United States Giuseppe Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Washington National Opera Orchestra, Philippe Auguin (conductor), Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington DC, 15.5.2012 (RRR)
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Impenetrable Alcina
France Georg Friedrich Haendel: Alcina. Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Choeur de l’Opera National de Bordeaux, Harry Bicket (conductor), Grand Théâtre, Bordeaux, 13.5.2012 (JMI)
Lucia Beyond Redemption
Spain Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Orquesta Clásica Europea, Coro de Amigos Teatro Calderón, Denis Vlasenko (conductor), Teatro Calderón, Valladolid, 11.5.2012. (JMI)
Domingo as Cyrano de Bergerac in Madrid
Spain Franco Alfano, Cyrano de Bergerac: Soloists, Madrid Symphony Orchestra, Coro Intermezzo, Pedro Halffter (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 10.5.2012 (JMI)
A Life-Enhancing Magic Flute in Gothenburg
Sweden W.A. Mozart, The Magic Flute: Henrik Schaefer (conductor), Gothenburg Opera 12.5.2012 (NS)
Seattle Madama Butterfly Shows Hand of Genius
United States Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Seattle Opera, soloists, Julian Kovatchev (conductor), McCaw Hall, Seattle, 5 & 11/5/2012 (BJ)
Gallant Indians, Worth a Trip to Toulouse
France Jean-Philippe Rameau, Les Indes Galantes: Soloists, Les Talens Lyriques, Choeur du Capitole, Christophe Rousset (conductor). Capitole, Toulouse, 6.5.2012 (JMI)
Pamplona Magic Flute Redux
Spain Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Symphony Orchestra of Navarre, Coro Intermezzo, Robert Reimer (conductor), El Baluarte, Pamplona 4.5.2012 (JMI)