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SydneyRigoletto
Verdi: Rigoletto
Sesto Quatrini; Elijah Moshinsky; Opera Australia; Michael Yeargan; Robert Bryan; Opera Australia Orchestra
CooperstownMadama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Joseph Colaneri; Francesca Zambello; Glimmerglass Opera; Michael Yeargan; Anita Yavich; Robert Wierzel; Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra
BerlinRigoletto
Verdi: Rigoletto
Domingo Hindoyan; Bartlett Sher; Staatsoper Berlin; Michael Yeargan; Catherine Zuber; Donald Holder; Staatskapelle Berlin
ChicagoSusannahNew production
Floyd: Susannah
Daniela Candillari; Patricia Racette; Lyric Opera of Chicago; Erhard Rom; Michael Yeargan; Eric Southern; Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra
BerlinRigoletto
Verdi: Rigoletto
Giacomo Sagripanti; Bartlett Sher; Staatsoper Berlin; Michael Yeargan; Catherine Zuber; Donald Holder; Staatskapelle Berlin
San FranciscoDas Rheingold
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Eun Sun Kim; Francesca Zambello; San Francisco Opera; Michael Yeargan; Catherine Zuber; Mark McCullough; San Francisco Opera Orchestra
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