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Jennifer Rowley replaces Maria Agresta in New York

New cast change at the Metropolitan Opera from January 22, after Marco Armiliato replacing Maestro James Levine, Verdi’s Il Trovatore is now performed by Jennifer Rowley as Leonora in all performances, she replaces Maria Agresta who is ill.

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Highlight in Bordeaux: Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande

Before the productions of Boesmans’ Pinocchio or Strauss’ Elektra, the Opéra National de Bordeaux performs on 19 & 21 January 2018, a highlight of the season with Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, celebrating Debussy’s death 100 years ago. Marc Minkowski conducts the production with tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac, soprano Chiara Skerath and baritone Alexandre Duhamel for […]

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Håkan Hardenberger at Berlin Philharmonie

Nobody knows de trouble I see from great composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann will be performed on 28 January at Berlin Philharmonie, starring Håkan Hardenberger and Ingo Metzmacher who conducts the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

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Raphaël Pichon and Sabine Devieilhe in Toulouse

The Toulouse’s Halle aux Grains hosts a marvellous concert on 14 March 2018 where great conductor Raphaël Pichon with his Ensemble Pygmalion and divine soprano Sabine Devieilhe among others perfect singers perform esoteric Mozart’s masterpiece the famous Requiem and masonic pieces from the Fellowcraft Mozart.

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Gounod’s Faust at the Opéra des Nations

After the Devil Trilogy staged by Olivier Py in Geneva, one Faust was missing. Gounod’s Faust is now performed at the Opéra des Nations from 1 to 18 February 2018, to celebrate Gounod’s 200th Birthday. Georges Lavaudant directs the production and Jesús López Cobos conducts the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.

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Wagner’s Das Rheingold at London’s Southbank Centre

One of the major event of the season at London’s Southbank Centre is the semi-staged performance of Wagner’s Das Rheingold on 27 January performed by Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Rose and great Matthias Goerne with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.

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Stéphane Denève in New York

American-Canadian-French-Russian meeting in New York on 25-27 January 2018, with French conductor Stéphane Denève conducting famous American orchestra, the New York Philharmonic in All-Prokofiev Russian Program with Violin Concerto No. 1, performed by Canadian violinist James Ehnes