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TokyoTokyo Symphony Orchestra

Suntory Hall, Suntory Foundation for the Arts
Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra; Lorenzo Viotti; Maximilian Schmitt; Franz-Josef Selig; Christina Landshamer; Catriona Morison

ViennaTonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich

Musikverein Wien
Debussy, Ravel, Mahler
Tonkünstler-Orchester; Fabien Gabel; Elsa Benoit; Sasha Cooke; Maximilian Schmitt; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien

RotterdamBeethoven’s Ninth

© Eduardus Lee
Pärt, Beethoven
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Manfred Honeck; Christina Landshamer; Catriona Morison; Maximilian Schmitt; Alexander Grassauer

StockholmBeethoven’s Missa Solemnis

© Joseph Karl Stieler
Beethoven: Mass in D major, “Missa solemnis”, Op.123
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Petr Popelka; Swedish Radio Choir; Eric Ericson Chamber Choir; Julia Kleiter; Christina Bock

SalzburgThe Prince of Homburg (Der Prinz von Homburg)Concert performance

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Henze: The Prince of Homburg (Der Prinz von Homburg)
Ingo Metzmacher; ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Maximilian Schmitt; Tanja Ariane Baumgartner; Kathrin Zukowski

MadridSinfónico 22 - Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España

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Beethoven: Mass in D major, “Missa solemnis”, Op.123
Orquesta Nacional de España; Kent Nagano; Ema Nikolovska; Maximilian Schmitt; Derek Welton
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Wagner’s Dutchman drops anchor in Provence

James Rutherford © Caroline Doutre
The Flying Dutchman – or Le Vaisseau fantôme as it is known in French – makes a fleeting appearance at the Grand Théâtre de Provence in a rousing concert performance conducted by the dapper François-Xavier Roth. 
****1
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Cleveland Orchestra's The Seasons proves successful despite cancellations

Illness caused two baritones to bow out, plus an indisposed tenor on the night of the first performance. But soprano Golda Schultz, the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and Orchestra, led by Franz Welser-Möst, ultimately revelled in Haydn’s late masterpiece.
****1
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A boon for Beethoven buffs in Vienna

Beethoven lovers were expecting an authentic recreation of the first version of Fidelio but instead they got Leonore à la Jacobs.
***11
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Brett Dean meets Beethoven: The new Tonhalle Maag’s first concert this season

This wasn’t just any concert. The Zurich Tonhalle’s new season was opening in a brand new hall in the trendy Züri-West quarter of the city.
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La Currentzis di Tito: a Mozartian mishap in Wrocław

Mozart was supposed to be the composer of La clemenza di Tito but it was really a critical edition of Metastasio’s opus by Teodor Currentzis.
**111
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Strehler's dreamy Entführung returns to La Scala

Production image © Marco Brescia & Rudy Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Zubin Mehta brings a great deal of class to most things he conducts at La Scala, and here his bright account of Mozart's score was a joy. 
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RomeFidelio (concert performance)

Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Simon O'Neill and Sir Antonio Pappano © Riccardo Musacchio & Flavio Ianniello
Beethoven: Fidelio
Sir Antonio Pappano; Rachel Willis-Sørensen; Simon O'Neill; Sebastian Holecek; Günther Groissböck

HamburgFranz Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln

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Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester; Manfred Honeck; MDR Rundfunkchor; NDR Vokalensemble; Maximilian Schmitt; Tareq Nazmi