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BarcelonaAida
Verdi: Aida
Antonello Manacorda; Shirin Neshat; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Josep Gil; Christian Schmidt; Tatyana van Walsum; Felice Ross
TokyoIl Turco in ItaliaNew production
Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Alessandro Bonato; Laurent Pelly; New National Theatre; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
MunichLa bohème
Puccini: La bohème
Francesco Ivan Ciampa; Otto Schenk; Bavarian State Opera; Rudolf Heinrich; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bavarian Radio Choir
LondonOpera Rara: Il campo de’ Crociati
Mercadante: Il campo de’ Crociati
Carlo Rizzi; Opera Rara; London Philharmonic Orchestra; English National Opera Chorus; Giorgi Manoshvili; Rosa Feola
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
LyonLucrèce BorgiaNew production
Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
Jader Bignamini; Tatjana Gürbaca; Opéra de Lyon; Ariane Matiakh; Marc Weeger; Dinah Ehm; TBC
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