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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot

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Founded in 2000, OperaLab by Gilles Denizot has carefully developed a modern generation of vocal artists, in Europe and India. And then, the fat lady sang.

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Bachtrack @bachtrack.com · 28/09/2026
Frank Martin’s fascinating La Tempête opens the season at the Grand Théâtre de Genève ✍️ Romain Daroles bachtrack.com/critique-la-...
La Tempête
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
An unforgettable evening as Stockhausen’s Mittwoch reaches the Deutsche Oper Berlin seenandheard-international.com/2026/09/an-u...
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Gilles Denizot Sitbon @gillesdenizot.space · 22/09/2026
At 14, he heard Stravinsky and resolved to be a composer. As #SteveReich approaches his 10th decade, the man revered by the likes of David Bowie reflects on a life that changed the soundtrack of modern living. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
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‘Good music is good music, and most music is not!’ As he hits 90, master minimalist Steve Reich looks back
At 14, he heard Stravinsky and resolved to be a composer. As Reich approaches his 10th decade, the man revered by the likes of David Bowie reflects on a life that changed the soundtrack of modern livi...
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026
Good evening
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Opera Online @operaonline.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Le Grand Théâtre de Genève ressuscite 𝐿𝑎 𝑇𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒̂𝑡𝑒, opéra rare de Frank Martin. En fosse, Thierry Fischer et l'Orchestre de Suisse Romande forment « un tandem exemplaire », et sur scène, Stéphane Degout et Catherine Trottmann sont exemplaires en Prospéro et Miranda. #opera
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Moto Perpetuo @motoperpetuo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🚁 Stockhausen takes flight in Berlin. Mittwoch aus Licht receives its German premiere at Deutsche Oper Berlin on 19 September — the first complete staged production of the opera in the German-speaking world. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/stockhausen-...
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Gilles Denizot Sitbon @gillesdenizot.space · 20/09/2026
#SilentSunday
Entrance of an old Parsi bakery in South Bombay with a “Yazdan Bakery” sign, a fortune cookie poster, a menu board advertising oats, a bicycle, and a person standing nearby… #SilentSunday © 20260920 Gilles Denizot
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Gilles Denizot Sitbon @gillesdenizot.space · 13/09/2026
#SilentSunday
Two zebras and a person are painted on a concrete wall, with green trees and foliage visible in the background through open spaces, capturing a subtle moment of man versus nature… #SilentSunday © 20260913 Gilles Denizot
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 11/09/2026
Supporting teachers and staff members is paramount, yet often neglected. Great initiative!
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Moto Perpetuo @motoperpetuo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
La Scala has removed the paywall from LaScalaTV. From 1 September, its digital archive — including 44 opera productions, eight ballets and 26 concerts — is available free after registration. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/lascala-tv-f...
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026
Now keep them that way.
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Gilles Denizot Sitbon @gillesdenizot.space · 22/07/2026
Introducing my first #TrueSchoolOfMusic Artist 😎 #PranavPrasad youtu.be/cXdIiamYuHM?...
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Focused Love (Original)
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Moto Perpetuo @motoperpetuo.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
After 14 years as Music Director of Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu, Josep Pons will conduct his farewell concert on 24 July with Mahler's monumental Symphony No. 8. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/josep-pons-b...
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 07/07/2026
#Throwback always worth reading, in the age of #AI “What Protects Our Music?”: How AI Exposes Copyright Gaps In #India ’s Folk Traditions loudest.in/authored-art...
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“What Protects Our Music?”: How AI Exposes Copyright Gaps In India’s Folk Traditions
In this guest column, Rakesh Nigam, CEO, IPRS, examines why India’s copyright framework fails to protect folk and tribal music, especially in the age of AI
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 27/06/2026
Hot News 📣 Vijaybhoomi University Mumbai is delighted to welcome Prof. Gilles DENIZOT SITBON as Dean of The True School of Music www.linkedin.com/posts/vijayb...
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#vijaybhoomiuniversity #trueschoolofmusic #musiceducation #highereducation #leadership #music #performingarts #creativeeducation #academicleadership #welcome | Vijaybhoomi University
Vijaybhoomi University is delighted to welcome Prof. Gilles DENIZOT SITBON as the Dean of The True School of Music. Prof. Gilles brings with him a remarkable international journey as a vocalist, oper...
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Gilles Denizot Sitbon @gillesdenizot.space · 26/06/2026
#VendrediLecture 📚️ Devouring Murakami & Ozawa's 'Absolutely on Music' (2016 · PRH Vintage): "A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra."
The book 'Absolutely on Music', by Murakami/Ozawa, is in the foreground. In the background a computer is playing Brahms' Piano Concerto 1, a 1988 live recording by Bernstein/Gould/NYPhil. This unique version is included in the first chapter of the book.
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Matterist Books @matteristbooks.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Acclaimed cartoonist Joe Sacco breaks silence after publisher withdraws new book about India sectarian riots www.the-independent.com/asia/india/j...
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Joe Sacco speaks out after publisher withdraws book on India sectarian riots
Author says Penguin Random House India sought five pages of changes that amounted to ‘finding excuses’ not to distribute book
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 15/06/2026
We go behind the scenes at rehearsals for William Kentridge’s new staging of Monteverdi’s 1607 opera l’Orfeo www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘It’s about the power of music and art’: Glyndebourne stages its first ever L’Orfeo – photo essay
We go behind the scenes at rehearsals for William Kentridge’s new staging of Monteverdi’s 1607 opera l’Orfeo
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Gilles Denizot Sitbon @gillesdenizot.space · 10/06/2026
#HolaBarcelona 🗓️ That's for tonight #liceu #nozzedifigaro #operalabindahouse www.liceubarcelona.cat/ca/nozze-di-...
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Le nozze di Figaro
Le nozze di Figaro
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 10/06/2026
Tears and catharsis as Kyiv premieres #opera about Ukrainian children abducted by Russia www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Tears and catharsis as Kyiv premieres opera about Ukrainian children abducted by Russia
First lady and affected families in audience for highly charged performance of excerpts of Mothers of Kherson
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Royal Philharmonic Society @royalphilsoc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Today at Swaledale Festival, Margaret Lingas and Christopher Glynn cast a captivating spell at the premiere of RPS Composer Vivek Haria's song cycle 'SANGAM: Songs of the River'. Vivek evokes the rivers Swale and Ure, setting texts by Ted Hughes and Rabindranath Tagore.
Christopher Glynn, Vivek Haria and Margaret Lingas take a bow in St Andrew's Church, Aysgarth, after the premiere of SANGAM: Songs of the River at Swaledale Festival.
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Gilles Denizot Sitbon @gillesdenizot.space · 03/06/2026
#Back2India Dix ans, jour pour jour C'est le temps qu'il aura fallu pour clore ce chapitre. Je ne suis peut-être pas rapide, mais je suis persévérant… #Back2India Dix ans, jour pour jour © 2026 Gilles Denizot
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#Back2India Dix ans, jour pour jour
C'est le temps qu'il aura fallu pour clore ce chapitre. Je ne suis peut-être pas rapide, mais je suis persévérant… #Back2India Dix ans, jour pour jour © 2026 Gilles Denizot
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 04/06/2026
Please spread the word about this fellowship to anyone who might be interested (or generally). jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Graduate Fellow in Collaborative Piano
Variable Hours, Fixed Term (One year)The Department of Music at Royal Holloway is inviting applications for the position of Graduate Fellow in Collaborative Piano. The Department of Music is one of th...
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 04/06/2026
'Born on a tiny, impoverished South Pacific island, Pene Pati remembers going to school without food. Now he is performing in operas at La Scala and the Met' www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
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‘A Pavarotti rebirth’: the Samoan tenor taking over the world’s most gilded opera stages
Born on a tiny, impoverished South Pacific island, Pene Pati remembers going to school without food. Now he is performing in operas at La Scala and the Met
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Intermusica Artists' Management @intermusica.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
1h 📢 We're Hiring! 📢 Intermusica is seeking a creative and ambitious Senior Artist Manager to join our London team. 🔗 Read more and apply: intermusica.hirehive.com/senior-artist-manager-london-jQu7ka?source=IAM website 🗓️ Deadline for Applications: 23:59 BST on Sunday 7 June 2026 #ClassicalMusic
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Bachtrack @bachtrack.com · 22/05/2026
Glyndebourne’s first ever Tosca: vocally strong but dramatically imperfect ✍️ David Karlin bachtrack.com/review-tosca...
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 22/05/2026
With its screams, sex, bells and bloodshed #Puccini’s opera #Tosca was initially derided as a noisy disaster. Ahead of #Glyndebourne’s first ever production, we look the ‘shabby little shocker’ that’s become one of opera’s most bankable masterpieces www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
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‘Really entertaining in a horrible way’: the indestructible appeal of Tosca
With its screams, sex, bells and bloodshed Puccini’s opera was initially derided as a noisy disaster. Ahead of Glyndebourne’s first ever production, we look the ‘shabby little shocker’ that’s become o...
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 20/05/2026
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Lott - Les chemins de l'amour (Poulenc - São Paulo 2012)
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Moto Perpetuo @motoperpetuo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
American dramatic tenor Limmie Pulliam has died unexpectedly at the age of 51. The singer, made history at the Metropolitan Opera as the first Black tenor to perform Radamès in Verdi’s Aida. More at moto-perpetuo.com/limmie-pulli...
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 21/05/2026
#job The Royal College of Music Vocal and Opera Faculty is seeking to engage a number of distinguished repertoire coaches to join its international team from September 2026. www.rcm.ac.uk/about/jobs/c...
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Vocal Studies Repertoire Coach | Royal College of Music
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Gilles Denizot Sitbon @gillesdenizot.space · 17/05/2026
#SilentSunday
In Barcelona, a jade plant in a pot is in the foreground, with a silver Ganesh idol and a booklet on a windowsill in the background, quietly waiting and hoping… #SilentSunday © 20260517 Gilles Denizot
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 16/05/2026
#job The RNCM are seeking to appoint a vocal tutor with a national or international reputation as a performer and or teacher, with experience of teaching at the highest level in a one to one and masterclass setting. www.rncm.ac.uk/jobs/profess...
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Professor of Voice - Royal Northern College of Music
The RNCM is a leading international conservatoire and live music venue in the heart of Manchester
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 16/05/2026
Perfect pronunciation in French, exquisite human being…
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 14/05/2026
In a box in the archives of London’s Morley College Elaine Andrews came across a previously unknown #VaughanWilliams song. Titled Before the Mirror, it sets a Swinburne poem that itself was inspired by a Whistler painting. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
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A ‘lost’ Vaughan Williams song is exciting news but what else remains to be ‘found’?
All kinds of musical riches by formerly overlooked composers may be languishing in lofts and dusty archives.
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Gilles Denizot Sitbon @gillesdenizot.space · 13/05/2026
#HolaBarcelona 🗓️ That's for tonight: Semiramide, Rossini at #Liceu www.liceubarcelona.cat/ca/semiramide
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Semiramide
Semiramide
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 05/05/2026
El cantante vasco #XabierAnduaga se corona en el #Liceu como el tenor más anhelado con su debut romántico como #Werther www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/2026...
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Anduaga enamora al mundo
El cantante vasco se corona en el Liceu como el tenor más anhelado con su debut romántico como Werther
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 04/05/2026
#opéra Au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, #JetskeMijnssen et Sébastien Daucé inscrivent #LaCalisto dans un clair-obscur de raffinement et de désenchantement. actualitte.com/article/1310...
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La Calisto ou les mirages du désir : Cavalli au prisme des Lumières
Au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, le regard hésite d’abord entre la scène où s’éveille la nymphe de Francesco Cavalli et la coupole o&ug...
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 02/05/2026
Tot allò que no es veu al #Liceu, a l’Apolo i al Picasso: les feines (curioses) de portes endins beteve.cat/punt-de-fuga...
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Tot allò que no es veu al Liceu, a l'Apolo i al Picasso: les feines (curioses) de portes endins
El programa de betevé 'Punt de fuga' emet el documental 'Tancat per feina', una producció pròpia de Laura Sangrà Herrero i Javi de Juan.
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 28/04/2026
“Music is art, not entertainment." #opera #lafenice #italy www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
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Venice opera house fires government-linked music director after months of protests
Teatro La Fenice says Beatrice Venezi let go for making ‘repeated offensive’ statements
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 21/04/2026
We’re often taught that #breathing is automatic. We barely think about it, as with blinking or the quiet, constant work of the heart. But many otherwise healthy adults have dysfunctional breathing. www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
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Are you breathing properly? How I found out I wasn’t
You might think of breathing as automatic, but dysfunctional breathing can arise even if you’re healthy
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 19/04/2026
The #opera – about the hijacking of a cruise by the PLF who murder a Jewish American wheelchair user – has been subject to protests and accused of romanticising terrorism. Why was the film-maker so desperate to stage it? www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
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‘They said: You’re out of your mind’: Luca Guadagnino on directing controversial opera The Death of Klinghoffer
The opera – about the hijacking of a cruise by the PLF who murder a Jewish American wheelchair user – has been subject to protests and accused of romanticising terrorism. Why was the film-maker so des...
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 16/04/2026
Step behind the scenes and experience the rise of #opera in #Barbados — where local talent meets global opportunity, and the next generation of voices begin their journey to the world stage with #MelindaHughes youtu.be/MO1v-zCLQc8?...
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The Opera Comes To Barbados
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 14/04/2026
‘We want people on the edge of their seats’: Royal Opera boss Oliver Mears on the new season www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
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‘We want people on the edge of their seats’: Royal Opera boss Oliver Mears on the new season – and the controversies of the last
Wagnerites rejoice! Parsifal and the climax of Barrie Kosky’s acclaimed Ring cycle are in the pipeline. The director of opera talks about scoring a bullseye, the storms that rocked last season – and h...
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OperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 04/04/2026
Operatic Easter Must: Wagner’s Parsifal music.apple.com/es/album/par...
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Parsifal, Akt II: Parsifal! Weile by Jonas Kaufmann, Philippe Jordan, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Arend Prohmann, Peter Hecker, Elīna Garanča, Ludovic Tézier, Georg Zeppenfeld, Wolfgang Koch,...
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Gilles Denizot Sitbon @gillesdenizot.space · 02/04/2026
#HolaBarcelona mars 2026 Le retour des opportunités, des offres d'emplois, des projections dans le futur… Voici #HolaBarcelona mars 2026 © Gilles Denizot
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#HolaBarcelona mars 2026
Le retour des opportunités, des offres d'emplois, des projections dans le futur… Voici #HolaBarcelona mars 2026 © Gilles Denizot
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Gilles Denizot Sitbon @gillesdenizot.space · 01/04/2026
#HolaBarcelona 🗓️ That's for tonight at #Liceu: #ManonLescaut #Puccini www.liceubarcelona.cat/en/manon-les...
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Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut
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Gilles Denizot Sitbon @gillesdenizot.space · 21/03/2026
World #Poetry Day 🦢 "A poem is a swallow in flight. You can watch it soar through the infinite sky, you can even feel the wind passing over its wings, but you can never catch it, let alone keep it in a cage. Poems belong to no one." (in 'There are Rivers in the Sky', Elif Shafak, 2024)
Page 373 of 'There are Rivers in the Sky', Elif Shafak, 2024, on World #Poetry Day
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Moto Perpetuo @motoperpetuo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony from the Elbphilharmonie, with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir. Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/rattle-mahle...
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Gilles Denizot Sitbon @gillesdenizot.space · 19/03/2026
#HolaBarcelona 🗓️ Tonight, @operalab goes to #Liceu #Opera House #Barcelona www.liceubarcelona.cat/en/juan-dieg...
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Juan Diego Flórez
Juan Diego Flórez
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