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Diana Damrau Shines in an Otherwise Uneven Lucia di Lammermoor

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 Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Oksana Lyniv (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 25.7.2015 (JMI)   Cast: Lucia: Diana Damrau Edgardo: Pavol Breslik Enrico: Dalibor Jenis Raimondo: Alexander Tsymbaliuk Arturo: Emmanuele D’Aguanno Alisa: Rachel Wilson Normanno: Dean Power Production: Bayerische Staatsoper Direction: Barbara Wysocka Sets: Barbara Hanicka Costumes: Julia Kornacka Lighting: Rainer Casper I’m … Read more

Waltraud Meier’s Dazzling Farewell to Isolde

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 Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Philippe Jordan (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 12.7.2015 (JMI)   Cast: Isolde: Waltraud Meier Tristan: Robert Dean Smith King Marke: René Pape Brangaene: Michelle Breedt Kurwenal: Alan Held Melot: Francesco Petrozzi Pilot: Christian Rieger Shepherd: Kevin Connors Young Seaman: Dean Power Production: Bayerische Staatsoper Direction: Peter Konwitschny Sets … Read more

Selfless Playing of High Integrity from Bavarian Radio Orchestra

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GermanyGermany  Antonín Dvořák:  Erin Wall (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo), Christian Elsner (tenor), Liang Li (bass), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Mariss Jansons (conductor), Herkulessaal, Munich, 24.3.2015. (MC)

Mariss Jansons, © photo George Thum
Mariss Jansons © George Thum

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