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Performer: Gregory Kunde

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VeronaAida Ed. Stefano Poda

Fondazione Arena di Verona
Verdi: Aida
Daniel Oren; Stefano Poda; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Arena di Verona Orchestra

BudapestVerdi: AidaConcert performance

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Verdi: Aida
Péter Halász; Hungarian State Opera; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Erika Gál; Gregory Kunde

Torre del LagoTurandot

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Puccini: Turandot
Renato Palumbo; Alfonso Signorini; Carla Tolomeo; Fausto Puglisi; Valerio Alfieri; Orchestra del Puccini Festival

VenicePagliacci

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Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Daniele Callegari; Andrea Bernard; Teatro La Fenice; Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice; Coro del Teatro La Fenice; Gregory Kunde; Selene Zanetti

BolognaSamson et DalilaConcert performance

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Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Roberto Abbado; Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Coro di Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Gregory Kunde; Ekaterina Semenchuk
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Tosca at the Costanzi: a postcard from Rome

Gevorg Hakobyan (Scarpia) and Saioa Hernández (Tosca) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
A historical staging with well sung arias doesn't really bring Puccini's opera alive as Rome marks its 125th anniversary. 
***11
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Kunde leads Wiener Staatsoper’s shattering Billy Budd

Gregory Kunde (Captain Vere) © Wiener Staatsoper | Sofia Vargalová
At 70 years old, American tenor Gregory Kunde makes a magnificent role debut as Captain Vere, with a strong ensemble of singers, chorus, and orchestra in Willy Decker's effective production.
*****
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Puccini and Bartók nightmares at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome

Il tabarro © Opera di Roma | Fabrizio Sansoni
Michele Mariotti and Johannes Erath lead us into the caverns of Il tabarro and Bluebeard’s Castle with two stories of violence against women 
****1
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Livermore’s new Aida: an incredible cinematic experience in Rome

Aida, Act 2 finale © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma

In staging Verdi's triumphant masterpiece, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma pays homage to silent films, turning Ancient Egypt into the underworld. 

****1
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Storm clouds gather over Verdi Festival opener

Marco Spotti (Marchese di Calatrava), Gregory Kunde (Alvaro) and Liudmyla Monastyrska (Leonora) © Roberto Ricci
Audience protests against Roberto Abbado interrupt the opening night of the festival, Yannis Kokkos' staging of La forza del destino.
***11
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A streamlined Trovatore at the Glimmerglass Festival

Rising mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis offers a gorgeously sung and grippingly acted portrait of Verdi's gypsy. 
****1
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TurinManon Lescaut

Maria José Siri (Manon Lescaut) and Dalibor Jenis (Lescaut) © Ramella & Giannese | Teatro Regio di Torino
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Gianandrea Noseda; Vittorio Borrelli; Teatro Regio di Torino; Thierry Flamand; Christian Gasc; María José Siri; Gregory Kunde