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		<title>Culture Best Bets at Home: April 24th &#8211; 26th</title>
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				<category><![CDATA[Classical: Metronome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dance: At the Barre]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Drama, dark comedy, jazz, classical, Sondheim and more top the weekend's best bets.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/04/24/culture-best-bets-at-home-april-24th-26th/">Culture Best Bets at Home: April 24th &#8211; 26th</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once again there are plenty of options for culture to experience from the comfort of your home this weekend and they fall into all aspects of the performing arts. Here are your Best Bets at Home: April 24th &#8211; April 26th </p>
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<p><em><a href="https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/StratfordOnFilm/Production/King-Lear" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="King Lear (opens in a new tab)">King Lear</a></em> &#8211; Stratford Festival Website &#8211; Now &#8211; May 14th</p>
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<p>Canada&#8217;s Stratford Festival is considered one of the finest theatre festivals in the  world. In 2014 they began filming their productions of William Shakespeare&#8217;s plays. For the first time, they are making these films available for free viewing. </p>
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<p>Launching the series is production of <em>King Lear</em> starring Colm Feore as Lear with Maev Beaty as Goneril, Sara Farb as Codelia, Liisa Repo-Martell as Regan and Stephen Oumiette as The Fool. Artistic Director&nbsp;Antoni Cimolino helmed the production.</p>
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<p>Each film will be available for three weeks with a new title being released every Friday. Next week we will have full details of all the titles available for viewing and when they begin streaming.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.metopera.org/season/at-home-gala/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Metropolitan Opera At-Home Gala (opens in a new tab)">Metropolitan Opera At-Home Gala</a> &#8211; Met Opera Website &#8211; April 25th 1 PM EDT/10 AM PDT</p>
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<p>This is a star-studded event of opera&#8217;s finest singers performing live from their homes all around the world. Music Director&Acirc;&nbsp;Yannick N&Atilde;&copy;zet-S&Atilde;&copy;guin (who will also play piano) and General Manager Peter Gelb host this event. Amongst the scheduled participants are Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Ren&Atilde;&copy;e Fleming and Bryn Terfel. For our full preview go <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="here (opens in a new tab)" href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/04/24/metropolitan-operas-at-home-gala/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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<p><em><a href="http://facebook.com/GabrielleStravellimusic" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Gabrielle Stravelli &amp; Pat O'Leary Facebook Live Concert (opens in a new tab)">Gabrielle Stravelli &amp; Pat O&#8217;Leary Facebook Live Concert</a></em> &#8211; Facebook &#8211; April 25th  &#8211; 7 PM EDT/4  PM PDT</p>
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<p>If you love the great American songbook, jazz and great singing, you should take time to hear <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Gabrielle Stravelli (opens in a new tab)" href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/03/27/jazz-vocalist-gabrielle-stravelli-makes-west-coast-debut/" target="_blank">Gabrielle Stravelli</a> who will be performing with bassist Pat O&#8217;Leary on  Saturday from their home.</p>
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<p>The duo will play standards, originals, and some wonderful lesser-known songs. If you want to make requests for a specific song, you can do so on her Facebook page (the same link as in the event&#8217;s title.)</p>
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<p><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Cyprus Avenue (opens in a new tab)" href="https://britweek.org/events/cyprusavenue" target="_blank">Cyprus Avenue</a> </em>&#8211; BritWeek at Home &#8211; April 25th &#8211; 10 PM EDT/7 PM PDT</p>
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<p>BritWeek, an annual celebration of all things British, is usually held in venues across Los Angeles. This year, they&#8217;ve moved evertyhing online for <em>Britweek at Home</em>.  Amongst their finest offerings is this film of the Royal Court Theatre and  Abbey Theatre production of David Ireland&#8217;s play <em>Cyprus Avenue</em>.</p>
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<p>Stephen Rea (<em>V for Vendetta</em>, <em>The Butcher Boy</em>) stars as a Belfast Loyalist. In the midst of a psychotic episode he somehow confuses his five-week old granddaughter for former Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams. Fearing that his cultural heritage is under attack, he has no choice by to act.</p>
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<p><em>Cyprus Avenue</em> was directed by Vicky Featherstone and this film combines footage shot in Belfast with a filmed live performance of the play. The production received rave reviews and multiple awards. </p>
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<p>There is a warning on the theatre&#8217;s website about the play&#8217;s content advising: <em>Cyprus Avenue</em> contains strong language, discussion of sectarian themes and scenes of extreme violence that some viewers may find disturbing.</p>
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<p><em><a href="http://www.instagram.com/therealdebbieallen/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Salsa Class with Debbie Allen (opens in a new tab)">Salsa Class with Debbie Allen</a> </em> &#8211; Debbie Allen&#8217;s Instagram Account &#8211; April 26th &#8211; 4 EDT/1 PM PDT</p>
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<p>Want to get some exercise while staying safer at home? You can join Debbie Allen for a live salsa class online at her Instagram account (@therealdebbieallen) for an hour of fun, dance and exercise.</p>
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<p>This will be a live-stream event. If you&#8217;ve ever wanted to take a dance class, but were afraid of looking clumsy, no worries about that here. The only ones who will know how good or bad are you are the people with whom you live.</p>
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<p><em><a href="https://www.broadway.com/sondheim90/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Take Me To the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration (opens in a new tab)">Take Me To the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration</a> </em> &#8211; Broadway.com and their YouTube Page &#8211; April 26th 8 PM EDT/5 PM PDT</p>
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<p>You can read a full description of this event <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="here (opens in a new tab)" href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/04/24/take-me-to-the-world-a-sondheim-90th-birthday-celebration/" target="_blank">here</a> on our website. Simply put, over 40 of the biggest names in Broadway and film will perform songs by Stephen Sondheim. The participants include Meryl Streep, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Platt, Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone and so many more join host and producer Ra&Atilde;&ordm;l Esparza.</p>
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<p><a href="https://britweek.org/events/balletboyz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="BalletBoyz: Deluxe (opens in a new tab)"><em>BalletBoyz</em>: Deluxe</a> &#8211; BritWeek at Home &#8211; April 26th 10 PM EDT/7 PM PDT</p>
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<p>Founded by Michael Nunn and William Trevit (principal dancers with The Royal Ballet) in 1999, <em>BalletBoyz</em> is an all-male dance company. They specialize in new work by collaborating with contemporary choreographers and using new music.  </p>
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<p>Misty Copeland of the American Ballet Theatre will introduce the online world premiere of <em>Deluxe</em> which proved quite popular when the company toured with the program.</p>
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<p><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="LA Master Chorale performs Brahms' Requiem (opens in a new tab)" href="https://lamasterchorale.org/sundays" target="_blank">LA Master Chorale performs Brahms&#8217; Requiem</a> &#8211; April 26th &#8211; 10 PM EDT/7PM PDT</p>
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<p>Regular Los Angeles Master Chorale performances took place at 7 PM on Sundays. To honor that tradition and to acknowledge the sheltering at home guidelines, they are releasing recordings from previous concerts. A new concert will be available  every Sunday.</p>
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<p>This weekend&#8217;s concert comes from a 2018 performance of The Brahms <em>Requiem</em>. The concert opens with David Lang&#8217;s <em>where you go</em>, a re-writing of the composer&#8217;s favorite memory from the Book of Ruth. The Master Chorale gave the West Coast premiere of Lang&#8217;s work.</p>
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<p><em>Ein deutsches Requiem</em> by Brahms is considered one of the great requiems. To perform this work requires a full orchestra, 100 singers plus soloists. Jeanine De Bique &#8211; soprano and Justin Hopkins &#8211; bass baritone were the soloists for this concert.</p>
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<p>We have a preview of the introduction to this concert to share with you.</p>
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<p>Each recording remains available for a week after it is first posted online. </p>
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<p>These are our selections as your Best Bets at Home: April 24th &#8211; April 26th.</p>
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<p>Photo of Colm Feore by Don Dixon, Digital Artist: Krista Dodson/Courtesy of the Stratford Festival</p>
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