An Operatic Treatment of the Life of a Judge Murdered by the Mafia

GermanyGermany Nicola Sani – Falcone: Il tempo sospeso del volo: Soloists, Members of the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Orchestral Academy of the Staatskapelle Berlin / David Robert Coleman (conductor). Schillertheater: Werkstatt, Berlin, 4.5.2017. (MB)

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Nicola Sani’s Falcone: Il tempo sospeso del volo (c) Gianmarco Bresadola

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Despite Distinguished Singing Jürgen Flimm’s Figaro is Deeply Disappointing

GermanyGermany Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Frank Flade), Staatskapelle Berlin / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor). Schillertheater, Berlin, 25.4.2017. (MB)

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Berlin State Opera’s Le nozze di Figaro (c) Hermann and Clärchen Baus

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The Deutsche Oper Gives a Fine Last Outing to Götz Friedrich’s Production of Wagner’s Epic Tetralogy

GermanyGermany Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Raymond Hughes) and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin / Donald Runnicles (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 13-17.4.2017. (MB)

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Deutsche Oper’s Der Ring des Nibelungen (c) Bettina Stöß

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