Bizet, Carmen: at Opera på Skäret , Kopparberg, Sweden, premiere on 23.7.2011 (GF)
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Small but Perfectly Formed: Wagner’s Ring at Sweden’s Wermland Opera
Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen : Soloists, Wermland Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Henrik Schaefer (conductor), Karlstad Theatre , Sweden , June – July 2011 (NS)
South American premiere – Il viaggio a Reims in La Plata
Rossini, Il viaggio a Reims: Soloists and Orchestra of Teatro Argentino. Conductor: Sergio Monterisi, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 17.7.2011. (JSJ)
Singing With the Fishes: Kristina Opolais Casts Her Net Again in Munich’s Rusalka
A. Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera, Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Munich National Theater. 18.07.2011 (JMI)
Buenos Aires travels to Haydn’s ‘World On The Moon’
Haydn, Il mondo della luna: Buenos Aires Lírica. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Buenos Aires Lírica, Conductor: Rodolfo Fischer. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 15.7.2011. (JSJ)
A Mixed Reception for Nuria Espert’s Tosca in Madrid
G. Puccini, Tosca: Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid. Coro Intermezzo. Pequeños Cantores. Conductor: Renato Palumbo. Teatro Real de Madrid. 12. 7.2011 (JMI)
Mysterious Six Hours: Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise in Madrid
O. Messiaen, Saint François d’Assise: Soloists, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden – Freiburg. Coro Intermezzo, Coro de la Generalitat Valenciana, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor). Madrid Arena, 11.7.2011 (JMI)
Peter Brook’s Flute-less Magic Flute at the Lincoln Center Festival
Lincoln Center Festival: Mozart/Peter Brook, A Magic Flute: Peter Brook (director), Soloists, Franck Krawczyk (piano),Lynch Theater,New York, 8.7.2011 (SSM)