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Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

From Turin to Geneva: Manon Lescaut under Gianandrea Noseda

07/04/201702/04/2017 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Puccini, Manon Lescaut (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus of the Teatro Regio di Torino / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Théâtre des Nations, Geneva, 30.3.2017. (ALL)

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In Between Mahler and Zimmerman: Wozzeck in Geneva

11/03/201707/03/2017 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Chorus of the Grand Théâtre Geneva, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Stefan Blunier (conductor), Théatre des Nations, Geneva, 4.2.2017. (AL)

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Geneva’s Intimate and Effective La bohème

09/01/201703/01/2017 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Puccini, La bohème: Soloists and Chorus of Grand Théâtre Geneva, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor), Opéra des Nations, Geneva, 29.12.2016. (AL)

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Thomas Hampson excels in Mahler

21/09/201617/09/2016 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Schumann, Mahler: Thomas Hampson (baritone), Wolfram Rieger (piano), Théâtre des Nations, Geneva, 13.09.2016. (ALL)

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Thomas Hampson (c) Kristin Hoebermann

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Bloated production drowns Manon

21/09/201617/09/2016 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Massenet, Manon: Soloists, Chorus of the Grand Théâtre Geneva, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marko Leonja (conductor), Opéra des Nations, 12.9.2016. (ALL)

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John Fiore Conducts Falstaff

29/06/201624/06/2016 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff – Soloists, Chorus of the Grand Théâtre Geneva and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, John Fiore (conductor), Opéra des Nations, 20.06.2016 (ALL)

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Finding the right tempo in Debussy and Beethoven

03/04/201627/03/2016 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Debussy, Beethoven:  Nelson Goerner, Victoria Hall, Geneva, 27.3.2016. (ALL)

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Variations on a … Song Cycle by Robert Schumann

31/03/201625/03/2016 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Schumann, Grieg, Richard Strauss, Dankworth, Fauré, Rangström, Mahler, Turina, Ravel, Duparc, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Poulenc, Berlioz, Granados, Quitter – Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) and Malcolm Martineau (piano): Geneva, 20.3.2016. (ALL)

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Susan Graham (c) B. Ealovega

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