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He has conducted at venues including the Musikverein in Vienna, Berlin Konzerthaus, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Ch\u00e2telet in Paris, Teatro Real Madrid, National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Bavarian State Opera, Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Berliner Philharmonie and Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Capitole in Toulouse. He has worked with orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin, Dresden Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\u00e9al and Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, as well as Spain\u2019s leading symphony orchestras. His operatic repertoire includes <em>Die schweigsame Frau<\/em>, <em>Salome<\/em>, <em>Der ferne Klang<\/em>, <em>Turandot<\/em>, <em>Norma<\/em>, <em>Rigoletto<\/em>, <em>Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em>, <em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em> and <em>Der Kaiser von Atlantis<\/em>. His discography includes recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, Warner Music and Warner Classics. 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