| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
|---|---|---|
| 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 07:30pm |
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 | ||
| 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 07:15pm |
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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 07:30pm |
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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Friday 10-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonCosì fan Tutte |
Royal Opera Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Ferrando Stéphane Degout, Bass: Guglielmo Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Don Alfonso Maria Bengtsson, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jurgita Adamonyte, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Rebecca Evans, Soprano: Despina |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Friday 10-Sep-10 07:00pm Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Ferrando Stéphane Degout, Bass: Guglielmo Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Don Alfonso Maria Bengtsson, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jurgita Adamonyte, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Rebecca Evans, Soprano: Despina | ||
| Friday 10-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Peacock Theatre, LondonLa bohème |
British Youth Opera |
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| Peacock Theatre, London, London WC2A 2HT, United Kingdom Friday 10-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 | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Peacock Theatre, LondonEuridice |
British Youth Opera |
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| Peacock Theatre, London, London WC2A 2HT, United Kingdom Saturday 11-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 | ||
| Saturday 11-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 Saturday 11-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 | ||
| Sunday 12-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonDon Pasquale |
Royal Opera Evelino Pidò, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Barry Banks, Tenor: Ernesto Paola Gavanelli, Baritone: Don Pasquale Jacques Imbrailo, Bass: Dr. Malatesta Iride Martínez, Soprano: Norina |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Sunday 12-Sep-10 07:00pm Evelino Pidò, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Barry Banks, Tenor: Ernesto Paola Gavanelli, Baritone: Don Pasquale Jacques Imbrailo, Bass: Dr. Malatesta Iride Martínez, Soprano: Norina | ||
| Sunday 12-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 Sunday 12-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 13-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonCosì fan Tutte |
Royal Opera Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Ferrando Stéphane Degout, Bass: Guglielmo Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Don Alfonso Maria Bengtsson, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jurgita Adamonyte, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Rebecca Evans, Soprano: Despina |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Monday 13-Sep-10 07:00pm Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Ferrando Stéphane Degout, Bass: Guglielmo Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Don Alfonso Maria Bengtsson, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jurgita Adamonyte, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Rebecca Evans, Soprano: Despina | ||
| Tuesday 14-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonDon Pasquale |
Royal Opera Evelino Pidò, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Barry Banks, Tenor: Ernesto Paola Gavanelli, Baritone: Don Pasquale Jacques Imbrailo, Bass: Dr. Malatesta Iride Martínez, Soprano: Norina |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Tuesday 14-Sep-10 07:30pm Evelino Pidò, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Barry Banks, Tenor: Ernesto Paola Gavanelli, Baritone: Don Pasquale Jacques Imbrailo, Bass: Dr. Malatesta Iride Martínez, Soprano: Norina | ||
| Tuesday 14-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Mercury Theatre, ColchesterFalstaff |
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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| Mercury Theatre, Colchester, Colchester CO1 1PT, United Kingdom Tuesday 14-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 | ||
| Wednesday 15-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonCosì fan Tutte |
Royal Opera Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Ferrando Stéphane Degout, Bass: Guglielmo Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Don Alfonso Maria Bengtsson, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jurgita Adamonyte, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Rebecca Evans, Soprano: Despina |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Wednesday 15-Sep-10 07:00pm Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Ferrando Stéphane Degout, Bass: Guglielmo Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Don Alfonso Maria Bengtsson, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jurgita Adamonyte, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Rebecca Evans, Soprano: Despina | ||
| Wednesday 15-Sep-10 07:45pm |
Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio Theatre, LondonIn the Penal Colony |
Music Theatre Wales |
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| Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio Theatre, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Wednesday 15-Sep-10 07:45pm | ||
| Thursday 16-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Howard Assembly Room, LeedsThe Adventures of Pinocchio |
Opera North Victoria Simmonds, Mezzo-soprano: Pinocchio Mary Plazas, Soprano: Blue Fairy David Parry, Conductor Martin Duncan, Director Jonathan Summers, Baritone: Geppetto |
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| Howard Assembly Room, Leeds, Leeds Grand Theatre, , 46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU, United Kingdom Thursday 16-Sep-10 07:00pm The Adventures of Pinocchio is the story of a mischievous wooden boy who tumbles from one mishap to another in his quest to become a real boy, encountering weird and wonderful characters along the way. Set in a magical world, where a pigeon flies on an aeroplane, an owl doctor prescribes bitter medicine, and woodpeckers peck naughty noses back to size, Pinocchio struggles to be good, even with the help of the Blue Fairy. Victoria Simmonds, Mezzo-soprano: Pinocchio Mary Plazas, Soprano: Blue Fairy David Parry, Conductor Martin Duncan, Director Jonathan Summers, Baritone: Geppetto | ||
| Thursday 16-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonDon Pasquale |
Royal Opera Evelino Pidò, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Barry Banks, Tenor: Ernesto Paola Gavanelli, Baritone: Don Pasquale Jacques Imbrailo, Bass: Dr. Malatesta Iride Martínez, Soprano: Norina |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 16-Sep-10 07:30pm Evelino Pidò, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Barry Banks, Tenor: Ernesto Paola Gavanelli, Baritone: Don Pasquale Jacques Imbrailo, Bass: Dr. Malatesta Iride Martínez, Soprano: Norina | ||
| Thursday 16-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Hamilton Town HouseCarmen |
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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| Hamilton Town House, 102 Cadzow Street, Hamilton ML3 6HH, United Kingdom Thursday 16-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 16-Sep-10 07:45pm |
Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio Theatre, LondonIn the Penal Colony |
Music Theatre Wales |
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| Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio Theatre, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 16-Sep-10 07:45pm | ||
| Friday 17-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonCosì fan Tutte |
Royal Opera Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Ferrando Stéphane Degout, Bass: Guglielmo Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Don Alfonso Maria Bengtsson, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jurgita Adamonyte, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Rebecca Evans, Soprano: Despina |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Friday 17-Sep-10 07:00pm Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Ferrando Stéphane Degout, Bass: Guglielmo Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Don Alfonso Maria Bengtsson, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jurgita Adamonyte, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Rebecca Evans, Soprano: Despina | ||
| Friday 17-Sep-10 07:15pm |
Millennium Centre, CardiffFidelio |
Welsh National Opera Dennis O'Neill, Tenor: Florestan Lisa Milne, Soprano: Leonore Robert Hayward, Bass-baritone: Don Pizarro Clive Bayley, Bass: Rocco |
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| Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 5AL, United Kingdom Friday 17-Sep-10 07:15pm Beethoven's only opera is a rousing, triumphant affirmation of his belief that the most important human qualities - love, courage and kindness - can exist in even the most inhuman of conditions. Dennis O'Neill, Tenor: Florestan Lisa Milne, Soprano: Leonore Robert Hayward, Bass-baritone: Don Pizarro Clive Bayley, Bass: Rocco | ||
| Friday 17-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Wilton's Music Hall, London La Boheme |
Co-Opera Co |
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| Wilton's Music Hall, London, London E1 8JB, United Kingdom Friday 17-Sep-10 07:30pm La Boheme | ||
| Friday 17-Sep-10 07:45pm |
Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio Theatre, LondonIn the Penal Colony |
Music Theatre Wales |
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| Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio Theatre, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Friday 17-Sep-10 07:45pm | ||
| Saturday 18-Sep-10 07:00pm |
The London ColiseumFaust |
English National Opera Edward Gardner, Conductor Toby Spence, Tenor: Faust Melody Moore, Soprano: Marguerite Iain Paterson, Bass: Méphistophélès Anna Grevelius, Mezzo-soprano: Marthe |
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| The London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom Saturday 18-Sep-10 07:00pm Of all the music inspired by the ancient tale of the old philosopher who sells his soul for a second lease of life, Gounod's Goethe-based opera is at once the most grandly spectacular and the most endearingly romantic. Updating the story's classic setting to a more contemporary world at war, this new co-production with New York's Metropolitan Opera marks the UK opera debut of the Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff. Edward Gardner, Conductor Toby Spence, Tenor: Faust Melody Moore, Soprano: Marguerite Iain Paterson, Bass: Méphistophélès Anna Grevelius, Mezzo-soprano: Marthe | ||
| Saturday 18-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Duthac Centre, TainCarmen |
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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| Duthac Centre, Tain, Tain IV19 1AA, United Kingdom Saturday 18-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 | ||
| Saturday 18-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Wilton's Music Hall, London La Boheme |
Co-Opera Co |
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| Wilton's Music Hall, London, London E1 8JB, United Kingdom Saturday 18-Sep-10 07:30pm La Boheme | ||
| Saturday 18-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonDon Pasquale |
Royal Opera Evelino Pidò, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Barry Banks, Tenor: Ernesto Paola Gavanelli, Baritone: Don Pasquale Jacques Imbrailo, Bass: Dr. Malatesta Iride Martínez, Soprano: Norina |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 18-Sep-10 07:30pm Evelino Pidò, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Barry Banks, Tenor: Ernesto Paola Gavanelli, Baritone: Don Pasquale Jacques Imbrailo, Bass: Dr. Malatesta Iride Martínez, Soprano: Norina | ||
| Saturday 18-Sep-10 07:45pm |
Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio Theatre, LondonIn the Penal Colony |
Music Theatre Wales |
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| Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio Theatre, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 18-Sep-10 07:45pm | ||
| Sunday 19-Sep-10 03:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonCosì fan Tutte |
Royal Opera Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Ferrando Stéphane Degout, Bass: Guglielmo Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Don Alfonso Maria Bengtsson, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jurgita Adamonyte, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Rebecca Evans, Soprano: Despina |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Sunday 19-Sep-10 03:00pm Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Ferrando Stéphane Degout, Bass: Guglielmo Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Don Alfonso Maria Bengtsson, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jurgita Adamonyte, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Rebecca Evans, Soprano: Despina | ||
| Monday 20-Sep-10 07:30pm |
The London ColiseumThe Makropulos Case |
English National Opera Sir Richard Armstrong, Conductor Christopher Alden, Director Amanda Roocroft, Soprano: Emilia Marty Andrew Shore, Tenor: Albert Gregor Alasdair Elliott, Tenor Peter Hoare, Tenor |
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| The London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom Monday 20-Sep-10 07:30pm The Makropulos Case Amanda Roocroft's heartbreaking performance as the heroine in David Alden's 2006 staging of Janáček's Jenůfa won her the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera. Now she returns to ENO in the first revival of Christopher Alden's Olivier Award-nominated staging of the Czech composer's penultimate opera to star as the enigmatic Emilia Marty, the cold-hearted diva whose uncanny knowledge of past events provides the key to resolving a 100-year-old lawsuit but also unlocks ancient mysteries that call into question mankind's obsessive quest for eternal life. A co-production with the National Theatre in Prague, this striking steel-and-glass Art Deco staging is conducted by one of Britain's great conducting talents, and Janacek champion, Sir Richard Armstrong. Sir Richard Armstrong, Conductor Christopher Alden, Director Amanda Roocroft, Soprano: Emilia Marty Andrew Shore, Tenor: Albert Gregor Alasdair Elliott, Tenor Peter Hoare, Tenor | ||
| Monday 20-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonDon Pasquale |
Royal Opera Evelino Pidò, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Barry Banks, Tenor: Ernesto Paola Gavanelli, Baritone: Don Pasquale Jacques Imbrailo, Bass: Dr. Malatesta Iride Martínez, Soprano: Norina |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Monday 20-Sep-10 07:30pm Evelino Pidò, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Barry Banks, Tenor: Ernesto Paola Gavanelli, Baritone: Don Pasquale Jacques Imbrailo, Bass: Dr. Malatesta Iride Martínez, Soprano: Norina | ||
| Tuesday 21-Sep-10 07:00pm |
The London ColiseumFaust |
English National Opera Edward Gardner, Conductor Toby Spence, Tenor: Faust Melody Moore, Soprano: Marguerite Iain Paterson, Bass: Méphistophélès Anna Grevelius, Mezzo-soprano: Marthe |
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| The London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom Tuesday 21-Sep-10 07:00pm Of all the music inspired by the ancient tale of the old philosopher who sells his soul for a second lease of life, Gounod's Goethe-based opera is at once the most grandly spectacular and the most endearingly romantic. Updating the story's classic setting to a more contemporary world at war, this new co-production with New York's Metropolitan Opera marks the UK opera debut of the Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff. Edward Gardner, Conductor Toby Spence, Tenor: Faust Melody Moore, Soprano: Marguerite Iain Paterson, Bass: Méphistophélès Anna Grevelius, Mezzo-soprano: Marthe | ||
| Tuesday 21-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonDon Pasquale |
Royal Opera David Syrus, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Barry Banks, Tenor: Ernesto Paola Gavanelli, Baritone: Don Pasquale Jacques Imbrailo, Bass: Dr. Malatesta Iride Martínez, Soprano: Norina |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Tuesday 21-Sep-10 07:30pm David Syrus, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Barry Banks, Tenor: Ernesto Paola Gavanelli, Baritone: Don Pasquale Jacques Imbrailo, Bass: Dr. Malatesta Iride Martínez, Soprano: Norina | ||
| Tuesday 21-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Floral Pavilion Theatre, New BrightonFalstaff |
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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| Floral Pavilion Theatre, New Brighton, Marine Promenade, Wirral, New Brighton CH45 2JS, United Kingdom Tuesday 21-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 | ||
| Wednesday 22-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonCosì fan Tutte |
Royal Opera Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Ferrando Stéphane Degout, Bass: Guglielmo Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Don Alfonso Maria Bengtsson, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jurgita Adamonyte, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Rebecca Evans, Soprano: Despina |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Wednesday 22-Sep-10 07:00pm Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Ferrando Stéphane Degout, Bass: Guglielmo Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Don Alfonso Maria Bengtsson, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jurgita Adamonyte, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Rebecca Evans, Soprano: Despina | ||
| Wednesday 22-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Redgrave Theatre, BristolA Foreign Field |
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| Redgrave Theatre, Bristol, Percival Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3LE, United Kingdom Wednesday 22-Sep-10 07:30pm September 22nd sees the premiere in Bristol of a thought-provoking new opera, based on the true story of three young British soldiers trapped behind enemy lines on the Franco-Belgian border in the early days of the First World War. The opera was written by the BBC South and West’s former Senior Music Producer, Eric Wetherell. Now retired, Eric has composed, arranged and orchestrated music throughout his professional life. The producer of A Foreign Field is John Telfer who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has appeared in many plays with the Bristol Old Vic company. A Foreign Field concerns three young British soldiers trapped behind enemy lines on the Franco-Belgian border in the early days of the First World War. They are taken in by French villagers and absorbed into country life, working in the fields. One of them, Robert Digby, falls in love with a village girl who becomes pregnant. Petty jealousies spring up and the men are betrayed. They escape and hide in nearby countryside. The German administrator demands that they give themselves up to be prisoners of war, adding that, if they don’t, there will be reprisals against the village. Tickets are £15 ( concessions £12 ) | ||
| Thursday 23-Sep-10 06:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonNiobe, Regina di Tebe |
Royal Opera Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Lukas Hemleb, Director Véronique Gens, Soprano: Niobe Jacek Laszczkowski, Countertenor: Anfione Amanda Forsythe, Soprano: Manto Iestyn Davies, Countertenor: Clearte Lothar Odinius, Tenor: Tiberino Tim Mead, Countertenor: Clearte |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 23-Sep-10 06:30pm Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Lukas Hemleb, Director Véronique Gens, Soprano: Niobe Jacek Laszczkowski, Countertenor: Anfione Amanda Forsythe, Soprano: Manto Iestyn Davies, Countertenor: Clearte Lothar Odinius, Tenor: Tiberino Tim Mead, Countertenor: Clearte | ||
| Thursday 23-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Theatre Severn, ShrewsburyFalstaff |
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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| Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury SY3 8FT, United Kingdom Thursday 23-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 | ||
| Thursday 23-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Forum Studio Theatre, Chester King Roger |
Elemental Opera Adam Johnson, Conductor Gavin Magenty, Director Janet Fischer, Soprano: Roksana Brian Smith Walters, Tenor: Shepherd Peter Kelly, Tenor: Edrisi John Bispham, Baritone: Archbishop Diane Hatfield, Mezzo-soprano: Deaconness |
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| Forum Studio Theatre, Chester, Hamilton Place, Chester CH1 2BH, United Kingdom Thursday 23-Sep-10 07:30pm In English Translation Adam Johnson, Conductor Gavin Magenty, Director Janet Fischer, Soprano: Roksana Brian Smith Walters, Tenor: Shepherd Peter Kelly, Tenor: Edrisi John Bispham, Baritone: Archbishop Diane Hatfield, Mezzo-soprano: Deaconness | ||
| Friday 24-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonCosì fan Tutte |
Royal Opera Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Ferrando Stéphane Degout, Bass: Guglielmo Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Don Alfonso Maria Bengtsson, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jurgita Adamonyte, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Rebecca Evans, Soprano: Despina |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Friday 24-Sep-10 07:00pm Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Ferrando Stéphane Degout, Bass: Guglielmo Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Don Alfonso Maria Bengtsson, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jurgita Adamonyte, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Rebecca Evans, Soprano: Despina | ||
| Friday 24-Sep-10 07:15pm |
Millennium Centre, CardiffThe Magic Flute |
Welsh National Opera Peter Wedd, Tenor: Tamino Elizabeth Watts, Soprano: Pamina Neal Davies, Soprano: Papagena Tim Mirfin, Bass: Sarastro |
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| Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 5AL, United Kingdom Friday 24-Sep-10 07:15pm Mozart's joyous extravaganza contains some of his most beautiful music. The Magic Flute is a wonderfully entertaining experience, mixing comedy and pantomime with philosophy and religion. Ultimately however The Magic Flute is simply great fun. Peter Wedd, Tenor: Tamino Elizabeth Watts, Soprano: Pamina Neal Davies, Soprano: Papagena Tim Mirfin, Bass: Sarastro | ||
| Friday 24-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Theatr Brycheiniog, BreconFalstaff |
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 Brycheiniog, Brecon, Canal Wharf, Brecon LD3 7EW, United Kingdom Friday 24-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 24-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Redgrave Theatre, BristolA Foreign Field |
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| Redgrave Theatre, Bristol, Percival Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3LE, United Kingdom Friday 24-Sep-10 07:30pm September 22nd sees the premiere in Bristol of a thought-provoking new opera, based on the true story of three young British soldiers trapped behind enemy lines on the Franco-Belgian border in the early days of the First World War. The opera was written by the BBC South and West’s former Senior Music Producer, Eric Wetherell. Now retired, Eric has composed, arranged and orchestrated music throughout his professional life. The producer of A Foreign Field is John Telfer who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has appeared in many plays with the Bristol Old Vic company. A Foreign Field concerns three young British soldiers trapped behind enemy lines on the Franco-Belgian border in the early days of the First World War. They are taken in by French villagers and absorbed into country life, working in the fields. One of them, Robert Digby, falls in love with a village girl who becomes pregnant. Petty jealousies spring up and the men are betrayed. They escape and hide in nearby countryside. The German administrator demands that they give themselves up to be prisoners of war, adding that, if they don’t, there will be reprisals against the village. Tickets are £15 ( concessions £12 ) | ||