Enescu: Oedipe: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón, Ira Levin (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 1.6.2012. (JSJ)
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Rumbustious Business: Attila at the Rome Opera
Italy Verdi, Attila: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera Rome, Riccardo Muti (conductor), 27.5.2012 (JB)
Two Centuries of Waiting for Rienzi
Spain Richard Wagner, Rienzi: Soloists, Madrid Symphonic Orchestra, Intermezzo Chorus, Philharmonia Chorus Vienna, Alejo Pérez (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 24.5.2012 (JMI)
Barbara Frittoli’s Adriana Lecouvreur Unforced
Spain Francesco Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur: Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Maurizio Benini (conductor), Liceu, Barcelona, 21 – 23.5.2012 (JMI)
Back-to-Basics Carmen in Tallinn
Estonia Bizet, Carmen: Estonian National Opera, Arvo Volmer (conductor), Tallinn, 23.5.2012 (GF)
Operatic Repremiere: Notes from the Dresden Music Festival 2012 (7)
Germany Princess Amalie of Saxony, La casa disabitata: soloists, Helmut Branny (conductor), Dresden Chapel Soloists, Summer Palace, Grosser Garten, 27.5.2012 (JFL)
Carnival with Doña Francisquita at Teatro Argentino
Argentina Vives: Doña Francisquita: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Argentino. Conductor: Guillermo Brizzio, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 20.5.2012. (JSJ)
Judge Me Paris: A Baroque Burlesque Opera
United States Eccles, Judge Me Paris:A Baroque Burlesque Opera, Company XIV, 303 Bond St. Theatre, Brooklyn, New York, 20.5.2012 (SSM)