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LenoxThe Marriage of Figaro

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Andris Nelsons; James Darrah Black; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Joshua Hopkins; Hanna-Elisabeth Müller; Michael Sumuel

GrafeneggFestival-Eröffnung

Grafenegg Kulturbetriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Beethoven, Orff
Philharmonia Orchestra; Cristian Măcelaru; Nikola Hillebrand; Nicholas Phan; Germán Olvera; Rudolf Buchbinder

ViennaVienna Symphony Orchestra

Musikverein Wien
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien; Nikola Hillebrand; Catriona Morison; Benjamin Bruns

ViennaConcentus Musicus Wien

Musikverein Wien
Mozart
Concentus Musicus Wien; Stefan Gottfried; Nikola Hillebrand; Florian Boesch

ViennaDie Entführung aus dem Serail

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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem)
Constantin Trinks; Hans Neuenfels; Vienna State Opera; Christian Schmidt; Bettina Merz; Stefan Bolliger; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

ViennaDie Fledermaus

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Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Franz Welser-Möst; Otto Schenk; Vienna State Opera; Günther Schneider-Siemssen; Milena Canonero; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
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Young stars shine in the Staatsoper Berlin’s Rosenkavalier

Peter Rose, Nikola Hillebrand, Patricia Nolz, Christian Thielemann and Julia Kleiter © Jenny Bohse
Patricia Nolz makes an outstanding role debut as Christian Thielemann conducts a thrusting Rosenkavalier to open the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's Festtage. 
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Jones’ wicked Hänsel und Gretel returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper

Nikola Hillebrand (Gretel) and Rachael Wilson (Hänsel) © Geoffroy Schied
Even without a gingerbread house, there’s enough wickedness in Richard Jones’ staging of Humperdinck’s opera for sweet tooths to savour.
****1
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Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony perform Debussy and Mahler

Nikola Hillebrand, Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Winslow Townson, courtesy of the BSO
Andris Nelsons celebrates Symphony Hall’s 125th anniversary with two works contemporaneous to the hall’s first season: Debussy’s Nocturnes and Mahler’s Symphony no. 4 (both premiered in 1901). 
***11
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A spectacular Freischütz in Bregenz

Der Freischütz © Bregenzer Festspiele | Anja Köhler
At the Bregenz Festival, director Philpp Stölzl gives us a radical updating of the classic, with an interpretation many miles away from Weber.
***11
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Thielemann bids farewell to Dresden with an excellent new FroSch

Camilla Nylund (The Empress) © Semperoper Dresden | Ludwig Olah
David Bösch directs a creative and thoughtful new production of Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Semperoper in Christian Thielemann's final opera as Principal Conductor. 
*****
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The Best of All Possible Satires: Candide sparkles in Vienna

Ben McAteer (Pangloss), James Newby, Nikola Hillebrand, Matthew Newlin and Tatiana Kuryatnikova © Werner Kmetitsch
Lydia Steier's new production of Candide is a kaleidoscopic celebration of Leonard Bernstein's varied musical idioms. 
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“I always want to do everything!”: Nikola Hillebrand in conversation

Nikola Hillebrand © Miina Jung
The German soprano talks about her early love of the stage, her time in ensembles before going freelance next season, hiking and... Kaiserschmarrn.