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Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien Triumph in Eugene Onegin

17/12/201527/07/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany  Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Leo Hussain (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 26.7.2015 (JMI).

 Munich Trovatore Photo Credit: Wielfried Hösl
Munich Trovatore
Photo Credit: Wielfried Hösl

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Turangalîla-Symphonie at the Three Choirs Festival: A Formidable Achievement

01/08/201527/07/2015 by John Quinn

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (3), Wagner, Messiaen. Alwyn Mellor (soprano), Steven Osborne (piano), Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes-martenot), Philharmonia Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 26.7.2015 (JQ)

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Passion, Jealousy and Deceit in Handel’s Xerxes at Longborough

01/08/201526/07/2015 by RJones

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel: Xerxes (Serse):  Longborough Festival Opera Young Artists and Orchestra / Jeremy Silver (conductor), Longborough, 25.7.2015. (RJ)

Xerxes - Handel - Longborough Festival Opera - 26th July 2015 Conductor - Jeremy Silver Director - Jenny Miller Designer - Faye Bradley Lighting Designer - Anna Sbokou Xerxes - Jake Arditti Arsamenes - Tai Oney Amastris - Lucinda Stuart Grant Ariodate - Jon Stainsby Romilda - Alice Privett Atalanta - Abbi Temple Elviro - Matthew Durkan Chorus - Chiara Vinci, Laurence Panter
Pic Credit Longborough Festival Opera Alice Privett as Romilda and Tai Oney as Arsamenes

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An Argentine Cav And Pag

27/01/201626/07/2015 by Jonathan Spencer Jones
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José Cura’s Pagliacci in Buenos Aires. (Photo Prensa Teatro Colón/Arnaldo Colombaroli)

ArgentinaArgentina  Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana; Leoncavallo, Pagliacci: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Roberto Paternostro, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 17.7.2015. (JSJ)

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The Three Choirs Festival’s Gerontius Tradition Upheld in a Worthy Manner.

01/08/201526/07/2015 by John Quinn

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (2). Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Paul Nilon (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geraint Lewis (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 25.7.2015 (JQ)

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Roderick Williams’ Fine and Imaginative Recital at the Three Choirs Festival

01/08/201526/07/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (1) Roderick Williams (baritone), Susie Allen (piano), Holy Trinity Church, Hereford, 25.7.2015 (JQ)

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The Choral Fantasy is the Unexpected Star in the ‘Beethoven Journey’ at the Proms

01/08/201526/07/2015 by Leon Bosch

 bbc proms logo

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 10. Stravinsky, Beethoven, Schoenberg. Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director), BBC Singers, David Hill (chorus-master/conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London. 24.7.2015 (LB)

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Orchestre des Continents – Young Musicians from 26 Countries and 5 Continents

27/07/201525/07/2015 by Rick Perdian

SingaporeSingapore Jarrell, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev Orchestre des Continents, Louis Schwizgebel (piano) Thierry Fischer (conductor), Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore 22.07.2014 (RP)

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