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Performer: Manuel Walser

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BarcelonaMissa Solemnis by Beethoven

© David Ignaszewski
Beethoven: Mass in D major, “Missa solemnis”, Op.123
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall; Lina Johnson; Olivia Vermeulen; Martin Platz; Manuel Walser
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Savall conducts Beethoven and Haydn at the Elbphilharmonie

Jordi Savall © Jann Wilken
Beethoven's Christus am Ölberge is paired with Haydn's Die sieben letzten Worte, a journey from agony to transcendence in which the agony proves the more honest companion.
***11
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In Berlin, Jordi Savall stars in a Mozart double-bill

Jordi Savall © Hervé Pouyfourcat
The Catalan conductor and his Concert des Nations bring an all-Mozart programme to the Berlin Philharmonie, with the help of the basset clarinet. 
****1
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Between symbolism and party reality: Salome at La Scala

Damiano Michieletto's production does not let the viewer rest easy even when the opera has ended.
*****
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Jürgen Flimm’s La clemenza di Tito loses the plot

Jürgen Flimm takes so many liberties with Mozart’s La clemenza it should be re-titled “Tito’s Lament”.
**111
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Rigoletto at Vienna State Opera: saved by the music

In Vienna State Opera's new production of Rigoletto, director Pierre Audi brings us close to a Rigoletto less freakish, more identifiably everyday. 
***11
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The perils of craft kits - Fierrabras in Salzburg

Peter Stein stages Schubert's problem opera Fierrabras in a world of cardboard knights. This last opera of the Salzburg Festival is well sung, but you have to ask: is the last always the best?
***11
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