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Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria

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Verdi: La Forza Del Destino

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Strauss: Salome

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Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress (Glyndebourne)

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Beauty of the Baroque

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Roberto Alagna’s Pasión

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Patricia Petibon: Melancolía

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Aleksandra Kurzak: Gioia!

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Mojca Erdmann: Mozart’s Garden

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Ildebrando D’Arcangelo: Mozart

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Andreas Scholl: Bach Cantatas

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Joseph Calleja: The Maltese Tenor

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René Pape: Wagner

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German tenor thrills Met audience in solo recital

By Mike Silverman [AP, 31 October 2011]

He’s already thrilled Metropolitan Opera audiences with his exceptional vocal powers in such large-scale works as Puccini’s “Tosca,’’ Bizet’s “Carmen’’ and Wagner’s “Die Walkuere.’’

Delayed by Injury, Giovanni Still Arrives

By Anthony Tommasini [NY Times, 26 October 2011]

The Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecien looked nimble on his feet, sang robustly and threw himself into the title role of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” at the Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday night in the new production by the director Michael Grandage. Whatever one’s take on Mr. Kwiecien’s portrayal of a role he considers his calling card, his performance was a triumph of physical rehabilitation and artistic determination.


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