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Vienna

Fine Singing in Lighthearted Lortzing Opera: Der Wildschütz

22/10/201319/10/2013 by Stan

AustriaAustria Lortzing: Der Wildschütz: Chorus and Orchestra of the Volksoper Vienna, Alfred Eschwé (conductor), Volksoper Vienna, 15.10.2013 (JMI)

 

Copyright: Barbara Pálffy/Volksoper Wien
Copyright: Barbara Pálffy/Volksoper Wien

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Vienna

Girl of the Golden West: Unfortunately, Not Staged in Golden West

22/10/201316/10/2013 by Stan

AustraliaAustralia Puccini: La Fanciulla del West, Orchestra and Chorus Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Staatsoper Vienna, 14.10.2013 (JMI)

 

Girl of the Golden West Photo Staatsoper Vienna
Girl of the Golden West
Photo Staatsoper Vienna

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Vienna

Vienna Staatsoper Aida Disappoints

16/10/201314/10/2013 by Stan

AustriaAustriaVerdi: Aida, Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Dan Ettinger (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 12.10.2013 (JMI).

AIDA-Vienna
Olga Borodina
Courtesy Wiener Staatsoper

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Vienna

Sons of Meyerbeer: Wagner & Dietsch & Minkowski

13/08/202021/06/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria P-L. Dietsch, Le vaisseau fantôme + R. Wagner, Flying Dutchman (1841): Soloists, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Marc Minkowski (conductor), Vienna Konzerthaus, 1.6.2013. (JFL)

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Noseda’s Stereophontastic Verdi Requiem

10/06/201307/06/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria Verdi: Kirstin Lewis (soprano), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo), Francesco Meli (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass), Ginandrea Noseda (conductor), Tetaro Regio Torino Orchestra, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 29.5.2013 (JFL)

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Vienna Volksoper Presents Fun-Packed Fledermaus

22/04/201308/04/2013 by Stan

AustriaAustria Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna Volksoper, with Wiener Staatsballett / Roberto Paternostro (conductor), Volksoper, Vienna, 6.4.2013 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Simon Thompson, Vienna

Vienna Musicverein Celebrates Centenary of Famous Skandalkonzert

13/11/201808/04/2013 by Simon Thompson

AustriaAustria  Webern, Zemlinsky, Schoenberg, Berg, Mahler – Vienna Skandalkonzert: Christiana Oelze (soprano), Iris Vermillion (mezzo), ÖRF Symphonieorchester Wien, Cornelius Meister (conductor), Musikverein, Vienna, 5.4.2013. (SRT)

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Vienna’s Parsifal Runs Far Ahead of the Pack

22/04/201308/04/2013 by Stan

AustriaAustria Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper / Adam Fischer (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 4.4.2013 (SRT)

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