United Kingdom Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Opera, Ex Cathedra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 6.4.2012. (RJ)
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Seattle Young Artists Program Presents Donizetti’s Don Pasquale
United States Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Seattle Opera Young Artists Program, soloists, Seattle Opera Young Artists Program Orchestra, Brian Garman (conductor), Peter Kazaras (director), Meany Hall, Seattle, 31.3.2012 (BJ)
Thaïs, a Valencian Athanaël Festival
Spain Jules Massenet, Thaïs: Soloists, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Patrick Fournillier (conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 31.3.2012 (JMI)
Valencia, Tosca Da Capo
Spain G. Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 1.4.2012 (JMI)
Mercadante: How Many Figaros are Enough?
Spain Saverio Mercadante, I Due Figaro: Soloists, Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Vienna Philharmonia Chorus, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 30.3.2012 (JMI)
Trifling with Die Zauberflöte
Italy Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Teatro dell’Opera, Rome, 31.3.2012 (JB)
Mascagni Double Bill Opens Juventus Lyrica’s 2012 Season
Argentina Mascagni, L’amico Fritz, Cavalleria Rusticana: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica, Antonio Maria Russo (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 23.3.2012. (JSJ)
Handel is Alive and Well at Manchester’s Music Conservatoire
United Kingdom Handel, Xerxes (sung in Italian with surtitles): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Northern College of Music/Roger Hamilton (conductor), Royal Northern College of Music Theatre, Manchester, 22.3.2012 (RJF)