Estonia Gounod Faust. Soloists, Estonian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Vello Pähn (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn. 20.9. 2012 (Premiere)
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Don Carlo in Vienna
Austria G. Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Vienna State Orchestra & Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Wiener Staatsoper, 10.9.2012 (JMI)
Arabella Trifecta from Vienna
Austria R. Strauss, Arabella: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Vienna State Opera, 11.9.2012 (JMI)
Einstein on the Beach: Fresh and Clean After 20 Years
United States Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, New York (19.9.2012) with additional performances (20-23.9.2012) (SSM)
A Mixed-Bag Massenet Werther from Oviedo
Spain J. Massenet: Werther, Principado de Asturias Orchestra, Yves Abel (conductor), Oviedo’s Teatro Campoamor, 17.9.2012 (JMI)
Vienna’s Musical Vespri Siciliani Spoiled by an Old Production
Austria G. Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani, Wiener Staatsoper orchestra and chorus, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 12.9.2012 (JMI)
Claus Guth’s Fast Moving Ulysses in Vienna
Austria Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria: Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor), Theater an der Wien, 9.9.2012 (JMI)
A Fine Moses und Aron Concert Performance in Madrid
Spain Arnold Schönberg: Moses und Aron: SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden-Freiburg, EuropaChor Akademie, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real. 7.9.2012 (JMI)