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StuttgartAlcesteNew production
Gluck: Alceste
Titus Engel; Milo Rau; Staatsoper Stuttgart; Josefine Lindner; Cedric Mpaka; Jürgen Kolb; Staatsorchester Stuttgart
MunichRigoletto
Verdi: Rigoletto
Daniele Rustioni; Barbara Wysocka; Bavarian State Opera; Barbara Hanicka; Julia Kornacka; Marc Heinz; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
ZurichTannhäuser
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Markus Poschner; Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson; Zurich Opera; Florian Lösche; Teresa Vergho; Martin Gebhardt; Orchester der Oper Zürich
New York CityHandel’s Messiah
Handel: Messiah
New York Philharmonic; Jeannette Sorrell; Jeanine De Bique; Rachael Wilson; Ed Lyon; Paweł Horodyski
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