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[Placido Domingo @PlacidoDomingo]

Everyone break a leg tonight ! Our 31st season starts !Don't miss our radio live broadcast https://t.co/DOoxRfoKXX

[LA Opera @LAOpera]

The King of Opera is now the King of Scotland.

"Macbeth" opens tonight!
#Macbeth #LAOGala2016 #LAO31

[LA Opera @LAOpera]

We are live broadcasting the performance on @ClassicalKUSC. Be sure to listen in! #Macbeth #LAOGala2016 #LAO31👍🏽

[BBC Proms @bbcproms]

As a mark of respect to the victims of the Nice tragedy, the @BBCSO opened the 2016 @BBCProms with La Marseillaise https://t.co/XLPt3j6wNc

[Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera]

#Saturday How well do you know classical music? Test your knowledge with this quiz from @BuzzFeed! https://t.co/UKoIwwBGEx

[BBC Proms @bbcproms]

Striking photos from tonight's Prom with @TheRoyalOpera led by Bryn Terfel

[New York Times Arts @nytimesarts]

.@NYCBallet dancers, on tour in Paris, tell us how they made the most of their time in the City of Light https://t.co/zuMowPD3yQ

[Operalia Competition @operaliacomp]

Rehearsals have begun! Be sure to catch the live stream of this years competition! More details to come soon! https://t.co/cMyHd5PjE9

[José Carreras. Tenor @JCarrerasTenor]

Portrait of José Carreras by Annie Leibovitz (1992)

[Placido Domingo @PlacidoDomingo]

Toi toi toi ! 👍👏🏻@Teatro_Real

[LA Opera @LAOpera]

LA Opera wishes everyone a very happy #4thofJuly! Today is all about freedom, liberty and the birth of our country.

[The Royal Ballet @TheRoyalBallet]

Behind-the-scenes on tour with The Royal Ballet

https://t.co/gehajZmnzg #RoyalBalletJapan ^M

[nycballet @nycballet]

A sold out @theatrechatelet awaits the rise of the curtain for our Gala All-Balanchine prg in Paris. #NYCBOnTheRoad

[Dmitri Hvorostovsky @Hvorostovsky]

All in all, a very good week… What a thrill to be honored along Maestro Mehta! #ÖsterreichischerMusiktheaterpreis

[Dmitri Hvorostovsky @Hvorostovsky]

And paladies to @elinagaranca for your hospitality this week in Latvia!

[Steven McRae @_stevenmcrae]

Great end to the 2015/16 Royal Ballet Season!
My favourite ballet with the brilliant Sarah Lamb & great cast of R&J!

[José Carreras. Tenor @JCarrerasTenor]

Triumphant success of the Vienna premiere of “El Juez” with José Carreras @TheaterWien. https://t.co/t4CwtyqOGF

[Valérie Lovat @ValerieLovat]

Un grand #PlacidoDomingo pour la #traviatta ce soir @operabastille

[Royal Ballet and Opera @rbo_org]

Double, double toil & trouble

Today we're celebrating the Bard & time
https://t.co/SyjtqwseIH #shakespearelives ^C

[The Royal Ballet @TheRoyalBallet]

A vintage tutu for #tututuesday - Beryl Grey as the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, 1946. ^C