United States Mozart, Le Nozze Di Figaro: The Metropolitan Opera HD Live screened at the Duke of York Cinema, Brighton, 18.10.2014
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A Capriccio That Nods to Other Strauss Operas
United States Strauss, Capriccio: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago / Sir Andrew Davis, (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 12.10.2014 (JLZ)
Friedrich Cerhas Onkel Präsident: Marx Brothers Antics with Music of the Second Viennese School
Austria Friedrich Cerha: Onkel Präsident. Soloists, Alfred Eschwé (conductor), Volksoper orchestra & ensemble. Volksoper, Vienna. 14.10.2014 (SS)
Stimulating and Thought-Provoking Don Giovanni from NZ Opera
New Zealand Mozart, Don Giovanni: The New Zealand Opera, Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus (Chorus Master: Michael Vinten), Orchestra Wellington / Wyn Davies (conductor), St James’ Theatre, Wellington, 11th, 14th, 16th, 18th October, 2014
Carsen without Carsen: Onegin in Geneva
Switzerland Tchaïkovsky: Eugene Onegin, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Chorus of Geneva’s Grand Théâtre, Alan Woodbridge (Chorus Master), Michail Jurowski (Conductor), Grand Théâtre de Genève, 13.10.2014 (AL)
Opera Philadelphia’s Barbiere Offers Laughs in Plenty, and in Impeccable Style
United States Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Opera Philadelphia, soloists, Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 5.10.2014 (BJ)
A Lady Macbeth to Be Reckoned With
United States Verdi, Macbeth: (Met Opera HD Broadcast): Soloists, Metropolitan Opera and Chorus, Fabio Luisi (conductor), New York, NY, 11.10.14 (RDA)
Rare Performance of Peter Ronnefeld’s Nachtausgabe
Germany Ronnefeld: Nachtausgabe, Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli Akademie, Ekkehard Klemm (conductor), Semperoper II, Dresden, 4.10.2014 (JMI)
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