It's a Christmas miracle! The Sheen Center have made Raul's In Conversation from last December available to rent on Vimeo. 

The event, where he spoke to Fr Edward Beck about his life and shared some important songs, was held on December 14th, 2017. Here's a short snippet of him singing 'O Holy Night'.

You can rent the video here at a cost of $5.99 for 72 hours (US) or £4.73 for a week (UK)

American Theatre Wing have today published a video entitled Working in Theatre: Vocal Coach, which features footage of Raúl working with esteemed vocal coach, Joan Lader. 

She can be seen advising Raúl on how to breathe and how to feel the movements these breaths cause. There is also a snippet of him singing. 

You can watch Raúl's section of the video below: 

The Kennedy Center, which staged last month's limited run of Chess starring Raúl, have made available a short montage of clips from the show.

This complex rock opera has been seen around the world. The pawns in this drama form a love triangle: the loutish American chess star, the earnest Russian champion, and the assistant who is torn between them. From Bangkok to Budapest, the players, lovers, politicians, and spies are manipulated to the pulse of a monumental rock score. Music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson; lyrics by Tim Rice.

Directed by Tony Award® winner Michael Mayer (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Spring Awakening) with a new book by Emmy® and Golden Globe Award®–winning writer Danny Strong (Empire, The Butler, Game Change), Chess stars Raúl Esparza (Company, the Kennedy Center’s Sunday in the Park with George, Merrily We Roll Along) as American chess champion Freddie; Ramin Karimloo (Anastasia) as rival Russian chess star Anatoly Sergievsky; Tony Award® winner Ruthie Ann Miles (The King and I, Here Lies Love) as Anatoly’s wife, Svetlana; and Tony Award® winner Karen Olivo (West Side Story, In the Heights) as Florence, a remarkable Hungarian refugee who becomes the center of their emotional triangle. Joining them are Bradley Dean (Dear Evan Hansen) as Ivan Molokov, Sean Allan Krill (Honeymoon in Vegas) as Walter de Courcey, and Bryce Pinkham (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder) as the Arbiter.

The show was part of Broadway Center Stage and ran from Feb 14 to 18, 2018

The video, which you can watch below, features clips of Raúl performing The Deal (No Deal), and One Night in Bangkok.

In honor of Raúl leaving SVU, NBC have released a throwback deleted scene from season 18. 

The long-awaited scene was originally supposed to air in the episode, 'Genes' (S18E13) but had to be deleted when the episodes were reshuffled as it shows Benson bringing Barba candy to celebrate his return from suspension - a suspension which hadn't yet occurred in the reshuffled timeline.

You can see more videos of Raúl in SVU our dedicated SVU Video Archive

NBC have released a deleted scene from Raul's final episode of SVU. The scene, entitled 'Who's a Clown?' shows Benson and Barba debating the merits of his defense attorney.

You can see more videos (including episode highlights and deleted scenes) on our dedicated SVU Season 19 Videos page.

With the opening of Chess just 9 days away, we have been treated to several preview videos from a press event, courtesy of Broadway.com and Playbill.

The videos show snippets of the songs, “The Deal", “Commie Newspapers” and “Endgame.”

The new staging will run February 14–18 at the Washington, D.C., theatre. Raúl  will play American chess champion Freddie Trumper

NBC have releases a second sneak peek from the upcoming episode of SVU, featuring Raúl. In the clip, DA Jack McCoy visits an internally conflicted Barba, who confides in McCoy about a difficult moment from his past.

Now, while we're always happy to see Raúl get a meaty storyline and to learn something of Barba's past, we should point out that this scene is a direct contradiction to one in Padre Sandunguearo (Series 16) when Barba speaks to Nick Amaro about his father.

NBC have released a third deleted scene from last week's episode of SVU, 'Flight Risk'.

The scene shows Barba interviewing Tara during the Grand Jury.

NBC have released a second deleted scene from last week's episode of SVU, 'Flight Risk'. 
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​The scene shows Barba and the victim's sister working the courtroom.

You can see more videos (including episode highlights and deleted scenes) in our dedicated SVU Season 19 Videos page.

NBC have released a deleted scene from last week's episode of Law & Order SVU, 'Flight Risk'.

The scene, featuring Raúl and Mariska Hargitay, shows Benson and Barba listening to a leaked cockpit recording.

You can see more videos (including episode highlights and deleted scenes) in our dedicated SVU Season 19 Videos page.