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Verismo Double Bill with a Lyric Touch

27/09/201516/09/2015 by Rick Perdian

SingaporeSingapore Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci, & Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: Singapore Lyric Opera Orchestra, Singapore Lyric Opera Chorus, SLO Children’s Choir, Joshua Kangming Tan (conductor), Esplanade Theatre, 10.09.2015  (RP)

Verismo Double Bill with a Lyric Touch
Verismo Double Bill with a Lyric Touch

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A Pleasing Tell Opens the Geneva Season

27/09/201516/09/2015 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gioacchino Rossini: Guillaume Tell,  Chorus of the Geneva Grand Théâtre, Alan Woodbridge (Chorus Master), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jesús López-Cobos (Conductor), Grand Théâtre de Genève, 09.11.2015

See Below

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A New Production of Die Walküre Continues the Ring in Oviedo

27/09/201515/09/2015 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Wagner: Die Walküre: Principado de Asturias Orchestra, Guillermo García Calvo (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 13.9.2015 (JMI)

Oviedo
Elisabete Matos (Brünnhilde) and Stuart Skelton (Siegmund)
in Oviedo’s Die Walküre

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Puccini’s Magnificent Score Shines Through in Deutsche Oper’s Tired-looking Turandot

13/08/202013/09/2015 by Michael Cookson

Puccini, Turandot : Soloists, Orchester and Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Alexander Joel (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin 12.9.2015. (MC)

Turandot © Bettina Stöß
Turandot © Bettina Stöß

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Not a Dull Moment in Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Komische Oper Berlin

27/09/201512/09/2015 by Michael Cookson

GermanyGermany  Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Chorsolisten und Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin/Konrad Junghänel (conductor), Komische Oper Berlin, 11.9.2015 (MC)

Handel-Giulio-Cesare-in-Egitto-©-Iko-Freese-drama-berlin.de
             Handel Giulio Cesare  in Egitto © Iko Freese drama berlin.de

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Warm, Expressive and Atmospheric Pelléas et Mélisande in Berlin

27/09/201512/09/2015 by Michael Cookson

GermanyGermany Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin/Donald Runnicles (conductor), Berlin 9.9.2015 (MC)

DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN             Premiere: 10.10.2004 PELLéAS ET MéLISANDE von Debussy / Maeterlinck Musik. Leitung: Marc Albrecht Inszenierung, BŸhne: Marco Arturo Marelli KostŸme: Dagmar Niefind Darst.:  Vronique Gens, Richard Croft   copyright: Bernd Uhlig,Warthestrasse 70, D-12051 Berlin  POSTBANK BERLIN Blz: 10010010Konto Nr.: 349860101 IBAN DE19 1001 0010 0349 8601 01   BIC  PBNKDEFF Abdruck nur gegen Beleg und Honorar
Deutsche Oper Berlin Pelléas et Mélisande
copyright: Bernd Uhlig

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A Superb Trovatore Opens the Season in La Coruña

30/09/201505/09/2015 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Verdi: Il Trovatore (new production): Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Coro Gaos, Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor), Palacio de la Ópera, La Coruña, 3.9.2015 (JMI)

Trovatore
Angela Meade and Gregory Kunde in Il Trovatore

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A Sense of Wonder as Indelible “Skin” Arrives Onstage

10/09/201503/09/2015 by Bruce Hodges

United StatesUnited States Mostly Mozart Festival 2015 (1), George Benjamin, Written on Skin (U.S. stage premiere): Soloists, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Katie Mitchell (director), David H. Koch Theater, New York City. 13.8.2015 (BH)

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