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Now playing Next musica La Scala premiers Rossini's Il Turco in Italia The opera is a tragi-comedy of love, lust and mistaken identity 27/02/2020
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Now playing Next musica Anoushka Shankar's mesmerising musical journey Sitar-virtuoso Anoushka Shankar performs the concerto Raga-Mala, composed by her father Ravi Shankar, the most famous Indian musician of the 20th century at Lyon's Auditorium, accompanied by the Orchestre National de Lyon. 13/02/2020
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Now playing Next Green News The robot who just conducted a human symphony orchestra Do artifical intelligence and music go together? 07/02/2020
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Now playing Next musica Vienna Philharmonic marches to its own tune The 178-year-old Vienna Philharmonic has played under the baton of some of the world's most famous maestros. But it marches to its own tune. 16/01/2020
Now playing Next musica Comedy without the clichés: Don Pasquale charms Zurich Stage Director Christof Loy has taken a new look at the old classic, ditching the usual clichés to focus instead on the complexity of the characters. 26/12/2019
Now playing Next musica Bellini's Pirata: a tale of love, betrayal and madness Betrayal, despair and madness combine in an unforgettable production of Bellini’s rarely staged masterpiece Il Pirata at the Teatro Real in Madrid. 12/12/2019
Now playing Next musica Korngold’s mysterious opera “Die Tote Stadt” mixes Hitchcock and Freud Erich Wolfgang Korngold was just 23 years old when he wrote the technically difficult opera - before he knew the limits of the voice, resulting in incredible changes of harmony and rhythm and a "crazy maze of different styles.” 28/11/2019
Now playing Next musica From Wagner to Broadway: Terfel takes Sydney Opera by storm The acclaimed bass-baritone Bryn Terfel is joined at the iconic Sydney Opera House by his wife, harpist Hannah Stone to perform great classics, from Wagner to Broadway. 14/11/2019
Now playing Next musica Time with the best: Vienna Philharmonic's mastery passed to Peruvian protégés “Sinfonía por el Perú” is a project created eight years ago by Tenor Juan Diego Flórez which offers free music education to disadvantaged children. Fifty of the young group traveled to Saltzburg to learn from the best. Watch the Musica programme to see how they got on. 31/10/2019
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Now playing Next musica Gustavo Dudamel electrifies the Rencontres Musicales d'Évian festival The inspirational conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the festival's specially-created orchestra gave a passionate performance of Brahms' 4th symphony at the grand finale. 25/07/2019
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