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Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 31 October 2012
Berlioz, Les Nuits d'été: Villanelle, Op.7 no.1
Franck, Symphony in D minor, Op.48
Franck, Stradella (overture, arr. Van Hove)
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492: Deh vieni, non tardar
Verdi, Macbeth: Patria oppressa
Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
Verdi, Nabucco: Gli arredi festivi
Verdi, Nabucco: Va Pensiero, chorus of the Hebrew slaves
Verdi, La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny): Overture
Sophie Karthäuser, Soprano
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
Chœur de Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège
Orchestra de Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège
Christian Arming, Conductor
Paolo Arrivabeni, Conductor
Gregory Kunde is splendid in Liege’s new Don Carlos
****1
Under the eye of Horus: Aida in Liège
***11
Tragic dignity and pathos from José Cura's Otello
****1
A Verdi pilgrimage to Liège for Jérusalem
****1
Maria Stuarda and Donizetti's "vil bastarda" in Liège
****1
De la poudre aux yeux : fragile Traviata à l'Opéra de Liège
**111
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