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Paradiesische Zustände der Romantik: Glanzleistung zum Auftakt der Herreweghe-Residenz in der Philharmonie Essen

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“Sampson schaffte ... nicht nur bildlich paradiesische Zustände”
Reviewed at Philharmonie: Alfried Krupp Saal, Essen on 18 October 2015
Schumann, Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri)
Philippe Herreweghe, Conductor
Christina Landshamer, Maiden
Carolyn Sampson, Peri
Maximilian Schmitt, Narrator, Youth
Andrè Schuen, Gazna
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Angel
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Collegium Vocale Gent
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Werther oozes quiet despair in new Canadian Opera Company staging
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