United States G. Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Soloists, San Francisco Opera, Giuseppe Finzi (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 13.11.2013 (RRR)
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Silent Era Film Comedy Meets Weimar Cabaret in This Entertaining Magic Flute
United States Mozart, The Magic Flute. LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 23.11.13-15.12.13 (JRo)
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Handel’s Radamisto: Not Your Ordinary Student Production
United States Handel, Radamisto: Juilliard Opera and Juilliard415, Julian Wachner (conductor), Peter J. Sharp Theater, Juilliard School, Lincoln Center, New York, 20.11.2013 (SSM)
Photo credit: Nan Melville
Budapest’s Erkel Theatre Reopens with a Double Bill
Hungary Vajda, Mario and the Musician; Bartók, Bluebeard’s Castle: Hungarian State Opera, Gregory Vajda (conductor), Erkel Theatre, Budapest, 14.11.2013
Rossini with Artifice Provokes Smiles, Laughs
United States Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera, Giuseppe Finzi (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 14.11.2013 and 19.11.2013 (HS)
The Turn of the Screw
Britten, The Turn of the Screw. Soloists (prime parte) of the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna. Conductor, Jonathan Webb Teatro Comunale, Bologna. 19.11.2013 (JB)
Hamburg’s Verdi Trilogy: I Due Foscari, Last is Best
Verdi: I Due Foscari, Philarmoniker Hamburg, Staatsoper Chorus, Simone Young (conductor), Staatsoper Hamburg 16.11.2013 (JMI)
Mixed Bag of a Mastersingers
Switzerland Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conducted by Sebastian Weigle, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 10.11.2013. (JR)