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LondonProm 15: Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony
Bernstein, Walker, Barber, Tchaikovsky
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jordan de Souza; Johan Dalene
AmsterdamCarmen
Bizet: Carmen
Jordan de Souza; Robert Carsen; Dutch National Opera; Michael Levine; Falk Bauer; Peter van Praet; Chorus of Dutch National Opera
LondonStrauss and Brahms with Alisa Weilerstein
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Philharmonia Orchestra; Jordan de Souza; Alisa Weilerstein
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MannheimDer fliegende Holländer
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Jordan de Souza; Roger Vontobel; Nationaltheater Mannheim; Fabian Wendling; Ellen Hofmann; Florian Arnholdt; Nationaltheater Orchestra Mannheim
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