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BarcelonaVerdi’s Requiem
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu; Nicola Luisotti; Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu; Pablo Assante; Lise Davidsen; Aigul Akhmetshina
ParisFreddie De Tommaso / Mihai Damian
Verdi, Ponchielli, Puccini
Orchestre de chambre de Paris; Patrick Lange; Freddie De Tommaso; Mihai Damian
BarcelonaLa bohème
Puccini: La bohème
Giacomo Sagripanti; Paolo Gavazzeni; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Leila Fteita; Nicoletta Ceccolini; Andrea Anfossi; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
BarcelonaNew Year’s Concert
Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu; Jonathan Nott; Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu; Pablo Assante; Ermonela Jaho; Jakub Józef Orliński
LondonLa bohème
Puccini: La bohème
Lorenzo Passerini; Richard Jones; The Royal Opera; Stewart Laing; Mimi Jordan Sherin; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
New York CityMacbethNew production
Verdi: Macbeth
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Louisa Proske; Metropolitan Opera; Jon Bausor; Montana Levi Blanco; Adam Silverman; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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