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Lohengrin
Grand Théâtre de Genève
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The Royal Opera
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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
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Pelléas et Mélisande
Canadian Opera Company
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Latest news
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Starry, starry nights
The Stars of the White Nights Festival at the Mariinsky Theater.
St Petersburg Times |
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Deux demi-saisons et une utopie
Saison charnière à l'Opéra de Flandre. En janvier, Marc Clémeur passera le flambeau à Aviel Cahn. Pas de nouveau directeur musical dans l'immédiat.
La Libre |
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Eine Konzertmeisterin für das Staatsopernochester
Albena Danailova ab September engagiert.
Der Standard |
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Conductor to skip vampire-themed opera
Franz Welser-Moest will not take the rostrum for two scheduled billings of a vampire-inspired staging of "Die Fledermaus" at the Zurich Opera.
Chicago Tribune |
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Obituary: Frances Yeend
Frances Yeend, soprano at City Opera and the Met, dies at 95.
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Handel: Tolomeo
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Il Complesso Barocco/Curtis
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Bellini: Norma
CD/MYTO
Suliotis, Cecchele, Cossotto, Vinco, di Stasio, Castellana
Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milam/de Fabritiis
Forum Opéra |
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Songs by Wagner, Wolf, Britten and John Carter
CD/Wigmore Hall Live
Brewer
Guardian Unlimited |
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Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
CD/ROH Heritage Series
Shuard, Carlyle, Resnik, Vickers, Bastianini
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Downes
Guardian Unlimited |
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Handel: Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno
CD/Hyperion
Invernizzi, Aldrich, Oro, Dürmüller
Academia Montis Regalis/De Marchi
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