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Year: 2009
BELLINI: La sonnambula — La Scala 1957
La sonnambula, Melodramma in due atti
Doctor Atomic at the English National Opera
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/feb/28/doctor-atomic-coliseum-john-adams
Endlich wird H‰ndel wieder wie fr¸her gespielt
http://www.welt.de/kultur/article3257471/Endlich-wird-Haendel-wieder-wie-frueher-gespielt.html
The compelling Dutchman
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/efd1218e-0293-11de-b58b-000077b07658.html
Das Rheingold, Music Center, Los Angeles
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/44dd63aa-01c6-11de-8199-000077b07658.html
Fidelio at Cadogan Hall
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article5760108.ece
A restrained Flying Dutchman at the Royal Opera House, London
This Der fliegende Holl‰nder was eagerly awaited as it hasn’t been heard at the Royal Opera House, London, since 2000. With Bryn Terfel’s return to Covent Garden as the Dutchman guaranteed a full house.
Lucrezia Borgia at Munich
Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, his 30th opera, is based on Victor Hugo’s play of the same name, and had its premiere at La Scala in 1833.
Rigoletto at the MET
The Plague of Beautiful Sounds: Has Bel Canto gone too far?