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Christian Zacharias and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto #3.

Experience Alexander Ekman´s exceptional ballet, A Midsummer Night´s Dream, created for the Royal Swedish Ballet with a score by award-winning Mikael Karlsson. This contemporary ballet explores the energy and the mysteries of the summer solstice night in the Scandinavian tradition. The program also features experimental pop singer Anna von Hausswolff, acclaimed percussionist Niklas Brommare, and the classical string quartet Dahlkvistkvartetten.

Norma is a tragedia lirica by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani after the play Norma, ou L'infanticide by Alexandre Soumet. It was first produced at La Scala in 1831. The opera is regarded as a leading example of the bel canto genre, and the soprano prayer,"Casta diva" in Act I is very well known. The action takes place in Gaul under the Roman occupation, and focuses on a love triangle between Pollione, the Roman proconsul of Gaul, Norma,...

Child murder, scheming monks and a Tsar lapsing into madness; Mussorgsky spread the thematic arc wide in his choral opera, which he began to work on from 1868. As an artist of the 19th century, he was driven by the psychology of the masses. In Boris Godunov, alongside the titular hero, the main role is actually taken by the Russian people, who we see rejoicing, starving, demanding, and questioning. Performed at the Baravian State Opera.

Guiseppe Verdi's four act opera adaptation of Shakespeare's play of the same name premiered in Florence in 1847. This was Verdi's first operatic adaptation of Shakespeare.

Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Verdi's Aida is a tragic tale of forbidden love. Aida is an Ethiopian princess, enslaved in Egypt. The young Egyptian warrior, Radamès has fallen in love with her, and both must choose between love and loyalty to their country.

Verdi's penultimate opera, Otello was first performed in 1887. After the success of Aida, Verdi was reluctant to write another opera, and it took his publisher ten years to convince him to complete this opera. In Act I, Othello returns to Cyprus after a successful naval battle. Iago, Othello's friend and secret rival, executes plots to undermine him, including helping Roderigo to seduce Othello's wife, Desdemona, and getting Cassio - captain of Othello's...

In this moving portrait, we see two legends of piano, Martha Argerich and Stephen Kovacevich, through the eyes of their daughter Stéphanie. Bloody Daughter (a nickname given to Stéphanie by her father) is a deeply intimate exploration of the family and their entourage, touching on broader questions about the relationship between musicians' lives and careers.

Guiseppe Verdi's four act opera adaptation of Shakespeare's play of the same name premiered in Florence in 1847. This was Verdi's first operatic adaptation of Shakespeare.

Guiseppe Verdi's four act opera adaptation of Shakespeare's play of the same name premiered in Florence in 1847. This was Verdi's first operatic adaptation of Shakespeare.