Performer: Annette Kurz| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Sunday 23-Jun-13 07:00pm |
 Opernhaus, ZürichLa Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 23-Jun-13 07:00pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Friday 28-Jun-13 07:30pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
| Tuesday 2-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Tuesday 2-Jul-13 07:00pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
| Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:00pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
