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Gala Recital in Vienna Highlighted by Elisabeth Leonskaja

22/10/201407/10/2014 by Stan

AustriaAustria Haydn, Schumann, Brahms, Szymanowski, & Juon: Yury Revich (violin), Bas Jongen (cello), Anna Magdalena Kokits (piano), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Mozart Saal of the Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna. 30.9.2014 (SS)

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Tchaikovsky’s Vintage Charodeyka Ravishes

06/10/201428/09/2014 by Seb Smallshaw

Tchaikovsky, Charodeyka: Soloists, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien and Arnold Schoenberg Chor conducted by Mikhail Tatarnikov. Theater an der Wien, Vienna. 23.9.2014 (SS)

Asmik Gregorian (Kuma), Vladislav Sulimsky (Prince Kurlyatev). Photo © Monika Rittershaus
Asmik Gregorian (Kuma), Vladislav Sulimsky (Prince Kurlyatev). Photo © Monika Rittershaus

 

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Bryn Terfel as an Ideal Holländer

25/09/201423/09/2014 by José Irurzun

AustriaAustria Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer, Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Graeme Jenkins (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 12.9.2014 (JMI)

Der fliegende Hollaender TerfeL
Der fliegende Hollaender TerfeL

 

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Rusalka: Opera as a Sublime Art

16/01/202123/09/2014 by José Irurzun

AustriaAustria Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wiener Staatsoper  Tomáš Netopil (conductor). Vienna Staatsoper, 13.9.2014. (JMI)

Rusalka – Olga Bezsmertna and Piotr Beczala

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Viennese Liederabend with Michael Schade

17/02/201417/02/2014 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria Liederabend: Justus Zeyen (piano), Michael Schade (tenor), Mozart Saal, Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, 7.6.2014 (RNa)

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Categories Concert Reviews Tags Rune Naljoss, Vienna

Zelenka to fall in Love with at the Konzerthaus

16/04/201431/01/2014 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria Zelenka: Soloists, Václav Luks (conductor), Collegium 1704 & Collegium vocale 1704, Grosser Saal, Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, 25.1.2014 (JFL)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Rune Naljoss, Vienna

Iain Bell’s A Harlot’s Progress, An Opera to be Reckoned With

21/01/201424/10/2013 by Stan

AustriaAustria Iain  Bell: A Harlot’s Progress, Wiener Symphoniker, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Mikko Franck (conductor), Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 13.10.2013 (JMI).

HArlot
Courtesy Vienna State Opera

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Anticipated Don Carlo Misses Star Singer

22/10/201319/10/2013 by Stan

AustriaAustria Verdi: Don Carlo, Chorus and Orchestra of the Staatsoper Vienna, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Vienna State Opera, 16.10.2013 (JMI)

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