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José Irurzun

Baroque Opera is Well Served by Madrid’s Concert-Version Rinaldo

21/03/201813/03/2018 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Handel, Rinaldo (concert performance): The English Concert / Harry Bicket (conductor), Auditorio de Música, Madrid, 11.3.2018. (JMI)

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Aida at the Teatro Real with Three Casts and Some Brilliant Singers

21/03/201811/03/2018 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Verdi, Aida: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 7, 8 & 9.3.2018. (JMI)

Aida (First Cast) © J. del Real

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Some Pleasing Voices in an Otherwise Unmemorable Staging of Rigoletto

16/03/201806/03/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Verdi, Rigoletto: Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester, Oper Frankfurt Chorus / Simone di Felice (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 4.3.2018. (JMI)

Oper Frankfurt’s Rigoletto © M. Rittershaus

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A Convincing Performance of Weinberg’s Remarkable, Intense Opera, Die Passagierin

16/03/201805/03/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Weinberg, Die Passagierin (The Passenger): Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester, Oper Frankfurt Chorus / Leo Hussain (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 3.3.2018. (JMI)

Die Passagierin © B. Aumüller

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An Often Entertaining New Production of L’Africaine at Oper Frankfurt

03/10/202104/03/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Meyerbeer, L’Africaine: Soloists, Oper Frankfurt Chorus, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester, / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 2.3.2018. (JMI)

L’Africaine © M. Rittershaus

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Marvelous Acoustics and Exceptional Cast Make for a Great Staatsoper Tristan und Isolde

05/03/201827/02/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 25.2.2018. (JMI)

Andreas Schager (Tristan) & Anja Kampe (Isolde) © M. Rittershaus

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Excellent Cast and Superb ‘Federico’s Lament’ in Rare L’arlesiana Revival

05/03/201826/02/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Cilea, L’arlesiana: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 24.2.2018. (JMI)

Joseph Calleja (Federico) & Mariangela Sicilia (Vivetta) perform L’arlesiana © Bettina Stöss

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A Traditional, Attractive and Enjoyable Magic Flute

05/03/201826/02/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Nikolas Maximilian Nägele (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 23.2.2018. (JMI)

Die Zauberflöte © Bettina Stöss
Die Zauberflöte © Bettina Stöss

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