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| Tuesday 18-Jun-13 07:30pm |
 Opéra Bastille, ParisDas Rheingold |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Egils Silins, Bass-baritone: Wotan Samuel Youn, Bass-baritone: Donner Bernard Richter, Tenor: Froh Kim Begley, Tenor: Loge Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime Lars Woldt, Bass: Fasolt Günther Groissböck, Bass: Fafner Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Edith Haller, Soprano: Freia Qiu Lin Zhang, Mezzo-soprano: Erda Caroline Stein, Soprano: Woglinde Louise Callinan, Soprano: Wellgunde Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Tuesday 18-Jun-13 07:30pm For the first time in 60 years, the Paris Opera is performing all four parts of The Ring of the Nibelung over a ten-day period, conducted by Philippe Jordan, the Opera’s musical director. Performed in German. Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Egils Silins, Bass-baritone: Wotan Samuel Youn, Bass-baritone: Donner Bernard Richter, Tenor: Froh Kim Begley, Tenor: Loge Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime Lars Woldt, Bass: Fasolt Günther Groissböck, Bass: Fafner Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Edith Haller, Soprano: Freia Qiu Lin Zhang, Mezzo-soprano: Erda Caroline Stein, Soprano: Woglinde Louise Callinan, Soprano: Wellgunde Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde | ||
| Tuesday 18-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse Don Carlos |
Théâtre du Capitole Maurizio Benini, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Dimitri Pittas, Tenor: Don Carlos Christian Gerhaher, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Kristinn Sigmundsson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Tamar Iveri, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Luciana D'Intino, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli |
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| Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, Place du Capitole, 31000 Toulouse, France Tuesday 18-Jun-13 08:00pm Maurizio Benini, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Dimitri Pittas, Tenor: Don Carlos Christian Gerhaher, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Kristinn Sigmundsson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Tamar Iveri, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Luciana D'Intino, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli | ||
| Tuesday 18-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp Candide |
Vlaamse Opera Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor Nigel Lowery, Director/Set Designer Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer Michael Spyres, Tenor: Candide Chris Merritt, Tenor: Governor Carole Wilson, Mezzo-soprano: Old Lady Graham Valentine, Voice: Doctor Pangloss Andrew Ashwin, Baritone: Maximilian Marija Jokovic, Soprano: Paquette |
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| Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Frankrijklei 3, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Tuesday 18-Jun-13 08:00pm Image credit: Ward Zwart / Vlaamse Opera Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor Nigel Lowery, Director/Set Designer Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer Michael Spyres, Tenor: Candide Chris Merritt, Tenor: Governor Carole Wilson, Mezzo-soprano: Old Lady Graham Valentine, Voice: Doctor Pangloss Andrew Ashwin, Baritone: Maximilian Marija Jokovic, Soprano: Paquette | ||
| Wednesday 19-Jun-13 06:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Die Walküre |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Stuart Skelton, Tenor: Siegmund Günther Groissböck, Bass: Hunding Egils Silins, Bass-baritone: Wotan Martina Serafin, Soprano: Sieglinde Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünnhilde Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Kelly God, Soprano: Gerhilde Carola Höhn, Soprano: Ortlinde Silvia Hablowetz, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Contralto: Schwertleite Barbara Morihien, Soprano: Helmwige Heleme Ranada, Mezzo-soprano: Siegrune Louise Callinan, Mezzo-soprano: Rossweisse Ann-Beth Solvang, Mezzo-soprano: Grimgerde |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Wednesday 19-Jun-13 06:00pm For the first time in 60 years, the Paris Opera is performing all four parts of The Ring of the Nibelung over a ten-day period, conducted by Philippe Jordan, the Opera’s musical director. Performed in German. Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Stuart Skelton, Tenor: Siegmund Günther Groissböck, Bass: Hunding Egils Silins, Bass-baritone: Wotan Martina Serafin, Soprano: Sieglinde Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünnhilde Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Kelly God, Soprano: Gerhilde Carola Höhn, Soprano: Ortlinde Silvia Hablowetz, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Contralto: Schwertleite Barbara Morihien, Soprano: Helmwige Heleme Ranada, Mezzo-soprano: Siegrune Louise Callinan, Mezzo-soprano: Rossweisse Ann-Beth Solvang, Mezzo-soprano: Grimgerde | ||
| Wednesday 19-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Lady Macbeth of Mzensk |
Zurich Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Hartmut Meyer, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Gun-Brit Barkmin, Soprano: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova Kurt Rydl, Bass: Boris Timofeyevich Izmailov Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Zinoviy Borisovich Izmailov Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Sergey Kismara Pessatti, Mezzo-soprano: Aksinia Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Sonyetka Valery Murga, Bass: Office Manager Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Pope Tomasz Slawinski, Bass: Police inspector |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Wednesday 19-Jun-13 07:30pm Lady Macbeth of Mzensk Opera in nine scenes
Libretto by Alexander G. Preis and Dmitri Shostakovich
after a novella by Nikolai Leskov
The young wife of a merchant, Katerina Ismailova, murders three people. She stirs rat poison into her tyrannical father-in-law’s dish of mushrooms, beats her husband to death together with her lover, and at the prison camp in Siberia, as she finally jumps to her death, drags a rival down with her. Nevertheless, in a horrific men’s world of greed, lechery and violence, Katerina is the only figure with a human face in this opera. Only for her has Shostakovich reserved a compassionate tone. The society in which she becomes a murderess is barbaric. With twisted mouths, the grotesque faces of human wickedness grin out at us from Shostakovich’s magnificent score.
Lady Macbeth of Mzensk was premièred in Leningrad in 1934. It marks a decisive turning point in Shostakovich’s oeuvre. After Joseph Stalin attended a performance of the opera in 1936, the famous article entitled Chaos instead of music was published in Pravda. The work was scourged as the expression of “radical left-wing self-indulgence” and “petit bourgeois innovation”. It disappeared from theatres, Shostakovich had to fear for his life, never composed another opera, and from then on concealed his true musical feelings and ideas behind a thousand masks.
Teodor Currentzis, the spirited Greek conductor from Siberia who has caused a furore with his unconventional interpretations, is the musical director of the production. Tatjana Serjan, famous for her Verdi roles, will be giving her role début as Katerina. Zurich Opera Director Andreas Homoki will be staging his second production of this season.
In Russian with German and English supertitles.Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Hartmut Meyer, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Gun-Brit Barkmin, Soprano: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova Kurt Rydl, Bass: Boris Timofeyevich Izmailov Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Zinoviy Borisovich Izmailov Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Sergey Kismara Pessatti, Mezzo-soprano: Aksinia Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Sonyetka Valery Murga, Bass: Office Manager Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Pope Tomasz Slawinski, Bass: Police inspector | ||
| Wednesday 19-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci Opera Holland Park |
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Soprano: Santuzza Peter Auty, Tenor: Turiddu Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Alfio Peter Auty, Tenor: Canio Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Nedda Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Tonio |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Wednesday 19-Jun-13 07:30pm Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Soprano: Santuzza Peter Auty, Tenor: Turiddu Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Alfio Peter Auty, Tenor: Canio Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Nedda Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Tonio | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 05:45pm |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company David Parry, Conductor Edward Dick, Director Robert Innes Hopkins, Set Designer/Costume Designer Darren Jeffery, Bass-baritone: Maometto secondo Paul Nilon, Tenor: Paolo Erisso Siân Davies, Soprano: Anna Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano: Calbo Christopher Diffey, Tenor: Selimo Richard Dowling, Tenor: Condulmiero |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Thursday 20-Jun-13 05:45pm Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere British Stage Premiere David Parry, Conductor Edward Dick, Director Robert Innes Hopkins, Set Designer/Costume Designer Darren Jeffery, Bass-baritone: Maometto secondo Paul Nilon, Tenor: Paolo Erisso Siân Davies, Soprano: Anna Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano: Calbo Christopher Diffey, Tenor: Selimo Richard Dowling, Tenor: Condulmiero | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 05:50pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Ariadne auf Naxos Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Katharina Thoma, Director Julia Müer, Set Designer Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Music Master Soile Isokoski, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Teodora Gheorghiu, Soprano: Zerbinetta Dmitri Vargin, Baritone: Harlequin James Kryshak, Tenor: Scaramuccio Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Bacchus Guy de Mey, Tenor: Dancing Master |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Thursday 20-Jun-13 05:50pm Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Katharina Thoma, Director Julia Müer, Set Designer Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Music Master Soile Isokoski, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Teodora Gheorghiu, Soprano: Zerbinetta Dmitri Vargin, Baritone: Harlequin James Kryshak, Tenor: Scaramuccio Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Bacchus Guy de Mey, Tenor: Dancing Master | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Gloriana |
Royal Opera Paul Daniel, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Susan Bullock, Soprano: Elizabeth I Toby Spence, Tenor: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Patricia Bardon, Mezzo-soprano: Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex Mark Stone, Baritone: Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy Kate Royal, Soprano: Penelope, Lady Rich Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Sir Robert Cecil Clive Bayley, Bass: Sir Walter Raleigh Benjamin Bevan, Baritone: Henry Cuffe Brindley Sherratt, Bass: A blind ballad singer |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 20-Jun-13 07:30pm Paul Daniel, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Susan Bullock, Soprano: Elizabeth I Toby Spence, Tenor: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Patricia Bardon, Mezzo-soprano: Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex Mark Stone, Baritone: Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy Kate Royal, Soprano: Penelope, Lady Rich Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Sir Robert Cecil Clive Bayley, Bass: Sir Walter Raleigh Benjamin Bevan, Baritone: Henry Cuffe Brindley Sherratt, Bass: A blind ballad singer | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 07:30pm |
The London Coliseum The Perfect American |
English National Opera Gareth Jones, Conductor Phelim McDermott, Director Dan Potra, Set Designer Ben Wright, Choreography Christopher Purves, Bass: Walt Disney David Pittsinger, Bass: Roy Janis Kelly, Soprano: Hazel George Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Sharon John Easterlin, Tenor: Andy Warhol Zachary James, Baritone: Abraham Lincoln |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Thursday 20-Jun-13 07:30pm Based on Peter Stephan Jungk’s novel and written by Philip Glass, one of the world’s most important composers, The Perfect American imagines the final years of Walt Disney’s life, including mythical imaginings of Abraham Lincoln and Andy Warhol. This latest opera from Glass, his 24th, was commissioned by ENO and Teatro Real Madrid to mark his 75th birthday.
British theatre director Phelim McDermott returns following his spectacular production of Satyagraha for ENO and the Metropolitan Opera, New York, described as ‘transfixing musically and visually’ (The Guardian). The design is by leading international designer Dan Potra, whose work on the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games ceremony was widely acclaimed.
Tickets £12 - £60.Gareth Jones, Conductor Phelim McDermott, Director Dan Potra, Set Designer Ben Wright, Choreography Christopher Purves, Bass: Walt Disney David Pittsinger, Bass: Roy Janis Kelly, Soprano: Hazel George Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Sharon John Easterlin, Tenor: Andy Warhol Zachary James, Baritone: Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Don Giovanni |
Zurich Opera Robin Ticciati, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Barbara Ehnes, Set Designer Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Donna Anna Julia Kleiter, Soprano: Donna Elvira Anna Gorbachyova, Soprano: Zerlina Peter Mattei, Baritone: Don Giovanni Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Don Ottavio Rafal Siwek, Bass: The Commendatore Ruben Drole, Baritone: Leporello Lukas Jakobski, Bass: Masetto |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Thursday 20-Jun-13 07:30pm Following the success of the Prague première of Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart was immediately commissioned to write another opera. This time, Lorenzo Da Ponte chose the story of the Spanish nobleman Don Juan. The subject matter had been considered a crowd-puller for more than a century, due in particular to the spectacular demise of the hero. Don Giovanni invites the statue of the Commendatore, whom he has murdered, to dinner, and is swallowed up by the jaws of hell. However, the view of the hero had changed considerably since the Spanish dramatist and monk Tirso de Molina first brought the blasphemous deeds and just punishment of the villain to the stage in the 17th century. While de Molina was still entirely on the side of order, which is ultimately re-established through divine intervention, Mozart and Da Ponte turn the sexual braggart and seducer into a man whose unquenchable thirst for happiness calls into the question the very foundations of social coexistence. Don Giovanni thus becomes – involuntarily and perhaps even without realising it – a danger for the social order, which can be maintained only if it functions smoothly. In their comedy, which is shrouded in darkness throughout, Mozart and Da Ponte do not conceal the price that others have to pay for this kind of self-realisation. However, since they do not pass any final judgement and instead do justice to both sides, their work becomes a drama of humanity of indestructible power and relevance – a dramma giocoso that becomes all the more comic the more the tragic aspects behind the course of events become apparent.
The much-vaunted German director Sebastian Baumgarten will present his interpretation of Don Giovanni in Zurich. At the rostrum will be the young Robin Ticciati, a rising star among the new generation of conductors. Our Don Giovanni is the charismatic Peter Mattei, who is sought-after in this role from the Scala in Milan to the New York Met.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Robin Ticciati, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Barbara Ehnes, Set Designer Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Donna Anna Julia Kleiter, Soprano: Donna Elvira Anna Gorbachyova, Soprano: Zerlina Peter Mattei, Baritone: Don Giovanni Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Don Ottavio Rafal Siwek, Bass: The Commendatore Ruben Drole, Baritone: Leporello Lukas Jakobski, Bass: Masetto | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp Candide |
Vlaamse Opera Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor Nigel Lowery, Director/Set Designer Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer Michael Spyres, Tenor: Candide Chris Merritt, Tenor: Governor Carole Wilson, Mezzo-soprano: Old Lady Graham Valentine, Voice: Doctor Pangloss Andrew Ashwin, Baritone: Maximilian Marija Jokovic, Soprano: Paquette |
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| Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Frankrijklei 3, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm Image credit: Ward Zwart / Vlaamse Opera Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor Nigel Lowery, Director/Set Designer Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer Michael Spyres, Tenor: Candide Chris Merritt, Tenor: Governor Carole Wilson, Mezzo-soprano: Old Lady Graham Valentine, Voice: Doctor Pangloss Andrew Ashwin, Baritone: Maximilian Marija Jokovic, Soprano: Paquette | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse Don Carlos |
Théâtre du Capitole Maurizio Benini, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Dimitri Pittas, Tenor: Don Carlos Christian Gerhaher, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Kristinn Sigmundsson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Tamar Iveri, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Luciana D'Intino, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli |
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| Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, Place du Capitole, 31000 Toulouse, France Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm Maurizio Benini, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Dimitri Pittas, Tenor: Don Carlos Christian Gerhaher, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Kristinn Sigmundsson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Tamar Iveri, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Luciana D'Intino, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Lady Macbeth of Mzensk |
Zurich Opera Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Hartmut Meyer, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Gun-Brit Barkmin, Soprano: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova Kurt Rydl, Bass: Boris Timofeyevich Izmailov Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Zinoviy Borisovich Izmailov Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Sergey Kismara Pessatti, Mezzo-soprano: Aksinia Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Sonyetka Valery Murga, Bass: Office Manager Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Pope Tomasz Slawinski, Bass: Police inspector |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm Lady Macbeth of Mzensk Opera in nine scenes
Libretto by Alexander G. Preis and Dmitri Shostakovich
after a novella by Nikolai Leskov
The young wife of a merchant, Katerina Ismailova, murders three people. She stirs rat poison into her tyrannical father-in-law’s dish of mushrooms, beats her husband to death together with her lover, and at the prison camp in Siberia, as she finally jumps to her death, drags a rival down with her. Nevertheless, in a horrific men’s world of greed, lechery and violence, Katerina is the only figure with a human face in this opera. Only for her has Shostakovich reserved a compassionate tone. The society in which she becomes a murderess is barbaric. With twisted mouths, the grotesque faces of human wickedness grin out at us from Shostakovich’s magnificent score.
Lady Macbeth of Mzensk was premièred in Leningrad in 1934. It marks a decisive turning point in Shostakovich’s oeuvre. After Joseph Stalin attended a performance of the opera in 1936, the famous article entitled Chaos instead of music was published in Pravda. The work was scourged as the expression of “radical left-wing self-indulgence” and “petit bourgeois innovation”. It disappeared from theatres, Shostakovich had to fear for his life, never composed another opera, and from then on concealed his true musical feelings and ideas behind a thousand masks.
Teodor Currentzis, the spirited Greek conductor from Siberia who has caused a furore with his unconventional interpretations, is the musical director of the production. Tatjana Serjan, famous for her Verdi roles, will be giving her role début as Katerina. Zurich Opera Director Andreas Homoki will be staging his second production of this season.
In Russian with German and English supertitles.Teodor Currentzis, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Hartmut Meyer, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Gun-Brit Barkmin, Soprano: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova Kurt Rydl, Bass: Boris Timofeyevich Izmailov Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Zinoviy Borisovich Izmailov Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Sergey Kismara Pessatti, Mezzo-soprano: Aksinia Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Sonyetka Valery Murga, Bass: Office Manager Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Pope Tomasz Slawinski, Bass: Police inspector | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Gloriana |
Royal Opera Paul Daniel, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Susan Bullock, Soprano: Elizabeth I Toby Spence, Tenor: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Patricia Bardon, Mezzo-soprano: Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex Mark Stone, Baritone: Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy Kate Royal, Soprano: Penelope, Lady Rich Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Sir Robert Cecil Clive Bayley, Bass: Sir Walter Raleigh Benjamin Bevan, Baritone: Henry Cuffe Brindley Sherratt, Bass: A blind ballad singer |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 22-Jun-13 Paul Daniel, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Susan Bullock, Soprano: Elizabeth I Toby Spence, Tenor: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Patricia Bardon, Mezzo-soprano: Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex Mark Stone, Baritone: Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy Kate Royal, Soprano: Penelope, Lady Rich Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Sir Robert Cecil Clive Bayley, Bass: Sir Walter Raleigh Benjamin Bevan, Baritone: Henry Cuffe Brindley Sherratt, Bass: A blind ballad singer | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 05:45pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Falstaff Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Saturday 22-Jun-13 05:45pm Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Don Giovanni |
Zurich Opera Robin Ticciati, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Barbara Ehnes, Set Designer Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Donna Anna Julia Kleiter, Soprano: Donna Elvira Anna Gorbachyova, Soprano: Zerlina Peter Mattei, Baritone: Don Giovanni Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Don Ottavio Rafal Siwek, Bass: The Commendatore Ruben Drole, Baritone: Leporello Lukas Jakobski, Bass: Masetto |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 22-Jun-13 07:00pm Following the success of the Prague première of Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart was immediately commissioned to write another opera. This time, Lorenzo Da Ponte chose the story of the Spanish nobleman Don Juan. The subject matter had been considered a crowd-puller for more than a century, due in particular to the spectacular demise of the hero. Don Giovanni invites the statue of the Commendatore, whom he has murdered, to dinner, and is swallowed up by the jaws of hell. However, the view of the hero had changed considerably since the Spanish dramatist and monk Tirso de Molina first brought the blasphemous deeds and just punishment of the villain to the stage in the 17th century. While de Molina was still entirely on the side of order, which is ultimately re-established through divine intervention, Mozart and Da Ponte turn the sexual braggart and seducer into a man whose unquenchable thirst for happiness calls into the question the very foundations of social coexistence. Don Giovanni thus becomes – involuntarily and perhaps even without realising it – a danger for the social order, which can be maintained only if it functions smoothly. In their comedy, which is shrouded in darkness throughout, Mozart and Da Ponte do not conceal the price that others have to pay for this kind of self-realisation. However, since they do not pass any final judgement and instead do justice to both sides, their work becomes a drama of humanity of indestructible power and relevance – a dramma giocoso that becomes all the more comic the more the tragic aspects behind the course of events become apparent.
The much-vaunted German director Sebastian Baumgarten will present his interpretation of Don Giovanni in Zurich. At the rostrum will be the young Robin Ticciati, a rising star among the new generation of conductors. Our Don Giovanni is the charismatic Peter Mattei, who is sought-after in this role from the Scala in Milan to the New York Met.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Robin Ticciati, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Barbara Ehnes, Set Designer Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Donna Anna Julia Kleiter, Soprano: Donna Elvira Anna Gorbachyova, Soprano: Zerlina Peter Mattei, Baritone: Don Giovanni Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Don Ottavio Rafal Siwek, Bass: The Commendatore Ruben Drole, Baritone: Leporello Lukas Jakobski, Bass: Masetto | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci Opera Holland Park |
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Soprano: Santuzza Peter Auty, Tenor: Turiddu Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Alfio Peter Auty, Tenor: Canio Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Nedda Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Tonio |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Saturday 22-Jun-13 07:30pm Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Soprano: Santuzza Peter Auty, Tenor: Turiddu Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Alfio Peter Auty, Tenor: Canio Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Nedda Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Tonio | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp Candide |
Vlaamse Opera Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor Nigel Lowery, Director/Set Designer Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer Michael Spyres, Tenor: Candide Chris Merritt, Tenor: Governor Carole Wilson, Mezzo-soprano: Old Lady Graham Valentine, Voice: Doctor Pangloss Andrew Ashwin, Baritone: Maximilian Marija Jokovic, Soprano: Paquette |
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| Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Frankrijklei 3, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Saturday 22-Jun-13 08:00pm Image credit: Ward Zwart / Vlaamse Opera Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor Nigel Lowery, Director/Set Designer Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer Michael Spyres, Tenor: Candide Chris Merritt, Tenor: Governor Carole Wilson, Mezzo-soprano: Old Lady Graham Valentine, Voice: Doctor Pangloss Andrew Ashwin, Baritone: Maximilian Marija Jokovic, Soprano: Paquette | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 02:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Siegfried |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime Egils Silins, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Robert Lloyd, Bass-baritone: Fafner Qiu Lin Zhang, Contralto: Erda Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünnhilde Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Sunday 23-Jun-13 02:00pm For the first time in 60 years, the Paris Opera is performing all four parts of The Ring of the Nibelung over a ten-day period, conducted by Philippe Jordan, the Opera’s musical director. Performed in German. Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime Egils Silins, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Robert Lloyd, Bass-baritone: Fafner Qiu Lin Zhang, Contralto: Erda Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünnhilde Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse Don Carlos |
Théâtre du Capitole Maurizio Benini, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Dimitri Pittas, Tenor: Don Carlos Christian Gerhaher, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Kristinn Sigmundsson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Tamar Iveri, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Luciana D'Intino, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli |
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| Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, Place du Capitole, 31000 Toulouse, France Sunday 23-Jun-13 03:00pm Maurizio Benini, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Dimitri Pittas, Tenor: Don Carlos Christian Gerhaher, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Kristinn Sigmundsson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Tamar Iveri, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Luciana D'Intino, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp Candide |
Vlaamse Opera Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor Nigel Lowery, Director/Set Designer Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer Michael Spyres, Tenor: Candide Chris Merritt, Tenor: Governor Carole Wilson, Mezzo-soprano: Old Lady Graham Valentine, Voice: Doctor Pangloss Andrew Ashwin, Baritone: Maximilian Marija Jokovic, Soprano: Paquette |
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| Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Frankrijklei 3, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Sunday 23-Jun-13 03:00pm Image credit: Ward Zwart / Vlaamse Opera Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor Nigel Lowery, Director/Set Designer Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer Michael Spyres, Tenor: Candide Chris Merritt, Tenor: Governor Carole Wilson, Mezzo-soprano: Old Lady Graham Valentine, Voice: Doctor Pangloss Andrew Ashwin, Baritone: Maximilian Marija Jokovic, Soprano: Paquette | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 04:35pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Ariadne auf Naxos Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Katharina Thoma, Director Julia Müer, Set Designer Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Music Master Soile Isokoski, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Teodora Gheorghiu, Soprano: Zerbinetta Dmitri Vargin, Baritone: Harlequin James Kryshak, Tenor: Scaramuccio Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Bacchus Guy de Mey, Tenor: Dancing Master |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Sunday 23-Jun-13 04:35pm Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Katharina Thoma, Director Julia Müer, Set Designer Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Music Master Soile Isokoski, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Teodora Gheorghiu, Soprano: Zerbinetta Dmitri Vargin, Baritone: Harlequin James Kryshak, Tenor: Scaramuccio Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Bacchus Guy de Mey, Tenor: Dancing Master | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 06:35pm |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company Martin André, Conductor Olivia Fuchs, Director Niki Turner, Set Designer Anna Devin, Soprano: Gretel Claudia Huckle, Mezzo-soprano: Hänsel William Dazeley, Baritone: Peter / Father Yvonne Howard, Soprano: Gertrude / Mother Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Witch Ruth Jenkins, Soprano: Dew Fairy Sophie Junker, Soprano: Sandman |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Sunday 23-Jun-13 06:35pm Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel Martin André, Conductor Olivia Fuchs, Director Niki Turner, Set Designer Anna Devin, Soprano: Gretel Claudia Huckle, Mezzo-soprano: Hänsel William Dazeley, Baritone: Peter / Father Yvonne Howard, Soprano: Gertrude / Mother Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Witch Ruth Jenkins, Soprano: Dew Fairy Sophie Junker, Soprano: Sandman | ||
| Monday 24-Jun-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Gloriana |
Royal Opera Paul Daniel, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Susan Bullock, Soprano: Elizabeth I Toby Spence, Tenor: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Patricia Bardon, Mezzo-soprano: Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex Mark Stone, Baritone: Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy Kate Royal, Soprano: Penelope, Lady Rich Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Sir Robert Cecil Clive Bayley, Bass: Sir Walter Raleigh Benjamin Bevan, Baritone: Henry Cuffe Brindley Sherratt, Bass: A blind ballad singer |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Monday 24-Jun-13 Paul Daniel, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Susan Bullock, Soprano: Elizabeth I Toby Spence, Tenor: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Patricia Bardon, Mezzo-soprano: Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex Mark Stone, Baritone: Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy Kate Royal, Soprano: Penelope, Lady Rich Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Sir Robert Cecil Clive Bayley, Bass: Sir Walter Raleigh Benjamin Bevan, Baritone: Henry Cuffe Brindley Sherratt, Bass: A blind ballad singer | ||
| Tuesday 25-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Don Giovanni |
Zurich Opera Robin Ticciati, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Barbara Ehnes, Set Designer Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Donna Anna Julia Kleiter, Soprano: Donna Elvira Anna Gorbachyova, Soprano: Zerlina Peter Mattei, Baritone: Don Giovanni Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Don Ottavio Rafal Siwek, Bass: The Commendatore Ruben Drole, Baritone: Leporello Lukas Jakobski, Bass: Masetto |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Tuesday 25-Jun-13 07:00pm Following the success of the Prague première of Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart was immediately commissioned to write another opera. This time, Lorenzo Da Ponte chose the story of the Spanish nobleman Don Juan. The subject matter had been considered a crowd-puller for more than a century, due in particular to the spectacular demise of the hero. Don Giovanni invites the statue of the Commendatore, whom he has murdered, to dinner, and is swallowed up by the jaws of hell. However, the view of the hero had changed considerably since the Spanish dramatist and monk Tirso de Molina first brought the blasphemous deeds and just punishment of the villain to the stage in the 17th century. While de Molina was still entirely on the side of order, which is ultimately re-established through divine intervention, Mozart and Da Ponte turn the sexual braggart and seducer into a man whose unquenchable thirst for happiness calls into the question the very foundations of social coexistence. Don Giovanni thus becomes – involuntarily and perhaps even without realising it – a danger for the social order, which can be maintained only if it functions smoothly. In their comedy, which is shrouded in darkness throughout, Mozart and Da Ponte do not conceal the price that others have to pay for this kind of self-realisation. However, since they do not pass any final judgement and instead do justice to both sides, their work becomes a drama of humanity of indestructible power and relevance – a dramma giocoso that becomes all the more comic the more the tragic aspects behind the course of events become apparent.
The much-vaunted German director Sebastian Baumgarten will present his interpretation of Don Giovanni in Zurich. At the rostrum will be the young Robin Ticciati, a rising star among the new generation of conductors. Our Don Giovanni is the charismatic Peter Mattei, who is sought-after in this role from the Scala in Milan to the New York Met.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Robin Ticciati, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Barbara Ehnes, Set Designer Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Donna Anna Julia Kleiter, Soprano: Donna Elvira Anna Gorbachyova, Soprano: Zerlina Peter Mattei, Baritone: Don Giovanni Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Don Ottavio Rafal Siwek, Bass: The Commendatore Ruben Drole, Baritone: Leporello Lukas Jakobski, Bass: Masetto | ||
| Tuesday 25-Jun-13 07:30pm |
The London Coliseum The Perfect American |
English National Opera Gareth Jones, Conductor Phelim McDermott, Director Dan Potra, Set Designer Ben Wright, Choreography Christopher Purves, Bass: Walt Disney David Pittsinger, Bass: Roy Janis Kelly, Soprano: Hazel George Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Sharon John Easterlin, Tenor: Andy Warhol Zachary James, Baritone: Abraham Lincoln |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Tuesday 25-Jun-13 07:30pm Based on Peter Stephan Jungk’s novel and written by Philip Glass, one of the world’s most important composers, The Perfect American imagines the final years of Walt Disney’s life, including mythical imaginings of Abraham Lincoln and Andy Warhol. This latest opera from Glass, his 24th, was commissioned by ENO and Teatro Real Madrid to mark his 75th birthday.
British theatre director Phelim McDermott returns following his spectacular production of Satyagraha for ENO and the Metropolitan Opera, New York, described as ‘transfixing musically and visually’ (The Guardian). The design is by leading international designer Dan Potra, whose work on the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games ceremony was widely acclaimed.
Tickets £12 - £60.Gareth Jones, Conductor Phelim McDermott, Director Dan Potra, Set Designer Ben Wright, Choreography Christopher Purves, Bass: Walt Disney David Pittsinger, Bass: Roy Janis Kelly, Soprano: Hazel George Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Sharon John Easterlin, Tenor: Andy Warhol Zachary James, Baritone: Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Tuesday 25-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse Don Carlos |
Théâtre du Capitole Maurizio Benini, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Dimitri Pittas, Tenor: Don Carlos Christian Gerhaher, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Kristinn Sigmundsson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Tamar Iveri, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Luciana D'Intino, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli |
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| Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, Place du Capitole, 31000 Toulouse, France Tuesday 25-Jun-13 08:00pm Maurizio Benini, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Dimitri Pittas, Tenor: Don Carlos Christian Gerhaher, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Kristinn Sigmundsson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Tamar Iveri, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Luciana D'Intino, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli | ||
| Wednesday 26-Jun-13 05:45pm |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company David Parry, Conductor Edward Dick, Director Robert Innes Hopkins, Set Designer/Costume Designer Darren Jeffery, Bass-baritone: Maometto secondo Paul Nilon, Tenor: Paolo Erisso Siân Davies, Soprano: Anna Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano: Calbo Christopher Diffey, Tenor: Selimo Richard Dowling, Tenor: Condulmiero |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Wednesday 26-Jun-13 05:45pm Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere British Stage Premiere David Parry, Conductor Edward Dick, Director Robert Innes Hopkins, Set Designer/Costume Designer Darren Jeffery, Bass-baritone: Maometto secondo Paul Nilon, Tenor: Paolo Erisso Siân Davies, Soprano: Anna Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano: Calbo Christopher Diffey, Tenor: Selimo Richard Dowling, Tenor: Condulmiero | ||
| Wednesday 26-Jun-13 06:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Götterdämmerung |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Yevgeny Nikitin, Baritone: Gunther Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünhilde Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano: First Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Edith Haller, Soprano: Third Norn/Soprano: Gutrune Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Second Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Caroline Stein, Soprano: Woglinde Louise Callinan, Soprano: Wellgunde |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Wednesday 26-Jun-13 06:00pm For the first time in 60 years, the Paris Opera is performing all four parts of The Ring of the Nibelung over a ten-day period, conducted by Philippe Jordan, the Opera’s musical director. Performed in German. Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Yevgeny Nikitin, Baritone: Gunther Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünhilde Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano: First Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Edith Haller, Soprano: Third Norn/Soprano: Gutrune Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Second Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Caroline Stein, Soprano: Woglinde Louise Callinan, Soprano: Wellgunde | ||
| Wednesday 26-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci Opera Holland Park |
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Soprano: Santuzza Peter Auty, Tenor: Turiddu Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Alfio Peter Auty, Tenor: Canio Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Nedda Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Tonio |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Wednesday 26-Jun-13 07:30pm Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Soprano: Santuzza Peter Auty, Tenor: Turiddu Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Alfio Peter Auty, Tenor: Canio Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Nedda Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Tonio | ||
| Wednesday 26-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp Candide |
Vlaamse Opera Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor Nigel Lowery, Director/Set Designer Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer Michael Spyres, Tenor: Candide Chris Merritt, Tenor: Governor Carole Wilson, Mezzo-soprano: Old Lady Graham Valentine, Voice: Doctor Pangloss Andrew Ashwin, Baritone: Maximilian Marija Jokovic, Soprano: Paquette |
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| Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Frankrijklei 3, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Wednesday 26-Jun-13 08:00pm Image credit: Ward Zwart / Vlaamse Opera Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor Nigel Lowery, Director/Set Designer Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer Michael Spyres, Tenor: Candide Chris Merritt, Tenor: Governor Carole Wilson, Mezzo-soprano: Old Lady Graham Valentine, Voice: Doctor Pangloss Andrew Ashwin, Baritone: Maximilian Marija Jokovic, Soprano: Paquette | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 05:45pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Falstaff Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Thursday 27-Jun-13 05:45pm Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 06:35pm |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company Martin André, Conductor Olivia Fuchs, Director Niki Turner, Set Designer Anna Devin, Soprano: Gretel Claudia Huckle, Mezzo-soprano: Hänsel William Dazeley, Baritone: Peter / Father Yvonne Howard, Soprano: Gertrude / Mother Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Witch Ruth Jenkins, Soprano: Dew Fairy Sophie Junker, Soprano: Sandman |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Thursday 27-Jun-13 06:35pm Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel Martin André, Conductor Olivia Fuchs, Director Niki Turner, Set Designer Anna Devin, Soprano: Gretel Claudia Huckle, Mezzo-soprano: Hänsel William Dazeley, Baritone: Peter / Father Yvonne Howard, Soprano: Gertrude / Mother Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Witch Ruth Jenkins, Soprano: Dew Fairy Sophie Junker, Soprano: Sandman | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Don Giovanni |
Zurich Opera Robin Ticciati, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Barbara Ehnes, Set Designer Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Donna Anna Julia Kleiter, Soprano: Donna Elvira Anna Gorbachyova, Soprano: Zerlina Peter Mattei, Baritone: Don Giovanni Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Don Ottavio Rafal Siwek, Bass: The Commendatore Ruben Drole, Baritone: Leporello Lukas Jakobski, Bass: Masetto |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:00pm Following the success of the Prague première of Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart was immediately commissioned to write another opera. This time, Lorenzo Da Ponte chose the story of the Spanish nobleman Don Juan. The subject matter had been considered a crowd-puller for more than a century, due in particular to the spectacular demise of the hero. Don Giovanni invites the statue of the Commendatore, whom he has murdered, to dinner, and is swallowed up by the jaws of hell. However, the view of the hero had changed considerably since the Spanish dramatist and monk Tirso de Molina first brought the blasphemous deeds and just punishment of the villain to the stage in the 17th century. While de Molina was still entirely on the side of order, which is ultimately re-established through divine intervention, Mozart and Da Ponte turn the sexual braggart and seducer into a man whose unquenchable thirst for happiness calls into the question the very foundations of social coexistence. Don Giovanni thus becomes – involuntarily and perhaps even without realising it – a danger for the social order, which can be maintained only if it functions smoothly. In their comedy, which is shrouded in darkness throughout, Mozart and Da Ponte do not conceal the price that others have to pay for this kind of self-realisation. However, since they do not pass any final judgement and instead do justice to both sides, their work becomes a drama of humanity of indestructible power and relevance – a dramma giocoso that becomes all the more comic the more the tragic aspects behind the course of events become apparent.
The much-vaunted German director Sebastian Baumgarten will present his interpretation of Don Giovanni in Zurich. At the rostrum will be the young Robin Ticciati, a rising star among the new generation of conductors. Our Don Giovanni is the charismatic Peter Mattei, who is sought-after in this role from the Scala in Milan to the New York Met.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Robin Ticciati, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Barbara Ehnes, Set Designer Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Donna Anna Julia Kleiter, Soprano: Donna Elvira Anna Gorbachyova, Soprano: Zerlina Peter Mattei, Baritone: Don Giovanni Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Don Ottavio Rafal Siwek, Bass: The Commendatore Ruben Drole, Baritone: Leporello Lukas Jakobski, Bass: Masetto | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pm |
The London Coliseum The Perfect American |
English National Opera Gareth Jones, Conductor Phelim McDermott, Director Dan Potra, Set Designer Ben Wright, Choreography Christopher Purves, Bass: Walt Disney David Pittsinger, Bass: Roy Janis Kelly, Soprano: Hazel George Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Sharon John Easterlin, Tenor: Andy Warhol Zachary James, Baritone: Abraham Lincoln |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pm Based on Peter Stephan Jungk’s novel and written by Philip Glass, one of the world’s most important composers, The Perfect American imagines the final years of Walt Disney’s life, including mythical imaginings of Abraham Lincoln and Andy Warhol. This latest opera from Glass, his 24th, was commissioned by ENO and Teatro Real Madrid to mark his 75th birthday.
British theatre director Phelim McDermott returns following his spectacular production of Satyagraha for ENO and the Metropolitan Opera, New York, described as ‘transfixing musically and visually’ (The Guardian). The design is by leading international designer Dan Potra, whose work on the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games ceremony was widely acclaimed.
Tickets £12 - £60.Gareth Jones, Conductor Phelim McDermott, Director Dan Potra, Set Designer Ben Wright, Choreography Christopher Purves, Bass: Walt Disney David Pittsinger, Bass: Roy Janis Kelly, Soprano: Hazel George Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Sharon John Easterlin, Tenor: Andy Warhol Zachary James, Baritone: Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 05:45pm |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company David Parry, Conductor Edward Dick, Director Robert Innes Hopkins, Set Designer/Costume Designer Darren Jeffery, Bass-baritone: Maometto secondo Paul Nilon, Tenor: Paolo Erisso Siân Davies, Soprano: Anna Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano: Calbo Christopher Diffey, Tenor: Selimo Richard Dowling, Tenor: Condulmiero |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Friday 28-Jun-13 05:45pm Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere British Stage Premiere David Parry, Conductor Edward Dick, Director Robert Innes Hopkins, Set Designer/Costume Designer Darren Jeffery, Bass-baritone: Maometto secondo Paul Nilon, Tenor: Paolo Erisso Siân Davies, Soprano: Anna Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano: Calbo Christopher Diffey, Tenor: Selimo Richard Dowling, Tenor: Condulmiero | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 05:50pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Ariadne auf Naxos Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Katharina Thoma, Director Julia Müer, Set Designer Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Music Master Soile Isokoski, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Teodora Gheorghiu, Soprano: Zerbinetta Dmitri Vargin, Baritone: Harlequin James Kryshak, Tenor: Scaramuccio Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Bacchus Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Dancing Master |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Friday 28-Jun-13 05:50pm Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Katharina Thoma, Director Julia Müer, Set Designer Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Music Master Soile Isokoski, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Teodora Gheorghiu, Soprano: Zerbinetta Dmitri Vargin, Baritone: Harlequin James Kryshak, Tenor: Scaramuccio Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Bacchus Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Dancing Master | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci Opera Holland Park |
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Soprano: Santuzza Peter Auty, Tenor: Turiddu Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Alfio Peter Auty, Tenor: Canio Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Nedda Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Tonio |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Friday 28-Jun-13 07:30pm Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Soprano: Santuzza Peter Auty, Tenor: Turiddu Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Alfio Peter Auty, Tenor: Canio Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Nedda Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Tonio | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 07:30pm |
The London Coliseum The Perfect American |
English National Opera Gareth Jones, Conductor Phelim McDermott, Director Dan Potra, Set Designer Ben Wright, Choreography Christopher Purves, Bass: Walt Disney David Pittsinger, Bass: Roy Janis Kelly, Soprano: Hazel George Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Sharon John Easterlin, Tenor: Andy Warhol Zachary James, Baritone: Abraham Lincoln |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Friday 28-Jun-13 07:30pm Based on Peter Stephan Jungk’s novel and written by Philip Glass, one of the world’s most important composers, The Perfect American imagines the final years of Walt Disney’s life, including mythical imaginings of Abraham Lincoln and Andy Warhol. This latest opera from Glass, his 24th, was commissioned by ENO and Teatro Real Madrid to mark his 75th birthday.
British theatre director Phelim McDermott returns following his spectacular production of Satyagraha for ENO and the Metropolitan Opera, New York, described as ‘transfixing musically and visually’ (The Guardian). The design is by leading international designer Dan Potra, whose work on the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games ceremony was widely acclaimed.
Tickets £12 - £60.Gareth Jones, Conductor Phelim McDermott, Director Dan Potra, Set Designer Ben Wright, Choreography Christopher Purves, Bass: Walt Disney David Pittsinger, Bass: Roy Janis Kelly, Soprano: Hazel George Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Sharon John Easterlin, Tenor: Andy Warhol Zachary James, Baritone: Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp Candide |
Vlaamse Opera Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor Nigel Lowery, Director/Set Designer Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer Michael Spyres, Tenor: Candide Chris Merritt, Tenor: Governor Carole Wilson, Mezzo-soprano: Old Lady Graham Valentine, Voice: Doctor Pangloss Andrew Ashwin, Baritone: Maximilian Marija Jokovic, Soprano: Paquette |
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| Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Frankrijklei 3, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Friday 28-Jun-13 08:00pm Image credit: Ward Zwart / Vlaamse Opera Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor Nigel Lowery, Director/Set Designer Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer Michael Spyres, Tenor: Candide Chris Merritt, Tenor: Governor Carole Wilson, Mezzo-soprano: Old Lady Graham Valentine, Voice: Doctor Pangloss Andrew Ashwin, Baritone: Maximilian Marija Jokovic, Soprano: Paquette | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse Don Carlos |
Théâtre du Capitole Maurizio Benini, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Dimitri Pittas, Tenor: Don Carlos Christian Gerhaher, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Kristinn Sigmundsson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Tamar Iveri, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Luciana D'Intino, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli |
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| Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, Place du Capitole, 31000 Toulouse, France Friday 28-Jun-13 08:00pm Maurizio Benini, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Dimitri Pittas, Tenor: Don Carlos Christian Gerhaher, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Kristinn Sigmundsson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Tamar Iveri, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Luciana D'Intino, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 09:00pm |
Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House, Paris Handel: Acis and Galatea Versailles Festival |
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| Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House, Paris, Place d’Armes, Entrance at the Gate of Honour, 78000 Paris, France Friday 28-Jun-13 09:00pm Handel: Acis and Galatea Prices: 110/70/50/30 €, or 95/58/40/25 € for under 26Image credit: © Agathe Poupeney | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Gloriana |
Royal Opera Paul Daniel, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Susan Bullock, Soprano: Elizabeth I Toby Spence, Tenor: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Patricia Bardon, Mezzo-soprano: Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex Mark Stone, Baritone: Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy Kate Royal, Soprano: Penelope, Lady Rich Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Sir Robert Cecil Clive Bayley, Bass: Sir Walter Raleigh Benjamin Bevan, Baritone: Henry Cuffe Brindley Sherratt, Bass: A blind ballad singer |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 29-Jun-13 Paul Daniel, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Susan Bullock, Soprano: Elizabeth I Toby Spence, Tenor: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Patricia Bardon, Mezzo-soprano: Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex Mark Stone, Baritone: Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy Kate Royal, Soprano: Penelope, Lady Rich Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Sir Robert Cecil Clive Bayley, Bass: Sir Walter Raleigh Benjamin Bevan, Baritone: Henry Cuffe Brindley Sherratt, Bass: A blind ballad singer | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 06:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Tannhäuser Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor David Alden, Director Christof Fischesser, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Robert Dean Smith, Tenor: Tannhäuser Matthias Goerne, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Walther von der Vogelweide Goran Juric, Bass: Biterolf Kenneth Roberson, Tenor: Heinrich der Schreiber Christoph Stephinger, Bass: Reinmar von Zweter Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano: Elisabeth Waltraud Meier, Mezzo-soprano: Venus |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 29-Jun-13 06:00pm What does a man want? Love or lust? Answer: both! Tannhäuser has feasted on lust in the realm of Venus. But his excesses are anything but compatible with the strait-laced morality of the society in which he competes in song for Elisabeth's love. That precipitates an uproar …Tannhäuser: artist, outcast – the destiny of an outsider set against the intoxicating power of music at its highest erotic level. A Wagnerian banquet.In German.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Kent Nagano, Conductor David Alden, Director Christof Fischesser, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Robert Dean Smith, Tenor: Tannhäuser Matthias Goerne, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Walther von der Vogelweide Goran Juric, Bass: Biterolf Kenneth Roberson, Tenor: Heinrich der Schreiber Christoph Stephinger, Bass: Reinmar von Zweter Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano: Elisabeth Waltraud Meier, Mezzo-soprano: Venus | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 06:35pm |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company Martin André, Conductor Olivia Fuchs, Director Niki Turner, Set Designer Anna Devin, Soprano: Gretel Claudia Huckle, Mezzo-soprano: Hänsel William Dazeley, Baritone: Peter / Father Yvonne Howard, Soprano: Gertrude / Mother Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Witch Ruth Jenkins, Soprano: Dew Fairy Sophie Junker, Soprano: Sandman |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Saturday 29-Jun-13 06:35pm Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel Martin André, Conductor Olivia Fuchs, Director Niki Turner, Set Designer Anna Devin, Soprano: Gretel Claudia Huckle, Mezzo-soprano: Hänsel William Dazeley, Baritone: Peter / Father Yvonne Howard, Soprano: Gertrude / Mother Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Witch Ruth Jenkins, Soprano: Dew Fairy Sophie Junker, Soprano: Sandman | ||
| Sunday 30-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp Candide |
Vlaamse Opera Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor Nigel Lowery, Director/Set Designer Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer Michael Spyres, Tenor: Candide Chris Merritt, Tenor: Governor Carole Wilson, Mezzo-soprano: Old Lady Graham Valentine, Voice: Doctor Pangloss Andrew Ashwin, Baritone: Maximilian Marija Jokovic, Soprano: Paquette |
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| Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Frankrijklei 3, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Sunday 30-Jun-13 03:00pm Image credit: Ward Zwart / Vlaamse Opera Yannis Pouspourikas, Conductor Nigel Lowery, Director/Set Designer Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer Michael Spyres, Tenor: Candide Chris Merritt, Tenor: Governor Carole Wilson, Mezzo-soprano: Old Lady Graham Valentine, Voice: Doctor Pangloss Andrew Ashwin, Baritone: Maximilian Marija Jokovic, Soprano: Paquette | ||
| Sunday 30-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse Don Carlos |
Théâtre du Capitole Maurizio Benini, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Dimitri Pittas, Tenor: Don Carlos Christian Gerhaher, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Kristinn Sigmundsson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Tamar Iveri, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Luciana D'Intino, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli |
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| Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, Place du Capitole, 31000 Toulouse, France Sunday 30-Jun-13 03:00pm Maurizio Benini, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Dimitri Pittas, Tenor: Don Carlos Christian Gerhaher, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Kristinn Sigmundsson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Tamar Iveri, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Luciana D'Intino, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli | ||
| Tuesday 2-Jul-13 05:45pm |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company David Parry, Conductor Edward Dick, Director Robert Innes Hopkins, Set Designer/Costume Designer Darren Jeffery, Bass-baritone: Maometto secondo Paul Nilon, Tenor: Paolo Erisso Siân Davies, Soprano: Anna Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano: Calbo Christopher Diffey, Tenor: Selimo Richard Dowling, Tenor: Condulmiero |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Tuesday 2-Jul-13 05:45pm Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere British Stage Premiere David Parry, Conductor Edward Dick, Director Robert Innes Hopkins, Set Designer/Costume Designer Darren Jeffery, Bass-baritone: Maometto secondo Paul Nilon, Tenor: Paolo Erisso Siân Davies, Soprano: Anna Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano: Calbo Christopher Diffey, Tenor: Selimo Richard Dowling, Tenor: Condulmiero | ||
| Wednesday 3-Jul-13 06:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Lohengrin Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Lothar Koenigs, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Hans-Peter König, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor: Lohengrin Annette Dasch, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Yevgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Michaela Schuster, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Markus Eiche, Baritone: The King's Herald |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 3-Jul-13 06:00pm The Duchy of Brabant in the throes of a dynastic conflict: the succession seems put into question following the disappearance of the crown prince. And: his sister is accused of the crime. The whole realm faces the threat of a civil war. There is great longing for the appearance of a shining knight to rescue the damsel in distress. And then, in this time of uncertainty, a hero really does appear – as if from another world: but who is this grand knight of the swan who presents himself as the rescuer of Else and all of Brabant? What is the nature of the ties that bind him to Eva, so unjustly accused of fratricide? In a time of great revolutionary upheaval in the middle of the 19th century, Wagner wrote his “Lohengrin”, in which for the first time the orchestra emerges as a mysterious factor as well as the engine driving the action of the entire drama.
In German with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Lothar Koenigs, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Hans-Peter König, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor: Lohengrin Annette Dasch, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Yevgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Michaela Schuster, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Markus Eiche, Baritone: The King's Herald | ||
