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Bettina Mara

More “New” Clothes for the Emperor – Turandot in Munich

22/12/201119/12/2011 by Stan

GermanyGermany Puccini: Turandot, Bavarian State Opera, Munich, 17.12.2011 (BM)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Bettina Mara, Munich

John Axelrod – An American Conductor from Angers

14/02/201718/06/2011 by Stan

John Axelrod- An American from Angers : A conversation with a creative conductor at the Palace of Arts in Budapest  (BM)

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Categories Interviews Not on Front Page, Previously Published Tags Bettina Mara, Budapest, Interviews

Ádám Fischer in conversation with Bettina Mara

14/02/201716/06/2011 by Stan

Ádám Fischer: in conversation during the Budapest Wagner Festival 10.6.2011 (BM)

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Categories Interviews Not on Front Page, Previously Published Tags Bettina Mara, Budapest, Interviews

Franz Liszt Goes To Heaven in Budapest

03/07/201103/06/2011 by Stan

Gyula Fekete, Excelsior! Franz Liszt Goes To Heaven: Hungarian State Opera, Thália Theater, Budapest 20.5.2011 (BM)

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Categories International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bettina Mara, Budapest

Soldier of Song: An interview with Thomas Hampson

11/08/202002/06/2011 by Stan

Soldier of Song: An interview with Thomas Hampson – Athens , May 2011 (BM)

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Categories Interviews Not on Front Page, Previously Published Tags Athens, Bettina Mara, Interviews

A Birthday Homage to Ligeti in Budapest

03/07/201131/05/2011 by Stan

Hommage à Ligeti: UMZE Chamber Ensemble, Conductors: Zoltán Rácz, Barbara Hannigan – Palace of Arts, Budapest, 23.5. 2011 (BM)

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Categories International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bettina Mara, Budapest

Come some musicke: Liszt’s “Hamlet”, Brahms “Double,” Schumann’s “Spring”

03/07/201130/05/2011 by Stan

Liszt, Brahms, Schumann: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, John Axelrod (conductor), Viviane Hagner (violin), Danjulo Ishizaka (cello), Palace of Arts, Budapest 13.5.11 (BM)

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Best Ever Magic Flute in Budapest

03/07/201130/05/2011 by Stan

W.A. Mozart, The Magic Flute: Vígszínház (Comedy Theater), Budapest 14.5.11 (BM)

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