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José Irurzun

Toulouse marks the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s Death with a Berlioz Opera

10/10/201604/10/2016 by José Irurzun

FranceFrance Berlioz, Béatrice et Bénédict: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Thèâtre du Capitole / Tito Ceccherini (conductor), Thèâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, 2.10.2016. (JMI)

Béatrice et Bénédict © Patrice Nin
Béatrice et Bénédict © Patrice Nin

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Verdi’s Otello Opens the Teatro Real 2016-2017 Season

02/10/201627/09/2016 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Verdi: Otello, Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real / Renato Palumbo (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 24 & 25.9.2016. (JMI)

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Teatro Real’s Otello © Javier del Real

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A Rarely Heard Tchaikovsky Opera Has Its Spanish Premiere in Oviedo

23/09/201619/09/2016 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa, Orchestra Principado de Asturias, Coro Ópera Oviedo, Rossen Milanov (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 17.9.2016. (JMI)

Mazeppa. Courtesy of Opera Oviedo.
Mazeppa (c) Opera Oviedo.

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A Competent Though Not Especially Memorable Madama Butterfly

14/09/201609/09/2016 by José Irurzun

AustriaAustria Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Auguin (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 8.9.2016. (JMI)

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Kristīne Opolais as Madama Butterfly © Michael Pöhn

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The Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus Excel Once Again in Turandot

19/09/201608/09/2016 by José Irurzun

AustriaAustria Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, Marco Armiliato (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 7.9.2016. (JMI)

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Turandot © Michael Pöhn

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A Brilliantly Staged and Marvellously Played Carmen in Vienna

14/09/201608/09/2016 by José Irurzun

AustriaAustria Bizet: Carmen, Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Auguin (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 6.9.2016. (JMI)

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Elena Maximova (Carmen) © Michael Pöhn

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A Brilliant Lohengrin under the Baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin

11/09/201606/09/2016 by José Irurzun

AustriaAustria Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus, Staatsoper Wien, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 5.9.2016. (JMI)

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Lohengrin © Michael Pöhn

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A Nicely Played but Uneven Don Giovanni at the 2016 Quincena Musical de San Sebastien

20/08/201615/08/2016 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Mozart, Don Giovanni: Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, Coro Easo, Manuel Hernández-Silva (conductor), Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastian, 13.8.2016. (JMI)

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