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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
23Dec2019
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We wish you a joyful and blessed holiday season and a very happy new year!

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Beethovens Neunte Symphonie in Helsinki, Seoul, Tokyo und München
18Dec2019
Beethovens Neunte Symphonie in Helsinki, Seoul, Tokyo und München

Several of our artists launch the impending Beethoven Year with performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Helsinki, Seoul, Tokyo and Munich.

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WERNER GÜRA performs in Amsterdam, Vienna, Helsinki and Munich
13Dec2019
WERNER GÜRA performs in Amsterdam, Vienna, Helsinki and Munich

In December 2019 Werner Güra shines in Schumann’s Faust-Szenen in Amsterdam and in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in Helsinki and Munich. In between, he presents an all-Schubert programme at the Brahms-Saal of Vienna’s Musikverein – pure Schubert happiness, one might call it!

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PATRICIA PETIBON in the four female roles of Les contes d’Hoffmann in Brussels
10Dec2019
PATRICIA PETIBON in the four female roles of Les contes d’Hoffmann in Brussels

Starting with the premiere on December 10, Patricia Petibon sings all four female roles in Les contes d’Hoffmann for the first time, celebrating Jacques Offenbach’s 200th birthday with his most famous masterwork at La Monnaie in Brussels.

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MARIE-SOPHIE POLLAK with Bach and Handel in Canada
03Dec2019
MARIE-SOPHIE POLLAK with Bach and Handel in Canada

Marie-Sophie Pollak makes her debuts with no less than three Canadian orchestras and ensembles in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Handel’s Messiah: the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Les Violons du Roy in Québec and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa.

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MANUEL WALSER – Great Talent at Vienna’s Konzerthaus
27Nov2019
MANUEL WALSER – Great Talent at Vienna’s Konzerthaus

Manuel Walser, already notable as a brilliant member of the Vienna State Opera ensemble, receives special support during the 2019-2020 season as part of “Great Talent”, a young artist programme of Vienna’s Konzerthaus.

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THOMAS QUASTHOFF| An Exclusive Jazz Session as a 60th Birthday Present
09Nov2019
THOMAS QUASTHOFF| An Exclusive Jazz Session as a 60th Birthday Present

Thomas Quasthoff will celebrate his 60th birthday with exclusive concerts at Cologne’s Philharmonie, at Castle Elmau, at the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden and Vienna’s Konzerthaus – making music with friends who are among the greatest names in jazz.

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IRIS VERMILLION with Ligeti at Semperoper Dresden
03Nov2019
IRIS VERMILLION with Ligeti at Semperoper Dresden

Iris Vermillion stars as Mescalina in Dresden’s premiere of Le Grand Macabre by György Ligeti, directed by Calixto Bieito and conducted by the principal guest conductor of the Semperoper Dresden, Omer Meir Wellber.

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IDA ALDRIAN an der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
03Nov2019
IDA ALDRIAN an der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Austrian mezzo-soprano Ida Aldrian, who joined the ensemble of the Hamburg State Oper at the beginning of the current season, takes part in the world premiere of Johannes Harneit's newly composed opera IchundIch, based on the play IchundIch (I and I) by Else Lasker-Schüler.

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OLIVIA VERMEULEN gastiert mit Scarlatti an der Berliner Staatsoper unter den Linden
01Nov2019
OLIVIA VERMEULEN gastiert mit Scarlatti an der Berliner Staatsoper unter den Linden

Further to her house and role debut earlier this year in Paris with Alessandro Scarlatti's seldom-performed oratorio Il primo omicidio directed by Romeo Castellucci, Olivia Vermeulen now reprises the role of Abel  at Berlin's Staatsoper unter den Linden. The Belgian B'Rock Orchestra is led by René Jacobs. 

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MICHAEL SCHADE as Florestan in Beethoven’s Fidelio in Montréal
25Oct2019
MICHAEL SCHADE as Florestan in Beethoven’s Fidelio in Montréal

Michael Schade will again perform the role of Florestan in a concert performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio , toether with the Orchestre Métropolitain under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin in Montréal

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JEREMY OVENDEN as Emperor Titus at the Theater an der Wien
17Oct2019
JEREMY OVENDEN as Emperor Titus at the Theater an der Wien

The internationally sought-after Mozart tenor Jeremy Ovenden makes a guest appearance at the Theater an der Wien together with Concentus Musicus Wien under Stefan Gottfried, singing the title role in La clemenza di Tito in a new production.

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