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Composers and Writers

Composers have often fueled their passion with literature, which has become an unending source of inspiration. From Purcell to Debussy, you will find below a special selection of musical masterpieces inspired by our literary heritage!

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Alice by Amir Hosseinpour and Jonathan Lunn, music by Philip Glass
Alice by Amir Hosseinpour and Jonathan Lunn, music by Philip Glass

Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin

ballet
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Marin Alsop conducts Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, and Ravel
Marin Alsop conducts Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, and Ravel

Britten-Pears Orchestra

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Coppélia by Patrice Bart, music by Léo Delibes
Coppélia by Patrice Bart, music by Léo Delibes

Dorothée Gilbert (Swanilda), José Martinez (Cop...

ballet
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Laurence Equilbey conducts Weber and Mendelssohn — With Alexei Volodin, Sheva Tehoval, and Anna Reinhold
Laurence Equilbey conducts Weber and Mendelssohn — With Alexei Volodin, Sheva Tehoval, and Anna Reinhold

Midsummer Night's Dream(s) — With accentus and ...

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Purcell's The Fairy Queen
Purcell's The Fairy Queen

Jonathan Kent (stage director), William Christi...

opera
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Rossini's La Cenerentola
Rossini's La Cenerentola

Peter Hall (stage director), Vladimir Jurowski ...

opera
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Bizet's Carmen
Bizet's Carmen

Martin Kušej (stage director), Daniel Barenboim...

opera
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Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia

Annabel Arden (stage director), Enrique Mazzola...

opera
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Brett Dean's Hamlet
Brett Dean's Hamlet

Neil Armfield (director), Vladimir Jurowski (co...

opera
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Boito's Mefistofele
Boito's Mefistofele

Philipp Himmelmann (stage director), Stefan Sol...

opera
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Unsuk Chin's Alice in Wonderland (world premiere)
Unsuk Chin's Alice in Wonderland (world premiere)

Achim Freyer (stage director), Kent Nagano (con...

opera
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Alma Deutscher's Cinderella
Alma Deutscher's Cinderella

Brad Dalton (stage director), Jane Glover (cond...

opera
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Romeo & Juliet by Graeme Murphy, music by Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet by Graeme Murphy, music by Prokofiev

Madeleine Eastoe (Juliet), Kevin Jackson (Romeo...

ballet
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Gluck's Iphigénie en Aulide
Gluck's Iphigénie en Aulide

Pierre Audi (stage director), Marc Minkowski (c...

opera
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The Bennewitz Quartet performs Janáček's String Quartets
The Bennewitz Quartet performs Janáček's String Quartets

Villa Tugendhat in Brno, Czech Republic

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Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride
Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride

Pierre Audi (stage director), Marc Minkowski (c...

opera
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Mozart's Don Giovanni
Mozart's Don Giovanni

Jonathan Kent (stage director), Vladimir Jurows...

opera
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Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler and Schönberg
Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler and Schönberg

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

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Romeo and Juliet by Christian Spuck, music by Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet by Christian Spuck, music by Prokofiev

William Moore (Romeo), Katja Wünsche (Juliet), ...

ballet
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Handel's Alcina
Handel's Alcina

Adrian Noble, Marc Minkowski – Anja Harteros (A...

opera
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Mikhaïl Pletnev and Claudio Abbado in a program dedicated to Beethoven
Mikhaïl Pletnev and Claudio Abbado in a program dedicated to Beethoven

Europakonzert 2000, Berlin

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Wuorinen's Brokeback Mountain
Wuorinen's Brokeback Mountain

Tribute: work commissioned by Gérard Mortier (1...

opera
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Christoph Prégardien sings Schubert's "Die schöne Müllerin"
Christoph Prégardien sings Schubert's "Die schöne Müllerin"

Michael Gees (piano)

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Christoph Prégardien and Menahem Pressler perform Schubert's Winterreise
Christoph Prégardien and Menahem Pressler perform Schubert's Winterreise

Verbier Festival 2012

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Daniel Harding conducts Schumann and Brahms
Daniel Harding conducts Schumann and Brahms

Verbier Festival 2010

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Sir Simon Rattle conducts Carl Orff's Carmina Burana – With Sally Matthews, Lawrence Brownlee, and Christian Gerhaher
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Carl Orff's Carmina Burana – With Sally Matthews, Lawrence Brownlee, and Christian Gerhaher

Berliner Philharmoniker

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Nicholas Angelich plays Liszt: Years of Pilgrimage, Second Year
Nicholas Angelich plays Liszt: Years of Pilgrimage, Second Year

Recorded during the 31st Piano Festival at La R...

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Verdi's Falstaff
Verdi's Falstaff

Richard Jones (stage director), Vladimir Jurows...

opera
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