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February 15 
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Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Gaetano Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia 
February 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Gaetano Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia 
March 20
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 4 in D major Op. 120
Hector Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique Op. 14

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April 11
Aarhus Symfoniorkester 
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
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February 19
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Gioachino Rossini, Stabat Mater 
Ferruccio Busoni, Turandot Suite Op. 41
Ljubljana Festival
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March 15
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma 
Ludwig van Beethoven, Ouverture da Egmont Op. 84
Fabio Vacchi, Bandiere nere
Dmitrij Šostakovič, Sinfonia n. 1 in F minor Op. 10
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March 27 & 28 
Filarmonica Toscanini
Robert Schumann, Ouverture from Genoveva Op. 81
Robert Schumann, Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129
Robert Schumann, Symphony n. 2 in C major Op. 61 
Mischa Maisky, cello 
Auditorium Paganini, Parma

March 29 & 30
Fondazione Arena di Verona Orchestra and Chorus
Gioachino Rossini, Stabat Mater

Teatro Filarmonico
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April 25
Opera Carlo Felice Genova Orchestra
Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 5 in D major/D minor Op. 107 (Reformation)
Felix Mendelssohn, Hör mein Bitten WoO 15 (MWV B 49)
Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 3 in D major D 200
Johannes Brahms, Akademische Festouvertüre op. 80
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July 5, 9, 11, 12
Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra and Chorus
Giacomo Puccini, Il tabarroSuor AngelicaGianni Schicchi
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July 20
Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra
Song for the Earth Project
August 7, 11, 14, 19 
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
Coro del Teatro Ventidio Basso
Gioachino Rossini, Bianca e Falliero
Jean-Louis Grinda, staging
Rossini Opera Festival

September 26 & October 6, 13, 17
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus
Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth (French version, Paris 1865)
Pierre Audi, staging
Festival Verdi Parma 
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November 19, 21, 24, 26, 30 & December 1
Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata

December 9
Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Robert Schumann, Ouverture, Scherzo and Finale in E major Op. 52
Fryderyk Chopin, Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” for piano and orchestra Op. 2
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Symphony No. 5 in D major Op. 107 the Reformation
Pietro de Maria, piano
Auditorium Manzoni, Bologna
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December 31 and January 1 
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus 
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony n. 9
Auditorium Paganini, Parma
February 23 & 24
Filarmonica George Enescu
Dmitri ShostakovichViolin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 77
Modest Musorgskij-Maurice Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition
March 24, 25 & 26
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 4 
Carl Reinecke, Flute Concerto 
Franz Liszt, Les Préludes
Jake Fridkis, flute
Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
April 17
Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt
Ludwig van Beethoven, Egmont Op. 84 
Robert Schumann, Symphony Zwickau
April 21
Teatro Ponchielli, Cremona
Samuel Barber, Violin Concerto Op. 14
Modest Musorgskij, Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel’s adaptation)
Maurice Ravel, Une barque sur l’ocean Op. 43a
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini 
Valery Sokolov, violin
April 22
Teatro Valli, Reggio Emilia
Samuel Barber, Violin Concerto Op. 14
Modest Musorgskij, Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel’s adaptation)
Maurice Ravel, Une barque sur l’ocean Op. 43a
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini 
Valery Sokolov, violin

April 23
Auditorium Paganini, Parma
Samuel Barber, Violin Concerto Op. 14
Modest Musorgskij, Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel’s adaptation)
Maurice Ravel, Une barque sur l’ocean Op. 43a
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
Valery Sokolov, violin
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April 28
Auditorium Guido d’Arezzo, Arezzo
Ludwig van Beethoven, The Creatures of Prometheus, ouverture
Silvia Colasanti, Orfeo melologue for narrator and ensemble
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 Op. 60
Orchestra Regionale Toscana
Massimo Popolizio, narrator
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June 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24 & 25
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly
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August 19 
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Liszt, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in A major
Modest Musorgskij-Maurice Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition
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23 September
Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
George Enescu, Ballade for Violin and Orchestra Op. 4
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E flat major K. 364
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 in F major Op. 68
Festival Enescu Bucarest
Romanian Athenaeum
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November 11
Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires
Teatro Colón
February 23
Accademia Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Teatro Lirico Milan
Richard Wagner, Ouverture da Rienzi
Gustav Mahler, Sinfonia n. 4 in sol maggiore

March 20, 22, 25, 26 and 27
Teatro Massimo Palermo
Gaetano Donizetti, Roberto Devereux
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April 10, 11
Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Robert Schumann, Ouverture from Genoveva 
Jean Sibelius, Violin concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony n. 5
Haifa Auditorium

April 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 30
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Orchestra and Chours
Vincenzo Bellini, I Puritani
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May 30, June 2, 4, 7, 10, 14, 17, 19
Opéra national de Paris Orchestra and Chorus
Gioachino Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia 
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July 3
Festival Ljubljana
Giuseppe Verdi, Messa da Requiem
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Mixed Choir of the Glasbena matica Ljubljana

September 22, October 1, 9, 16

Festival Verdi, Parma
Giuseppe Verdi, La forza del destino
Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra and Chorus
October 17
Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale d Bologna
Auditorium Manzoni, Bologna
Robert Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, the “Scottish”
Benedetto Lupo, piano
November 9
Orchestra Bruno Maderna
Teatro Diego Fabbri, Forlì
Fabio Vacchi, Janus (Opera Prima)
Danilo Rossi, Viola
Novembre 10
Orchestra Bruno Maderna
 Auditorium del Seraphicum, Roma  
Fabio Vacchi, Janus (Opera Prima)
Danilo Rossi, Viola

January 23
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Orchestra and Chorus
Vincenzo Bellini, I Puritani (opera in concert form)
It will be broadcast in live streaming at 7 pm on the Theatre’s YouTube channel
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May 22
Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
It will be broadcast in live streaming at 6:30 pm on the Teatro Massimo WebTv
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May 30
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Modest Petrovič Musorgskij, Songs and dances of Death (orchestration by Dmitrij Šostakóvič)
Hector Berlioz, Tristia op. 18 for chorus and orchestra
Modest Petrovič Musorgskij, Pictures at an exhibition (orchestration by Maurice Ravel)
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August 5
Festival Puccini Orchestra
Symphonic Concert – Festival Puccini
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September 24, October 1, 8, 15
Festival Verdi, Parma
Giuseppe Verdi, Un ballo in maschera
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus
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September 26
Festival Verdi, Parma
Symphonic concert
Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra
Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus
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October 16, 17
Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana – Politeama Garibaldi, Palermo
Franz Liszt, Orpheus, symphonic poem n. 4
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E major
Hector BerliozSymphonie fantastique, op. 14
November 20, 28 & December 1, 4, 8, 12 
Los Angeles Opera
Gioachino Rossini, La Cenerentola

January 17
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra – Murchison Performing Arts Center – Denton, Texas
Giuseppe Verdi, La forza del destino, Ouverture
Igor’ Stravinskij, L’Oiseau de feu, Suite (1919)
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 4
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January 31, February 1
Naples Philharmonic – Artis—Naples
Johannes Brahms, Tragic Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 8
Antonín Dvořák, Cello Concerto
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August 22
Spoleto Festival
Silvia Colasanti, Arianna, Fedra, Didone
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September 11, 13
Festival Verdi, Parma
Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth (Paris version, 1865)
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September 18, 20
Festival Verdi, Parma
Giuseppe Verdi, Messa da Requiem
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October 12
Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Ludwig van Beethoven, Concert n. 4 for piano and orchestra in G major op. 58; Coriolano Overture in C minor op. 62; Symphony n. 1 in C major op. 21
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December 22
Puccini Day Concert – Festival Puccini Torre del Lago
Festival Puccini Orchestra
Giacomo Puccini, Preludio sinfonico
Giacomo Puccini, Capriccio sinfonico
Amilcare Ponchielli, Dance of the Hours from “La Gioconda”
Richard Wagner, Ouverture from “Rienzi”
Pietro Mascagni, Intermezzo from “Cavalleria Rusticana”
Broadcast at 6 pm on Rai5

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December 31
New Year’s Concert – Teatro dell’Opera, Rome
Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij, Polonaise from Evgenij Onegin
Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij, Romeo and Juliet, Ouverture-fantasia
Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij, The Nutcracker, Suite
It will be broadcast in live streaming at 11 am on the Theatre’s YouTube channel.

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January 12, 13
Orquesta de la Comunitat Valenciana – Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia & Auditorio de Castellón
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 4
Samuel Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 3
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February 6, 9, 12, 15, 17
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía – Valencia
Giuseppe Verdi, I masnadieri
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March 12
KlangVerwaltung Orchestra – Philharmonie, Munich
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
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March 25
Orchestra Filarmonica di Bologna – Teatro Auditorium Manzoni, Bologna
Modest Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina, Prelude
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1
Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition
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March 31
Orchestra del Teatro Massimo – Teatro Massimo, Sala Grande, Palermo
Franz Schubert, Rosamunde, Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bassoon Concerto K 191
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 4
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April 7
MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra – Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 93, Hob I:93
Béla Bartók, Concerto for two pianos and percussion, Sz. 115
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 1
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April 20, 21
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra – Kuala Lumpur
Sergej Prokof’ev, Symphony No.1 ‘Classical’
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Violin Concerto, Op. 35
Dmitry Kabalevsky, The Comedians, Op. 26
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 1
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May 11, 14, 17, 19, 22
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía – Valencia
Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto
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June 22, 25, 28, 30; July 3 & 6
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía – Valencia
Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
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September 28, October 5, 12, 19
Chiesa di San Francesco del Prato – Parma
Giuseppe Verdi, Luisa Miller
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October 4
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Coro del Teatro Regio – Teatro Regio, Parma
Music by Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes, Félicien David, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Meyerbeer
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November 17, 19 & 22
Grimaldi Forum – Opéra Monte Carlo
Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
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November 30, December 1
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra – Kuala Lumpur
Ludwig van Beethoven, Coriolan Overture
Paul Hindemith, Mathis der Maler
Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1
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January 21, 23, 27, 31; February 2, 4
Teatro dell’Opera – Roma
Giuseppe Verdi, I masnadieri
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February 8, 10, 11
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – Atlanta
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No.1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem

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February 15, 17
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – Atlanta
Gioachino Rossini, Semiramide, Overture
Franz SchubertSymphony No. 8 “Unfinished”
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4

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March 22, 26, 30; April 3, 7, 11, 14, 25, 28; May 2, 5, 10
Metropolitan Opera – New York

Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
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May 19, 20
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra – Kuala Lampur
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 4
Samuel Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Richard Wagner, Tannhäuser, Overture

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May 25
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana – Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 7
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June 2 
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana – Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia
Mariella Devia’s recital
Music by Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi

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June 20, 23, 26, 29; 1 July
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia – Valencia
Hector Berlioz, La damnation de Faust
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July 29
Hall of Mirrors, Royal Castle of Herrenchiemsee
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
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September 29; October 4, 7, 12, 14, 20
Festival Verdi – Teatro Farnese, Parma
Giuseppe Verdi, Le Trouvère
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October 19
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Teatro Regio Chorus – Teatro Regio, Parma
Music by Gioachino Rossini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi
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November 2, 3
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra – Knight Theater, Charlotte

Hector Berlioz, Le carnaval romain
Luciano Berio, Ritirata notturna di Madrid
Niccolò Paganini, Violin Concerto No. 1

Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
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November 8, 10, 11
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – Porter Performing Arts Center, Covington

Gioachino Rossini, Sonata for strings No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 8
Johannes Brahms, Violin Concerto

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November 16, 17
New World Symphony – New World Center

Ralph Vaughan Williams, On Wenlock Edge
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7

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November 24, 25
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra – Kuala Lumpur

Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 103
Carl Orff, Carmina Burana

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December 11
Orchestra Filarmonica di Bologna – Teatro Auditorium Manzoni, Bologna

Robert Schumann, Genoveva, Overture
Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto, Op. 16
Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1

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December 18
Orchestra La Filharmonie – Teatrodante Carlo Monni, Campi Bisenzio

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, La clemenza di Tito, Overture
Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 103
Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
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January 13, 14
New World Symphony – Miami
Claude Debussy, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
George Gershwin, Piano Concerto in F
Hector Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique
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January 27, 28
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra – Indianapolis
Modest Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina, Prelude
Dmitri Shostakovich, Violin concerto No. 1
Igor’ Stravinskij, L’Oiseau de feu, complete ballet music
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February 4, 5
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra – Kuala Lampur
Hector Berlioz, Le carnaval romain
Niccolò Paganini, Concerto per violino No. 5
Luigi Boccherini / Luciano Berio, Ritirata notturna di Madrid
Felix Mendelssohn – Bartholdy, Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
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February 10, 11
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dewan Filharmonik Petronas – Kuala Lampur
Richard Wagner, Parsifal, Prelude to Act 1
Richard Wagner, Parsifal, Prelude to Act 3
Richard Wagner, Parsifal, Good Friday Music
Hector Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique
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March 16, 17
Grand Theatre – Shanghai
Giuseppe Verdi, La traviata
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April 21, 23, 26, 28, 30
Teatro dell’Opera – Roma
Umberto Giordano, Andrea Chénier
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May 4, 6
Naples Philharmonic – Naples
Richard Wagner, Tannhäuser, Overture
Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7
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May 17, 19, 20, 21
San Francisco Symphony – San Francisco
Ferruccio Busoni, Turandot Suite
Robert Schumann, Violin concerto
Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”
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June 23, 25, 27, 29; July 1
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia – Valencia
Gioachino Rossini, Tancredi
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August 10, 13, 16, 19
Rossini Opera Festival – Pesaro
Gioachino Rossini, Le siége de Corinthe
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September 12
Orchestre National d’Ile de France – Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Parigi
Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
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September 30
Suzhou Symphony Orchestra – Suzhou
Robert Schumann, Genoveva, Overture
Fryderyck Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1
Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1
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October 6, 7
Orchestra del Teatro Lirico – Cagliari
Robert Schumann, Genoveva, Overture
Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 4
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
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October 26
Orchestra Sinfónica de Madrid – Auditorio Nacional, Madrid
Modest Músorgski, Khovanshchina, Overture
Sergei Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7
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November 18, 21, 24, 27
ABAO Olbe – Bilbao
Gaetano Donizetti, Don Pasquale
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December 14
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana – Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia
Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 93
Paul Hindemith, Symphony “Mathis der Maler”
Ludwig van BeethovenSymphony No. 1
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