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JM Irurzun

Popular Unpopularity: Massenet’s Don Quichotte in Madrid

11/01/201230/12/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain Jules Massenet, Don Quichotte: Soloists, Madrid Symphony Orchestra, Intermezzo Choir, Marc Piollet (conductor), Teatro Real de Madrid, 19.12.2011 (JMI)

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Sondra Radvanovsky: The Norma by Which Others will be Judged

10/03/202330/12/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain Bellini, Norma: Soloists, Orchestra Principado de Asturias, Coro Ópera de Oviedo, Robert Tolomelli (conductor). Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo, 14,12.2011. (JMI)

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Triply Disappointing, Manifold Delighting: Ariadne auf Valencia

11/01/201222/12/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain R. Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Valencia Community Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Palau de les Arts, Valencia, 16.12.2011 (JMI)

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Gergiev in Spain: Romeo et Juliette at Teatro Real

11/01/201222/12/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain Hector Berlioz, Romeo et Juliette: Valencia Community Orchestra, Valencia Regional Government Chorus, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Teatro Real de Madrid, 11.12.2011 (JMI)

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From Verismo to Strauss by Way of Wuthering Heights: Renée Fleming in Valladolid

11/01/201222/12/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain Renée Fleming in Concert: Renée Fleming, Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductor), Symphony Orchestra Castilla y León, Auditorio Miguel Delibes de Valladolid, 18.12.2011 (JMI)

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Eva-Maria Westbroek of Mtsensk: Haenchen & Kušej Delight in Madrid

21/12/201115/12/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain Dmitri Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Soloists, Madrid Symphony Orchestra, Coro Intermezzo, Hartmut Haenchen (conductor), Teatro Real de Madrid, 9.12.2011 (JMI)

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The Children Are Terrible, the Audience Missing: Spanish Glass Premiere

13/12/201107/12/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain Philip Glass, Les enfants Terribles: Soloists, ‘orchestra’ of three pianos, Emmanuel Olivier (conductor, piano), Bilbao’s Teatro Arriaga, 2.12.2012 (JMI)

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Keep the Slipper: La Cenerentola in Valencia

10/03/202330/11/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Valencian Community Orchestra, Valencia Regional Government Choir, Michele Mariotti (conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 25.11.2011 (JMI)

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