Germany C. Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Frankfurt Museum & Opera Orchestra, Friedemann Layer (conductor), Frankfurt Opera, 18.11.2012 (JFL)
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RNCM Chamber Music Festival, Manchester 11th-13th January 2013
United Kingdom RNCM Chamber Music Festival, Manchester 11th-13th January 2013
Anything Goes in Los Angeles
United States Cole Porter, Anything Goes: Roundabout Theatre’s 1987 production, Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles , 21.12.2012. (JRo)

High Camp and Elegance: Alden’s L’étoile
Germany E. Chabrier, L’Etoile: Soloists, Frankfurter Museum Orchestra, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Sebastian Zierer (conductor), Frankfurt Opera, 17.11.2011 (JFL)
Riccardo Muti and the Magical Trousers
Germany Mendelssohn, Schubert: Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Alisa Kolosova (mezzo), Saimir Pirgu (tenor), Michele Pertusi (bass), Riccardo Muti (conductor), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Herkulessaal, Munich, 20.12.2012 (JFL)
Promising But a Little Tipsy: Don Chisciotte in Rome
Italy Minkus /Petipa / Gorsky, Don Chisciotte: Rome Opera Ballet. Director, Micha van Hoecke. Orchestra dell Teatro dell’ Opera, Roma. Conductor, Nir Kabaretti. Choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky, rehearsed by Mikhail Messerer. Sets by Francesco Zitto with Antonella Conte. Costumes by Francesco Zito. Lighting: Agostino Angelini. Teatro dell’ Opera Rome. 22.12.2012 (JB)
New York Philharmonic’s Messiah Done Just Right
United States Handel, Messiah: Layla Claire (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Kenneth Tarver, (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass), The New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt (director), The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Gary Thor Wedow (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York 18-22.12.2012 (SSM)
Hymel is Devilishly Good in Lead Role in Meyerbeer’s Robert
United Kingdom Meyerbeer, Robert le Diable: Soloist, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Daniel Oren (conductor). 18.12.2012