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La Coruna

The Exceptional Leo Nucci Delights in La Coruña

30/09/201506/09/2015 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Recital: Leo Nucci: Ramón Tébar (piano), Teatro Rosalía de Castro, La Coruña, 4.9.2015 (JMI)

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A Superb Trovatore Opens the Season in La Coruña

30/09/201505/09/2015 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Verdi: Il Trovatore (new production): Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Coro Gaos, Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor), Palacio de la Ópera, La Coruña, 3.9.2015 (JMI)

Trovatore
Angela Meade and Gregory Kunde in Il Trovatore

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Leo Nucci Nails Rigoletto in The Groyne

20/09/201109/09/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

SpainSpain G. Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Coral Polifónica El Eco, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez (conductor). Palacio de la Ópera de La Coruña 07.09.2011 (JMI)

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La Coruña Mozart Festival’s Budget Rediscovered Opera

03/07/201101/06/2011 by Stan

La Coruña Mozart Festival – D. Terradellas, Sesostri, Re d’Egitto: Soloists, Orquesta Real Compañía de Ópera de Cámara de Barcelona. Conductor: Juan Bautista Otero. Teatro Colón de La Coruña 29. 5.2011 (JMI)

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