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 symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare (conductor) OSM Chorus, Andrew Megill (chorus master) Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) (Tove) Clay Hilley (tenor) (Waldemar) Karen Cargill (alto) (Waldtaube) Stephan Rügamer (tenor) (Klaus-Narr) Thomas E. Bauer (baritone) (Bauer) Ben Heppner (speaker) Arnold Schoenberg 1874 - 1951 Gurre-Lieder Montreal, Maison symphonique, 13 September 2024

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Hippolytus and Aricia Tragedy in music in a prologue and five acts by Jean-Phillippe Rameau. Libretto by Simon-Joseph Pellegrin after the plays of Jean Racine : Phèdre, Euripides : Hippolytos, Saneca : Phaedra. Created in Paris, Opera, 1 October 1733 Freiburger Barockorchester, Staatsopernchor, Simon Rattle (Conductor), Martin Wright (Chorus Conductor) Aletta Collins (stage, choreography), Ólafur Elíasson (Sets, costumes, lighting design), Olaf Freese (Lighting design) Anna Prohaska (Aricia) Magdalena Kožená (Phaedra) Adriane Queiroz (Oenone) Elsa Dreisig (Diana) Reinoud Van Mechelen (Hippolytus) Gyula Orendt (Theseus) Roman Trekel (Tisiphone) Peter Rose (Pluto) Michael Smallwood (Mercury) Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany, 2018 Directed by : Andreas Morell

Orchestre National de Lille, Kazushi Ono (Conductor) Ingela Brimberg (Soprano) Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) Tannhäuser, Overture and Bacchanal Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) Four last songs Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Symphony no.6 in B minor op. 54 Lille, Nouveau Siècle, 3 February 2023

Rhoda Scott at Jazz à Vienne Rhoda Scott (vocals, organ) Hugh Coltman (backing vocals) David Linx (backing vocals) Emmanuel Pi Djob (backing vocals) Lisa Cat-Berro (alto saxophone) Géraldine Laurent (alto saxophone) Sophie Alour (tenor saxophone) Jeanne Michard (tenor saxophone) Céline Bonacina (baritone saxophone) Airelle Besson (trumpet) Anne Paceo (drums) Julie Saury (drums) Jazz à Vienne, 11 July 2024

Chucho Valdés (piano) Ramón Alvarez (vocals) Luis Beltrán (alto saxophone) Carlos Averhoff Jr. (tenor saxophone) Eddy De Armas Jr. (trumpet) Osvaldo Fleites (trumpet) José A. Gola (bass) Roberto Jr. Vizcaíno Torre (percussion) Horacio Hernandez (drums) Vienne, Théâtre Antique, Festival Jazz à Vienne, 10 July 2024

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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

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott (Conductor) Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor Geneva, Victoria Hall, 16 February 2022

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott (direction) Martin Fröst (clarinette) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major KV 622 Anton Bruckner 1824 - 1897 Symphony No. 2 in C minor (1877 version) Geneva, Victoria Hall, 13 March 2024

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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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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