José Irurzun

A satisfying Magic Flute at the Liceu, though it failed to meet prior expectations

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SpainSpain Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Cor Infantil Amics de la Unio (chorus director: Josep Vila Jover), Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 20 & 21.6.2022. (JMI)

Lucy Crowe (Pamina) and Javier Camarena (Tamino) © D. Ruano

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Excellent production of works by Honegger and Debussy at the Teatro Real

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SpainSpain Arthur Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au Bûcher & Claude Debussy‘s La Damoiselle élue: Pequeños Cantores JORCAM (chorus director: Ana González); Chorus (chorus director: Andrés Máspero) and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Juanjo Mena (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 16.6.2022. (JMI)

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In the Liceu revival of Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades, ‘cancellation’ becomes a major protagonist

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SpainSpain Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame): Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Dmitri Jurowski (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 6 & 8.2.2022. (JMI)

Larissa Diadkova as the Old Countess in her death scene (c) A. Bofill

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