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José Irurzun

Laurent Pelly’s Imaginative Staging of Hoffmann Comes to the Deutsche Oper

23/12/201806/12/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra / Enrique Mazzola (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 4.12.2018. (JMI)

Deutsche Oper’s Les contes d’Hoffmann © B. Stöss

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A Musically Outstanding Turandot at the Teatro Real

23/12/201804/12/2018 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Puccini, Turandot: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 2 & 3.12.2018. (JMI)

Teatro Real’s Turandot © J. del Real

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Bayerische Staatsoper’s Traditional Così Staging Continues to Please

14/12/201802/12/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Mozart, Così fan tutte: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 29.11.2018. (JMI)

Così fan tutte (c) Bayerische Staatsoper

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Kirill Petrenko and Anja Harteros Are Magnificent in the Staatsoper’s Otello

14/12/201830/11/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Verdi, Otello: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 28.11.2018. (JMI)

Anja Harteros & Jonas Kaufmann in Otello © W. Hösl

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Bayerische Staatsoper Triumphs in a Revival of Their Production of Jenůfa

14/12/201829/11/2018 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Janáček, Jenůfa: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Simone Young (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 27.11.2018. (JMI)

Karita Mattila (Kostelnička) & Sally Matthews (Jenůfa)
(c) Bayerische Staatsoper

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Early Donizetti Opera in a Production that Ranges from Drama to Farce

14/12/201827/11/2018 by José Irurzun

ItalyItaly Donizetti Opera Festival [2]: Enrico di Borgogna: Academia Montis Regalis, Donizetti Opera Chorus / Alessandro de Marchi (conductor), Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, 25.11.2018. (JMI)

Enrico di Borgogna © W. Vitale

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Highly Enjoyable Staging of a Rarely Seen Donizetti Opera

14/12/201827/11/2018 by José Irurzun

ItalyItaly Donizetti Opera Festival [1] – Il castello de Kenilworth: Donizetti Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Riccardo Frizza (conductor), Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, 24.11.2018. (JMI)

Il castello de Kenilworth © W. Vitale

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A Splendid Revival of a Rarely Seen de Nebra Opera

04/12/201819/11/2018 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain de Nebra, Venus y Adonis (concert version): Los Músicos de su Alteza / Luis Antonio González (conductor), Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, 18.11.2018. (JMI)

Luis Antonio González and Los Músicos de su Alteza (c) CNDM

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