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TokyoYomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra

Suntory Hall, Suntory Foundation for the Arts
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra; Sebastian Weigle; Michiko Takeda; Mihoko Fujimura; Nikolai Schukoff; Kwangchul Youn

StrasbourgWagner - Brahms

Strasbourg Philharmonic
Wagner, Brahms
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg; Sebastian Weigle; Jennifer Holloway

San FranciscoThe Marriage of Figaro

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Sebastian Weigle; Michael Cavanagh; San Francisco Opera; Erhard Rom; Constance Hoffman; Jane Cox; San Francisco Opera Orchestra

EssenSilvesterkonzert Beethoven-Gala

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Beethoven, Chin, Tchaikovsky
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie; Sebastian Weigle; Anna Feith; Katja Kunze; Milena Haunhorst; Clemens Liese

Frankfurt am Main1822-Neujahrskonzert

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Beethoven, Chin, Tchaikovsky
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie; Sebastian Weigle; Chorwerk Ruhr; Kyohei Sorita

ViennaDer Rosenkavalier

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Strauss R.: Der Rosenkavalier
Sebastian Weigle; Otto Schenk; Vienna State Opera; Rudolf Heinrich; Erni Kniepert; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
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Hamelin’s Brahms and Weigle’s Dvořák excite a full-house in Singapore

Marc-André Hamelin © Chris P. Lim | Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Marc-André Hamelin's Brahms and Gershwin encores bring down the house at the Esplanade Concert Hall.
*****
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Rachmaninov, Beethoven from Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra

Sebastian Weigle conducts the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra © Mann Bros
A rewarding visit from this Japanese orchestra under principal conductor Sebastian Weigle featured a fine Rachmaninov Second Symphony and a vivid, gusty Beethoven Violin Concerto from soloist Christian Tetzlaff.
****1
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Ravishing Tchaikovsky from Weigle and the Yomiuri Nippon SO

Sebastian Weigle © Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra | Photographer: Takashi Fujimoto
The Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra under their Principal Conductor Sebastian Weigle show top-form in Tchaikovsky before their upcoming European tour. 
****1
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Tim Albery's Tannhäuser gets a second revival at the ROH

Venusberg © ROH | Clive Barda
Albery's production allows the opera to speak for itself, although sluggish pacing in the pit detract from the musical merits of this revival. 
***11
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A feast for bass voices in the Staatsoper's sombre Boris Godunov

That Boris was sung by a Ukrainian in times like this might or might not have been a coincidence. But that Alexander Tsymbalyuk was an excellent choice for the role is indisputable. 
****1
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The Metropolitan Opera performs a revelatory, original Boris Godunov

Forget Rimsky-Korsakov, forget the Polish act... Stephen Wadsworth's new production for The Met returns to Mussorgsky's original 1869 version of his Russian historical epic. 
*****
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ViennaDie tote Stadt

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Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)
Sebastian Weigle; Willy Decker; Vienna State Opera; Wolfgang Gussmann; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus