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Here's the link for the stream with the updated casting. http://www.medici.tv...896/the-ballet/

The DVD, already on sale in Canada, will be selling in the U.S. as of March 29. Amazon is taking orders.

I know you won't agree with me, Cristian, but this example only confirms for me why Tchaikovsky didn't make Tommasini's list. I can't imagine any of his preferred composers writing anything so bombastic (not even Wagner) or crass.

A Paris Opera Ballet performance of Nicolas Le Riche's Caligula will be beamed live to cinemas on Tuesday, February 8, at 19.30 Paris time, or 1:30 p.m. ET. Participating locations in the U.S. can be found on the Ballet in Cinema site by typing in your ZIP code. http://www.balletinc...ra-ballet-live/ encore screenings: http://www.balletinc...-ballet-encore/ scheduled cast: CALIGULA - Jérémie Belingard THE MOON - Clairemarie Osta MNESTER - Stéphane Bullion CHAEREA - Aurelien Houette INCITATUS - Mathias Heymann CAESONIA - Eleonora Abbagnato http://www.operadepa...ON=SELECT_EVENT If, like me, you don't live close to a participating cinema, Medici TV is also planning to stream the performance live. However, if there are any geographical blackouts, the web site isn't listing them yet. To the best of my knowledge, this would be the first dance performance streamed on the site. Finally. Watching Medici streams requires logging into an account, but these are free and quick to set up. http://www.medici.tv...uture-concerts/

Personally, I would have put Beethoven first, Brahms higher up and ditched Wagner and Bartok for a pair a pre-Baroque composers. I'm partial to Tallis and Lassus, but I certainly wouldn't object to the inclusion of Palestrina, Victoria or Byrd. I understand the exclusion of Tchaikovsky. His music is too uneven for him to qualify for the top ten. For every moment of unadulterated genius like the White Swan adagio or Letter Scene, there are demerits like the 1812 Overture, most of the Fourth Symphony, the "Uzhel' teper'" chorus from Eugene Onegin (I always burst out in giggles when it starts) or that absurd number from Swan Lake Ashton used for his pas de quatre coda. The last barely qualifies as music at all. (Skip ahead to 5:42 .) I happily concede that Tchaikovsky is the greatest ever composer for winds.

Opus Arte will be releasing a disc of the Royal Ballet performing three ballets by Wayne McGregor. The UK release date is March1, 2011, so the American release will probably follow a couple of months later. Chroma Federico Bonelli, Ricardo Cervera, Tamara Rojo, Mara GaleazzI, Sarah Lamb, Steven Mcrae, Laura Morera, Ludovic Ondiviela, Eric Underwood, Jonathan Watkins, Edward Watson filmed June 2010 Infra Leanne Benjamin, Ricardo Cervera, Yuhui Choe, Lauren Cuthbertson, Mara Galeazzi, Melissa Hamilton, Ryoichi Hirano, Paul Kay, Marianela Nuñez, Eric Underwood, Jonathan Watkins, Edward Watson filmed November 2008 Limen Leanne Benjamin, Yuhui Choe, Mara Galeazzi,Melissa Hamilton, Sarah Lamb, Marianela Nuñez, Leticia Stock, Akane Takada, Tristan Dyer, Paul Kay, Brian Maloney, Steven Mcrae, Ludovic Ondiviela, Eric Underwood, Edward Watson filmed November 2009 DVD: http://www.opusarte....ee-ballets.html Blu-ray: http://www.opusarte....ts-blu-ray.html

No American release date yet, but the DVD will be on the British market on January 29. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mantovani-Siddharta-DVD-Angelin-Preljocaj/dp/B004GX921A/

This DVD should hit the North American market in March. I'm still undecided about buying it. I saw this performance at the movies and had reservations about it and the way it was filmed. http://balletalert.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/29406-royal-ballet-la-bayadere-in-canadian-cinemas-may-2/ If I were to buy it, it would be because of Nuñez. Otherwise the performance didn't really grab me.

The Royal Ballet will be beaming Giselle live to cinemas on Wednesday, January 19. The performance is scheduled to star Marianela Nuñez and Rupert Pennefather. http://cinema.opusar...content/giselle Screenings in the United States can also be found by visiting the Ballet in Cinema web site. http://emergingpictu...llet-in-cinema/ In New York City, for example, the ballet will be beamed live to Big Cinemas Manhattan at 2:00 p.m. http://us.bigcinemas...tSessionId=3178 In the meantime, Symphony Space is opting for a "delayed live" transmission at 7:00 p.m. http://www.symphonys...e-ballet-london

A recent performance from the Opera Bastille of Giorgio Strehler's classic production of Le nozze di Figaro can be viewed on demand at the Paris Opera web site. It will be available until December 31. Figaro: Luca Pisaroni Susanna: Ekaterina Siurina Countess: Barbara Frittoli Count: Ludovic Tézier Cherubino: Karine Deshayes Bartolo: Robert Lloyd Marcellina: Ann Murray Don Basilio: Robin Leggate Barbarina: Maria Virginia Savastano Antonio: Christian Tréguier Don Curzio: Antoine Normand Conductor: Philippe Jordan http://www.operadepa...Noces_de_Figaro Give the pop-up window a minute to appear.

The Canadian movie chains Cineplex, Ciné Enterprise (in Quebec) and Empire Theatres (in Atlantic Canada) will carry four performances by the Bolshoi Ballet beamed live from Moscow. Sunday, December 19: The Nutcracker Sunday, January 23: Class Concert & Giselle Sunday, March 6: Don Quixote Sunday, May 29: Coppelia Near as I can tell, the performances will be shown live in Atlantic and eastern Canada at 11:00 a.m. ET/12:00 p.m. AT (12:30 in Newfoundland) and with a time delay further west. I only wish with POB series were included as well. Thus far ballet performances at Canadian multiplexes haven't really caught on, but hopefully the Bolshoi will have better luck. http://www.cineplex....allet/Home.aspx

Le tour du monde en 80 minutes returns to TFO for its traditional Christmas showing on Sunday, December 26, at 8:30 p.m. ET. http://www.tfo.org/emissions/?bpn=GP004907

Caravaggio will air again on TFO on Sunday, December 26, at 7:00 p.m. ET.

Swan Lake returns to Knowledge Network on Wednesday, January 12, at 9:00 p.m. PT. http://www.knowledge...ogram/swan-lake

A brief video report on this year's run of Swan Lake at the Bastille with comments from Agnès Letestu and Karl Paquette. http://videos.tf1.fr...le-6176179.html Odd that they should do the dress rehearsal given that they're not scheduled to dance together.

The POB's Nutcracker will return to TFO on Sunday, December 12, at 8:00 p.m. ET. It will also air on Christmas day at noon and 7:00 p.m. ET, and on Sunday, December 26, at 10:00 p.m. ET. http://www.tfo.org/e...s/?bpn=GP024039

Yikes. Last minute announcement. It's playing right now on Artv in Canada. (Monday, 10:00 p.m. ET). There will be more airings at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow, 1:30 a.m. Wednesday and Sunday at 3:00 a.m. http://artv.ca/emiss...spectacles.html

The DVD is being released on November 22. Amazon is taking orders.

Another brief video report http://videos.tf1.fr/jt-we/les-ballets-de-roland-petit-illuminent-l-opera-de-paris-6094175.html

It was released in France at the beginning of the year, though French Amazon isn't carrying it at the moment. http://www.amazon.fr.../dp/B002UQ9UI0/

This is from a program called The Ballerinas starring Fracci and Peter Ustinov. In the series Fracci played ten great ballerinas, from Taglioni to Spessivtseva. The second half of the program was centered around Diaghilev (Ustinov) and preparations for the Ballets Russes revival of Sleeping Beauty. He lures Brianza out of retirement to play Carabosse and coach Spessivtseva. The pas de deux is a flashback to the original production (hence no fishdives). Fracci as Spessivtseva performs the Rose Adagio at the end. Fracci's partners were also very impressive: Peter Schaufuss, Michael Denard, Vladimir Vasiliev, Richard Cragun, Stephen Jeffries, Charles Jude and Jose Antonio. I'm very sorry it hasn't been reissued on DVD. http://www.amazon.co.../dp/B0000016WD/

A video report about the POB's all-Petit program http://culturebox.france3.fr/#/danse_classique/28036/roland-petit-ouvre-la-saison-de-danse-de-l_opera

Alexei Ratmansky's Les Flammes de Paris, filmed at the Bolshoi and starring Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev, will be screened at cinemas affiliated with Emerging Pictures this autumn. Unfortunately, the web site doesn't feature a master list indicating all participating locations and show times, but in New York it will be screened at Big Cinemas Manhattan on November 2 & 7, and at Kew Gardens Theatre in Queens on December 18. Entering your ZIP code into the space near the top of the page should tell you whether it will be shown near to where you are. http://emergingpictu...y_limited=false According to French Amazon, Bel Air Classiques will be releasing a DVD of the ballet in France on November 18, though it's not yet listed on the Bel Air web site, and there's no indication of when it could become available elsewhere.

It's up for only two more days. Sometime on Sunday afternoon (by North American measures) the video will be taken off the web site. Catch it while you can.

What I didn't know until yesterday is that the free streams can also be accessed on an iPhone, Blackberry or Android. http://www.metoperaf...org/stream.aspx I don't own any of those devices, so I have no idea how the stream works, but undoubtedly the non-Luddites out there will understand.