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Hamburg

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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Temperament and Precision – Grimaud in Hamburg

22/05/201216/05/2012 by Stan

GermanyGermany  Ravel, Mahler: Hélène Grimaud (piano), Christina Landshamer (soprano), Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, 10.5.2012 (TKT)

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And the Answer Is . . . Music

15/05/201211/05/2012 by Stan

GermanyGermany Ives, Schubert, Brahms: Radu Lupu (piano), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Nott (conductor), Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, 26.4.2012 (TKT)

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The Birth of Joy from the Spirit of Dance

27/03/201227/03/2012 by Stan

GermanyGermany Rameau, Saint-Saëns, Mussorgsky/Ravel: Lise de la Salle (piano), NDR Sinfonieorchester, Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor), Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, 22.3.2012 (TKT)

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