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Performer: Rolando Villazón

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CologneRolando Villazón & Xavier de Maistre

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Guastavino, Estévez, Souviron, Rodríguez
Rolando Villazón; Xavier de Maistre

HamburgRolando Villazón

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Monteverdi, Caccini, Peri
Christina Pluhar; L'Arpeggiata; Rolando Villazón

BudapestRolando Villazón

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Rolando Villazón, Tenor

Eltville am RheinRolando Villazón / L'Arpeggiata / Christina Pluhar

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Monteverdi, Caccini, Rossi, Gluck, Cavalieri, Cazzati
Christina Pluhar; Rolando Villazón; L'Arpeggiata

ViennaL'Orfeo

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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
Stefan Gottfried; Tom Morris; Vienna State Opera; Anna Fleischle; James Farncombe; Concentus Musicus Wien

New York CityThe Magic Flute: Holiday Presentation

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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Nicholas Carter; Julie Taymor; Metropolitan Opera; Patrick Furrer; George Tsypin; Donald Holder
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L’italiana in Algeri in the wrestling ring at Deutsche Oper Berlin

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A classic opera buffa gets an update by Rolando Villazón to a produce a staging that celebrates the timeless vitality of Rossini’s comic imagination.
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Rolando Villazón’s staging of La sonnambula charms The Met

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Nadine Sierra stars as a highly affecting Amina in the tenor-turned-director’s revisionist take on Bellini’s bel canto masterwork. 

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Une Folle journée: Mozart-Da Ponte pasticcio at the Whitsun Festival

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Cecilia Bartoli leads a stellar cast in a silly, but fun divertissement where Mozart’s music shines supreme.

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A garden of musical delights: La clemenza di Tito at the Mozartwoche

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While the semi-staging falters, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and Magdalena Kožená prove a thrilling pair in Mozart's final opera seria. 
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Superb cast delivers delights in the Met’s family-friendly Magic Flute

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Julie Taymor's whimsical 2004 staging of Mozart's Singspiel continues to please in the Met's condensed, English-language version.
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A Haydn rarity: L’anima del filosofo at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival

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The festival presents an illuminist take on the myth of Orpheus in a convincing concert performance of a rarely performed opera by Haydn. 
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HohenschwangauSchultz, Villazón & Tézier

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Mozart, Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Mascagni, Lehár
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; Omer Meir Wellber; Golda Schultz; Rolando Villazón; Ludovic Tézier
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Nadine Sierra reclaims her narrative

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Fresh out of her triumphant appearance in La sonnambula at the Met, soprano Nadine Sierra talks about being on a turning point in her career. 

A feast of delights at Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2023

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This year’s festival features a rare Handel opera, led by director and countertenor Max Emanuel Cenčić, an unusual production of Monteverdi’s L'Orfeo, and a veritable feast of recitals.