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LondonHandel Messiah
Handel: Messiah
James O'Donnell; Choir of Westminster Abbey; St James's Baroque; Robin Blaze; William Balkwill
BerlinOrpheus in the UnderworldNew production
Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld)
Adrien Perruchon; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Rufus Didwiszus; Victoria Behr; Franck Evin; Susanna Goldberg
GlasgowThe Messiah
Handel: Messiah
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Christian Curnyn; Jeni Bern; Tim Mead; Benjamin Hulett; Matthew Brook
SalisburyHandel's Messiah
Handel: Messiah
City of London Sinfonia; Salisbury Cathedral Choir; Soraya Mafi; Robin Blaze; Sam Furness
LuganoChristmas with Ton Koopman
Handel, Bach
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman; Amsterdam Baroque Choir; Ilse Eerens; Clint van der Linde; Tilman Lichdi
LondonMessiah
Handel: Messiah
Greg Morris; Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir; Temple Players; Augusta Hebbert; Robin Blaze
BarcelonaPhilippe Jaroussky & Thibaut Garcia
Dowland, Purcell, Giordani, Donizetti, Rossini, Schubert, Mozart, Fauré, Poulenc, Britten, Granados
Philippe Jaroussky; Thibaut Garcia
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Ainslie, ChristopherAlexandre, ThéophileArditti, JakeBlaze, RobinBrès-Feuillet, RémyBénos-Djian, Paul-AntoineChance, AlexanderCohen, Aryeh NussbaumCostanzo, Anthony RothCutting, HughDavies, IestynDerri, KonstantinDumaux, ChristopheDíaz, GabrielEgorov, DmitryEngeltjes, MaartenEnticknap, RupertFagioli, FrancoFeldmann, DavidFiorio, FedericoFolqué, DanielFujiki, DaichiGiangrande, AlessandroGil-Borelli, ChristianGilloots-Laforge, LeopoldGrove Frandsen, MortenHall, BrennanHansen, DavidHoliday, JohnJaroussky, PhilippeJublin, GabrielJurenas, EricKatona, SteveKhoroshev, VasilyKim, Kangmin JustinKrim, DonKullman, JanLaing, JamesLakey, DenisLeppek, JosephLichtenecker, ThomasLiu, ChuanyuanLombard, Jean-FrançoisLowrey, ChristopherMariño, SamuelMarziotte, LeandroMathmann, PhilippMatzeit, HagenMcGown, FionaMead, TimMehta, BejunMena, CarlosMiguélez Rouco, AlbertoMineccia, FilippoMitchell, CortezMobley, ReginaldMorgan, TimothyMurrah, Key'monOrliński, Jakub JózefPe, RaffaeleSabadus, ValerSabata, XavierSchachtner, BennoScholl, AndreasScotting, RandallShahbazi, CameronShelton, WilliamShin, JuyeonSinkovsky, DmitrySzelążek, KacperTerrail, GuilhemTerry, PatrickTravers-Brown, TimothyVistoli, CarloWilletts, OwenZazzo, Lawrencevan der Linde, Clint