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Verdi: Il trovatore
Nicola Luisotti; Francisco Negrín; Teatro Real; François López-Ferrer; Louis Désiré; Bruno Poet
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Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and The Montagues)
Riccardo Frizza; Allex Aguilera; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Sasha Yankevych; Françoise Raybaud; Luis Perdiguero
SevilleLa bohème
Puccini: La bohème
Carlo Montanaro; Sir Jonathan Miller; Teatro de la Maestranza; Valentin Egel; Isabella Bywater; Jean Kalman
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Braunstein: Der Sonnen Aufgang
Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid; Guy Braunstein; Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid; Miquel Ortega; Arantza Ezenarro; Silvia Tro Santafé
ViennaI Capuleti e i MontecchiNew production
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and The Montagues)
Gianluca Capuano; Tatjana Gürbaca; Vienna State Opera; Henrik Ahr; Silke Willrett; Stefan Bolliger; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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