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José Irurzun

An impressive Amartuvshin Enkhbat proves to be a true Verdi baritone in Valencia’s Nabucco

24/02/202016/12/2019 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Verdi, Nabucco: Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Jordi Bernàcer (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 14.12.2019. (JMI)

Nabucco (c) Miguel Lorenzo and Mikel Ponce

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World premiere of a rare Donizetti opera in a staged version at the Bergamo festival

09/12/201922/11/2019 by José Irurzun

ItalyItaly Festival Donizetti Opera 2019 [1] – Donizetti, L’ange de Nisida: Donizetti Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor), Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, 21.11.2019. (JMI)

Donizetti’s L’ange de Nisida (c) Rota

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An Uneven Madama Butterfly at the San Sebastián Quincena Musical

28/08/201914/08/2019 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Easo Choir, Euskadi Symphony Orchestra / Giuseppe Finzi (conductor), Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastián, 13.8.2019. (JMI)

Madama Butterfly (c) Iñigo Ibáñez/Quincena Musical 2019

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A Disappointing Otello at the Deutsche Oper

15/07/201916/06/2019 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra / Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 14.6.2019. (JMI)

Guanqun Yu (Desdemona) and Russell Thomas (Otello) © Bettina Stöß

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An Imaginative, Delightful New Production of Don Quichotte in Berlin

15/07/201914/06/2019 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Massenet, Don Quichotte: Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra / Emmanuel Villaume (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 13.6.2019. (JMI)

Deutsche Oper’s Don Quichotte (c) T. Aurin

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Well-Sung Manon Lescaut Under the Excellent Baton of Sir Simon Rattle

29/06/201914/06/2019 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 12.6.2019. (JMI)

Deutsche Oper’s Manon Lescaut (c) B. Stöss

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Liceu’s Tosca Revival Has Strong Musical Leadership From John Fiore but Uneven Casts

29/06/201913/06/2019 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Cor Infantil Amics de la Unió, Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / John Fiore (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 9 & 11.6.2019. (JMI)

Jonathan Tetelman (Cavaradossi) & Liudmyla Monastyrska (Tosca) (c) A. Bofill

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Richard Strauss Is Well Served by the Teatro Real’s New Capriccio

29/06/201903/06/2019 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Strauss, Capriccio: Teatro Real Orchestra / Asher Fisch (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 2.6.2019. (JMI)

Capriccio (c) Javier del Real

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