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José Irurzun

Daniel Barenboim Leads a Magnificent Tristan und Isolde in Berlin

15/07/201916/06/2019 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 15.6.2019. (JMI)

Andreas Schager (Tristan) and Anja Kampe (Isolde) (c) Monika Rittershaus

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A Disappointing Otello at the Deutsche Oper

15/07/201916/06/2019 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra / Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 14.6.2019. (JMI)

Guanqun Yu (Desdemona) and Russell Thomas (Otello) © Bettina Stöß

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An Imaginative, Delightful New Production of Don Quichotte in Berlin

15/07/201914/06/2019 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Massenet, Don Quichotte: Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra / Emmanuel Villaume (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 13.6.2019. (JMI)

Deutsche Oper’s Don Quichotte (c) T. Aurin

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Well-Sung Manon Lescaut Under the Excellent Baton of Sir Simon Rattle

29/06/201914/06/2019 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 12.6.2019. (JMI)

Deutsche Oper’s Manon Lescaut (c) B. Stöss

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Liceu’s Tosca Revival Has Strong Musical Leadership From John Fiore but Uneven Casts

29/06/201913/06/2019 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Cor Infantil Amics de la Unió, Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / John Fiore (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 9 & 11.6.2019. (JMI)

Jonathan Tetelman (Cavaradossi) & Liudmyla Monastyrska (Tosca) (c) A. Bofill

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Richard Strauss Is Well Served by the Teatro Real’s New Capriccio

23/05/202103/06/2019 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Richard Strauss, Capriccio: Teatro Real Orchestra / Asher Fisch (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 2.6.2019. (JMI)

Teatro Real’s Capriccio (c) Javier del Real

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Juan Diego Flórez Makes an Uneven Debut in the Wiener Staatsoper’s Manon

29/06/201903/06/2019 by José Irurzun

AustriaAustria Massenet, Manon: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper / Frédéric Chaslin (conductor), Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, 1.6.2019. (JMI)

Nino Machaidze (Manon) & Juan Diego Flórez (Des Grieux)
(c) Wiener Staatsoper Michael Pöhn

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Anna Netrebko Shines as Maddalena di Coigny in Vienna

19/06/201902/06/2019 by José Irurzun

AustriaAustria Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, 31.5.2019. (JMI)

Yusif Eyvasov & Anna Netrebko
(c) Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Poehn

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