| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Sunday 7-Jul-13 06:00pm |
Birmingham Symphony HallThe Royal Opera: Verdi's Simon Boccanegra |
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) |
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| Birmingham Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham B1, United Kingdom Sunday 7-Jul-13 06:00pm The Royal Opera: Verdi's Simon Boccanegra The Royal Opera returns to Symphony Hall to celebrate the 2013 bicentenary of Verdi’s birth in one of the highlights of the season. For this visit, music director Sir Antonio Pappano has chosen Verdi’s dark lyrical drama, Simon Boccanegra. Set in 14th-century Genoa, this great work is a brooding tragedy and a psychological study of power, treachery and the unbreakable bond between a father and his daughter. Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) | ||
| Sunday 28-Jul-13 04:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProm 20 BBC Proms |
Wagner, Götterdämmerung (concert performance, sung in German) Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünnhilde Ian Storey, Tenor: Siegfried Mikhail Petrenko, Bass: Hagen Gerd Grochowski, Baritone: Gunther Anna Samuil, Soprano: Gutrune Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Waltraud Meier, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Margarita Nekrasova, Mezzo-soprano: First Norn Aga Mikolaj, Soprano: Woglinde Maria Gortsevskaya, Contralto: Wellgunde Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Sunday 28-Jul-13 04:30pm Prom 20 Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin conclude the Proms Ring cycle with Götterdämmerung – unleashing the final chain of betrayals that culminates in the destruction of the gods. Ian Storey is the tragic hero Siegfried, Nina Stemme the fallen valkyrie Brünnhilde, while Mikhail Petrenko sings Hagen, born to hatred and despair.Tickets £18 - £68.There will be two intervals of 30 minutes. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Götterdämmerung (concert performance, sung in German) Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünnhilde Ian Storey, Tenor: Siegfried Mikhail Petrenko, Bass: Hagen Gerd Grochowski, Baritone: Gunther Anna Samuil, Soprano: Gutrune Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Waltraud Meier, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Margarita Nekrasova, Mezzo-soprano: First Norn Aga Mikolaj, Soprano: Woglinde Maria Gortsevskaya, Contralto: Wellgunde Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor | ||