Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano, Philarmoniker Hamburg, Chor Staatsoper Hamburg, Simone Young (conductor), Staatsoper Hamburg 15.11.2013 (JMI).
Hamburg Opera
La Battaglia di Legnano: A True Verdi Rarity
Hamburg Opera
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Hamburg Opera
Imagination and Innovation in Stunning Salome
R. Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Portland Opera, George Manahan (conductor), Stephen Lawless (director), Benoit Dugardyn (set), Ingeborg Bernerth (costumes), Mark McCullough (lighting), Matthew Ferraro (choreographer/Assistant Director), Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, 9.11.2013 (BJ)
Met’s Die Frau, Without a Shadow of a Doubt, a Great Production
R. Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Vladamir Jurowski (conductor), Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York, 12.11.2013 (SSM)
Rare Verdi Trilogy in Hamburg
Germany Verdi: I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata, Philarmoniker Hamburg, Chor Staatsoper Hamburg, Simone Young (conductor), Staatsoper Hamburg, 13.11.2013 (JMI).
Bring in the Nymphs
Germany R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Philarmoniker Hamburg, Axel Kober (conductor), Staatsoper Hamburg, 14.11.2013 (JMI).
Aida Again and Pleasurable Again
Verdi, Aida: Maestranza Orchestra and Chorus, Pedro Halffter (conductor), Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville, 6.11.2013 (JMI)
Three Cheers for a Button Bursting Falstaff at the Los Angeles Opera
United States Verdi, Falstaff: LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 9.11.13-1.12.13 (JRo)
Purcell’s The Indian Queen: A Pastiche by Peter Sellars
Spain H. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Orchestra and Chorus Opera Perm (MusicAeterna), Teodor Currentzis (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 5.11.2013 (JMI)
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