José Irurzun – Page 2 – Seen and Heard International

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

24/02/202016/12/2019 by José Irurzun

Spain 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

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

09/12/201922/11/2019 by José Irurzun

Italy 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)

An Uneven Madama Butterfly at the San Sebastián Quincena Musical

28/08/201914/08/2019 by José Irurzun

Spain 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

A Disappointing Otello at the Deutsche Oper

15/07/201916/06/2019 by José Irurzun

Germany 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

An Imaginative, Delightful New Production of Don Quichotte in Berlin

15/07/201914/06/2019 by José Irurzun

Germany Germany 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

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

29/06/201914/06/2019 by José Irurzun

Germany 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

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

29/06/201913/06/2019 by José Irurzun

Spain 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)