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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (conductor) Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Jake Heggie 1961 - Camille Claudel: Into the Fire Hector Berlioz 1803 - 1869 Symphonie fantastique Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 9 January 2025

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (Conductor) Anton Bruckner 1824 – 1897 Symphony no. 8 in C minor Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 21 June 2024

Wagner´s Jews Richard Wagner was notoriously anti-Semitic, and his writings on Jews were later embraced by Hitler and the Nazis. But for years, many of Wagner‘s closest associates were Jews - young musicians who became personally devoted to him, and provided crucial help to his work and career. Why were they drawn to him? And how could Wagner even accept their embrace? These questions are at the heart of ‘Wagner‘s Jews’, the first film to focus on Wagner‘s complex personal relationships with Jews. Filmed on location in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, ‘Wagner‘s Jews’ reveals this remarkable story through archival sources, re-enactments, interviews, and performances of original musical works by Wagner‘s Jewish colleagues. Featuring Zubin Mehta and Leon Botstein among others, the film also explores the ongoing controversy over performing Wagner‘s music in Israel. The same questions asked in Wagner‘s time still resonate today: is it possible to separate the art from its creator? Can sublime music transcend prejudice and bigotry, and the weight of history? Directed by Hilan Warshaw 2013

Vox Luminis XL, {oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna, Lionel Meunier (artistic director of vocal parts), Martyna Pastuszka (conductor, artistic direction) Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Fanie Antonelou (soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor) Niccolò Jommelli (1714 – 1774) Miserere in G minor (HocJ C1.23) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) Symphony No. 40 in G minor K. 550 Davidde penitente K. 469 Kraków, Misteria Paschalia Festival, 13 April 2022

Betroffenheit Crystal Pite (choreography) Music by Owen Belton, Alessandro Juliani & Meg Roe Kidd Pivot, Electric Company Theatre Jay Gower Taylor — Stage design Tom Visser — Lighting Nancy Bryant — Costumes Linda Chow — Costumes Nicola Ryall — Costumes Bryan Arias — Dancer David Raymond — Dancer Cindy Salgado — Dancer Jermaine Spivey — Dancer Tiffany Tregarthen — Dancer Jonathon Young — Actor Heidi Wilkinson — Puppets Omanie Elias — Puppets The kind of spectacle we rarely see on the theatre or opera stage is offered up here by the innovative Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young. In German, ‘Betroffenheit’ denotes a state of shock and disbelief. This unusual ballet was inspired by terrible events in the life of choreographer Young, who lost his daughter, niece, and nephew in a terrible fire during a family vacation. A mix of tap, salsa, spoken-word, song, and puppet show, this stirring artistic statement is guaranteed to stir the emotions with its poignant depiction of personal hardship and of the struggle to come to terms with tragedy, beautifully realized by Kidd Pivot and the Electric Company Theatre on the stage of London's Sadler's Wells Theatre. London, Sadler's Wells Theatre, 2017 Directed by Jeff Tudor

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä (conductor) Emily Beynon (flute), Ivan Podyomov (oboe) Maurice Ravel 1875 - 1937 Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie Guillaume Connesson Les belles heures (oboe concerto, commission, Dutch premiere)   Danses concertantes (flute concerto, commission, Dutch premiere)  Béla Bartók 1881 - 1945 The Miraculous Mandarin Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 17 April 2025

Ernani Opera in 4 acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901) Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo First performance in Venice, La Fenice, March 9, 1844 Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Michele Spotti (Conductor) Francesc Perales (Chorus master) Andrea Bernard (Stage director), Alberto Beltrame (Set Designer), Elena Beccaro (Costume Designer), Marco Alba (Lighting Designer) Angela Meade (Elvira) Piero Pretti (Ernani) Franco Vassallo (Don Carlo) Evgeny Stavinsky (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva) Laura Orueta (Giovanna) Matheus Pompeu (Don Riccardo) Javier Castañeda (Jago) Valencia, Palau de les Arts, June 2023

Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko (Conductor) Elīna Garanča (Mezzo-soprano) Pēteris Vasks (b. 1946) Musica dolorosa Luciano Berio (1925 – 2003) Folk Songs Valentin Silvestrov (B. 1937) Elegie Leoš Janáček (1854 – 1928) Taras Bulba Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957) Finlandia op. 26 Liepāja (Latvia), Lielais dzintars, Great Hall, 1 mai 2022 TV director, Henning Kasten