER ;
Music by Tchaikovsky ;
Choreography by Wright ;
Lauren Cuthbertson (as The Sugar Plum Fairy) and Cory Stearns (as The Prince) ;
The Royal Ballet ;
At the Royal Opera House, London, UK ;
3 December 2013 ;
Credit: Tristram Kenton / Royal Opera House / ArenaPAL

Christmas would hardly be Christmas without Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutcracker’. My own first experience with this glorious confection took place many years ago at New York’s Lincoln Center. I watched, entranced, as a giant Christmas tree rose from the stage as if by magic and an enchanting girl, hardly older than myself, leaped and pirouetted around the stage with an assortment of exotic characters. The Sugarplum Fairy! Drosselmayer! Dancing mice! Toy soldiers! I resolved then and there to be a ballerina.

Well that never happened. What did happen was a lifelong love of ballet which I can now indulge with the Royal Ballet’s live transmissions direct into movie theatres. This past September saw the first-rate production of Sleeping Beauty beamed to Beaulieu-sur-Mer. And tomorrow, September 16, we’ll be treated to the Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker. This acclaimed production directed by Peter Wright stars Francesca Hayward as Clara and Alexander Campbell as the Nutcracker Prince while Lauren Cuthbertson  dances the Sugarplum Fairy and Gary Avis portrays the devilish Drosselmayer.

For those unfamiliar with live transmissions, these direct-from-the-opera-house broadcasts bring all the freshness and immediacy of actual attendance at the show but on a big screen near you. On the Riviera, you can watch at Le Cinema de Beaulieu or at the Cinema d’Alma in Sophia Antipolis. The latter venue offers free admission to grade-school kids accompanied by an adult. You can find the season’s schedule for Royal Opera House ballets and operas here. 

For inspiration, check out this video of the dancers rehearsing for this production:

 

Ballet in Beaulieu-sur-Mer

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Romeo-JulietCulture vultures who want to experience the very best operas and ballets can now satisfy their tastes close to home. You don’t have to fly to London to enjoy the Royal Opera House season! Just head to Le Cinema de Beaulieu in Beaulieu-sur-Mer where selected operas and ballets are broadcast live and direct from the Royal Opera House.

This coming Tuesday, September 22 Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet is on the program. ¨Prokofiev’s score will be conducted by Koen Kessels and the doomed lovers will be danced by Sarah Lamb and Steven McRae. Here is a preview to whet your appetite:

The ballet will also be broadcast at the Cinema d’Alma in Sophia Antipolis. You can find the season’s schedule for Royal Opera House ballets and operas here. 

Note that tickets are available for purchase only at the cinema.