Vienna State Opera Presents Rossini’s Il Barbiere de Sivillia

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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte

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Lohengrin

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Carmen

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La Vie parisienne

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The Golden Cockerel

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Portrait of a Knight

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Mozart and Salieri

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Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

The composer's opera buffa transcends the spirit of Beaumarchais’ comedy and combines the absurd with a touch of satirical realism in a score where rh

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Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin)

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Puccini: La Bohème

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Benvenuto Cellini

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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov

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Donizetti: Don Pasquale

First performed in Paris in 1843, at the turning point of several eras, Don Pasquale, a composite and varied work, is the apotheosis of opera buffa. P

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Ravel: L'Heure espagnole

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Puccini: Gianni Schicchi

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