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Munich

A Memorable Ring Cycle Comes to a Close in Munich

04/04/201530/03/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany  Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 29.3.2015 (JMI)

Gotterdammerung
Gotterdammerung

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Impeccable Unity and Flawless Intonation from Pacifica Quartet

04/04/201530/03/2015 by Stan

GermanyGermany Mendelssohn, Shostakovich & Beethoven: Pacifica Quartet, Herkulessaal, Munich, 25.3.2015  (MC)

Pacifica Quartet, © photo Tristan Cook
Pacifica Quartet, © photo Tristan Cook

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A Pleasing and Successful Offenbach in Munich

04/04/201530/03/2015 by José Irurzun
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Rolando Villazón

 GermanyGermany Offenbach: Les Contes D’Hoffmann, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Constantin Trinks (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 28.3.2015 (JMI)

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Munich’s Wagner Tetralogy Features a Brilliant Siegfried

29/03/201527/03/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner: Siegfried, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 26.3.2015 (JMI)

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Formidable Conductor, Kirill Petrenko, Even Better in Die Walküre

30/03/201503/03/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner: Die Walküre, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko (conductor),  Nationaltheater, Munich, 28.2.2015 (JMI)Walkure-500

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Triumphant Reception Ends Das Rheingold

06/03/201501/03/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner: Das Rheingold, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 27.2.2015 (JMI)

Copyright: Wilfried Hösl
Copyright: Wilfried Hösl

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Madama Butterfly: In Traditional Staging in Munich

06/03/201501/03/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Stefano Ranzani (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 26.2.2015 (JMI)

Opolais  c) W. Hösl
Opolais c) W. Hösl

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Juan Diego Flórez Steals the Spotlight in Barber of Seville

06/08/201402/08/2014 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Paolo Carignani (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 30.7.2014 (JMI)

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