Barenboim’s Tannhäuser Exceeds All Expectations

 Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Dancers, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Schiller Theater, Berlin, 12.4.2014 (MB)

 

Staatsoper Berlin TANNHÄUSER Musikalische Leitung: Daniel Barenboim Inszenierung: Sasha Waltz Bühnenbild: Pia Maier Schriever, Sasha Waltz Kostüme: Bernd Skodzig Licht: David Finn
Staatsoper Berlin
TANNHÄUSER
Musikalische Leitung: Daniel Barenboim Inszenierung: Sasha Waltz Bühnenbild: Pia Maier Schriever, Sasha Waltz Kostüme: Bernd Skodzig Licht: David Finn Photo credit Bernd Uhlig

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Rigoletto – Juventus Lyrica On And Up

ArgentinaArgentina Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica, Antonio Maria Russo (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 4.4.2014. (JSJ)

 

Rigoletto -   Natalia Quiroga Romero (Gilda) and Ernesto Bauer (Rigoletto) in Juventus Lyrica’s 2014 production of Rigoletto. Photo Liliana Morsia.
Rigoletto – Natalia Quiroga Romero (Gilda) and Ernesto Bauer (Rigoletto) in Juventus Lyrica’s 2014 production of Rigoletto. Photo Liliana Morsia.

 

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Met’s Vintage La bohème Fresh and Emotionally Compelling

United StatesUnited States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Stefano Ranzani (conductor). Broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 5.4.2014. (JPr)

Vittorio Grigolo Kristine Opolais c Metropolitan Opera, Marty Sohl
Vittorio Grigolo (Rodolfo) and  Kristine Opolais (Mimì) © Metropolitan Opera/Marty Sohl

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