Program TV: Mezzo — Poniedziałek

Claudio Abbado 10 years after.

Thais 'Comédie lyrique' in three acts by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912) Libretto by Louis Gallet based on the novel by Anatole France First performance in Paris, Opéra, 16 March 1894 Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce (conductor) Monte-Carlo Opera Chorus Jean-Louis Grinda (Stage director) Marina Rebeka (Thais) Ludovic Tézier (Athanaël) Jean-François Borras (Nicias) Philippe Kahn (Palémon) Marie Gautrot (Albine) Cassandre Berthon (Crobyle) Valentine Lemercier (Myrtale) Jennifer Courcier (La Charmeuse) Directed by Gabriel Grinda Monte-Carlo, Opera, 28 January 2021.

Stochelo Rosenberg (guitar), Jermaine Landsberger (piano), Guido May (drums), William Brunard (double bass) Set list Anouman, Django Reinhardt Double Scotch, Django Reinhardt Made for Izaak, Stochelo Rosenberg September Song, Kurt Weil Memories of Bridget, Stochelo Rosenberg Double Game, Stochelo Rosenberg Poinciana, Ahmad Jamal Gypsylogy, Jermaine Landsberger Seresta, Paquito D'Rivera Gypsy Today, Jermaine Landsberger Nancy, Salle Poirel (Festival Nancy Jazz Pulsations 2022), October 7, 2022. TV production Sylvain Pierrel.

Boris Godunov Opera in a prologue and four acts by Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) Libretto by Modest Mussorgsky based upon 'Boris Godunov' by Alexander Pushkin St Petersburg, Mariinsky Theatre, 8 February 1874 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (Musical direction) Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Nieuw Amsterdams Children's Chorus Kirill Serebrennikov (Stage director, set and costume designer) Evgeny Kulagin (Co-director and choreographer), Olga Pavliuk (Co-set designer), Tanya Dolmatovskaya (Co-costume designer), Sergey Kucher (Lighting designer), Yurii Karikh (Video designer), Daniil Orlov (Dramaturgy) Tomasz Konieczny (Boris Godunov) TBA Feodor Inna Demenkova (Xenia) Polly Leech (Xenia's nurse) Ya-Chung Huang (Prince Vasili Ivanovich Shuisky) Dmitry Cheblykov (Andrej Schelkalov) Vitalij Kowaljow (Pimen) Najmiddin Mavlyanov (Grigori) Raehann Bryce-Davis (Marina Mnisjek) Gevorg Hakobyan (Rangoni) Shen Yang (Varlaam Mitjoecha) TBA Misail Eva Kroon (The Innkeeper) Odin Lund Biron (A Simpleton) Roger Smeets (Nikititsj) Amsterdam, Dutch National Opera, 23 June 2025.

Rivalry in Music - Furtwängler vs. Toscanini Two men without whom the profession of conductor would not be what it is today. Two men who couldn't be more different from each other: Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler. The former was rigorously faithful to the musical score, the latter conducted with radical subjectivity. In 1931 they both conducted at the Bayreuth Festival - for the first and last time. Soon the polite rivalry turned into bitter enmity. Both men were forced to take a stand on the regimes in their respective countries - and chose radically different paths. Toscanini, 'the dictator', bravely challenged Mussolini; Furtwängler, a conservative, meanwhile proclaimed that art is always apolitical and reluctantly made a pact with the Nazis. The documentary not only opens up the different musical universes of the two great conductors by retracing their careers in Milan, Bayreuth and New York, but also raises a question that is more topical than ever: what has art to do with politics? Directed by Thomas von Steinaecker 2020.

Wagner´s Jews Richard Wagner was notoriously anti-Semitic, and his writings on Jews were later embraced by Hitler and the Nazis. But for years, many of Wagner's closest associates were Jews - young musicians who became personally devoted to him, and provided crucial help to his work and career. Why were they drawn to him? And how could Wagner even accept their embrace? These questions are at the heart of 'Wagner's Jews', the first film to focus on Wagner's complex personal relationships with Jews. Filmed on location in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, 'Wagner's Jews' reveals this remarkable story through archival sources, re-enactments, interviews, and performances of original musical works by Wagner's Jewish colleagues. Featuring Zubin Mehta and Leon Botstein among others, the film also explores the ongoing controversy over performing Wagner's music in Israel. The same questions asked in Wagner's time still resonate today: is it possible to separate the art from its creator? Can sublime music transcend prejudice and bigotry, and the weight of history? Directed by Hilan Warshaw 2013.

Firebird Ballet for 22 dancers Igor Stravinsky (Music) Thierry Malandain (Choreography) Jorge Gallardo (Costumes) François Menou (Lights) Véronique Murat, assisted by Charlotte Margnoux (Creation of Costumes) Richard Coudray & Giuseppe Chiavaro (Ballet Masters) The Rite of Spring Ballet for 18 dancers Igor Stravinsky (Music) Martin Harriague (Choreography and Stage Design) François Menou and Martin Harriague (Lights) Mieke Kockelkorn (Costumes) Véronique Murat, assisted by Charlotte Margnoux (Creation of Costumes) Frédéric Vadé (Creation of Scenery / Props) Françoise Dubuc, Nuria López Cortés (Assistants to the Choreographer) Paris, Chaillot - Théâtre National de la Danse, 4 & 5 November 2021 TV director, Patrick Lauze.