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A magnificent production of The Bassarids in Salzburg

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [3] – Henze, The Bassarids: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Huw Rhys James), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 23.8.2018. (MB)

<>The Bassarids (c) Salzburger Festspiele/Bernd Uhlig

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A Highly Successful Production of L’incoronazione di Poppea in Salzburg

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [2] – Monteverdi, L’incoronazione di Poppea: Soloists, Bodhi Project and Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (conductor). Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 22.8.2018. (MB)

L’Incoronazione di Poppea (c) Maarten Vanden Abeele

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A New Production of The Magic Flute Premieres at the Festival Castell Peralada

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SpainSpain Festival Castell Peralada 2018 [2] – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Liceu Chorus and Orchestra/Josep Pons (conductor), Castle Gardens Auditorium, Peralada, 6.8.2018. (JMI)

Festival Castell Peralada 2018 – Die Zauberflöte © T. Ferrer
Festival Castell Peralada 2018’s Die Zauberflöte © T. Ferrer

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This Year’s ‘Wagner für Kinder’ at Bayreuth was Der Ring des Nibelungen

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GermanyGermany Bayreuth Festival 2018 [6] – ‘Wagner für Kinder’, Der Ring des Nibelungen: Soloists, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder) / Azis Sadikovic (conductor), Probebühne IV auf der Parkseite des Festspielgeländes, Bayreuth, 31.7.2018. (JPr)

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Teatro Nuovo is Launched with Rossini’s Tancredi

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United StatesUnited States Rossini, Tancredi (semi-staged version): Soloists, Jakob Lehmann (primo violino e capo d’orchestra), Teatro Nuovo Chorus and Orchestra/Will Crutchfield (maestro al cembalo), Teatro Nuovo, The Performing Arts Center, Purchase, 3.8.2018. (RP)

Tamara Mumford (Tancredi) & Leo Radosavljevic (Orbazzano) © Steven Pisano

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