France Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Orchestra and Choruses (chorus master: José Luis Basso) of the Opéra National de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 13.3.2016 (MB)
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Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta and Nutcracker Come Together with Dramatic Effect in Paris
France Tchaikovsky – Iolanta/The Nutcracker: Soloists, Orchestra, Chorus (chorus master: Alessandro Di Stefano), Children’s Chorus, and Dancers of the Opéra National de Paris, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Alain Altinoglu (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 11.3.2016. (MB)
Bartók’s Music Sounds Wonderful in the Paris Philharmonie
France Bartók: Katia and Marielle Labèque (pianos), Camille Baslé and Eric Sammut (percussion), Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Philharmonie, Paris, 21.10.2015 (MB)
Philippe Jordan’s Moses und Aronan Astonishing Musical Achievement
France Schoenberg, Moses und Aron: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine Children’s Choir of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus masters: José Luis Basso and Alessandro di Stefano) / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 20.10.2015 (MB)
Great Singing in Opéra Bastille’s Problematical Zauberflöte
France Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert), Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 25.3.2014 (MB)
Orchestre de Paris Plays Russian Music
France Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Orchestre de Paris, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Salle Pleyel, Paris, 13.2.2013 (SRT)
Sensual and Brilliant Alice Coote in Donizetti’s La Favorite
United Kingdom Donizetti, La Favorite: Soloists, Orchestre National de France, Choeur de Radio France, Choeur du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor), Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris,12.2.2013 (SRT)
Spectacular Performance of Khovanshchina in Paris
United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opéra National de Paris, Michail Jurowski (conductor), Opéra Bastille, Paris, 9.2.2013 (SRT)