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Wagner: Siegfried
Daniel Harding; Vincent Huguet; Pierre Yovanovitch; Edoardo Russo; Christophe Forey; Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
BudapestBartók: Bluebeard’s CastleConcert performance
Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Zsolt Hamar; Hungarian State Opera; Levente Török; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; András Palerdi; Christopher Maltman
StrasbourgLes voix de l'humanité
Schoenberg, Beethoven
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg; Aziz Shokhakimov; Eleanor Lyons; Anna Kissjudit; Siyabonga Maqungo; Hanno Müller-Brachmann
BerlinRigoletto
Verdi: Rigoletto
Domingo Hindoyan; Bartlett Sher; Staatsoper Berlin; Michael Yeargan; Catherine Zuber; Donald Holder; Staatskapelle Berlin
BerlinL'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Diego Fasolis; Eva-Maria Höckmayr; Staatsoper Berlin; Jens Kilian; Julia Rösler; Olaf Freese; Staatskapelle Berlin
BerlinDie Zauberflöte
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Tim Fluch; August Everding; Staatsoper Berlin; Fred Berndt; Dorothée Uhrmacher; Franz Peter David; Staatskapelle Berlin
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