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A Heroic Guillaume Tell with Courage, Class, Crossbows and High C’s Too!

20/03/201615/03/2016 by Rick Perdian

GermanyGermany Rossini, Guillaume Tell: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Hamburg State Opera, Gabriele Ferro (conductor), Staatsoper Hamburg, Hamburg, 12.03.2016. (RP)

Staatsoper Hamburg Gioachino Rossini Guillaume Tell Musikalische Leitung: Gabriele Ferro Inszenierung: Roger Vontobel Buehnenbild: Muriel Gerstner Kostueme: Klaus Bruns Licht: Gerard Cleven Dramaturgie: Albrecht Puhlmann Gessler - Vladimir Baykov Rudolph der Harras - Juergen Sacher Wilhelm Tell - Sergei Leiferkus Walter Furst - Alin Anca Melchthal - Kristinn Sigmundsson Arnold Melchthal - Yosep Kang (Debut an der Hamburgischen Staatsoper) Mathilde - Guanqun Yu Hedwig - Katja Pieweck Gemmy - Christina Gansch Ruodi - Nicola Amodio Leuthold - Bruno Vargas Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper _R2_1050
Guanqun Yu and Yosep Yang in Hamburg State Opera’s Guillaume Tell
(c) Brinkhoff/Mögenburg

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A Classic Production of Elektra Returns to the Hamburg Stage

14/10/201512/10/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany  Strauss: Elektra, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester, Kent Nagano (conductor), Staatsoper, Hamburg, 10.10.2015 (JMI)

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Kent Nagano Leads the Hamburg Orchestra in a Beautifully Performed Berlioz

14/10/201511/10/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Berlioz: Les Troyens: Hamburgische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor), Staatsoper, Hamburg, 9.10.2015 (JMI)

Troyens
Hamburg State Opera’s Les Troyens
(c) Hans Jörg Michel

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Hamburg’s Verdi Trilogy: I Due Foscari, Last is Best

21/11/201320/11/2013 by Stan

Verdi: I Due Foscari, Philarmoniker Hamburg, Staatsoper Chorus, Simone Young (conductor), Staatsoper Hamburg 16.11.2013 (JMI)

 

Foscari
Verdi’s I Due Foscari- Production of the Hamburg Opera

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La Battaglia di Legnano: A True Verdi Rarity

21/11/201319/11/2013 by Stan

Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano, Philarmoniker Hamburg, Chor Staatsoper Hamburg, Simone Young (conductor), Staatsoper Hamburg 15.11.2013 (JMI).

Legnano
La Battaglia di Legnano
Hamburg Opera

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Rare Verdi Trilogy in Hamburg

21/11/201317/11/2013 by Stan

GermanyGermany  Verdi: I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata, Philarmoniker Hamburg, Chor Staatsoper Hamburg, Simone Young (conductor), Staatsoper Hamburg, 13.11.2013 (JMI).

 

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Bring in the Nymphs

19/11/201317/11/2013 by Stan

GermanyGermany R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Philarmoniker Hamburg, Axel Kober (conductor), Staatsoper Hamburg, 14.11.2013 (JMI).

 

ariadne
Hamburg Opera-Ariadne

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Hamburg’s New Traviata Goes To The Heart

05/03/201328/02/2013 by Stan

GermanyGermany Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera, Patrick Lange (conductor). Hamburg State Opera 23.3.2013 (GF)

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