Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo-Soprano) Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor) Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera (Choir) I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis (Conductor) Agostino Steffani (1654-1728) I trionfi del fato Niobe, regina di Tebe Stabat Mater La libertà contenta La superbia d'Alessandro Tassilone La lotta d'Hercole con Acheloo Marco Aurelio Alarico il Baltha, cioè L'audace re de' Gothi Château de Versailles, France, 2012 Directed by Olivier Simonnet

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Turandot "Dramma lirico" in three acts by Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni after Carlo Gozzi First performance in Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 25 April 1926 Arena di Verona Orchestra & Chorus, Marco Armiliato (Conductor) Ulisse Trabacchin (Chorus Master) Children's choir A.d'A.Mus, Marco Tonini (chorus master) Franco Zeffirelli (Stage Direction, sets) Emi Wada (Costumes), Maria Grazia Garofoli (Choreographic movements), Gaetano Petrosino (Ballet coordinator) Anna Netrebko (Turandot) Yusif Eyvazov (Calaf) Maria Teresa Leva (Liù) Ferruccio Furlanetto (Timur) Carlo Bosi (Imperatore Altoum) Gëzim Myshketa (Ping) Matteo Mezzaro (Pong) Riccardo Rados (Pang) Youngjun Park (Mandarino) Verona, Arena di Verona, 10 August 2022

Renaud Capuçon (Violin), Kian Soltani (Cello), Pascal Moraguès (Clarinet), Hélène Mercier (Piano) Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992) Quartet for the End of Time Directed by Isabelle Soulard Aix-en-Provence, Camp des Milles (Festival de Pâques), 11 April 2022

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Filarmonica della Scala, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Symphony No. 7 in C sharp minor, op. 131 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op. 74 "Pathétique" Festival de Granada, June 25, 2023

Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K 551 "Jupiter" Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 "Eroica" Directed by Yan Proefrock Granada, Palace of Carlos V (Granada Festival), July 2, 2023

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Siegfried Second day in three acts of "Der Ring des Nibelungen" by Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) Livret de Richard Wagner Bayreuth, Festspielhaus, 16 August 1876 Philharmonia Zürich Gianandrea Noseda (Conductor) Andreas Homoki (Stage direction) Christian Schmidt (Set and Costume Design), Franck Evin (Lighting design) Zurich, Opernhaus, 24 May 2024

A Midsummer Night's Dream by John Neumeier John Neumeier - Choreographer Music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and György Ligeti Jürgen Rose - Sets and costumes Anna Laudere - Dancer (Hippolyte/Titania) Alexandr Trusch - Dancer (Philostratus/Puck) Edvin Revazov - Dancer (Theseus/Oberon) Hélène Bouchet - Dancer (Helena) Madoka Sugai - Dancer (Hermia) Karen Azatyan - Dancer (Demetrius) Jacopo Bellussi - Dancer (Lysander) Marc Jubete - Dancer (Bottom) The Hamburg Ballet Directed by Myriam Hoyer Hamburg, Staatsoper Hamburg, 2021

Czech Philharmonic, Jakub Hrůša (conductor) Czech Philharmonic, Jakub Hrůša (conductor) Bedřich Smetana 1824 - 1884 The Bartered Bride Overture to the opera / Skočná. Dance of the comedians Festive Overture in D major, Op. 4 Hakon Jarl - symphonic poem Op. 16 My Country - Vltava, symphonic poem Dahlia Polka Czech Dances II Op. 21 - Furiant String Quartet no. 1 in E minor "From My Life" (selection) From the Homeland, for violin and orchestra (Arr.: Tomáš Ille) Litomyšl, Festival Hall, 8 June 2024 Litomyšl, Festival Hall, 8 June 2024

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Maria Joao Pires (piano) Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Impromptus D.935 No. 2 and 3 Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major D. 664 Michael Volle (bass), Danile Gerzenberg (piano) Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) Songs and dances of death Hamburg, Laeiszhalle, August 19 and 30, 2021 Directed by Christophe Boula

Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor) Elsa Dreisig (soprano) Richard Wagner (1813-1883) 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg', overture Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Four Last Songs Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Ed. Leopold Nowak) Festival de Granada, July 14, 2024

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) Singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Libretto by Emmanuel Schikaneder First performance in Vienna, Theater auf der Wieden, 30 September 1791 Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Jörn Hinnerk Andresen (Chorus Master) Wiener Philharmoniker, Joana Mallwitz (Conductor) Lydia Steier (Stage Director) Katharina Schlipf (Sets), Ursula Kudrna (Costumes), Olaf Freese (Lighting), Momme Hinrichs (Video) Tareq Nazmi (Sarastro) Mauro Peter (Tamino) Brenda Rae (Queen of the Night) Regula Mühlemann (Pamina) Ilse Eerens (First Lady) Sophie Rennert (Second Lady) Noa Beinart (Third Lady) Michael Nagl (Papageno) Maria Nazarova (Papagena) Peter Tantsits (Monostatos) Henning von Schulman (Speaker | First Priest | Second Man in Armour) Simon Bode (Second Priest | First Man in Armour) Roland Koch (Grandfather) Wiener Sängerknaben (Three Boys) Salzburg, Haus für Mozart, 30 July 2022

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (Conductor) Leila Josefowicz (violin) Julia Perry (1924-1979) A Short Piece for Orchestra John Adams (1947-) Violin Concerto Charles Ives (1874-1954) Symphony No. 2 Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, January 21st 2022 Tv director, Ferenc Soeteman