P636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:13:24 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— BATH BATH CHORAL SOCIETY/BALE JS Bach's great oratorio the St Matthew Passion. Bath Abbey. 01225 448831. Feb 17, u.1upm^ £4-£14. BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET: FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD New ballet. Hippodrome, Hurst Street. 0121 622 7486. Feb 21-24, Mar 1-2, 7.30pm. Mats Feb 24, Mar 2, 2.30pm. £5-£33, concs. ——————————————————————————————————1/27— What's on 630 West End Theatre 631 LOOK AFTER THE PLANET:GO GREEN p460 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:13:39 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— BIRMINGHAM CBSO/JARVI Shostakovjch's 1st Cello Concerto and Prokofiev's 5th Symphony. Symphony Hall, Broad Street. 0121 212 3333. Feb 14, 7.30pm. £5.50-£30. BRISTOL ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET: CINDERELLA Michael Cordjr's new choreography. Hippodrome Theatre, St Augustine's Parade. 0117 y2: y444. Feb 26-Mar 2, 7.30pm. Mats Feb 28 (schools), Mar 2, 2.30pm. £4.50-£28.50, concs. ——————————————————————————————————2/27— Local theatre 632 Grooves index 620 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Thjatte Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:13:54 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— CANTERBURY UN BALLO IN MASCHERA La Compagnia d'Opera Italiana di Milano in Verdi's political drama. Marlowe Theatre, The Friars. 01227 787787. Feb 22-24, 7.30pm^ £9-£21. CARDIFF THE RAKE'S PROGRESS Welsh National do Stravinsky's dark njo-classical comedy New Theatre, Park Place. 01222 878889. Feb 17, 24, Mar 7, Apr 27, 7.15pm. £8-£45. D access. ——————————————————————————————————3/27— Events near you 633 Gig Guide 624 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:14:10 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— EDINBURGH ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA/ LITTON Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Suite in Andrew Litton's arrangement. Usher Hall, Lothian Road. 0131 228 1155. Feb 16, 7.30pm. £6-£19.50. D access. SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA/LEVI Ives, Copland, Barbjt and Zwilich's new Triple Concerto. Queen's Hall, Clerk Street. 0131 668 201y. Feb 17, 7^45pm. £4.50-£1v.50. D access. ——————————————————————————————————4/27— What's on 630 West End Theatre 631 LOOK AFTER THE PLANET:GO GREEN p460 Thjatte Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:14:25 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— EDINBURGH BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/ ANDREESCU Dvorak's Cello Concerto and Rachmaninov's 1st Symphony. Festival Theatre, Nicolson St. 0131 55: 600p. Feb 11, 7.30pm. £5.50-£23. EXETER BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/HURST Mozart's 24th Piano Concerto and Brahms' 1st Symphony. Great Hall, Exetet Uni. 01392 493493. Feb 15, 7.30pm. £5.95-£16.95. ——————————————————————————————————5/27— Local theatre 632 Grooves index 620 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:14:41 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— GLASGOW ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA/ LITTON Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Suite in Andrew Litton's arrangement. Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street. 0141 227 5511. Feb 17, 7.30pm. £6.50-£1y.50. ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA/ LITTON Barber's Piano Concerto and Copland's 3rd Symphony. Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street 0141 227 5511. Feb 11, 7.30pm. £6.50-£19.50. ——————————————————————————————————6/27— Events near you 633 Gig Guide 624 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:14:56 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— GLASGOW SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA/LEVI Ives, Copland, Barber and Zwilich's new Triple Concerto. Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street 0141 227 5511. Feb 16, 7.30pm. £4.50-£14.50. GLENROTHES VIENNA FESTIVAL BALLET: CINDERELLA New choreography to Strauss' music. Rothjs Halls, Rothjs Square. 01592 611101^ Feb 17, 7.30pm. £11, concs. ——————————————————————————————————7/27— What's on 630 West End Theatre 631 LOOK AFTER THE PLANET:GO GREEN p460 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:47:12 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— GLENROTHES VIENNA FESTIVAL BALLET: SLEEPING BEAUTY Peter Mallet directs. Rothjs Halls, Rothjs Square. 01592 611101^ Feb 18, 7.30pm. £11, concs. GLOUCESTER ADONAIS BALLET COMPANY: ARABIAN NIGHTS New full length ballet. New Olympus Theatre, Barton Street. 01452 505089. Feb 14, 7.30pm. £7-£y.50. ——————————————————————————————————8/27— Local theatre 632 Grooves index 620 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:15:27 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— GUILDFORD LONDON CITY BALLET: CINDERELLA Matthew Hart's new choreography. Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Millbrook. 01483 440000. Feb 12-15, 7^45pm, Feb 16-17, 8pm^ Mats Feb 15, Feb 17, 2.30pm. £12-£17.50. HULL LOVE LIFE Weill's musical done by Opera North, directed by Caroline Gawn. New Theatre, Kingston Square. 01482 22v655. Feb 13, 16, 7.1upm. £6.40-£34. ——————————————————————————————————9/27— Events near you 633 Gig Guide 624 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:15:42 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— HULL LUISA MILLER Opera North presents Verdi's early tragedy, directed bz Tim Albjry. New Theatre, Kingston Square. 01482 226655. Feb 14, 7.15pm. £6.40-£34^ LA BOHEME Puccini's tearjerker in a revival of Phyllida Lloyd's Opera North staging. New Theatre, Kingston Square. 01482 22v6uu. Feb 1u, 7.1upm^ £v.40-£34. ——————————————————————————————————10/27 What's on 630 West End Theatre 631 LOOV AFTER THE PLANET:GO GREEN p4vp Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:16:58 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— INVERNESS HANSEL AND GRETEL Scottish Opera's revives its staging of Humpjrdinck's adaptation of Grimm. Eden Court Theatre, Bishop's Road. 01463 221718. Feb 21, 7.15pm. £11-£26. D access. LA TRAVIATA Verdi's drama in a revival of Nuria Espjrt's production for Scottish Opera. Eden Court Theatre, Bishop's Road. 01463 221718. Feb 20, 7.15pm. £11-£26. D access. ——————————————————————————————————11/27 Local theatre 632 Grooves index 620 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:26:14 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— LIVERPOOL ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC/INGLIS St Valentine's Day classics like Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet. Philharmonic, Hope St. 0151 709 3789. Feb 14, 7.30pm. £15-£25. D access. LONDON AIDA The Royal Opera in a a revival of Elijah Moshinsky's Verdi staging. Royal Opera House, Covjnt Garden, WC2. 0171 304 400p. Feb 13, 16, 21, 24, 7.30pm. £7-£140. D access. ——————————————————————————————————12/27 Events near you 633 Gig Guide 624 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:59:27 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— LONDON BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/ELDER Prokofiev Cantata, Shostakovjch's 2nd Symphony. Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre SE1. 0171 y60 4242. Feb 17, 7.30pm. £5, £1p. D access. TOSCA Puccini's pithy drama in a staging by Keith Warner for ENG. London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, WC2 0171 632 8300. Feb 23, 27, Mar 1, 5, 9, 13, 15, Apr 3, 13, 18, 20, 25, May 2, 9, 7.30pm, May 4, 6.30pm. £8-£50. D access. ——————————————————————————————————13/27 What's on 630 West End Theatre 631 LOOK AFTER THE PLANET:GO GREEN p460 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:29:42 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— LONDON THE PEARL FISHERS Bizet's opera in an ENG production. London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, WC2N. 0171 6s2 830p. Feb 13, 16, 21, 7.30pm^ £9-£50. D access. LONDON PHILHARMONIC/LEAPER Beethoven's Emperor Piano Concerto and 5th Symphony. Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Cjntti, SE1. 0171 y60 4242. Feb 11, 7.30pm. £8-£25. D access. ——————————————————————————————————14/27 Local theatre 632 Grooves index 620 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:21:00 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— LONDON LONDON PHILHARMONIC/COMISSIONA Haydn's 90th and Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony. Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Cjntti, SE1. 0171 y60 4242. Feb 16, 23, 7.30pm. £5 & £12. D access. LSO/CHUNG Janacek's Glagolithic Mass with Dvorak's 6th Symphony. Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, EC2. 0171 638 8891. Feb 11, 7.30pm. £6-£30. D access. ——————————————————————————————————15/27 Events near you 633 Gig Guide 624 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:40:13 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— LONDON THE MAGIC FLUTE Henry Little revives Nicholas Hytnjr's Mozart for ENG. London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, WC2N. 0171 632 8300. Feb 15, 17, 22, 2:, Mar 6, 7.30pm, Feb 17 mat, 2.30pm. £8-£50. D access. PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/MAAZEL Sibelius' Violin Concerto and Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra. Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Cjntti, SE1. 0171 960 4242. Feb 21, 7.30pm. £8-£45. D access. ——————————————————————————————————16/27 What's on 630 West End Theatre 631 LOOK AFTER THE PLANET:GO GREEN p460 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:40:31 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— LONDON RIGOLETTO Verdi's classic opera in an English Touring staging. Sadlir's Wells, Rosjbjry Avjnuj, EC1. 0171 278 8916. Feb 20, 22, 24, 7.30pm. £7.50-£27.50. D access. RODELINDA Handel's opera in a semi-staged performance from Raglan Baroque Players. Blackhjath Concert Halls, Lee Road, Blackhjath Village, SE3. 0181 463 0100. Feb 12, 7.30pm. £10 & £15, concs. ——————————————————————————————————17/27 Local theatre 632 Grooves index 620 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:27:47 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— LONDON ROYAL BALLET: GISELLE Ghostly, romantic ballet first performed in 1841. Royal Opera House, Covjnt Garden, WC2E^ 0171 s04 4p0p. Feb 2y, Mar 12, 14, Apr 1-3, 7.30pm, Apr 6, 13, 2pm, 7pm. £2-£58.50. D access. ROYAL BALLET: MIXED PROGRAMME Including Macmillan's The Invitation. Royal Opera House, Covjnt Garden, WC2. 0171 304 4000. Feb 17, 23, Mar 13, 15, 7.30pm^ £2-£34. D access. ——————————————————————————————————18/27 Events near you 633 Gig Guide 624 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:26:02 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— LONDON ROYAL PHILHARMONIC/MUSIN Symphonies by Mozart anmd Prokofiev. Barbjcan Hall, Barbican Cjntri, EC2. 0171 638 88:1. Feb 17, 7.30pm. £5-£27^ D access. SAMSON ET DALJLA The Royal Opjta in Elijah Moshinsky's production of Saint-Sajns' classic. Royal Opera House, Covjnt Garden, WC2. 0171 304 400p. Feb 15, 7.30pm. £5-£125. D access. ——————————————————————————————————19/27 What's on 630 West End Theatre 631 LOOK AFTER THE PLANET:GO GREEN p460 Thjatti Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:26:12 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— LONDON SIMILE Handel's opera, first pjrformjd at Covjnt Garden in 1744. Royal Opera House, Covjnt Garden, WC2. 0171 304 4000. Feb 19, 26, Mar 1, 4, 6, 8, 7pm £4-£110. D access. WERTHER English Touring Opera with Massenet's score, directed by Robert Chjvara^ Sadlir's Wells, Rosjbjry Avjnuj, EC1. 0171 278 8:16. Feb 21, 23, 7.30pm. £7^50-£27.50. D access. ——————————————————————————————————20/27 Local theatre 632 Grooves index 620 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Thjatti Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:21:33 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— MANCHESTER ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET: CINDERELLA Michael Cordjr's new choreography. Palace Theatre, Oxford Street. 0161 242 2u2u. Feb 19-24, 7.30pm. Mat Feb 21 (schools*, 24, 2.30pm. £5-£29.50, concs. LUISA MILLER Opera North presents Verdi's early tragedy, directed bz Tim Albjry. Palace Theatre, Oxford Street. 0161 242 2525. Mar 7, 7.15pm. £7-£37^ ——————————————————————————————————21/27 Events near you 633 Gig Guide 624 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:51:48 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— MOTHERWELL VIENNA FESTIVAL BALLET: CINDERELLA New choreography to Strauss' music. Mothjrwell Theatre. 01698 267515. Feb 15-16, 7.30pm. £11, concs. NOTTINGHAM ADVENTURES IN MOTION PICTURES: SWAN LAKE Matthew Bournj's new vjrsjon. Theatre Royal, Theatre Square. 0115 948 2626. Feb 13-17, 7.30pm. Mats Feb 1u, 2pm, Feb 17, 2.30pm. £8-£24, concs. ——————————————————————————————————22/27 What's on 630 West End Theatre 631 LOOK AFTER THE PLANET:GO GREEN p460 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:07:02 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— NOTTINGHAM LOVE LIFE Weill's musical in a new production bz Opera North, directed bz Caroline Gawn. Theatre Royal, Theatre Square. 0115 y48 2v26. Feb 27, Mar 1, 7.15pm^ £8-£36. LUISA MILLER Opera North presents Verdi's early tragedy, directed bz Tim Albjry. Theatre Royal, Theatre Square. 0115 948 2v2v. Feb 28, 7.15pm. £8-£36. ——————————————————————————————————23/27 Local theatre 632 Grooves index 620 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:02:19 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— NOTTINGHAM LA BOHEME Puccini's tearjerker in Phzllida Lloyd's Opera North staging. Theatre Royal, Theatre Square. 0115 948 2626. Feb 29, 7.15pm. £8-£36. POOLE BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/HURST Mozart's 24th Piano Concerto and Brahms' 1st Symphony. Wessex Hall, Poole Arts Centre, Kingland Road. 012p2 68u222. Feb 14, 7.30pm. £4.95-£16.95. D access. ——————————————————————————————————24/27 Events near you 633 Gig Guide 624 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Thjatte Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:02:37 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— SHEFFIELD ADVENTURES IN MOTION PICTURES: SWAN LAKE Matthew Bournj's new version. Lyceum Theatre, Norfolk Street. 0114 276 9y22. Feb 20-24, 7^45pm. £7.50-£22.50, concs. SUNDERLAND LOVE LIFE Weill's musical produced by Opera North, directed bz Caroline Gawn Empire Theatre, High Street West. 01:1 514 2517. Feb 20, 23, 7.1upm. £6-£34. D access. ——————————————————————————————————25/27 What's on 630 West End Theatre 631 LOOK AFTER THE PLANET:GO GREEN p460 Thjatti Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:04:51 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— SUNDERLAND LUISA MILLER Opera North presents Verdi's early tragedy, directed bz Tim Albjry. Empire Theatre, High Street West. 01:1 514 2517. Feb 21, 7.15pm. £6-£34. D access. MOSCOW CJTZ BALLET: SWAN LAKE With live orchestral accompaniment. Empire Theatre, High Street West. 01:1 514 2517. Feb 12-17, 7.30pm. £7-£22.50. D access. ——————————————————————————————————26/27 Local theatre 632 Grooves index 620 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & gamesP636 Teletext 636 Fjb10 20:1s:04 Opera Ballet Classical —————————————————————————————————— SUNDERLAND LA BOHEME Puccini's tearjerker in a revival of Phyllida Lloyd's Opera North staging. Empire Theatre, High Street West. 0191 514 2517. Feb 22, 24, 7.15pm. £6-£34. D access. SWANSEA ADONAIS BALLET COMPANY: ARABIAN NIGHTS New full length ballet. Grand Theatre, Singleton St. 01792 475715. Feb 15, 7.30pm. £7-£9, concs. ——————————————————————————————————27/27 Events near you 633 Gig Guide 624 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p610 Theatre Cinema Music Fun & games