Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Daniele Gatti (Conductor) Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) Götterdämmerung (symphonic highlights) Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 Genève, Victoria Hall, 5 Otober 2022

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Gergely Madaras (Conductor) Choeur Symphonique de Namur Noemi Győri (flute) Claude Debussy 1862 - 1918 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Christian Mason Concerto for flute Claude Debussy Nocturnes Liège, Salle Philharmonique, 24 April 2024

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Mitridate, Re di Ponto "Dramma per musica" in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Libretto by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi after Jean Racine First performance in Milan, Teatro Regio Ducal, 26 December 1770 Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (Conductor) Satoshi Miyagi (Stage Director) Junpei Kiz (Set Design), Kayo Takahashi Deschene (Costumes), Irene Selka (Lighting), Yu Otagaki (Choreography), Detlef Giese (Dramaturgy) Pene Pati (Mitridate, King of Pontus) Ana María Labin (Aspasia) Angela Brower (Sifare) Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (Farnace) Sarah Aristidou (Ismene) Sahy Ratia (Marzio) Adriana Bignagni Lesca (Arbate) Berlin, Staatsoper unter der Linden, 11 December 2022

Wiener Philharmoniker, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor) Hector Berlioz 1803 - 1869 Symphonie fantastique op. 14 Festival de Salzbourg, 29 August 2024

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor) Beatrice Rana (piano) Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54 Johannes Brahms | (1833 - 1897) Symphony no. 2 in D major op. 73 Baden-Baden, Festspielhaus, 10 July 2022

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor) Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Symphony no. 3 in F major op. 90 Symphony no. 4 in E minor op. 98 Baden-Baden, Festspielhaus, 7 July 2023

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Nixon in China Opera in three acts by John Adams (born in 1947) Libretto by Alice Goodman First performance at the Houston Grand Opera, 22 October 1987 Orchestre et chœur de l'Opéra National de Paris, Gustavo Dudamel (Conductor) Ching-Lien Wu (Chorus Master) Valentina Carrasco (Stage direction) Silvia Aymonino (Costumes), Peter van Praet (Lighting), Carles Berga, Peter van Praet (Sets) Thomas Hampson (Richard Nixon) Renée Fleming (Pat Nixon) Xiaomeng Zhang (Zhou En Lai) John Matthew Myers (Mao Zedong) Joshua Bloom (Henry Kissinger) Yajie Zhang (Nancy Tang) Paris, Opéra National de Paris (Opéra-Bastille), 7 April 2023

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Carmen Georges Bizet (Music) Israel Galván (Concept, Choreography and Dance) Micol Notarianni (Costumes), Valentin Donaire (Lighting) Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville, Maria Itkonen (conducting) Mieskuoro Huutajat Oulu Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Carmen) José Bros (Don José) Ángel Ódena (Escamillo) María Marín (Singing and guitar) Seville, Teatro de la Maestranza, October 6, 2024

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) Tenebrae Vilde Frang (violin) Edward Elgar 1857 - 1934 Violin Concerto in B minor, op. 61 Gustav Holst 1874 - 1934 The Planets, op. 32 London, Barbican Hall, 12 September 2024

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Les Siècles, Adrien Perruchon (Conductor) Isabelle Druet (Concepción) Benoît Rameau (Gonzalve) Loïc Félix (Torquemada) Thomas Dolié (Ramiro) Nicolas Cavallier (Don Iñigo Gómez) Maurice Ravel 1875 - 1937 Alborada del gracioso Rapsodie espagnole Boléro L'Heure espagnole Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, 22 May 2024 Directed by Stéphane Vérité

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Daniele Gatti (Conductor) Felix Mendelssohn 1809 - 1847 Calm sea and prosperous voyage, op. 27 Claude Debussy 1862 - 1918 La Mer Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 - 1827 Symphony no. 6 in F major Op. 68, "Pastoral" Geneva, Victoria Hall, 8 November 2023

Orchestre national de Lille, Alexandre Bloch (conductor) Francesco Piemontesi (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Don Giovanni, Overture Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54 Lille, Nouveau Siècle, 10 June 2022

Salome "Musikdrama" in one act by Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) Libretto by Richard Strauss after "Salomé" by Oscar Wilde First performance in Dresden, Hofoper, 9 December 1905 Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Simone Young (Conductor) Lydia Steier (Stage direction) Momme Hinrichs (Sets, Video), Andy Besuch (Costumes), Olaf Freese (Lighting), Maurice Lenhard (Dramaturgy) Elza van den Heever (Salome) Iain Paterson (Jochanaan) John Daszak (Herodes) Karita Mattila (Herodias) Tansel Akzeybek (Narraboth) Katharina Magiera (Page der Herodias) Matthäus Schmidlechner (Erster Jude) Éric Huchet (Zweiter Jude) Maciej Kwaśnikowski (Dritter Jude) Mathias Vidal (Vierter Jude) Sava Vemić (Fünfter Jude) Luke Stoker (Erster Nazarener) Yiorgo Ioannou (Zweiter Nazarener) Dominic Barberi (Erster Soldat) Bastian Thomas Kohl (Zweiter Soldat) Alejandro Baliñas Vieites (Cappadocier) Thomas Ricart (Ein Sklave) Paris, Opéra-Bastille (Opéra national de Paris), 27 October 2022

The Little Cunning Vixen, by Leoš Janáček Orchestra, Chorus and Atelier Lyrique of Opéra National de Paris, Dennis Russell Davies (direction) André Engel (stage director) Elena Tsallagova (the vixen), Jukka Rasilainen (Gamekeeper), Michèle Lagrange (Gamekeeper's wife / Owl), Hannah Esther Minutillo (the fox), David Kuebler (Schoolmaster), Roland Bracht (Priest), Paul Gay (Harasta) Directed by Don Kent Recorded at the Opéra national de Paris in 2008