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FLORIAN BOESCH on tour with Beethoven's 9th Symphony and a recital in Frankfurt
12Feb2020
FLORIAN BOESCH on tour with Beethoven's 9th Symphony and a recital in Frankfurt

Florian Boesch begins the Beethoven year with the composer's Ninth Symphony on tour with the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle, followed by his first recital this year, at the Opera Frankfurt.

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SUMI HWANG in Stavanger and Saarbrücken
07Feb2020
SUMI HWANG in Stavanger and Saarbrücken

A staged adaptation of Beethoven’s Fidelio performed by the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra under Markus Stenz features the rising Korean soprano as Marzelline in the first week of February, followed shortly after by her appearance as soloist in Christian Jost's "Dichterliebe recomposed" in Saarbrücken. 

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MAURO PETER with Schubert’s Goethe Songs at Wigmore Hall
31Jan2020
MAURO PETER with Schubert’s Goethe Songs at Wigmore Hall

The young Swiss tenor Mauro Peter presents a song programme dedicated entirely to Franz Schubert’s settings of Goethe poems, celebrating the great composer’s birthday on January 31. And what could be a better location for this than London’s venerable Wigmore Hall?

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THOMAS QUASTHOFF as Narrator in Berlin and Munich
27Jan2020
THOMAS QUASTHOFF as Narrator in Berlin and Munich

Thomas Quasthoff resumes his roles as narrator in Schoenberg’s Survivor from Warsaw once again and also recounts the story of Stravinsky’s Histoire du soldat, that unique story of the devil’s violin, love, promises, luck and morality.

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PATRICIA PETIBON presents her new programme "L'amour, la mort, la mer"
25Jan2020
PATRICIA PETIBON presents her new programme "L'amour, la mort, la mer"

With the new program "L'amour, la mort, la mer", which will also be released by SONY in February 2020 as a long-awaited solo album, Patricia Petibon embarks on a mysterious journey between "Love, Sea and Death".

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ELEANOR LYONS making her role and house debut as Mozart’s Donna Anna with Opera Australia
24Jan2020
ELEANOR LYONS making her role and house debut as Mozart’s Donna Anna with Opera Australia

The young and up-and-coming Australian soprano Eleanor Lyons is currently making her house and role debut as Donna Anna with Opera Australia.

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CHRISTIANE KARG and FLORIAN BOESCH in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro in Salzburg
24Jan2020
CHRISTIANE KARG and FLORIAN BOESCH in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro in Salzburg

Launching a complete cycle of the three Da Ponte operas as part of the Salzburg Mozart Week, Christiane Karg and Florian Boesch perform the roles of the Countess and Count at Salzburg’s Felsenreitschule under the baton of Sir András Schiff.

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JEREMY OVENDEN performs Handel’s Theodora at Vienna’s Konzerthaus
18Jan2020
JEREMY OVENDEN performs Handel’s Theodora at Vienna’s Konzerthaus

After the new production of Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito last October at the Theater an der Wien, Jeremy Ovenden appears together with the historically informed ensemble Arcangelo at Vienna’s Konzerthaus, performing Handel’s Theodora.

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MARLIS PETERSEN as Salome at the Theater an der Wien
18Jan2020
MARLIS PETERSEN as Salome at the Theater an der Wien

After her role debut as Salome at the Bavarian State Opera, which was celebrated by audience and critics alike, Marlis Petersen takes on the role of the femme fatale at the Theater an der Wien from January 18 onwards.

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FLORIAN BOESCH sings Méphistophélès in Berlioz’ La damnation de Faust
17Jan2020
FLORIAN BOESCH sings Méphistophélès in Berlioz’ La damnation de Faust

In Helsinki, Florian Boesch sings the role of Méphistophélès with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Hannu Lintu. A celebrated singer-actor, the Austrian baritone is ideally cast for the role of Faust’s diabolical antagonist.

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MICHAEL SCHADE with a Song Recital at the Vienna State Opera
15Jan2020
MICHAEL SCHADE with a Song Recital at the Vienna State Opera

During their song recital at the Vienna State Opera on January 15, 2020, Michael Schade and Malcolm Martineau focused on several female personalities who inspired Beethoven, Schubert, Ravel, Fauré and Strauss to write some of their masterworks.

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LAURA AIKIN as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus at the Vienna State Opera
31Dec2019
LAURA AIKIN as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus at the Vienna State Opera

On three evenings, Laura Aikin will be heard as Rosaline in Johann Strauß' operetta "Die Fledermaus".

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