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José Irurzun

Kurt Weill Comes Back to Teatro Real

06/06/201828/05/2018 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Weill, Street Scene: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Tim Murray (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 27.5.2018. (JMI)

Street Scene © J. del Real
Street Scene © J. del Real

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Götterdämmerung Brings Wagner’s Ring in Leipzig to a Beautiful Conclusion

30/05/201814/05/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists and Chorus of Leipzig Opera, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Ulf Schirmer (conductor), Leipzig Opera House, 13.5.2018. (JMI)

Leipzig Opera’s Götterdämmerung © T. Schulze

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Wagner’s Ring Continues at the Leipzig Opera House with Siegfried

30/05/201813/05/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists of Leipzig Opera, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Ulf Schirmer (conductor), Leipzig Opera House, 12.5.2018. (JMI)

Leipzig Opera’s Siegfried © T. Schulze

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An Excellent Die Walküre on the Second Night of Leipzig Opera’s Ring

30/05/201813/05/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists of Leipzig Opera, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Ulf Schirmer (conductor), Leipzig Opera House, 11.5.2018. (JMI)

Leipzig Opera’s Die Walküre © T. Schulze

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Leipzig Opera’s Ring Cycle Begins with a Convincing Das Rheingold

21/05/201811/05/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists of Leipzig Opera, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Ulf Schirmer (conductor), Leipzig Opera House, 10.5.2018. (JMI)

Das Rheingold © T. Schulz
Leipzig Opera’s Das Rheingold © T. Schulz

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Meade and Rachvelishvili Fly High in Deutsche Oper’s Il trovatore

21/05/201811/05/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Verdi, Il trovatore: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 9.5.2018. (JMI)

Deutsche Oper’s Il trovatore © B. Stöss

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A New Production of Strauss’s Ever-Popular Die Fledermaus

12/05/201809/05/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany J. Strauss, Die Fledermaus: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 8.5. 2018. (JMI)

Die Fledermaus © T. Jauk
Die Fledermaus © T. Jauk

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An Exciting Month of Verdi at the Deutsche Oper Includes a Disappointing Rigoletto

12/05/201809/05/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Verdi, Rigoletto: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper / Guillermo Garcia Calvo (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 7.5.2018. (JMI)

Deutsche Oper’s Rigoletto © B. Stöss

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