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José Irurzun

An Appealing Rinaldo at the Peralada Festival

13/08/201806/08/2018 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Festival Castell Peralada 2018 – Handel, Rinaldo (concert version): Vespres D’Arnadí/Dani Espasa (conductor), Iglesia del Carmen, Peralada, 5.8.2018. (JMI)

Rinaldo © J. Castro-Iconna

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Kirill Petrenko Conducts an Outstanding Götterdämmerung at the 2018 Munich Opera Festival

13/08/201802/08/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Munich Opera Festival 2018 [8] – Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 27.7.2018. (JMI)

Munich Opera Festival’s Götterdämmerung © W. Hösl

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A Strong Cast Leads the 2018 Opera Festival’s Les Vêpres siciliennes

13/08/201827/07/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Munich Opera Festival 2018 [7] – Verdi, Les Vêpres siciliennes: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 26.7. 2018. (JMI)

Les Vêpres siciliennes © W. Hösl

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A Beautifully Sung New Staging of Haydn’s Rarely Performed Orlando paladino

04/09/202226/07/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Munich Opera Festival 2018 [6] – Haydn, Orlando paladino: Münchener Kammerorchester / Ivor Bolton (conductor). Prinzregententheater, Munich, 25.7.2018. (JMI)

Munich Opera Festival’s Orlando paladino © W. Hösl

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Kirill Petrenko and a Stellar Cast in the Munich Opera Festival’s Siegfried

13/08/201826/07/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Munich Opera Festival 2018 [5] – Wagner, Siegfried: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra/Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 24.7.2018. (JMI)

From Siegfried © W. Hösl
From Siegfried © W. Hösl

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The Bayerische Staatsoper Festival Continues with Le nozze di Figaro

24/07/201816/07/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Munich Opera Festival 2018 [4] – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Constantinos Carydis (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 15.7.2018. (JMI)

Le nozze di Figaro © W. Hösl
Le nozze di Figaro © W. Hösl

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Puccini’s Il trittico Triumphs in Munich under the Baton of Kirill Petrenko

24/07/201816/07/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Munich Opera Festival 2018 [3] – Puccini, Il trittico: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 14.7. 2018. (JMI)

From the first scene of Il tabarro © W. Hösl
From the first scene of Il tabarro © W. Hösl

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The Liceu Opera Season Comes to a Close with Donizetti’s La favorite

19/07/201815/07/2018 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Donizetti, La favorite: Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / Patrick Summers (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 11 & 13.7.2018. (JMI)

La favorite © A. Bofill

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