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AmsterdamMahler Academy Orchestra: Mahler's Symphony No. 9

© Marco Caselli Nirmal
Mahler
Gustav Mahler Academy Orchestra; Philipp von Steinaecker; Fleur Barron

PragueRadek Baborák / Fleur Barron / Andrew Staples

© Petra Hajská
Williams, Mahler
Czech Philharmonic; Daniel Harding; Radek Baborák; Fleur Barron; Andrew Staples

LondonA Kabuki Winterreise: 'Spring Snow'

Wigmore Hall
Schubert: Winterreise D911 (Nos. 1-12, interspersed with kabukimono short kabuki interludes)
Fleur Barron; Suleiman Suleiman; Julius Drake; Sonoko Kamimura-Ostern

LondonSir Antonio Pappano & Fleur Barron

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Lyadov, Kendall, Tchaikovsky
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Antonio Pappano; Fleur Barron

LondonFleur Barron / Mauro Peter / Joseph Middleton

Wigmore Hall
Bach, Mahler, Schubert, Britten, Crumb
Fleur Barron; Mauro Peter; Joseph Middleton

LondonFleur Barron / Shengzhi Ren / Tom Poster / Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

Wigmore Hall
Mahler, Ho
Fleur Barron; Shengzhi Ren; Tom Poster; Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
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Carlo Rizzi brings Respighi’s Rome to Birmingham

Fleur Barron and Carlo Rizzi © Jude Radley

Carlos Rizzi believes that Puccini’s orchestrations are good enough to stand alone, without their vocal lines, but can the drama compete with the romance of Respighi?

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A vocally perplexing economics assignment from David Lang

Gustavo Dudamel, David Lang and the New York Philharmonic © Chris Lee
The New York Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel deliver the world premiere of Lang's The wealth of nations, inspired by Adam Smith's famous treatise. 
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Searing Kindertotenlieder from Fleur Barron and Czech Philharmonic

Fleur Barron © Petra Hajská
Fleur Barron delivers a searing Kindertotenlieder in the Czech Philharmonic's mini-survey of the Germanic Romantic repertoire under Semyon Bychkov. 
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Peter Sellars directs Italian debut of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater

Fleur Barron (Adriana) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
This co-production, previously seen in San Francisco, is more of a semi-staging, convinces thanks to committed performances from a cast led by Fleur Barron.  
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Brett Dean's Epitaphs: scintillating sorrow at Chamberfest Cleveland

Roman Rabinovich and Fleur Barron © Gary Adams
Lively performances offer fresh perspectives on elegies old and new in the penultimate ChamberFest Cleveland concert. 
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The metamorphosis of M. Butterfly: UK premiere for Huang Ruo’s opera

Kangmin Justin Kim (Song Liling) © BBC | Mark Allan
From the chrysalis of a Broadway play and then to film, David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly turns full cycle into an opera by composer Huang Ruo. 
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