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| Friday 3-Sep-10 06:30pm |
Theatr Hafren, NewtownFalstaff - pre production talk |
Mid Wales Opera Nicholas Cleobury, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Bridget Kimak, Set Designer Colin Grenfell, Lighting Designer Lee Bissett, Soprano: Alice Ford Wyn Pencarreg, Baritone: Ford Charles Johnston, Baritone: Falstaff Benjamin Segal, Tenor: Fenton Martene Grimson, Soprano: Nanetta Gaynor Keeble, Contralto: Dame Quickly Catrin Johnsson, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Stuart Haycock, Tenor: Bardolph Simon Wilding, Bass: Pistol Ted Schmitz, Tenor: Dr Cajus Mid Wales Opera Chamber Orchestra Simon Chalk, Leader |
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| Theatr Hafren, Newtown, Llanidloes Road, Newtown SY16 4HU, United Kingdom Friday 3-Sep-10 06:30pm Falstaff - pre production talk Mid Wales Opera's acclaimed Autumn tour of Wales and England. Nicholas Cleobury, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Bridget Kimak, Set Designer Colin Grenfell, Lighting Designer Lee Bissett, Soprano: Alice Ford Wyn Pencarreg, Baritone: Ford Charles Johnston, Baritone: Falstaff Benjamin Segal, Tenor: Fenton Martene Grimson, Soprano: Nanetta Gaynor Keeble, Contralto: Dame Quickly Catrin Johnsson, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Stuart Haycock, Tenor: Bardolph Simon Wilding, Bass: Pistol Ted Schmitz, Tenor: Dr Cajus Mid Wales Opera Chamber Orchestra Simon Chalk, Leader | ||
| Friday 3-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Oslo Opera House, Main StageTosca |
Norwegian Opera Norwegian Opera Orchestra John Fiore, Conductor Norwegian National Opera Choir Itziar M Galdos, Soprano: Floria Tosca Henrik Engelsviken, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Nikola Mijailovic, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo, Norway Friday 3-Sep-10 07:00pm Norwegian Opera Orchestra John Fiore, Conductor Norwegian National Opera Choir Itziar M Galdos, Soprano: Floria Tosca Henrik Engelsviken, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Nikola Mijailovic, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Friday 3-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Teatro Municipal, SantiagoMacbeth |
Santiago Opera Rani Calderon, Conductor Roberto Frontali, Baritone: Macbeth Georgina Lukács, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Wookyung Kim, Tenor: Macduff Stanislav Shvets, Bass: Banquo |
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| Teatro Municipal, Santiago, Agustinas 794,, Santiago, Chile Friday 3-Sep-10 07:00pm Rani Calderon, Conductor Roberto Frontali, Baritone: Macbeth Georgina Lukács, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Wookyung Kim, Tenor: Macduff Stanislav Shvets, Bass: Banquo | ||
| Friday 3-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Theatr Hafren, NewtownFalstaff |
Mid Wales Opera Nicholas Cleobury, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Bridget Kimak, Set Designer Colin Grenfell, Lighting Designer Lee Bissett, Soprano: Alice Ford Wyn Pencarreg, Baritone: Ford Charles Johnston, Baritone: Falstaff Benjamin Segal, Tenor: Fenton Martene Grimson, Soprano: Nanetta Gaynor Keeble, Contralto: Dame Quickly Catrin Johnsson, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Stuart Haycock, Tenor: Bardolph Simon Wilding, Bass: Pistol Ted Schmitz, Tenor: Dr Cajus Mid Wales Opera Chamber Orchestra Simon Chalk, Leader |
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| Theatr Hafren, Newtown, Llanidloes Road, Newtown SY16 4HU, United Kingdom Friday 3-Sep-10 07:30pm Mid Wales Opera's acclaimed Autumn tour of Wales and England. Nicholas Cleobury, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Bridget Kimak, Set Designer Colin Grenfell, Lighting Designer Lee Bissett, Soprano: Alice Ford Wyn Pencarreg, Baritone: Ford Charles Johnston, Baritone: Falstaff Benjamin Segal, Tenor: Fenton Martene Grimson, Soprano: Nanetta Gaynor Keeble, Contralto: Dame Quickly Catrin Johnsson, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Stuart Haycock, Tenor: Bardolph Simon Wilding, Bass: Pistol Ted Schmitz, Tenor: Dr Cajus Mid Wales Opera Chamber Orchestra Simon Chalk, Leader | ||
| Friday 3-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Sydney Opera House: Opera TheatreThe Pirates of Penzance |
Opera Australia |
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| Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre, Sydney 1225, Australia Friday 3-Sep-10 07:30pm The Pirates of Penzance Some pirates sail the Caribbean. Some search for buried treasure. Some do all kinds of terrible deeds, but not these ones. Prepare to meet the soppiest, silliest set of pirates that ever were, led by a Pirate King who loves to sing. The inimitable Anthony Warlow dons his cutlass for another voyage as The Pirates of Penzance sails back into town. Gilbert and Sullivan's fifth collaboration has long been high on the list of all-time favourites, but no one could have predicted the runaway success of this production, directed by Stuart Maunder and designed by Roger Kirk. A foot-stomping, wisecracking, feel-good show, it has played to packed houses around the country and beyond and now returns, complete with its crazy cartoons, swashbuckling heroes and dainty heroines, to the place it all began. | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 01:00pm |
Oslo Opera House, Main StageTosca |
Norwegian Opera Norwegian Opera Orchestra John Fiore, Conductor Norwegian National Opera Choir Elena Pankratova, Soprano: Floria Tosca Miroslav Dvorsky, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Jason Stearns, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo, Norway Saturday 4-Sep-10 01:00pm Norwegian Opera Orchestra John Fiore, Conductor Norwegian National Opera Choir Elena Pankratova, Soprano: Floria Tosca Miroslav Dvorsky, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Jason Stearns, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 01:00pm |
Sydney Opera House: Opera TheatreThe Pirates of Penzance |
Opera Australia |
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| Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre, Sydney 1225, Australia Saturday 4-Sep-10 01:00pm The Pirates of Penzance Some pirates sail the Caribbean. Some search for buried treasure. Some do all kinds of terrible deeds, but not these ones. Prepare to meet the soppiest, silliest set of pirates that ever were, led by a Pirate King who loves to sing. The inimitable Anthony Warlow dons his cutlass for another voyage as The Pirates of Penzance sails back into town. Gilbert and Sullivan's fifth collaboration has long been high on the list of all-time favourites, but no one could have predicted the runaway success of this production, directed by Stuart Maunder and designed by Roger Kirk. A foot-stomping, wisecracking, feel-good show, it has played to packed houses around the country and beyond and now returns, complete with its crazy cartoons, swashbuckling heroes and dainty heroines, to the place it all began. | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 06:30pm |
Theatr Hafren, NewtownFalstaff - pre production talk |
Mid Wales Opera Nicholas Cleobury, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Bridget Kimak, Set Designer Colin Grenfell, Lighting Designer Lee Bissett, Soprano: Alice Ford Wyn Pencarreg, Baritone: Ford Charles Johnston, Baritone: Falstaff Benjamin Segal, Tenor: Fenton Martene Grimson, Soprano: Nanetta Gaynor Keeble, Contralto: Dame Quickly Catrin Johnsson, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Stuart Haycock, Tenor: Bardolph Simon Wilding, Bass: Pistol Ted Schmitz, Tenor: Dr Cajus Mid Wales Opera Chamber Orchestra Simon Chalk, Leader |
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| Theatr Hafren, Newtown, Llanidloes Road, Newtown SY16 4HU, United Kingdom Saturday 4-Sep-10 06:30pm Falstaff - pre production talk Mid Wales Opera's acclaimed Autumn tour of Wales and England. Nicholas Cleobury, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Bridget Kimak, Set Designer Colin Grenfell, Lighting Designer Lee Bissett, Soprano: Alice Ford Wyn Pencarreg, Baritone: Ford Charles Johnston, Baritone: Falstaff Benjamin Segal, Tenor: Fenton Martene Grimson, Soprano: Nanetta Gaynor Keeble, Contralto: Dame Quickly Catrin Johnsson, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Stuart Haycock, Tenor: Bardolph Simon Wilding, Bass: Pistol Ted Schmitz, Tenor: Dr Cajus Mid Wales Opera Chamber Orchestra Simon Chalk, Leader | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 06:30pm |
Peacock Theatre, LondonLa bohème |
British Youth Opera |
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| Peacock Theatre, London, London WC2A 2HT, United Kingdom Saturday 4-Sep-10 06:30pm From 4-11 September British Youth Opera (BYO) offers the chance to hear the next generation of opera singers in new productions of La bohème and Euridice at Sadler’s Wells’ Peacock Theatre. Each year BYO auditions the best students and recent graduates from the country’s music colleges and selects over 60 of them to take part in its intensive Summer Season. After nearly two months of coaching and rehearsals, the singers take to the stage for a week of performances, when audiences (and casting agents) will be on the look out for the opera stars of the future. Led by a creative team whose operatic credits include English National Opera, the Royal Opera House, New York’s Metropolitan Opera and the Salzburg Festival this year’s productions of La bohème and Euridice provide the perfect vehicles for BYO’s young singers. Puccini’s La bohème is probably the most romantic of all operas and BYO’s production is sure to capture the youthful passion and energy of the young Bohemians at the opera’s heart. BYO singers this year include John Pierce (as Rodolfo, La bohème) who will represent Wales in next year’s Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Past BYO singers have gone on to win international prizes and sing leading roles in opera houses worldwide, from Covent Garden and Glyndebourne to Bayreuth Festival and the Sydney Opera House – this is truly a chance to hear opera’s next generation! Tickets £10 - £36 Opening night VIP tickets available priced £95, including interval drinks and post-show buffet reception with the cast. | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Volksoper ViennaVolksoper Vienna: Die Fledermaus |
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| Volksoper Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria Saturday 4-Sep-10 07:00pm Volksoper Vienna: Die Fledermaus Strauss' well-known operetta "Die Fledermaus" is presented at the Volksoper Vienna. | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 07:15pm |
Edinburgh Festival TheatreBliss Edinburgh International Festival |
Opera Australia BBC Symphony Orchestra Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Harry Joy Merlyn Quaife, Soprano: Betty Lorina Gore, Soprano: Honey B Barry Ryan, Baritone: Alex David Corcoran, Tenor: David Taryn Fiebig, Soprano: Lucy Kanen Breen, Tenor: Johnny Elgar Howarth, Director Neil Armfield, Director Kate Champion, Choreography Brian Thomson, Set Designer Alice Babidge, Costume Designer Nigel Levings, Lighting Designer |
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| Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh EH8 9FT, United Kingdom Saturday 4-Sep-10 07:15pm Bliss (Dean, Brett (b. 1961)) (also written by Amanda Holden, European Premiere) Please note this production contains coarse language and adult themes. It is not recommended for children.‘Harry Joy was to die three times, but it was his first death which was to have the greatest effect on him…’ Peter Carey’s sardonic novel Bliss charts the escapades and misadventures of Harry Joy, an advertising executive who, having survived a near-death experience, gets sucked into a Kafkaesque routine of increasing bizarreness. Is he really in hell? In a place where his wife is constantly unfaithful, his son is a drug dealer and his daughter offers sexual favours to pay for her narcotic needs? Bliss is a much-anticipated new operatic collaboration with all the ingredients for excitement: a score by Brett Dean, surely one of the most innovative composers working today; an enthralling libretto by Amanda Holden; the directorial wit and sparkle of Neil Armfield; the virtuosity of Elgar Howarth and the BBC Symphony Orchestra; and the electrifying stage presence of Peter Coleman-Wright. This opera is based on Peter Carey’s remarkable novel. Bliss (the novel): ‘dazzling comic flair... quirky, irresistible’ Time Out ‘funny, humane and at times profound’ Literary Review Tickets from £14 Supported by Edinburgh International Festival Friends and Patrons Supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria BBC Symphony Orchestra Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Harry Joy Merlyn Quaife, Soprano: Betty Lorina Gore, Soprano: Honey B Barry Ryan, Baritone: Alex David Corcoran, Tenor: David Taryn Fiebig, Soprano: Lucy Kanen Breen, Tenor: Johnny Elgar Howarth, Director Neil Armfield, Director Kate Champion, Choreography Brian Thomson, Set Designer Alice Babidge, Costume Designer Nigel Levings, Lighting Designer | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Theatr Hafren, NewtownFalstaff |
Mid Wales Opera Nicholas Cleobury, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Bridget Kimak, Set Designer Colin Grenfell, Lighting Designer Lee Bissett, Soprano: Alice Ford Wyn Pencarreg, Baritone: Ford Charles Johnston, Baritone: Falstaff Benjamin Segal, Tenor: Fenton Martene Grimson, Soprano: Nanetta Gaynor Keeble, Contralto: Dame Quickly Catrin Johnsson, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Stuart Haycock, Tenor: Bardolph Simon Wilding, Bass: Pistol Ted Schmitz, Tenor: Dr Cajus Mid Wales Opera Chamber Orchestra Simon Chalk, Leader |
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| Theatr Hafren, Newtown, Llanidloes Road, Newtown SY16 4HU, United Kingdom Saturday 4-Sep-10 07:30pm Mid Wales Opera's acclaimed Autumn tour of Wales and England. Nicholas Cleobury, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Bridget Kimak, Set Designer Colin Grenfell, Lighting Designer Lee Bissett, Soprano: Alice Ford Wyn Pencarreg, Baritone: Ford Charles Johnston, Baritone: Falstaff Benjamin Segal, Tenor: Fenton Martene Grimson, Soprano: Nanetta Gaynor Keeble, Contralto: Dame Quickly Catrin Johnsson, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Stuart Haycock, Tenor: Bardolph Simon Wilding, Bass: Pistol Ted Schmitz, Tenor: Dr Cajus Mid Wales Opera Chamber Orchestra Simon Chalk, Leader | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Sydney Opera House: Opera TheatreThe Pirates of Penzance |
Opera Australia |
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| Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre, Sydney 1225, Australia Saturday 4-Sep-10 07:30pm The Pirates of Penzance Some pirates sail the Caribbean. Some search for buried treasure. Some do all kinds of terrible deeds, but not these ones. Prepare to meet the soppiest, silliest set of pirates that ever were, led by a Pirate King who loves to sing. The inimitable Anthony Warlow dons his cutlass for another voyage as The Pirates of Penzance sails back into town. Gilbert and Sullivan's fifth collaboration has long been high on the list of all-time favourites, but no one could have predicted the runaway success of this production, directed by Stuart Maunder and designed by Roger Kirk. A foot-stomping, wisecracking, feel-good show, it has played to packed houses around the country and beyond and now returns, complete with its crazy cartoons, swashbuckling heroes and dainty heroines, to the place it all began. | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Congress Hall, Palazzo dei Congressi, StresaIl Matrimonio Segreto Stresa Festival |
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| Congress Hall, Palazzo dei Congressi, Stresa, Palazzo dei Congressi di Stresa, Piazzale Europa, 28838 Stresa, Italy Saturday 4-Sep-10 08:00pm Il Matrimonio Segreto | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Gran Teatre del Liceu, BarcelonaIphigenie auf Tauris |
Barcelona Opera Jan Michael Horstmann, Conductor Pina Bausch, Director Elisabete Matos, Soprano: Iphigénie Nikolai Schukoff, Tenor: Oreste Christopher Maltman, Baritone: Thoas, King of Scythia |
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| Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Barcelona 08002, Spain Saturday 4-Sep-10 08:00pm Iphigenie auf Tauris Jan Michael Horstmann, Conductor Pina Bausch, Director Elisabete Matos, Soprano: Iphigénie Nikolai Schukoff, Tenor: Oreste Christopher Maltman, Baritone: Thoas, King of Scythia | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 09:00pm |
Teatro Auditorium al Duomo, Florence Musica in Maschera: La Traviata |
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| Teatro Auditorium al Duomo, Florence, Florence, Italy Saturday 4-Sep-10 09:00pm Musica in Maschera: La Traviata The ensemble "La Lirica Di Firenze" presents one of the most famous Italian operas, "La Traviata", by Giuseppe Verdi with scenery and costumes. | ||
| Sunday 5-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Volksoper ViennaLa Traviata |
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| Volksoper Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria Sunday 5-Sep-10 07:00pm
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| Sunday 5-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Staatsoper, ViennaTannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg |
Vienna State Opera Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor Ain Anger, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Johan Botha, Tenor: Tannhäuser Matthias Goerne, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Anja Kampe, Soprano: Elisabeth Michaela Schuster, Mezzo-soprano: Venus |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Sunday 5-Sep-10 07:00pm Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor Ain Anger, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Johan Botha, Tenor: Tannhäuser Matthias Goerne, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Anja Kampe, Soprano: Elisabeth Michaela Schuster, Mezzo-soprano: Venus | ||
| Sunday 5-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Teatro La Fenice, VeniceLa Traviata |
Venice Opera Myung-Whun Chung, Conductor Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Stefano Secco, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Robert Carsen, Director |
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| Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Venice, Italy Sunday 5-Sep-10 07:00pm Myung-Whun Chung, Conductor Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Stefano Secco, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Robert Carsen, Director | ||
| Sunday 5-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Palacio de la Opera, CoruñaOtello |
Miguel Gomez-Martinez, Conductor Giulio Ciabbati, Director Marco Berti, Tenor: Otello Ainhoa Arteta, Soprano: Desdemona Claudio Sgura, Baritone: Iago Francisco Corujo, Tenor: Cassio Elia Todsico, Bass: Lodovico |
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| Palacio de la Opera, Coruña, Glorieta de América, Coruña 15004, Spain Sunday 5-Sep-10 08:00pm Miguel Gomez-Martinez, Conductor Giulio Ciabbati, Director Marco Berti, Tenor: Otello Ainhoa Arteta, Soprano: Desdemona Claudio Sgura, Baritone: Iago Francisco Corujo, Tenor: Cassio Elia Todsico, Bass: Lodovico | ||
| Sunday 5-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Gran Teatre del Liceu, BarcelonaIphigenie auf Tauris |
Barcelona Opera Jan Michael Horstmann, Conductor Pina Bausch, Director Elisabete Matos, Soprano: Iphigénie Nikolai Schukoff, Tenor: Oreste Christopher Maltman, Baritone: Thoas, King of Scythia |
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| Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Barcelona 08002, Spain Sunday 5-Sep-10 08:00pm Iphigenie auf Tauris Jan Michael Horstmann, Conductor Pina Bausch, Director Elisabete Matos, Soprano: Iphigénie Nikolai Schukoff, Tenor: Oreste Christopher Maltman, Baritone: Thoas, King of Scythia | ||
| Monday 6-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Oslo Opera House, Main StageTosca |
Norwegian Opera Norwegian Opera Orchestra John Fiore, Conductor Norwegian National Opera Choir Itziar M Galdos, Soprano: Floria Tosca Henrik Engelsviken, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Nikola Mijailovic, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo, Norway Monday 6-Sep-10 07:00pm Norwegian Opera Orchestra John Fiore, Conductor Norwegian National Opera Choir Itziar M Galdos, Soprano: Floria Tosca Henrik Engelsviken, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Nikola Mijailovic, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Monday 6-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Volksoper ViennaVolksoper Vienna: Die Fledermaus |
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| Volksoper Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria Monday 6-Sep-10 07:00pm Volksoper Vienna: Die Fledermaus Strauss' well-known operetta "Die Fledermaus" is presented at the Volksoper Vienna. | ||
| Monday 6-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Staatsoper, ViennaLa Bohème |
Vienna State Opera Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor Rolando Villazón, Tenor: Rodolfo Boaz Daniel, Baritone: Marcello Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Mimì Alexandra Reinprecht, Soprano: Musetta |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Monday 6-Sep-10 07:30pm Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor Rolando Villazón, Tenor: Rodolfo Boaz Daniel, Baritone: Marcello Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Mimì Alexandra Reinprecht, Soprano: Musetta | ||
| Monday 6-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Aros Centre, PortreeCarmen |
Scottish Opera Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Annie Gill, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Robyn Lyn Evans, Tenor: Don José Nicholas Ransley, Tenor: Don José Michael de Souza, Baritone: Escamillo Francis Church, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Patrick Ashcroft, Tenor: Le Remendado Francisco Javier Borda, Bass: Zuniga Robert Tucker, Baritone: Moralès Claire Watkins, Soprano: Micaela Caroline Macphie, Soprano: Frasquita Katherine Allen, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Derek Clark, Conductor Susannah Wapshott, Piano Ashley Dean, Director/Director |
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| Aros Centre, Portree, Highland, Portree IV51, United Kingdom Monday 6-Sep-10 07:30pm Beautiful gypsies, obsession, intense emotion and some of the liveliest rhythms in opera…it can only be Carmen. This new production is set in 1960s Spain, a country firmly entrenched in General Franco’s right-wing regime. Women are oppressed, the gypsies ghettoised, the country is riddled with poverty, and black-market smuggling is rife. As a woman wanting to break free, the stakes are high for someone like Carmen. An outspoken gypsy with a beautiful face and a fiery temper, she sets her sights on the soldier Don José. His desire leads him to deny his friends and position and he is soon living the life of a smuggler in the desolate mountains of Spain. As his relationship with Carmen disintegrates and she leaves him for another, he sets out to prove his love, but Carmen has seen the future in her tarot cards and it isn’t a happy one. Bizet’s boldly seductive opera has been one of the world’s favourite operas for over a century. From the sultry ‘Habanera’ to the naively passionate ‘Flower Song’ and the rousing ‘Toreador’s Song’, Bizet’s ever-popular music brings out the earthy vitality of his characters. Ashley Dean, director of 2009’s Opera Highlights tour directs a fine ensemble cast. Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Annie Gill, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Robyn Lyn Evans, Tenor: Don José Nicholas Ransley, Tenor: Don José Michael de Souza, Baritone: Escamillo Francis Church, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Patrick Ashcroft, Tenor: Le Remendado Francisco Javier Borda, Bass: Zuniga Robert Tucker, Baritone: Moralès Claire Watkins, Soprano: Micaela Caroline Macphie, Soprano: Frasquita Katherine Allen, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Derek Clark, Conductor Susannah Wapshott, Piano Ashley Dean, Director/Director | ||
| Monday 6-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Gran Teatre del Liceu, BarcelonaIphigenie auf Tauris |
Barcelona Opera Jan Michael Horstmann, Conductor Pina Bausch, Director Elisabete Matos, Soprano: Iphigénie Nikolai Schukoff, Tenor: Oreste Christopher Maltman, Baritone: Thoas, King of Scythia |
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| Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Barcelona 08002, Spain Monday 6-Sep-10 08:00pm Iphigenie auf Tauris Jan Michael Horstmann, Conductor Pina Bausch, Director Elisabete Matos, Soprano: Iphigénie Nikolai Schukoff, Tenor: Oreste Christopher Maltman, Baritone: Thoas, King of Scythia | ||
| Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Peacock Theatre, LondonLa bohème |
British Youth Opera |
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| Peacock Theatre, London, London WC2A 2HT, United Kingdom Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:00pm From 4-11 September British Youth Opera (BYO) offers the chance to hear the next generation of opera singers in new productions of La bohème and Euridice at Sadler’s Wells’ Peacock Theatre. Each year BYO auditions the best students and recent graduates from the country’s music colleges and selects over 60 of them to take part in its intensive Summer Season. After nearly two months of coaching and rehearsals, the singers take to the stage for a week of performances, when audiences (and casting agents) will be on the look out for the opera stars of the future. Led by a creative team whose operatic credits include English National Opera, the Royal Opera House, New York’s Metropolitan Opera and the Salzburg Festival this year’s productions of La bohème and Euridice provide the perfect vehicles for BYO’s young singers. Puccini’s La bohème is probably the most romantic of all operas and BYO’s production is sure to capture the youthful passion and energy of the young Bohemians at the opera’s heart. BYO singers this year include John Pierce (as Rodolfo, La bohème) who will represent Wales in next year’s Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Past BYO singers have gone on to win international prizes and sing leading roles in opera houses worldwide, from Covent Garden and Glyndebourne to Bayreuth Festival and the Sydney Opera House – this is truly a chance to hear opera’s next generation! Tickets £10 - £36 | ||
| Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Oslo Opera House, Main StageTosca |
Norwegian Opera Norwegian Opera Orchestra John Fiore, Conductor Norwegian National Opera Choir Elena Pankratova, Soprano: Floria Tosca Miroslav Dvorsky, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Jason Stearns, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo, Norway Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:00pm Norwegian Opera Orchestra John Fiore, Conductor Norwegian National Opera Choir Elena Pankratova, Soprano: Floria Tosca Miroslav Dvorsky, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Jason Stearns, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Kennedy Center: Opera House, Washington, DCUn Ballo in Maschera |
Washington National Opera Daniele Callegari, Conductor Salvatore Licitra, Tenor: Riccardo Frank Porretta, Tenor: Riccardo Luca Salsi, Baritone: Renato Tim Mix, Baritone: Renato Tamara Wilson, Soprano: Amelia Irène Théorin, Soprano: Amelia |
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| Kennedy Center: Opera House, Washington, DC, Washington, 20037, United States Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:00pm Daniele Callegari, Conductor Salvatore Licitra, Tenor: Riccardo Frank Porretta, Tenor: Riccardo Luca Salsi, Baritone: Renato Tim Mix, Baritone: Renato Tamara Wilson, Soprano: Amelia Irène Théorin, Soprano: Amelia | ||
| Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Sydney Opera House: Opera TheatreThe Pirates of Penzance |
Opera Australia |
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| Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre, Sydney 1225, Australia Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:30pm The Pirates of Penzance Some pirates sail the Caribbean. Some search for buried treasure. Some do all kinds of terrible deeds, but not these ones. Prepare to meet the soppiest, silliest set of pirates that ever were, led by a Pirate King who loves to sing. The inimitable Anthony Warlow dons his cutlass for another voyage as The Pirates of Penzance sails back into town. Gilbert and Sullivan's fifth collaboration has long been high on the list of all-time favourites, but no one could have predicted the runaway success of this production, directed by Stuart Maunder and designed by Roger Kirk. A foot-stomping, wisecracking, feel-good show, it has played to packed houses around the country and beyond and now returns, complete with its crazy cartoons, swashbuckling heroes and dainty heroines, to the place it all began. | ||
| Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Citizens Theatre, GlasgowCarmen |
Scottish Opera Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Annie Gill, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Robyn Lyn Evans, Tenor: Don José Nicholas Ransley, Tenor: Don José Michael de Souza, Baritone: Escamillo Francis Church, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Patrick Ashcroft, Tenor: Le Remendado Francisco Javier Borda, Bass: Zuniga Robert Tucker, Baritone: Moralès Claire Watkins, Soprano: Micaela Caroline Macphie, Soprano: Frasquita Katherine Allen, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Derek Clark, Conductor Susannah Wapshott, Piano Ashley Dean, Director/Director |
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| Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow G5 9DS, United Kingdom Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:30pm Beautiful gypsies, obsession, intense emotion and some of the liveliest rhythms in opera…it can only be Carmen. This new production is set in 1960s Spain, a country firmly entrenched in General Franco’s right-wing regime. Women are oppressed, the gypsies ghettoised, the country is riddled with poverty, and black-market smuggling is rife. As a woman wanting to break free, the stakes are high for someone like Carmen. An outspoken gypsy with a beautiful face and a fiery temper, she sets her sights on the soldier Don José. His desire leads him to deny his friends and position and he is soon living the life of a smuggler in the desolate mountains of Spain. As his relationship with Carmen disintegrates and she leaves him for another, he sets out to prove his love, but Carmen has seen the future in her tarot cards and it isn’t a happy one. Bizet’s boldly seductive opera has been one of the world’s favourite operas for over a century. From the sultry ‘Habanera’ to the naively passionate ‘Flower Song’ and the rousing ‘Toreador’s Song’, Bizet’s ever-popular music brings out the earthy vitality of his characters. Ashley Dean, director of 2009’s Opera Highlights tour directs a fine ensemble cast. Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Annie Gill, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Robyn Lyn Evans, Tenor: Don José Nicholas Ransley, Tenor: Don José Michael de Souza, Baritone: Escamillo Francis Church, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Patrick Ashcroft, Tenor: Le Remendado Francisco Javier Borda, Bass: Zuniga Robert Tucker, Baritone: Moralès Claire Watkins, Soprano: Micaela Caroline Macphie, Soprano: Frasquita Katherine Allen, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Derek Clark, Conductor Susannah Wapshott, Piano Ashley Dean, Director/Director | ||
| Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Staatsoper, ViennaDie Zauberflöte |
Vienna State Opera Ivor Bolton, Conductor Matthias Klink, Tenor: Tamino Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano: Queen of the Night Anita Hartig, Soprano: Pamina Markus Werba, Baritone: Papageno Günther Groissböck, Bass: Sarastro |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:30pm Die Zauberflöte Check performance start time. Ivor Bolton, Conductor Matthias Klink, Tenor: Tamino Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano: Queen of the Night Anita Hartig, Soprano: Pamina Markus Werba, Baritone: Papageno Günther Groissböck, Bass: Sarastro | ||
| Tuesday 7-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Teatro Real, MadridEugene Onegin - in Russian |
Bolshoi Opera |
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| Teatro Real, Madrid, Madrid 28013, Spain Tuesday 7-Sep-10 08:00pm Eugene Onegin - in Russian | ||
| Wednesday 8-Sep-10 06:00pm |
Estonian National Opera House, TallinnThe Bat |
Estonian National Opera and Ballet |
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| Estonian National Opera House, Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia Wednesday 8-Sep-10 06:00pm The Bat Johann Strauss' great operetta "Die Fledermaus" (The Bat) will be performed at the Estonian National Opera in Tallinn.
Die Fledermaus, one of the most popular operettas by Johann Strauss, is staged by Michiel Dijkema, a Dutch stage director who is known for unique and intriguing stage productions. He delighted Estonians with La Cenerentola (2006), which is still in the repertoire of the Estonian National Opera. Die Fledermaus premiered in 1874 in Vienna and is still popular worldwide thanks to its memorable melodies, mesmerising dance scenes and intriguing story.
“With sparkling irony Johann Strauss composes a comedy of manners of a self-indulgent society, which loses itself unrestrained in joie de vivre and malicious delight, and wishes nothing more than to be somebody else, at least for the night.” (Michiel Dijkema, Stage Director)
Gabriel Eisenstein has to go to prison for a few days for insulting a public servant. The evening before his imprisonment he bids his wife a sobbing farewell and secretly sets off to a wild party held by prince Orlofsky. There he hopes to experience sensual pleasures of all kinds, of course incognito. Unfortunately his wife, who just had an unexpected encounter with her former lover, finds out. Her lover is accidentally arrested instead of Mr Eisenstein. Disguised as a Hungarian countess she makes her appearance at the party and seduces her husband. The maid, who had taken the evening off to take care of her sick aunt, is also present. She has the opportunity to present herself as the brilliant actress that she has always wished to be. Eisenstein is having the time of his life and does not suspect that everything is part of the revenge of “The Bat”…
The operetta is in three acts with a libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, based on the vaudeville Le Réveillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
Music Director and Conductor: Jüri Alperten Conductors: Mihhail Gerts and Erki Pehk Stage Director and Designer: Michiel Dijkema Costume Designer: Claudia Damm Lighting Desinger: Bas Berensen | ||
| Wednesday 8-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Oslo Opera House, Main StageTosca |
Norwegian Opera Norwegian Opera Orchestra John Fiore, Conductor Norwegian National Opera Choir Itziar M Galdos, Soprano: Floria Tosca Henrik Engelsviken, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Nikola Mijailovic, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo, Norway Wednesday 8-Sep-10 07:00pm Norwegian Opera Orchestra John Fiore, Conductor Norwegian National Opera Choir Itziar M Galdos, Soprano: Floria Tosca Henrik Engelsviken, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Nikola Mijailovic, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Wednesday 8-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Peacock Theatre, LondonEuridice |
British Youth Opera |
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| Peacock Theatre, London, London WC2A 2HT, United Kingdom Wednesday 8-Sep-10 07:00pm From 4-11 September British Youth Opera (BYO) offers the chance to hear the next generation of opera singers in new productions of La bohème and Euridice at Sadler’s Wells’ Peacock Theatre. Each year BYO auditions the best students and recent graduates from the country’s music colleges and selects over 60 of them to take part in its intensive Summer Season. After nearly two months of coaching and rehearsals, the singers take to the stage for a week of performances, when audiences (and casting agents) will be on the look out for the opera stars of the future. Led by a creative team whose operatic credits include English National Opera, the Royal Opera House, New York’s Metropolitan Opera and the Salzburg Festival this year’s productions of La bohème and Euridice provide the perfect vehicles for BYO’s young singers. Euridice takes the translucent vocal lines of the first ever opera composer, Jacopo Peri, and weaves them into an atmospheric score by Stephen Oliver, one of Britain’s most prolific composers of music for stage and screen. This semi-staged production marks the 60th anniversary of Oliver’s birth (he died in 1992, aged 42) and is performed by a cast of eighteen singers and an onstage ensemble of eight players, creating a remarkable piece of music theatre. BYO singers this year include John Pierce (as Rodolfo, La bohème) who will represent Wales in next year’s Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Past BYO singers have gone on to win international prizes and sing leading roles in opera houses worldwide, from Covent Garden and Glyndebourne to Bayreuth Festival and the Sydney Opera House – this is truly a chance to hear opera’s next generation! Tickets £10 - £36 | ||
| Wednesday 8-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Volksoper ViennaLa Traviata |
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| Volksoper Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria Wednesday 8-Sep-10 07:00pm
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| Wednesday 8-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Teatro La Fenice, VeniceLa Traviata |
Venice Opera Myung-Whun Chung, Conductor Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Stefano Secco, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Robert Carsen, Director |
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| Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Venice, Italy Wednesday 8-Sep-10 07:00pm Myung-Whun Chung, Conductor Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Stefano Secco, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Robert Carsen, Director | ||
| Wednesday 8-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Staatsoper, ViennaTannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg |
Vienna State Opera Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor Ain Anger, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Johan Botha, Tenor: Tannhäuser Matthias Goerne, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Anja Kampe, Soprano: Elisabeth Michaela Schuster, Mezzo-soprano: Venus |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Wednesday 8-Sep-10 07:00pm Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor Ain Anger, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Johan Botha, Tenor: Tannhäuser Matthias Goerne, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Anja Kampe, Soprano: Elisabeth Michaela Schuster, Mezzo-soprano: Venus | ||
| Wednesday 8-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Sydney Opera House: Opera TheatreThe Pirates of Penzance |
Opera Australia |
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| Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre, Sydney 1225, Australia Wednesday 8-Sep-10 07:30pm The Pirates of Penzance Some pirates sail the Caribbean. Some search for buried treasure. Some do all kinds of terrible deeds, but not these ones. Prepare to meet the soppiest, silliest set of pirates that ever were, led by a Pirate King who loves to sing. The inimitable Anthony Warlow dons his cutlass for another voyage as The Pirates of Penzance sails back into town. Gilbert and Sullivan's fifth collaboration has long been high on the list of all-time favourites, but no one could have predicted the runaway success of this production, directed by Stuart Maunder and designed by Roger Kirk. A foot-stomping, wisecracking, feel-good show, it has played to packed houses around the country and beyond and now returns, complete with its crazy cartoons, swashbuckling heroes and dainty heroines, to the place it all began. | ||
| Wednesday 8-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Teatro Real, MadridEugene Onegin - in Russian |
Bolshoi Opera |
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| Teatro Real, Madrid, Madrid 28013, Spain Wednesday 8-Sep-10 08:00pm Eugene Onegin - in Russian | ||
| Thursday 9-Sep-10 06:00pm |
Estonian National Opera House, TallinnThe Bat |
Estonian National Opera and Ballet |
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| Estonian National Opera House, Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia Thursday 9-Sep-10 06:00pm The Bat Johann Strauss' great operetta "Die Fledermaus" (The Bat) will be performed at the Estonian National Opera in Tallinn.
Die Fledermaus, one of the most popular operettas by Johann Strauss, is staged by Michiel Dijkema, a Dutch stage director who is known for unique and intriguing stage productions. He delighted Estonians with La Cenerentola (2006), which is still in the repertoire of the Estonian National Opera. Die Fledermaus premiered in 1874 in Vienna and is still popular worldwide thanks to its memorable melodies, mesmerising dance scenes and intriguing story.
“With sparkling irony Johann Strauss composes a comedy of manners of a self-indulgent society, which loses itself unrestrained in joie de vivre and malicious delight, and wishes nothing more than to be somebody else, at least for the night.” (Michiel Dijkema, Stage Director)
Gabriel Eisenstein has to go to prison for a few days for insulting a public servant. The evening before his imprisonment he bids his wife a sobbing farewell and secretly sets off to a wild party held by prince Orlofsky. There he hopes to experience sensual pleasures of all kinds, of course incognito. Unfortunately his wife, who just had an unexpected encounter with her former lover, finds out. Her lover is accidentally arrested instead of Mr Eisenstein. Disguised as a Hungarian countess she makes her appearance at the party and seduces her husband. The maid, who had taken the evening off to take care of her sick aunt, is also present. She has the opportunity to present herself as the brilliant actress that she has always wished to be. Eisenstein is having the time of his life and does not suspect that everything is part of the revenge of “The Bat”…
The operetta is in three acts with a libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, based on the vaudeville Le Réveillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
Music Director and Conductor: Jüri Alperten Conductors: Mihhail Gerts and Erki Pehk Stage Director and Designer: Michiel Dijkema Costume Designer: Claudia Damm Lighting Desinger: Bas Berensen | ||
| Thursday 9-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Volksoper ViennaVolksoper Vienna: Die Fledermaus |
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| Volksoper Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria Thursday 9-Sep-10 07:00pm Volksoper Vienna: Die Fledermaus Strauss' well-known operetta "Die Fledermaus" is presented at the Volksoper Vienna. | ||
| Thursday 9-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Opéra Bastille, ParisDer Fliegende Höllander |
Opéra de Paris Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris Peter Schneider, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Matti Salminen, Bass: Daland Adrianne Pieczonka, Soprano: Senta Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor: Erik Bernard Richter, Tenor: The Steersman James Morris, Bass-baritone: Dutchman |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Thursday 9-Sep-10 07:30pm Der Fliegende Höllander Halfway through its new Ring cycle, the Paris Opera will resound to the music of a young Wagner still wrapped in the mists of German Romanticism, between Schubert and Weber. Crossing the North Sea from Riga to London on board the Thetis in 1839, amid the howling wind and the crashing waves, Wagner heard the sailors tell the legend of the cursed sea-captain. The story, also told by Heinrich Heine, is recounted by Senta on her first appearance: rounding a dangerous cape during a storm and refusing to give up, the Dutchman defies Satan and is condemned to roam the seas for evermore unless a woman is willing to give up her life for him. In a troubling confusion of legend and real life, the Dutchman suddenly stands before Senta and stretches out his hand to her... The storm raging outside is perhaps less powerful than the one that shakes the heart. Recounting the impossibility of living and of redemption, Der fliegende Holländer is above all, and before Götterdämmerung, an opera about wished-for apocalypse.Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris Peter Schneider, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Matti Salminen, Bass: Daland Adrianne Pieczonka, Soprano: Senta Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor: Erik Bernard Richter, Tenor: The Steersman James Morris, Bass-baritone: Dutchman | ||
| Thursday 9-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Staatsoper, ViennaLa Bohème |
Vienna State Opera Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor Rolando Villazón, Tenor: Rodolfo Boaz Daniel, Baritone: Marcello Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Mimì Alexandra Reinprecht, Soprano: Musetta |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Thursday 9-Sep-10 07:30pm Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor Rolando Villazón, Tenor: Rodolfo Boaz Daniel, Baritone: Marcello Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Mimì Alexandra Reinprecht, Soprano: Musetta | ||
| Thursday 9-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Citizens Theatre, GlasgowCarmen |
Scottish Opera Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Annie Gill, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Robyn Lyn Evans, Tenor: Don José Nicholas Ransley, Tenor: Don José Michael de Souza, Baritone: Escamillo Francis Church, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Patrick Ashcroft, Tenor: Le Remendado Francisco Javier Borda, Bass: Zuniga Robert Tucker, Baritone: Moralès Claire Watkins, Soprano: Micaela Caroline Macphie, Soprano: Frasquita Katherine Allen, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Derek Clark, Conductor Susannah Wapshott, Piano Ashley Dean, Director/Director |
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| Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow G5 9DS, United Kingdom Thursday 9-Sep-10 07:30pm Beautiful gypsies, obsession, intense emotion and some of the liveliest rhythms in opera…it can only be Carmen. This new production is set in 1960s Spain, a country firmly entrenched in General Franco’s right-wing regime. Women are oppressed, the gypsies ghettoised, the country is riddled with poverty, and black-market smuggling is rife. As a woman wanting to break free, the stakes are high for someone like Carmen. An outspoken gypsy with a beautiful face and a fiery temper, she sets her sights on the soldier Don José. His desire leads him to deny his friends and position and he is soon living the life of a smuggler in the desolate mountains of Spain. As his relationship with Carmen disintegrates and she leaves him for another, he sets out to prove his love, but Carmen has seen the future in her tarot cards and it isn’t a happy one. Bizet’s boldly seductive opera has been one of the world’s favourite operas for over a century. From the sultry ‘Habanera’ to the naively passionate ‘Flower Song’ and the rousing ‘Toreador’s Song’, Bizet’s ever-popular music brings out the earthy vitality of his characters. Ashley Dean, director of 2009’s Opera Highlights tour directs a fine ensemble cast. Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Annie Gill, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Robyn Lyn Evans, Tenor: Don José Nicholas Ransley, Tenor: Don José Michael de Souza, Baritone: Escamillo Francis Church, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Patrick Ashcroft, Tenor: Le Remendado Francisco Javier Borda, Bass: Zuniga Robert Tucker, Baritone: Moralès Claire Watkins, Soprano: Micaela Caroline Macphie, Soprano: Frasquita Katherine Allen, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Derek Clark, Conductor Susannah Wapshott, Piano Ashley Dean, Director/Director | ||
| Thursday 9-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Opéra de LyonPorgy and Bess |
Opéra de Lyon Eddins, William, Conductor José Montalvo, Director Derrick Lawrence, Baritone: Porgy Janice Chandler-Eteme, Soprano: Bess Timothy Robert Blevins, Baritone: Crown Ronald Samm, Tenor: Sportin’ Life LaVerne Williams, Mezzo-soprano: Maria Magali Léger, Soprano: Clara |
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| Opéra de Lyon, 69001 Lyon, France Thursday 9-Sep-10 08:00pm Eddins, William, Conductor José Montalvo, Director Derrick Lawrence, Baritone: Porgy Janice Chandler-Eteme, Soprano: Bess Timothy Robert Blevins, Baritone: Crown Ronald Samm, Tenor: Sportin’ Life LaVerne Williams, Mezzo-soprano: Maria Magali Léger, Soprano: Clara | ||
| Thursday 9-Sep-10 08:00pm |
De Munt | La Monnaie: Grand Hall, BrusselsYvonne, Princesse de Bourgogne |
Opéra de la Monnaie Patrick Davin, Conductor Luc Bondy, Director Dörte Lyssewski, Voice: Yvonne Paul Gay, Baritone: Le Roi Ignace Mireille Delunsch, Soprano: La Reine Marguerite Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs de la Monnaie |
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| De Munt | La Monnaie: Grand Hall, Brussels, Muntplein-Place de la Monnaie, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Thursday 9-Sep-10 08:00pm Yvonne, Princesse de Bourgogne Patrick Davin, Conductor Luc Bondy, Director Dörte Lyssewski, Voice: Yvonne Paul Gay, Baritone: Le Roi Ignace Mireille Delunsch, Soprano: La Reine Marguerite Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs de la Monnaie | ||
| Thursday 9-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Teatro Real, MadridEugene Onegin - in Russian |
Bolshoi Opera |
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| Teatro Real, Madrid, Madrid 28013, Spain Thursday 9-Sep-10 08:00pm Eugene Onegin - in Russian | ||
| Friday 10-Sep-10 06:00pm |
Estonian National Opera House, TallinnThe Love for Three Oranges |
Estonian National Opera and Ballet |
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| Estonian National Opera House, Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia Friday 10-Sep-10 06:00pm Sergey Prokofiev's four-act opera with a prologue will be performed at the Estonian National Opera.
The opera "The Love for Three Oranges" is an Italian style commedia dell’arte or improvised masque comedy as conceived by the 20th century Russian composer. Prokofiev wrote the libretto himself on the basis of the Russian adaptation of Carlo Gozzi’s eponymous comedy (1761) by Vsevolod Meierhold, Konstantin Vogak and Vladimir Solovyov. The play mocks the writings of Gozzi’s contemporary Carlo Goldoni whose sombre and superficial naturalistic melodramas were, in Gozzi’s opinion, the reason for the decline of the Italian theatre.
Gozzi’s surreal and fantasy-laden play inspired Prokofiev to create a masterpiece that mixes magic, comedy and satire. The Love for Three Oranges is a multi-layered play – it can be viewed as a play in a play, witty critique of the opera traditions of the 20th century, or as a dispute on acute political problems by means of commedia dell’arte. The multitude of interpretation possibilities of both the opera and the play has made it a real treat for stage directors and artists. After the premiere in the US, the opera was a huge success in Russia. The Love for Three Oranges is brought to the stage by Dmitri Bertman, a stage director with an unlimited imagination, whose vision of Wallenberg earned several awards.
Music Director: Arvo Volmer Conductor: Mihhail Gerts Stage Director: Dmitri Bertman Set Designer: Igor Nezhnyi Costume Designer: Tatyana Tulubeva | ||