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LondonElder Conducts Weber’s ‘Oberon’Semi-staged performance
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Sir Mark Elder; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique; Monteverdi Choir; Nicky Spence; Jennifer Davis
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Patrick Lange; Lotte de Beer; Bavarian State Opera; Christof Hetzer; Jorine van Beek; Benedikt Zehm; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
ViennaFrankfurt Radio Symphony
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Frankfurt Radio Symphony; Alain Altinoglu; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien; Wiener Sängerknaben; Angela Brower; Charles Castronovo
MunichMadama Butterfly
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Andrea Battistoni; Wolf Busse; Bavarian State Opera; Otto Stich; Silvia Strahammer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Jakub Hrůša; Philipp Stölzl; The Royal Opera; Antony McDonald; Fabiana Piccioli; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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