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LondonCarmen
Bizet: Carmen
Kerem Hasan; Calixto Bieito; English National Opera; Alfons Flores; Mercè Paloma; Bruno Poet; English National Opera Orchestra
ParisFestival Présences – Concert de clôture – Chin, Filidei, MérigeauWorld premiere
Chin, Filidei, Mérigeau
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Antony Hermus; Faustine De Monès; Alexandra Oomens; Sonia Wieder-Atherton; Lucile Dollat
SydneyMembra Jesu Nostri
Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75
Orchestra of the Antipodes; Erin Helyard; Alexandra Oomens; Lauren Lodge-Campbell; Hannah Fraser; Louis Hurley
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