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José Irurzun

An Intense, Well-Played Performance of a Rare Ullmann Opera

16/06/201612/06/2016 by José Irurzun
Der Kaiser von Atlantis. © Javier del Real
Der Kaiser von Atlantis. © Javier del Real.

SpainSpain Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Teatro Real Orchestra, Pedro Halffter (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 10.6.2016 (JMI)

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A Masterfully Played and Sung Moses und Aron

16/06/201610/06/2016 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Schönberg: Moses und Aron, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 9.6.2016 (JMI)

Moses und Aron. © Javier del Real.
Moses und Aron. © Javier del Real.

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Joyce DiDonato is Superb as Romeo at the Liceu

06/06/201631/05/2016 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Bellini, I Capuleti è I Montecchi: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus/Riccardo Frizza (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 28 & 29.5.2016. (JMI)

Romeo
Joyce DiDonato as Romeo © A. Bofill

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A Musical Tour of the World with a Brilliant Joyce DiDonato

03/06/201628/05/2016 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Granados, Rossini, Ravel and others: Joyce DiDonato, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 27.5.2016. (JMI)

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Joyce DiDonato (c) Simon Pauly

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Kirill Petrenko Leads Koch and Kaufmann in a Spectacular Die Meistersinger

03/06/201628/05/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 26.5.2016. (JMI)

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Wolfgang Koch (Sachs) & Jonas Kaufmann (Stolzing)
in Die Meistersinger (c) Wilfried Hösl

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A Disappointing Lucia Is Revived in Munich

03/06/201627/05/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Oksana Lyniv (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 25.5.2016. (JMI)

Lucia
Lucia di Lammermoor (c) Wilfried Hösl

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Angela Denoke Triumphs in The Makropulos Affair

29/05/201626/05/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Janáček: Věc Makropulos, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 24.5.2016 (JMI)

Copyright - Wilfried Hosl.
Copyright – Wilfried Hosl.

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Gregory Kunde Excels in Valencia’s Idomeneo

11/05/201603/05/2016 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Mozart, Idomeneo; Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Fabio Biondi (conductor), Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, 1.5.2016. (JMI)

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Idomeneo in Valencia © Tato Baeza

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