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Now playing Next musica Kaufmann's dark take on Beethoven at Salzburg Festival It is one of the highlights of this year’s Salzburg Festival: The new production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio”. On stage, there’s a remarkable cast 20/08/2015
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Now playing Next musica Cecilia Bartoli as Gluck's tragic heroine “I pray to the almighty gods” is this year’s theme of the Whitsun festival in Salzburg, chosen by artistic director Cecilia Bartoli. The famous mezzo 11/06/2015
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Now playing Next Culture news Spend summer with Wagner The legendary Wagner Opera Festival in Bayreuth runs until April 28. While in Italy, the Macerata Opera Festival focuses on traditional Italian operas and runs until August 9. 08/06/2015
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Now playing Next Culture news Intoxicating climate change opera 'CO2' at La Scala Milan Opera is on the move the themes of love, war, heroism and death are out and climate change is in. The opera ‘CO2’ at Milan La Scala Milan stages the 20/05/2015
Now playing Next musica Opolais brings passion and poise to "Eugene Onegin" It is one of the most moving scenes in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, recently successfully staged at Munich’s Bavarian State Opera. The role of the 14/05/2015
Now playing Next musica A poetic journey with "Ciboulette" at the Opéra Comique in Paris Back on the stage of the Opéra Comique in Paris, is “Ciboulette”, an operetta Reynaldo Hahn composed in 1923. Intended as a nostalgic homage to 30/04/2015