Performer: Teodor Currentzis| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Wednesday 19-Jun-13 07:30pm |
 Opernhaus, ZürichLady Macbeth of Mzensk |
Zurich Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Hartmut Meyer, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Gun-Brit Barkmin, Soprano: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova Kurt Rydl, Bass: Boris Timofeyevich Izmailov Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Zinoviy Borisovich Izmailov Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Sergey Kismara Pessatti, Mezzo-soprano: Aksinia Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Sonyetka Valery Murga, Bass: Office Manager Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Pope Tomasz Slawinski, Bass: Police inspector |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Wednesday 19-Jun-13 07:30pm Lady Macbeth of Mzensk Opera in nine scenes
Libretto by Alexander G. Preis and Dmitri Shostakovich
after a novella by Nikolai Leskov
The young wife of a merchant, Katerina Ismailova, murders three people. She stirs rat poison into her tyrannical father-in-law’s dish of mushrooms, beats her husband to death together with her lover, and at the prison camp in Siberia, as she finally jumps to her death, drags a rival down with her. Nevertheless, in a horrific men’s world of greed, lechery and violence, Katerina is the only figure with a human face in this opera. Only for her has Shostakovich reserved a compassionate tone. The society in which she becomes a murderess is barbaric. With twisted mouths, the grotesque faces of human wickedness grin out at us from Shostakovich’s magnificent score.
Lady Macbeth of Mzensk was premièred in Leningrad in 1934. It marks a decisive turning point in Shostakovich’s oeuvre. After Joseph Stalin attended a performance of the opera in 1936, the famous article entitled Chaos instead of music was published in Pravda. The work was scourged as the expression of “radical left-wing self-indulgence” and “petit bourgeois innovation”. It disappeared from theatres, Shostakovich had to fear for his life, never composed another opera, and from then on concealed his true musical feelings and ideas behind a thousand masks.
Teodor Currentzis, the spirited Greek conductor from Siberia who has caused a furore with his unconventional interpretations, is the musical director of the production. Tatjana Serjan, famous for her Verdi roles, will be giving her role début as Katerina. Zurich Opera Director Andreas Homoki will be staging his second production of this season.
In Russian with German and English supertitles.Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Hartmut Meyer, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Gun-Brit Barkmin, Soprano: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova Kurt Rydl, Bass: Boris Timofeyevich Izmailov Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Zinoviy Borisovich Izmailov Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Sergey Kismara Pessatti, Mezzo-soprano: Aksinia Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Sonyetka Valery Murga, Bass: Office Manager Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Pope Tomasz Slawinski, Bass: Police inspector | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Lady Macbeth of Mzensk |
Zurich Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Hartmut Meyer, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Gun-Brit Barkmin, Soprano: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova Kurt Rydl, Bass: Boris Timofeyevich Izmailov Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Zinoviy Borisovich Izmailov Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Sergey Kismara Pessatti, Mezzo-soprano: Aksinia Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Sonyetka Valery Murga, Bass: Office Manager Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Pope Tomasz Slawinski, Bass: Police inspector |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm Lady Macbeth of Mzensk Opera in nine scenes
Libretto by Alexander G. Preis and Dmitri Shostakovich
after a novella by Nikolai Leskov
The young wife of a merchant, Katerina Ismailova, murders three people. She stirs rat poison into her tyrannical father-in-law’s dish of mushrooms, beats her husband to death together with her lover, and at the prison camp in Siberia, as she finally jumps to her death, drags a rival down with her. Nevertheless, in a horrific men’s world of greed, lechery and violence, Katerina is the only figure with a human face in this opera. Only for her has Shostakovich reserved a compassionate tone. The society in which she becomes a murderess is barbaric. With twisted mouths, the grotesque faces of human wickedness grin out at us from Shostakovich’s magnificent score.
Lady Macbeth of Mzensk was premièred in Leningrad in 1934. It marks a decisive turning point in Shostakovich’s oeuvre. After Joseph Stalin attended a performance of the opera in 1936, the famous article entitled Chaos instead of music was published in Pravda. The work was scourged as the expression of “radical left-wing self-indulgence” and “petit bourgeois innovation”. It disappeared from theatres, Shostakovich had to fear for his life, never composed another opera, and from then on concealed his true musical feelings and ideas behind a thousand masks.
Teodor Currentzis, the spirited Greek conductor from Siberia who has caused a furore with his unconventional interpretations, is the musical director of the production. Tatjana Serjan, famous for her Verdi roles, will be giving her role début as Katerina. Zurich Opera Director Andreas Homoki will be staging his second production of this season.
In Russian with German and English supertitles.Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Hartmut Meyer, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Gun-Brit Barkmin, Soprano: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova Kurt Rydl, Bass: Boris Timofeyevich Izmailov Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Zinoviy Borisovich Izmailov Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Sergey Kismara Pessatti, Mezzo-soprano: Aksinia Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Sonyetka Valery Murga, Bass: Office Manager Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Pope Tomasz Slawinski, Bass: Police inspector | ||
| Thursday 5-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, Brussels Mahler Chamber Orchestra |
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| Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, Brussels, Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, B1000 Brussels, Belgium Thursday 5-Sep-13 08:00pm Mahler Chamber Orchestra Tickets: 74 - 20 €. | ||
| Friday 21-Feb-14 08:00pm |
Cité de la Musique, Concert Hall (Salle des Concerts), Paris Teodor Currentzis, Simone Kermes |
Musica Aeterna Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Simone Kermes, Soprano: Dido Tobias Berndt, Tenor: Aeneas Nadia Kucher, Mezzo-soprano: Sorceress Natalia Kirillova, Mezzo-soprano: Sorceress Valeria Safonova, Mezzo-soprano: Spirit |
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| Cité de la Musique, Concert Hall (Salle des Concerts), Paris, 221, avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France Friday 21-Feb-14 08:00pm Teodor Currentzis, Simone Kermes Musica Aeterna Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Simone Kermes, Soprano: Dido Tobias Berndt, Tenor: Aeneas Nadia Kucher, Mezzo-soprano: Sorceress Natalia Kirillova, Mezzo-soprano: Sorceress Valeria Safonova, Mezzo-soprano: Spirit | ||
| Saturday 10-May-14 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tosca |
Royal Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 10-May-14 07:30pm Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Tuesday 13-May-14 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tosca |
Royal Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Tuesday 13-May-14 07:30pm Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Friday 16-May-14 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tosca |
Royal Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Friday 16-May-14 07:30pm Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Monday 19-May-14 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tosca |
Royal Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Monday 19-May-14 07:30pm Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Thursday 22-May-14 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tosca |
Royal Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 22-May-14 07:30pm Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Tuesday 27-May-14 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tosca |
Royal Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Tuesday 27-May-14 07:30pm Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Friday 30-May-14 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tosca |
Royal Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Friday 30-May-14 07:30pm Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Tuesday 3-Jun-14 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tosca |
Royal Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Tuesday 3-Jun-14 07:30pm Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Monday 16-Jun-14 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tosca |
Royal Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Riccardo Massi, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Sebastian Catana, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Monday 16-Jun-14 07:30pm Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Riccardo Massi, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Sebastian Catana, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Thursday 19-Jun-14 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tosca |
Royal Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Riccardo Massi, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Sebastian Catana, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 19-Jun-14 07:30pm Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Riccardo Massi, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Sebastian Catana, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Saturday 21-Jun-14 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tosca |
Royal Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Riccardo Massi, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Sebastian Catana, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 21-Jun-14 07:00pm Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Riccardo Massi, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Sebastian Catana, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Thursday 26-Jun-14 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tosca |
Royal Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Riccardo Massi, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Sebastian Catana, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 26-Jun-14 07:30pm Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Riccardo Massi, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Sebastian Catana, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
