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| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm |
 Barbican Centre: Hall, LondonAcademy of Ancient Music / Imeneo - opera in concert |
Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood, Conductor Rebecca Bottone, Soprano: Rosmene Lucy Crowe, Soprano: Clomiri David Daniels, Countertenor: Tirinto Vittorio Prato, Baritone: Imeneo Stephan Loges, Bass-baritone: Argenio Choir of the AAM |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm Academy of Ancient Music / Imeneo - opera in concert Tickets £8 - 35. Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood, Conductor Rebecca Bottone, Soprano: Rosmene Lucy Crowe, Soprano: Clomiri David Daniels, Countertenor: Tirinto Vittorio Prato, Baritone: Imeneo Stephan Loges, Bass-baritone: Argenio Choir of the AAM | ||
| Tuesday 11-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Cadogan Hall, London Bernstein Night |
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| Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Tuesday 11-Jun-13 07:30pm Bernstein Night A truly unmissable programme, offering a sumptuous array of film and theatre music by Leonard Bernstein.
With songs from West Side Story, Candide, On The Town, Wonderful Town and Trouble in Tahiti, this is an essential concert for Bernstein fans – and for anyone who loves the glamour of Broadway show-tunes. There are some orchestral gems too, including the irresistible love theme from On the Waterfront. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is joined for this concert by three star singers, all acclaimed for their powerful and expressive voices. A real treat. | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Christ Church, Spitalfields, London Early Opera Company: Handel's Susanna Spitalfields Music Summer Festival |
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| Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, Commercial Street, London E1 6LY, United Kingdom Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:30pm Early Opera Company: Handel's Susanna Early Opera Company continue their Associate Artist series with a concert performance of Handel’s Susanna, in the glorious setting of Christ Church Spitalfields. This vibrant oratorio tells an intimate tale of intrigue, wrapped in a delicious score, with carefully-drawn characters from the Apocrypha. Virtue and vice, forensic questioning and unjust accusations thread through this rarely heard piece with its dramatic choruses and exquisite arias. | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Lauderdale House, London Gaetano Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore |
Donizetti, L'Elisir d'Amore (Chamber version.) |
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| Lauderdale House, London, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, London N6 5HG, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Gaetano Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848), L'Elisir d'Amore (Chamber version.) | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Stephen's, Rosslyn Hill, London Dido & Aeneas |
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (A semi staged performance with dance) |
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| St Stephen's, Rosslyn Hill, London, Pond Street,, Hampstead, London NW3 2PP, United Kingdom Saturday 22-Jun-13 07:30pm Dido & Aeneas Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 (A semi staged performance with dance) | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Stephen's, Rosslyn Hill, London Dido & Aeneas |
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (A semi staged performance with dance) |
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| St Stephen's, Rosslyn Hill, London, Pond Street,, Hampstead, London NW3 2PP, United Kingdom Sunday 23-Jun-13 07:30pm Dido & Aeneas Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 (A semi staged performance with dance) | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Gabriels Halls, Pimlico, London The Whitehall Orchestra |
Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras: no. 2 for chamber orchestra (The Little Train of the Caipira) Granados, 12 Danzas españolas, Op.37 (A selection from) |
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| St Gabriels Halls, Pimlico, London, Glasgow Terrace, Churchill Gardens, London SW1V 3AA, United Kingdom Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pm The Whitehall Orchestra Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959), Bachianas Brasileiras: no. 2 for chamber orchestra (The Little Train of the Caipira) Granados, Enrique (1867-1916), 12 Danzas españolas, Op.37 (A selection from) Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 01:05pm |
Mansion House, London Richard Uttley, piano City of London Festival |
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| Mansion House, London, Mansion House Place, London EC4N 8LB, United Kingdom Friday 28-Jun-13 01:05pm Richard Uttley, piano Guildhall School of Music & Drama Berg, Alban (1885-1935), Lulu (Fantasy, arr. Marvin Wolfthal. UK premiere) Price type: Free | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St John's Smith Square, London Summertime Gala Concert |
Programme to include: Shostakovich, Film music to The Gadfly, Op.97: Romance (arr. Borisovsky) Ashbourne, Five Jamaican Folk Songs (Banyan tree, Long time gal, Fi mi love, Liza, Nobody’s business) Rachmaninov, Vocalise, Op.34 no.14 (arr. for viola) Various, Watching the big parade go by Maltby and Shire (Starting here, Starting now) Britten, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Be kind and courteous to this gentleman) Unknown, Free at last – African American Spiritual (arr. Julia Perry) Unknown, Come Down Angels – African American Spiritual (arr. Undine Smith Moore) Unknown, Ride on King Jesus – African American Spiritual (arr. Hal Johnson) |
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| St John's Smith Square, London, Smith Square, London, London SW1P 3HA, United Kingdom Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:30pm Summertime Gala Concert Programme to include: Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975), Film music to The Gadfly, Op.97: Romance (arr. Borisovsky) Ashbourne, Peter (b. 1950), Five Jamaican Folk Songs (Banyan tree, Long time gal, Fi mi love, Liza, Nobody’s business) Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943), Vocalise, Op.34 no.14 (arr. for viola) Various, Watching the big parade go by Maltby and Shire (Starting here, Starting now) Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.64 (Be kind and courteous to this gentleman) Thomas, Ambroise (1811-1896), Mignon (Ah! Je suis Titania) Unknown, Free at last – African American Spiritual (arr. Julia Perry) Unknown, Come Down Angels – African American Spiritual (arr. Undine Smith Moore) Unknown, Ride on King Jesus – African American Spiritual (arr. Hal Johnson) | ||
| Thursday 4-Jul-13 01:05pm |
St Mary at Hill, London Walid El-Yafi, piano City of London Festival |
Verdi, Simon Boccanegra (Concert Paraphrase) Liszt, Venezia e Napoli (Tarantella) |
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| St Mary at Hill, London, St Mary at Hill, Eastcheep, London EC3R 8EE, United Kingdom Thursday 4-Jul-13 01:05pm Walid El-Yafi, piano Guildhall School of Music & Drama Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901), Simon Boccanegra (Concert Paraphrase) Liszt, Franz (1811-1886), Venezia e Napoli (Tarantella) Price type: Free | ||
| Friday 5-Jul-13 07:30pm |
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Baroque Festival |
Purcell, Abdelazer, Z 570 (Rondeau) Bach J.S., Harpsichord Concerto, BWV1059 (Largo from Harpsichord Concerto in F) Handel, Water Music, HWV 348-50 (Adagio) Handel, Larghetto and Allegro for violin and piano (Larghetto in E) |
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| St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, London, United Kingdom Friday 5-Jul-13 07:30pm Baroque Festival Featuring Bach’s great concerto for oboe and violin, some hauntingly beautiful adagios for oboe and strings and Vivaldi’s vivid musical picture of an Italian winter, there is much to enjoy in this evening of popular baroque masterpieces.
Including John Landor’s ‘Meet the Music’, an entertaining internal event featuring our unique ‘orchestra walkabout.’ Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), Abdelazer, Z 570 (Rondeau) Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Harpsichord Concerto, BWV1059 (Largo from Harpsichord Concerto in F) Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741), The Four Seasons: Concerto in G minor, "L'estate (Summer)", RV315, Op.8 no.2 Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741), The Four Seasons: Concerto in F minor "L'Inverno (Winter)", RV 297, Op.8 no.4 Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:30pm |
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Dido and Aeneas - A Celebration of Henry Purcell |
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| St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, London, United Kingdom Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:30pm Dido and Aeneas - A Celebration of Henry Purcell | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 4 BBC Proms |
Lully, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: excerpts (overture and dances) Rameau, Les Indes Galantes (dances) Massenet, Le Cid: ballet suite (excerpts) |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm Prom 4 An evening of riot and revolution in dance music from the court of Louis XIV to the Ballets Russes. François-Xavier Roth directs Les Siècles in the first period-instrument performance at the Proms of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, marking the work’s centenary. Suites from Lully’s piquant social comedy Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Rameau’s Les Indes galantes, Delibes’s Coppélia and Massenet’s Moorish romance Le Cid provide more than two centuries of historical context for the work that scandalised and galvanised Paris at its 1913 premiere. Tickets £9.50 - £46. Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687), Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: excerpts (overture and dances) Massenet, Jules (1842-1912), Le Cid: ballet suite (excerpts) | ||
| Friday 19-Jul-13 10:15pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 11 BBC Proms |
Stockhausen, Mittwoch aus Licht (concert performance, London première) |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Friday 19-Jul-13 10:15pm Prom 11 Last summer Graham Vick’s Birmingham Opera Company transformed a disused factory in Digbeth, Birmingham, into the fantastical world of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s epic opera Mittwoch aus ‘Licht’ with two bactrian camels, four helicopters and a wash of yellow light. Tonight Ex Cathedra and Jeffrey Skidmore revisit the Babel tower of the opera’s most dazzling section, Welt-Parlament (‘World Parliament’): a multilingual a cappella tour de force of extended vocal techniques. Written 30 years earlier, Gesang der Jünglinge has been hailed as Stockhausen’s first electronic masterpiece, a mind-popping sonic translation of the biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.Tickets £12 - £16. Stockhausen, Karlheinz (1928-2007), Mittwoch aus Licht (concert performance, London première) | ||
| Monday 22-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 14 BBC Proms |
Wagner, Das Rheingold (concert performance, sung in German) Iain Paterson, Baritone: Wotan Stephan Rügamer, Tenor: Loge Jan Buchwald, Bass-baritone: Donner Marius Vlad, Tenor: Froh Ekaterina Gubanova, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Anna Samuil, Soprano: Freia Anna Larsson, Mezzo-soprano: Erda Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Peter Bronder, Tenor: Mime Iain Paterson, Bass: Fasolt Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Fafner Aga Mikolaj, Soprano: Woglinde Maria Gortsevskaya, Soprano: Wellgunde Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Monday 22-Jul-13 07:00pm Prom 14 Stolen gold, slave labour and a world order on the edge of collapse. Daniel Barenboim launches his Proms Ring cycle (and conducts his first Wagner opera in the UK ), following his Beethoven symphony cycle last year. The Staatskapelle Berlin explores the corrupting influence of the all-powerful ring with a cast mined from Barenboim’s recent Berlin and Milan Ring cycles.Tickets £18 - £68. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Das Rheingold (concert performance, sung in German) Iain Paterson, Baritone: Wotan Stephan Rügamer, Tenor: Loge Jan Buchwald, Bass-baritone: Donner Marius Vlad, Tenor: Froh Ekaterina Gubanova, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Anna Samuil, Soprano: Freia Anna Larsson, Mezzo-soprano: Erda Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Peter Bronder, Tenor: Mime Iain Paterson, Bass: Fasolt Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Fafner Aga Mikolaj, Soprano: Woglinde Maria Gortsevskaya, Soprano: Wellgunde Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor | ||
| Tuesday 23-Jul-13 05:00pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 15 BBC Proms |
Wagner, Die Walküre (concert performance, sung in German) Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone: Wotan Simon O'Neill, Tenor: Siegmund Anja Kampe, Soprano: Sieglinde Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Hunding Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünnhilde Ekaterina Gubanova, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Danielle Halbwachs, Soprano: Gerhilde Carola Höhn, Soprano: Ortlinde Ivonne Fuchs, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Anaïk Morel, Contralto: Schwertleite Susan Foster, Soprano: Helmwige Leann Sandel-Pantaleo, Mezzo-soprano: Siegrune Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Grimgerde Simone Schröder, Mezzo-soprano: Rossweisse Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Tuesday 23-Jul-13 05:00pm Prom 15 Daniel Barenboim’s Proms Ring cycle with the Staatskapelle Berlin continues with the razored strings and yelping brass of a violent storm, the cloudburst of incestuous love, a bitter marital dispute and the first appearance of Wotan’s rebel daughter, Brünnhilde, sung by a leading exponent of the role, Nina Stemme.Tickets £18 - £68.There will be two intervals of 30 minutes. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Die Walküre (concert performance, sung in German) Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone: Wotan Simon O'Neill, Tenor: Siegmund Anja Kampe, Soprano: Sieglinde Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Hunding Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünnhilde Ekaterina Gubanova, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Danielle Halbwachs, Soprano: Gerhilde Carola Höhn, Soprano: Ortlinde Ivonne Fuchs, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Anaïk Morel, Contralto: Schwertleite Susan Foster, Soprano: Helmwige Leann Sandel-Pantaleo, Mezzo-soprano: Siegrune Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Grimgerde Simone Schröder, Mezzo-soprano: Rossweisse Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor | ||
| Friday 26-Jul-13 05:00pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 18 BBC Proms |
Lance Ryan, Tenor: Siegfried Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünnhilde Terje Stensvold, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Peter Bronder, Tenor: Mime Johannes Martin Kränzle, Tenor: Alberich Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Fafner Rinnat Moriah, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Anna Larsson, Contralto: Erda Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Friday 26-Jul-13 05:00pm Prom 18 Daniel Barenboim’s survey of Wagner’s epic tetralogy reaches its third instalment, introducing the naive hero Siegfried. Lance Ryan sings the role of the dragon-slaying innocent who only learns fear when he falls in love with Brünnhilde (Nina Stemme).Tickets £18 - £68.There will be two intervals of 30 minutes. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Siegfried (concert performance, sung in German) Lance Ryan, Tenor: Siegfried Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünnhilde Terje Stensvold, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Peter Bronder, Tenor: Mime Johannes Martin Kränzle, Tenor: Alberich Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Fafner Rinnat Moriah, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Anna Larsson, Contralto: Erda Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor | ||
| Saturday 27-Jul-13 05:00pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 19 BBC Proms |
Wagner, Tristan and Isolde (concert performance, sung in German) Peter Seiffert, Tenor: Tristan Kwangchul Youn, Bass: King Marke Violeta Urmana, Soprano: Isolde Boaz Daniel, Baritone: Kurwenal David Wilson-Johnson, Bass: Melot Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Brangäne Andrew Staples, Tenor: Shepherd BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov, Conductor |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Saturday 27-Jul-13 05:00pm Prom 19 The Wagner bicentenary celebrations continue with the composer’s boldest fusion of legend and harmonic innovation, Tristan and Isolde, which forced him to break off work on his Ring cycle near this very juncture in the Proms Ring – during the composition of Siegfried and before the final instalment, Götterdämmerung. Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and a cast led by Violeta Urmana and Peter Seiffert in a drama where love and death become one.Tickets £9.50 - £46.Therre will be two intervals of 30 minutes. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Tristan and Isolde (concert performance, sung in German) Peter Seiffert, Tenor: Tristan Kwangchul Youn, Bass: King Marke Violeta Urmana, Soprano: Isolde Boaz Daniel, Baritone: Kurwenal David Wilson-Johnson, Bass: Melot Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Brangäne Andrew Staples, Tenor: Shepherd BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov, Conductor | ||
| Sunday 28-Jul-13 04:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 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 | ||
| Sunday 4-Aug-13 06:00pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 29 BBC Proms |
Wagner, Tannhäuser (concert performance, sung in German) Robert Dean Smith, Tenor: Tannhäuser Heidi Melton, Soprano: Elisabeth Daniela Sindram, Mezzo-soprano: Venus Ain Anger, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Christoph Pohl, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Thomas Blondelle, Tenor: Walther von der Vogelweide Andrew Rees, Tenor: Heinrich der Schreiber Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Bass: Reinmar von Zweter Ashley Holland, Bass: Biterolf Hila Fahima, Soprano: Shepherd Boy Berlin Deutsche Opera Chorus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles, Conductor |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Sunday 4-Aug-13 06:00pm Prom 29 In their second Proms appearance together, Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra turn to Tannhäuser. Robert Dean Smith sings the role of the troubadour who tires of Venus’s charms and yearns for spiritual redemption. Elisabeth is the woman who loves him, Wolfram the man who loves her.Tickets £9.50 - £46. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Tannhäuser (concert performance, sung in German) Robert Dean Smith, Tenor: Tannhäuser Heidi Melton, Soprano: Elisabeth Daniela Sindram, Mezzo-soprano: Venus Ain Anger, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Christoph Pohl, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Thomas Blondelle, Tenor: Walther von der Vogelweide Andrew Rees, Tenor: Heinrich der Schreiber Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Bass: Reinmar von Zweter Ashley Holland, Bass: Biterolf Hila Fahima, Soprano: Shepherd Boy Berlin Deutsche Opera Chorus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles, Conductor | ||
| Friday 16-Aug-13 06:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 45 BBC Proms |
Tippett, The Midsummer Marriage (concert performance) Paul Groves, Tenor: Mark Erin Wall, Soprano: Jenifer Peter Sidhom, Baritone: King Fisher Ailish Tynan, Soprano: Bella Allan Clayton, Tenor: Jack Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-soprano: Madame Sosostris David Soar, Bass: He-Ancient Madeleine Shaw, Soprano: She-Ancient BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Friday 16-Aug-13 06:30pm Prom 45 Last heard at the Proms in 1977, The Midsummer Marriage is Tippett’s answer to Mozart’s The Magic Flute, an opera rich in symbolism and psychology, trials and transformations. Paul Groves and Erin Wall are Mark and Jenifer, Ailish Tynan and Allan Clayton, Bella and Jack, two couples tested by a series of supernatural interventions on the shortest night of the year. One of today’s leading Tippett exponents, Sir Andrew Davis conducts the centrepiece of this summer’s Proms focus on Tippett’s music alongside Britten’s centenary.Tickets £9.50 - £46. Tippett, Michael (1905-1998), The Midsummer Marriage (concert performance) Paul Groves, Tenor: Mark Erin Wall, Soprano: Jenifer Peter Sidhom, Baritone: King Fisher Ailish Tynan, Soprano: Bella Allan Clayton, Tenor: Jack Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-soprano: Madame Sosostris David Soar, Bass: He-Ancient Madeleine Shaw, Soprano: She-Ancient BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor | ||
| Sunday 25-Aug-13 04:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 57 BBC Proms |
Lars Cleveman, Tenor: Parsifal Katarina Dalayman, Soprano: Kundry Robert Holl, Bass: Gurnemanz Iain Paterson, Bass: Amfortas Tom Fox, Baritone: Klingsor Reinhard Hagen, Bass: Titurel Robert Murray, Tenor: First knight of the Grail Andrew Greenan, Bass: Second knight of the Grail Sarah Castle, Contralto: First squire Madeleine Shaw, Soprano: Second squire Andrew Rees, Tenor: Third squire Joshua Ellicott, Tenor: Fourth squire Elizabeth Cragg, Soprano: Klingsor's Flower Maiden Sarah-Jane Brandon, Soprano: Klingsor's Flower Maiden Anita Watson, Soprano: Klingsor's Flower Maiden Trinity Boys' Choir The Hallé Youth Choir The Hallé Sir Mark Elder, Conductor |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Sunday 25-Aug-13 04:30pm Prom 57 Sir Mark Elder conducts the Hallé in Parsifal, Wagner’s final epic drama of renunciation and redemption, with Robert Holl as Gurnemanz, the veteran Knight of the Grail. Lars Cleveman is the Holy Fool Parsifal and Katarina Dalayman the penitential Magdalen figure, Kundry.Tickets £9.50 - £46. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Parsifal (concert performance, sung in German) Lars Cleveman, Tenor: Parsifal Katarina Dalayman, Soprano: Kundry Robert Holl, Bass: Gurnemanz Iain Paterson, Bass: Amfortas Tom Fox, Baritone: Klingsor Reinhard Hagen, Bass: Titurel Robert Murray, Tenor: First knight of the Grail Andrew Greenan, Bass: Second knight of the Grail Sarah Castle, Contralto: First squire Madeleine Shaw, Soprano: Second squire Andrew Rees, Tenor: Third squire Joshua Ellicott, Tenor: Fourth squire Elizabeth Cragg, Soprano: Klingsor's Flower Maiden Sarah-Jane Brandon, Soprano: Klingsor's Flower Maiden Anita Watson, Soprano: Klingsor's Flower Maiden Trinity Boys' Choir The Hallé Youth Choir The Hallé Sir Mark Elder, Conductor | ||
| Tuesday 27-Aug-13 07:00pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 60 BBC Proms |
Britten, Billy Budd (semi-staged performance) Jacques Imbrailo, Baritone: Billy Budd Mark Padmore, Tenor: Captain Vere Brindley Sherratt, Bass: John Claggart Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Mr Redburn David Soar, Bass: Mr Flint Darren Jeffery, Baritone: Lieutenant Ratcliffe Alasdair Elliott, Tenor: Red Whiskers Jeremy White, Bass: Dansker John Michael Moore, Baritone: Donald Peter Gijsbertsen, Tenor: Novice Colin Judson, Tenor: Squeak Richard Mosley-Evans, Baritone: Bosun Glyndebourne Festival Opera London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Tuesday 27-Aug-13 07:00pm Prom 60 Sir Andrew Davis conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the cast and chorus of Glyndebourne Festival’s production of Britten’s Billy Budd. Adapted by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier from Herman Melville’s unfinished novella, Britten’s 1951 opera on the persecution and destruction of pure-hearted sailor Billy by a predatory master-at-arms is a tragedy of ‘sexual discharge gone evil’ in the Napoleonic Wars. Jacques Imbrailo sings the title-role, with Brindley Sherratt as the sinister Claggart and Mark Padmore as the rule-bound Pontius Pilate figure, Captain ‘Starry’ Vere.Tickets £14 - £57. Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Billy Budd, Op.50 (semi-staged performance) Jacques Imbrailo, Baritone: Billy Budd Mark Padmore, Tenor: Captain Vere Brindley Sherratt, Bass: John Claggart Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Mr Redburn David Soar, Bass: Mr Flint Darren Jeffery, Baritone: Lieutenant Ratcliffe Alasdair Elliott, Tenor: Red Whiskers Jeremy White, Bass: Dansker John Michael Moore, Baritone: Donald Peter Gijsbertsen, Tenor: Novice Colin Judson, Tenor: Squeak Richard Mosley-Evans, Baritone: Bosun Glyndebourne Festival Opera London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor | ||
| Sunday 15-Sep-13 07:00pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, London Rigoletto - in concert |
London Symphony Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Dimitri Platanias, Baritone: Rigoletto Desirée Rancatore, Soprano: Gilda Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Gabor Bretz, Bass: Sparafucile Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Julian Dran, Tenor: Borsa Madeleine Shaw, Soprano: Giovanna Matthew Hargreaves, Bass-baritone: Count Ceprano Valeria Tornatore, Mezzo-soprano: Countess Ceprano Arutjun Kotchinian, Bass: Monterone London Symphony Chorus |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Sunday 15-Sep-13 07:00pm Rigoletto - in concert Tickets £10 - £37. London Symphony Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Dimitri Platanias, Baritone: Rigoletto Desirée Rancatore, Soprano: Gilda Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Gabor Bretz, Bass: Sparafucile Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Julian Dran, Tenor: Borsa Madeleine Shaw, Soprano: Giovanna Matthew Hargreaves, Bass-baritone: Count Ceprano Valeria Tornatore, Mezzo-soprano: Countess Ceprano Arutjun Kotchinian, Bass: Monterone London Symphony Chorus | ||
| Saturday 28-Sep-13 07:00pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London LPO: Britten Centenary Celebrations - Peter Grimes |
London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor Stuart Skelton, Tenor: Peter Grimes Pamela Armstrong, Soprano: Ellen Orford Alan Opie, Baritone: Captain Balstrode Pamela Helen Stephen, Mezzo-soprano: Auntie Malin Christensson, Soprano: First Niece Claire Ormshaw, Soprano: Second Niece Michael Colvin, Tenor: Bob Boles Brindley Sherratt, Bass: Swallow Jean Rigby, Mezzo-soprano: Mrs Sedley Mark Stone, Baritone: Ned Keene Brian Galliford, Tenor: Rev Horace Adams Jonathan Veira, Bass: Hobson London Voices Daniel Slater, Director |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Saturday 28-Sep-13 07:00pm LPO: Britten Centenary Celebrations - Peter Grimes London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor Stuart Skelton, Tenor: Peter Grimes Pamela Armstrong, Soprano: Ellen Orford Alan Opie, Baritone: Captain Balstrode Pamela Helen Stephen, Mezzo-soprano: Auntie Malin Christensson, Soprano: First Niece Claire Ormshaw, Soprano: Second Niece Michael Colvin, Tenor: Bob Boles Brindley Sherratt, Bass: Swallow Jean Rigby, Mezzo-soprano: Mrs Sedley Mark Stone, Baritone: Ned Keene Brian Galliford, Tenor: Rev Horace Adams Jonathan Veira, Bass: Hobson London Voices Daniel Slater, Director | ||
| Saturday 28-Sep-13 07:30pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, London Academy of Ancient Music / Monteverdi L'Orfeo |
Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr, Conductor John Mark Ainsley, Baritone: Orpheus Sophie Bevan, Soprano: Euridice Daniela Lehner, Soprano: La Musica/Mezzo-soprano: Hope (Speranza) Nathan Berg, Bass: Caronte Thomas Hobbs, Baritone: Apollo Choir of the AAM |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Saturday 28-Sep-13 07:30pm Academy of Ancient Music / Monteverdi L'Orfeo Semi-staged concert performance. Tickets: £10-35
Four centuries ago Claudio Monteverdi created a piece that would change theatrical history and give birth to opera as we know it. In L’Orfeo, Monteverdi’s spectacular ability to amplify the beauty of poetry with music was joined for the first time with his astounding gift for the theatrical. Now, the Academy of Ancient Music blows away the cobwebs of history and presents Monteverdi’s most significant work with all the freshness, vitality, colour and verve with which it astounded a Mantuan audience in 1607. Expert players, engaging singers and authentic instruments will draw you in to Monteverdi’s world of sensual beauty and exquisite charm. Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr, Conductor John Mark Ainsley, Baritone: Orpheus Sophie Bevan, Soprano: Euridice Daniela Lehner, Soprano: La Musica/Mezzo-soprano: Hope (Speranza) Nathan Berg, Bass: Caronte Thomas Hobbs, Baritone: Apollo Choir of the AAM | ||
| Monday 30-Sep-13 07:00pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London OAE: Gamechangers - Musical Fireworks |
Rameau, Castor et Pollux (extracts) |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Monday 30-Sep-13 07:00pm OAE: Gamechangers - Musical Fireworks Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764), Castor et Pollux (extracts) | ||
| Thursday 3-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Orchestra Mozart |
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| Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Thursday 3-Oct-13 07:30pm Orchestra Mozart | ||
| Thursday 3-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London Orchestra Mozart 2 |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Thursday 3-Oct-13 07:30pm Orchestra Mozart 2 | ||
| Sunday 3-Nov-13 07:00pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, London Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust in concert |
London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev, Conductor Olga Borodina, Mezzo-soprano: Marguerite Ildar Abdrazakov, Bass: Méphistophélès London Symphony Chorus |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Sunday 3-Nov-13 07:00pm Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust in concert Tickets £10 - £37. London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev, Conductor Olga Borodina, Mezzo-soprano: Marguerite Ildar Abdrazakov, Bass: Méphistophélès London Symphony Chorus | ||
| Thursday 7-Nov-13 07:00pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, London Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust in concert |
London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev, Conductor Olga Borodina, Mezzo-soprano: Marguerite Ildar Abdrazakov, Bass: Méphistophélès London Symphony Chorus |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Thursday 7-Nov-13 07:00pm Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust in concert Tickets £10 - £37. London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev, Conductor Olga Borodina, Mezzo-soprano: Marguerite Ildar Abdrazakov, Bass: Méphistophélès London Symphony Chorus | ||
| Sunday 10-Nov-13 07:45pm |
St Mary the Virgin, Merton Park, London Brodsky Quartet with Michael Collins International Wimbledon Music Festival |
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| St Mary the Virgin, Merton Park, London, Church Path, London SW19 3HJ, United Kingdom Sunday 10-Nov-13 07:45pm Brodsky Quartet with Michael Collins | ||
| Thursday 14-Nov-13 08:00pm |
St Giles, Cripplegate, London Barbican Britten: Curlew River |
Ian Bostridge, Tenor: Madwoman Gwynne Howell, Bass: Abbot Neal Davies, Baritone: Traveller Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Ferryman Netia Jones, Director William Lacey, Conductor Britten Sinfonia Britten Sinfonia Voices |
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| St Giles, Cripplegate, London, London EC2Y 8DA, United Kingdom Thursday 14-Nov-13 08:00pm Barbican Britten: Curlew River When Benjamin Britten first experienced the strange rituals of a Noh play he immediately saw the dramatic and musical potential of this very distinct form of Japanese drama. He used its clipped ceremony and masked interplay for his East Anglian drama Curlew River – a piece shot through with the strange, exotic sounds of bells, un-tuned drums, organ and chamber ensemble. For John Bridcut, curator of the Barbican’s Britten study day, Curlew River is a ‘once heard, never forgotten’ work. Ian Bostridge joins a specialist cast, the Britten Sinfonia and director Netia Jones for a new look at one of Britten’s most fascinating creations.
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£40 Ian Bostridge, Tenor: Madwoman Gwynne Howell, Bass: Abbot Neal Davies, Baritone: Traveller Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Ferryman Netia Jones, Director William Lacey, Conductor Britten Sinfonia Britten Sinfonia Voices | ||
| Thursday 28-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, London Schubert and Wagner |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Thursday 28-Nov-13 07:30pm Schubert and Wagner Tickets £10 - £37. | ||
| Sunday 15-Dec-13 07:00pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London OAE and Opera Rara: King of Fools - Offenbach's Fantasio |
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Marlis Petersen, Soprano: Elsbeth (La Princesse) Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano: Fantasio Victoria Simmonds, Mezzo-soprano: Flamel Robert Murray, Tenor: Marinoni Russell Braun, Baritone: Le Prince Neal Davies, Bass: Sparck Brindley Sherratt, Bass: Le Roi Opera Rara Chorus |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Sunday 15-Dec-13 07:00pm OAE and Opera Rara: King of Fools - Offenbach's Fantasio Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880), Fantasio (UK première) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Marlis Petersen, Soprano: Elsbeth (La Princesse) Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano: Fantasio Victoria Simmonds, Mezzo-soprano: Flamel Robert Murray, Tenor: Marinoni Russell Braun, Baritone: Le Prince Neal Davies, Bass: Sparck Brindley Sherratt, Bass: Le Roi Opera Rara Chorus | ||
| Tuesday 14-Jan-14 07:00pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, London Handel Jephtha / The Sixteen |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Tuesday 14-Jan-14 07:00pm Handel Jephtha / The Sixteen Jephtha leads the Israelites into battle and vows that, if victorious, he will sacrifice whomever he first sees on his return. Jubilation turns to horror when he is welcomed by his treasured daughter Iphis: her fate is sealed. Whilst composing Jephtha, Handel was increasingly troubled by his gradual loss of sight: it proved to be his last oratorio.
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| Thursday 6-Mar-14 06:30pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, London Rameau Les Indes Galantes / Les Talens Lyriques |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Thursday 6-Mar-14 06:30pm Rameau Les Indes Galantes / Les Talens Lyriques The performance finishes at approximately 10pm When Jean-Phillippe Rameau unveiled his first opera in Paris in 1733, he was immediately hailed as the greatest opera composer since Lully and the saviour of France’s ambitions to lead the international opera scene. Two years later Rameau presented a curious portrait of love, presenting four stories in four exotic lands and titled Les Indes Galantes. The Parisians were baffled and shocked, but just six months later every tune in the opera had been stolen and parodied, and the work was recognized as the strange but alluring masterpiece that it is. Music that strikes out with emboldened harmonies and thrusting, dancing rhythms, the work is here performed in concert on Rameau's 250th anniversary, by specialist French group Les Talens Lyriques.
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| Thursday 17-Apr-14 07:30pm |
Fairfield, Croydon, London Pucinni - LA BOHÈME |
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| Fairfield, Croydon, London, Park Ln, Croydon, London CR9 1DG, United Kingdom Thursday 17-Apr-14 07:30pm Pucinni - LA BOHÈME Directed by Ellen Kent, and starring international soloists with the full Chisinau National Opera and National Philharmonic. La Bohème is one of the most romantic operas ever written. It tells the tragic tale of the doomed, consumptive Mimi and her love for a penniless writer. This classic tale of Parisian love and loss features many famous arias including Your Tiny Hand is Frozen, They Call Me Mimi and Muzetta’s Waltz. Traditionally staged with lavish sets and costumes. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. | ||
| Sunday 27-Apr-14 03:00pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia: Wilson conducts Johann Strauss |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Sunday 27-Apr-14 03:00pm Philharmonia: Wilson conducts Johann Strauss | ||
| Thursday 8-May-14 07:30pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, London Richard Strauss extracts from Der Rosenkavalier |
London Symphony Orchestra Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano: Feldmarschallin Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano: Octavian Lucy Crowe, Soprano: Sophie |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Thursday 8-May-14 07:30pm Richard Strauss extracts from Der Rosenkavalier Tickets £10 - £37. Strauss, Richard (1864-1949), Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59 (extracts) London Symphony Orchestra Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano: Feldmarschallin Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano: Octavian Lucy Crowe, Soprano: Sophie | ||
| Friday 16-May-14 07:00pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, London Birtwistle at 80: Gawain |
Birtwistle, Gawain (semi-staged concert performance) |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Friday 16-May-14 07:00pm Birtwistle at 80: Gawain Birtwistle’s iconic opera of the 1990s dramatizes the mysterious Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with sombre, often shattering, power. He and librettist David Harsent cast the story in two cyclical acts, emphasising the ritual aspects of the epic saga, and lending it hieratic force. The part of the Green Knight was modelled on the range of Wotan, and is pitted against the baritone Gawain. A rare opportunity to hear this striking modern classic, from an orchestra and conductor steeped in Birtwistle’s music. Tickets £10 - 25. Birtwistle, Harrison (b. 1934), Gawain (semi-staged concert performance) | ||
| Saturday 17-May-14 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London Orchestra of Santa Cecilia |
Dallapiccola, Il Prigioniero (Opera in 1 act) Beethoven, Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125 (Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato) Beethoven, Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125 (Presto - Allegro assai) |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Saturday 17-May-14 07:30pm Orchestra of Santa Cecilia Dallapiccola, Luigi (1904-1975), Il Prigioniero (Opera in 1 act) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125 (Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125 (Presto - Allegro assai) | ||
| Saturday 24-May-14 07:30pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, London BBC Symphony Orchestra / Morlot: Fauré's Requiem |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Saturday 24-May-14 07:30pm BBC Symphony Orchestra / Morlot: Fauré's Requiem An evening of Gallic delights featuring Poulenc’s most light-hearted and rarely-performed opera and Faure’s intimate, celestial Requiem. Les Mamelles de Tirésias is a setting of Apolinaire’s surreal burlesque, in which ardent feminist Thérèse decides to become a man and fight wars, leaving her husband to repopulate the country by giving birth to 40,049 children in a single day! Poulenc conjures up all the undercurrents in the poet’s fierce, absurd and often hilarious lines. French soprano Helene Guilmette takes on the truculent and unpredictable heroine. In complete contrast, the BBC Singers join the soloists for Fauré’s much-loved Requiem, a tender work of consolation, played at his own funeral. The concert finishes at approximately 9.45pm
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| Thursday 12-Jun-14 07:00pm |
Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London OAE: Gamechangers - Mildly Rude? |
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| Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Thursday 12-Jun-14 07:00pm OAE: Gamechangers - Mildly Rude? | ||
