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Spanish Opera Season Opens with Lucia di Lammermoor
Spain Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Gaos Choir, Ramón Tébar (conductor), Corũna’s Palacio de la Opera, 13.09.2013 (JMI)

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Thomas Hampson: Still a Fine Recitalist
United Kingdom Mahler, Webern, Zemlinsky, Strauss, Alma Mahler, Schoenberg: Thomas Hampson (baritone), Wolfram Rieger (piano). Wigmore Hall, London 14.9.2013. (JPr)
Verdi Emerges from Wagnerian Shadows in Memorable Concert
Verdi, Rigoletto (concert performance): Soloists, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 15.9.2013. (JPr)
Lucerne Festival (4): Glorious Bruckner from Maazel and the Vienna Philharmonic
Switzerland Lucerne Festival Bruckner (4) : Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne 14.9.2013 (JR)

Ian Hobson Begins a Series of 14 Recitals Devoted to Brahms’s Works for Piano
United States Brahms: “Classical Inclinations in a Romantic Age” Works for Piano and Chamber Music with Piano (Recitals 1 and 2), Ian Hobson (piano), Claude Hobson (piano), Edward A. Rath, Jr. (piano), Benzaquen Hall, DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, 10.9.2013 and 12.9.2013. (SSM)
Contemporary Dancers Surprise and Give Offence
United Kingdom Berger, Sperlich, The Old Testament According to The Loose Collective: The Loose Collective, The Place: Robin Howard Theatre, London, 12.9.2013. (JO’D)

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Schubert Loses Out to Mozart and Schumann
United Kingdom Mozart, Schumann, and Schubert: Nelson Goerner (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 11.9.2013 (MB)