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MacerataIl barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Gianluca Martinenghi; Daniele Menghini; Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana; Coro Lirico Marchigiano "Vincenzo Bellini"; Ruzil Gatin; Marco Filippo Romano
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Maurizio Benini; Barbara Wysocka; Bavarian State Opera; Barbara Hanicka; Julia Kornacka; Marc Heinz; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Verdi: Aida
Antonello Manacorda; Shirin Neshat; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Josep Gil; Christian Schmidt; Tatyana van Walsum; Felice Ross
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Dmitry Matvienko; Luca de Fusco; Teatro de la Maestranza; Marta Crisolini Malatesta; Gigi Saccomandi; Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
MunichMaria StuardaNew production
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Antonino Fogliani; Francesco Micheli; Bavarian State Opera; Giulia Bruschi; Alessio Rosati; Alessandro Verazzi; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Francesco Lanzillotta; Justin Way; Teatro Real; John Fiore; Charles Edwards; Sue Willmington; Nicolás Fischtel
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Jessica Pratt hits the virtuosic heights in San Carlo's Barbiere
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