Renowned maestro Daniel Barenboim (L) talks with violinist Itzhak Perlman (C) and his wife Toby (R) while taking a break in a dress rehearsal of Richard Wagner's 'Tristan und Isolde' at New York's Metropolitan Opera on November 25, 2008. Barenboim will conduct at the Met for the first time in his illustrious career on November 28, leading an acclaimed cast in Wagner's master opus of transcendent love. Singing the title roles for the first time with the company are Swedish soprano Katarina Dalayman and German heldentenor Peter Seiffert. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

Renowned maestro Daniel Barenboim (L) talks with violinist Itzhak Perlman (C) and his wife Toby (R) while taking a break in a dress rehearsal of Richard Wagner's 'Tristan und Isolde' at New York's Metropolitan Opera on November 25, 2008. Barenboim will conduct at the Met for the first time in his illustrious career on November 28, leading an acclaimed cast in Wagner's master opus of transcendent love. Singing the title roles for the first time with the company are Swedish soprano Katarina Dalayman and German heldentenor Peter Seiffert.

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  1. This photo released by Washington National Opera shows conductor Philippe Auguin. Auguin conducts "Gotterdammerung" by Richard Wagner. The Washington National Opera's presentation of Wagner's "Goetterdaemmerung" _ reduced by economic necessity from full production to concert version _ made for a riveting afternoon of musical theater in its second and final performance Sunday. Credit goes first and foremost to Auguin, the outstanding conductor, and to a cast of singers led, in order of excellence, by bass-baritone Gidon Saks as Hagen, soprano Irene Theorin as Bruennhilde and tenor Jon Fredric West as Siegfried.

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  1. This photo released by Washington National Opera shows conductor Philippe Auguin. Auguin conducts "Gotterdammerung" by Richard Wagner. The Washington National Opera's presentation of Wagner's "Goetterdaemmerung" _ reduced by economic necessity from full production to concert version _ made for a riveting afternoon of musical theater in its second and final performance Sunday. Credit goes first and foremost to Auguin, the outstanding conductor, and to a cast of singers led, in order of excellence, by bass-baritone Gidon Saks as Hagen, soprano Irene Theorin as Bruennhilde and tenor Jon Fredric West as Siegfried.
  2. Marina Berlusconi, daughter of Italy's prime minister Silvio, and her husband Maurizio Vanadia pose during a break at George Bizet's "Carmen" show at the La Scala opera house in Milan December 7, 2009. Director Daniel Barenboim conducted "Carmen" which opened the 2010 opera season.
  3. Marina Berlusconi, daughter of Italy's prime minister Silvio, and her husband Maurizio Vanadia pose during a break at George Bizet's "Carmen" show at the La Scala opera house in Milan December 7, 2009. Director Daniel Barenboim conducted "Carmen" which opened the 2010 opera season.
  4. Marina Berlusconi, daughter of Italy's prime minister Silvio, gestures during a break at George Bizet's "Carmen" show at the La Scala opera house in Milan December 7, 2009. Director Daniel Barenboim conducted "Carmen" which opened the 2010 opera season.
  5. Saif al-Islam (R), son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, talks with Eni's Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni as they attend George Bizet's "Carmen" show at the La Scala opera house in Milan December 7, 2009. Director Daniel Barenboim conducted "Carmen" which opened the 2010 opera season.
  6. A general view of the audience during George Bizet's "Carmen" show at the La Scala opera house in Milan December 7, 2009. Director Daniel Barenboim conducted "Carmen" which opened the 2010 opera season.
  7. Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano (C), Milan's Mayor Letizia Moratti (R) and Gabon's President Ali Ben Bongo attend George Bizet's "Carmen" show at the La Scala opera house in Milan December 7, 2009. Director Daniel Barenboim conducted "Carmen" which opened the 2010 opera season.
  8. Israeli-American violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman performs during the opening of the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center of Memorial Sloan-Kettering, billed as the world's largest freestanding comprehensive breast center October 5, 2009.
  9. Israeli-American violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman performs during the opening of the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center of Memorial Sloan-Kettering, billed as the world's largest freestanding comprehensive breast center October 5, 2009.

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