Classical TV Debuts With the Web’s Richest Array of Free and Pay-Per-View Performing Arts
NEW YORK, Apr. 20 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
FIRST PAY-PER-VIEW BROADCAST IS THE METROPOLITAN OPERA’S SALOME
Classical TV launches this week with “the greatest performances online” -- a free library of videos
of the most exciting arts performances, concerts, and special events of recent times, ranging from
Handel to Herbie Hancock.
Available for free at www.classicaltv.com are full-length videos of opera, ballet, drama, jazz/pop,
documentaries, and more. Plus a rich array of editorial content: news, reviews, interviews, Editor’s
Choice playlists, and blogs.
Included are performances from the world’s greatest stages—the Royal Shakespeare Company,
the Bolshoi, Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg, Paris Opera, Dutch National Ballet and English
National Opera, among others. The world’s greatest stars are featured: Placido Domingo, Renee
Fleming, Carlos Acosta, Pina Bausch, Sarah Brightman, ABBA, and many more.
In addition, special pay-per-view events from current and recent seasons will be available, such
as the Metropolitan Opera’s highly-acclaimed production of Richard Strauss’s Salome, with soprano
“Stunning,” said the New York Times, praising Mattila’s “gleaming power, eerie expressivity
and… beguiling lyricism.” (The soprano drew raves for her “Dance of the Seven Veils.”)
For only $9.99, Classical TV viewers can access a high-definition streamed video of the full
performance of Salome for 72 hours -- a performance that was one of New York’s hottest tickets
and part of the Met’s award-winning series of live, high-definition transmissions to movie theaters.
“We’re thrilled to be working with the Met and will be screening more of their current season’s
operas,” says Classical TV founder/CEO Chris Hunt. “They not only offer the highest-quality
productions but approach the development of new audiences as we do, in a bold, imaginative way.
“We created Classical TV to synch with the freedom consumers expect nowadays to connect
with programming they want, wherever and whenever they want -- at home, on their phones, in the
office, as well as in the concert hall.”
National Ballet’s Giselle; the Metropolitan Opera’s 125th Anniversary Opening Night Gala Starring
Renee Fleming; the Zurich Opera’s Cosi Fan Tutte, with Cecilia Bartoli; and a “Celebration of
Dance” from the Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet.
SOURCE: Classical TV
CONTACT: Jo Hunt,
Classical TV,
+44-(0)-8709-747-345, info@classicaltv.com
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