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Karnevalsspektakel mit Don Chisciotte
Musikalisches Effektfeuerwerk erorbert Kölner Hochburg mit hervorragenden Solisten und perfektem B'Rock Orchestra unter René Jacobs.
Das Rheingold in den Erler Bergen
Wagners Musik zeigt, dass es weder eines üppigen Bühnenbildes noch berühmter Sänger bedarf, um eine erfolgreiche Vorstellung zu geben.
Cardillac at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
The in-house orchestra played out of its skin under Fabio Luisi.
Harnoncourt's Fidelio sees a remarkable directing debut in Vienna
The Theater an der Wien has a storied history with Fidelio, having hosted the première of the work’s first and second versions in 1805 and 1806 respectively.
Music for Any Season: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Dallas
Christmas may have inspired much of the greatest holiday-related popular music, but in the Classical tradition, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (to say nothing of his St. John Passion and Easter Oratorio) points toward the influence of Easter.