volcanohunter Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) Since the topic came up on another thread, I would appreciate the input of the Ballet Alert hive mind to identify the performing-arts streaming services out there. Platforms marked with an asterisk also rent out individual streams. For full disclosure, I subscribe to only three of these, so I can't comment on the quality of all of them, though I have rented individual streams from some others. There can be quite a bit of overlap where content is concerned. Also, pricing can vary from country to country, so my figures may be incorrect for your neck of the woods. It's also worth investigating what sort of streamed content is available through your public library (the Naxos Video Library in my case; it includes more than 4000 videos). multi-genre platforms Marquee TV $9/month (or $90 annually) theater, dance, opera, classical music, jazz; skews British https://marquee.tv/ Medici TV ($149 annually, but frequently available at a discount) classical music, jazz, opera, dance; definitely skews in the direction of concerts: classical music concerts - 1525 videos, jazz concerts - 539 videos, opera - 360 videos, dance - 163 videos; frequent livestreams https://www.medici.tv/en ballet and opera Royal Opera House Stream £10/month (£100 annually) https://www.roh.org.uk/stream Paris Opera Play €10/month (€100 annually) includes occasional livestreams https://play.operadeparis.fr/en The Stage24 platform of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet is moving toward a PPV model, albeit with a very long viewing window. https://oopperabaletti.fi/en/stage24/ opera Met Opera on Demand $15/month ($150 annually) https://ondemand.metopera.org/ La Scala TV* €15/month (€100 annually) opera, concerts, very little ballet; regular livestreams https://lascala.tv/en dramatic theater National Theatre at Home* £10/month (£100 annually) https://www.ntathome.com/ Globe Player* (£60 annually) https://player.shakespearesglobe.com/ Digital Theatre* £10/month (£100 annually) includes a bit of dance and opera https://www.digitaltheatre.com/ Stratfest@Home* $8 CAD/month ($80 CAD annually) https://stratford.vhx.tv/ Broadway HD $10/month ($100 annually) plays, musicals, some dance https://www.broadwayhd.com/ classical music Digital Concert Hall - Berlin Philharmonic €16.90 (€169 annually) regular livestreams https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en Symphony Live $7/month ($50 annually) Budapest Festival Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester, London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Münchner Philharmoniker, New York Philharmonic, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatskapelle Dresden, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, OAcademy Music Conservatory; more limited geographical reach https://symphony.live/ DG Stage+ $14.90/month ($149 annually) includes livestreams https://www.stage-plus.com/ Also: Carnegie Hall+ $8/month Primarily the Unitel catalog, available through apps and U.S. television providers limited international reach https://www.carnegiehallplus.com/ Edited May 31 by volcanohunter missed an orchestra Link to comment
California Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Thanks for this great list. I would add a fewer lesser ones: Amazon Prime has several fictionalized ballet stories and documentaries that are free (with ads): Driven to Dance, Birds of Paradise, Ulyana Lopatkina, The Bolshoi, Baryshnikov in Hollywood. It seems to be a rotating list. Others are available for short rentals or purchases, including American Ballet Theatre: A History, Dancers, First Position, Nureyev's Swan Lake, Baryshnikov on Broadway, Baryshnikov's Nutcracker, White Nights. (If you elect slow delivery on other purchases, you can accumulate digital credits and get some of these for free.) Netflix has several ballet fictionalized stories: Yeh Ballet, Tiny Pretty Things, Battle, Dancing on Glass, Let's Dance Max has Black Swan, The Red Shoes PBS Passport (requires a donation of $60 a year): Oodles of dance previously shown on PBS. Much is local regional performances and interviews. But it currently includes New York City Ballet in Madrid, with Serenade and Square Dance Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 Thanks for reminding me about PBS Passport. Until a few years ago it was available only in the United States, but now it's available to donors from Canada as well, which is progress. Link to comment
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