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"First Noel" is an album by Ibrahim Maalouf that has some great jazz versions of well known Christmas music.

Making a top comment for this. I have found a recording on medici.tv from April 2025 (same choreography): https://www.medici.tv/en/ballets/edward-clug-peer-gynt-grieg-la-scala

It's a subscription service, but if you really want to watch it, it's worth it (and you can cancel after a month anyway)

I want to watch this as well, but can't find anything either. I sent a mail to the opera house asking how I can get a recording.

Edit: got a reply. They don't have the recording and told me to contact the choreographer as he apparently owns the rights. Will try to do so later today (at work now)

Update 2: Found the instagram of the choreographer (Edward Clug) and sent him a message

Update 3: After checking his instagram a bit further, it turns out that there still are performances now and then (averaging at 1 per year, last one was in April). This led me to some more internet searching and I found where you can watch the most recent one (at La Scala in Milan): https://www.medici.tv/en/ballets/edward-clug-peer-gynt-grieg-la-scala

Last update: he blocked me without responding. But hey, I found it so I still call it a win.

We are not ready though. Mentally, sure, but in case of an all out war we would still run out of ammo, bombs and manpower in weeks. Only now do we see the first factories and production lines coming online based on the investments of the past years and even then not all the supply lines have been adjusted for it. Europe could probably be ready by the end of 2027 at the earliest, provided it removes its command and control dependency from the US.

Realistically, Europe won't be ready until 2030. That's not to say we wouldn't be able to get ready sooner, we absolutely would, if we were to switch to a war economy. But nobody wants that, because it ruins your economy and is grossly expensive.

That doesn't mean we would get crushed, that wouldn't be the case, but we would be on the defensive for a while until the gears of war are properly greased.