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LondonSir Antonio Pappano
Fujikura, Mahler
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Antonio Pappano; Maria Bengtsson; Noa Beinart; London Symphony Chorus
BambergNew Year’s Eve Concert
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125
Bamberg Symphony; Eva Ollikainen; Hedvig Haugerud; Noa Beinart; Johan Krogius; Äneas Humm
ParisDas Rheingold
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Gianandrea Noseda; Orchester der Oper Zürich; Michael Volle; Klaus Florian Vogt; Christopher Purves
ParisDie Walküre
Wagner: Die Walküre
Gianandrea Noseda; Orchester der Oper Zürich; Klaus Florian Vogt; Mika Kares; Michael Volle
ParisSiegfried
Wagner: Siegfried
Gianandrea Noseda; Orchester der Oper Zürich; Klaus Florian Vogt; Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke; Michael Volle
MunichGötterdämmerungNew production
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Vladimir Jurowski; Tobias Kratzer; Bavarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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