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| Sunday 9-Jun-13 |
Staatsoper, ViennaTosca |
Vienna State Opera Margarethe Wallmann, Director Dan Ettinger, Conductor Martina Serafin, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Albert Dohmen, Bass-baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Sunday 9-Jun-13 Margarethe Wallmann, Director Dan Ettinger, Conductor Martina Serafin, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Albert Dohmen, Bass-baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 02:00pm |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CACosì fan Tutte |
San Francisco Opera Company Nicola Luisotti, Conductor José María Condemi, Director Ellie Dehn, Soprano: Fiordiligi Christel Lötzsch, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Heidi Stober, Soprano: Despina Francesco Demuro, Tenor: Ferrando Phillipe Sly, Bass-baritone: Guglielmo Marco Vinco, Bass: Don Alfonso |
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| War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, 94102, United States Sunday 9-Jun-13 02:00pm Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Approximate running time: 3 hours, 25 minutes including one intermission. Co-production with Opera Monte Carlo. Nicola Luisotti, Conductor José María Condemi, Director Ellie Dehn, Soprano: Fiordiligi Christel Lötzsch, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Heidi Stober, Soprano: Despina Francesco Demuro, Tenor: Ferrando Phillipe Sly, Bass-baritone: Guglielmo Marco Vinco, Bass: Don Alfonso | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 02:00pm |
Opernhaus, ZürichDie Schatzinsel |
Zurich Opera Thomas Rösner, Conductor Nadja Loschky, Director Henrik Ahr, Set Designer Fabio Trümpy, Tenor: Jim Hawkins Oliver Widmer, Baritone: John Silver Ivana Rusko, Soprano: Lily Irène Friedli, Soprano: Baroness Trelawney Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Captain Smolett Martin Zysset, Tenor: Bill Bones / Ben Gunn |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 9-Jun-13 02:00pm Jim Hawkins dreams of one day being master of the seas and visiting far-off lands. Instead, he is forced to help his mother at the Golden Anchor tavern – day in, day out. When a guest dies, Jim finds a treasure map in his seaman’s chest – the treasure map of the late pirate Captain Flint. And Jim already finds himself embarking on the most exciting adventure of his life. An expedition to Treasure Island is organised, and Jim is allowed to sail on the Hispaniola together with Captain Smollett, Doctor Livesey, Baroness Trelawney, Lily and Scarlett. On the high seas, however, it transpires that Captain Flint’s former comrades have been hired to crew the ship, including the one-legged ship’s cook, Long John Silver. The pirates are also in search of treasure, and they succeed in snatching one half of the treasure map. Once they arrive on the island, a feverish search for the gold begins, during which the protagonists’ luck changes several times.
Treasure Island, by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, is a classic of the adventure genre and has kept generations of young readers on tenterhooks. The composer Frank Schwemmer and his librettist Michael Frowin – both already successful with their opera for children, Robin Hood – have allowed themselves to be gripped by Stevenson’s thrilling story, and have adapted it for the stage. Their full-length opera is suitable for all pirate lovers from the age of six.In German.Thomas Rösner, Conductor Nadja Loschky, Director Henrik Ahr, Set Designer Fabio Trümpy, Tenor: Jim Hawkins Oliver Widmer, Baritone: John Silver Ivana Rusko, Soprano: Lily Irène Friedli, Soprano: Baroness Trelawney Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Captain Smolett Martin Zysset, Tenor: Bill Bones / Ben Gunn | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 02:30pm |
Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris)Giulio Cesare |
Opéra de Paris Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Lawrence Zazzo, Mezzo-soprano: Giulio Cesare Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-soprano: Cornelia Karine Deshayes, Mezzo-soprano: Sesto Sandrine Piau, Soprano: Cleopatra Christophe Dumaux, Countertenor: Tolomeo Paul Gay, Bass: Achilla Dominique Visse, Countertenor: Nireno Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Bass: Curio Orchestre et choeur du Concert d'Astrée |
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| Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris), 75009 Paris, France Sunday 9-Jun-13 02:30pm Never had his melodic genius been more effulgent: the score contains some of his brightest jewels, like Cleopatra's arias. Jane Archibald, Karine Deshayes and Laurence Zazzo are the heroes of this vocal festivity. Performed in Italian. Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Lawrence Zazzo, Mezzo-soprano: Giulio Cesare Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-soprano: Cornelia Karine Deshayes, Mezzo-soprano: Sesto Sandrine Piau, Soprano: Cleopatra Christophe Dumaux, Countertenor: Tolomeo Paul Gay, Bass: Achilla Dominique Visse, Countertenor: Nireno Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Bass: Curio Orchestre et choeur du Concert d'Astrée | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Palais Opéra, LiègeGuillaume Tell |
Opéra Royal de Wallonie Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie Claudio Scimone, Conductor Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, Director Jean-guy Lecat, Set Designer Marc Laho, Baritone: Guillaume Tell (William) Anne-Catherine Gillet, Soprano: Madame Tell Lionel Lhote, Baritone: Gesler Liesbeth Devos, Soprano: Marie Patrick Delcour, Baritone: Melktal senior Stefan Cifolelli, Tenor: Melktal junior Roger Joakim, Baritone: Traveller |
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| Palais Opéra, Liège, Espace Bavière, Boulevard de la Constitution, 4020 Liège, Belgium Sunday 9-Jun-13 03:00pm The première of Guillaume Tell by Grétry took place shortly after the French Revolution of 1789. The theme of a people in revolt against a repressive regime (in the original play, the Habsbourgs) will, therefore, have struck a chord with the Parisian audience at the time, as La Muette de Portici (Auber) did here, four decades later. But it was still necessary to transpose this icon into a comic opera. André-Modeste Grétry has highlighted, in this opera, the charms of harmony, melody and sparkling originality. A sweeping, profound style distinguishes its two finales, its situational arias, and, above all, its overture, in which he has managed to introduce the remarkable tune called the "Ranz des Vaches".
Guillaume Tell, the founding myth of Swiss freedom, is familiar to everyone: sentenced to prove his skill because he had refused to salute a bailiff's hat, the hero must pierce an apple placed on his son's head. In the Swiss legend, Guillaume Tell kills the notable to satisfy a thirst for vengeance. Is the freedom of men stronger than everything ?Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie Claudio Scimone, Conductor Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, Director Jean-guy Lecat, Set Designer Marc Laho, Baritone: Guillaume Tell (William) Anne-Catherine Gillet, Soprano: Madame Tell Lionel Lhote, Baritone: Gesler Liesbeth Devos, Soprano: Marie Patrick Delcour, Baritone: Melktal senior Stefan Cifolelli, Tenor: Melktal junior Roger Joakim, Baritone: Traveller | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Stadsschouwburg, AmsterdamSunken Garden Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 9-Jun-13 03:00pm The first 3D-opera Sunken Garden by Dutch composer Michel van der Aa. A Holland Festival-production with international partners.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Latvian National Opera, RigaGötterdämmerung Riga Opera Festival |
Latvian National Opera |
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| Latvian National Opera, Riga, Riga LV-1050, Latvia Sunday 9-Jun-13 03:00pm In Götterdämmerung, the work's essential conflict between the longing for love and the greed for power - which Wagner developed and deepened during the course of the Ring's previous operas Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, and Siegfried - comes to a shattering culmination. The hero Siegfried unknowingly betrays his bride Brünnhilde. She swears vengeance - and sets off a chain of tragic events that brings the world to an end.Image credit: (c) Gunārs Janaitis | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 03:30pm |
Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, MAHandel's Almira Boston Early Music Festival |
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Paul O'Dette, Director Stephen Stubbs, Director Gilbert Blin, Stage Director Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Almira Amanda Forsythe, Soprano: Edilia Christian Immler, Bass: Consalvo Zachary Wilder, Tenor: Osman Colin Balzer, Tenor: Fernando Tyler Duncan, Bass: Raymondo Ulrike Hofbauer, Soprano: Bellante Jason McStoots, Tenor: Tabarco |
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| Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, MA, Boston, MA 02111, United States Sunday 9-Jun-13 03:30pm Handel's Almira ![]() Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Paul O'Dette, Director Stephen Stubbs, Director Gilbert Blin, Stage Director Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Almira Amanda Forsythe, Soprano: Edilia Christian Immler, Bass: Consalvo Zachary Wilder, Tenor: Osman Colin Balzer, Tenor: Fernando Tyler Duncan, Bass: Raymondo Ulrike Hofbauer, Soprano: Bellante Jason McStoots, Tenor: Tabarco | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 04:30pm |
Glyndebourne Opera HouseFalstaff 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 Sunday 9-Jun-13 04:30pm 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 | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 05:20pm |
Grange Park Opera, Northington, WinchesterTchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Grange Park Opera |
Grange Park Opera Susan Gritton, Soprano: Tatyana Brett Polegato, Baritone: Eugene Onegin Robert Anthony Gardiner, Tenor: Lensky Frances Bourne, Mezzo-soprano: Olga Clive Bayley, Bass: Prince Gremin Anne-Marie Owens, Soprano: Madame Larina Kathleen Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano: Philippyevna Stuart Kale, Tenor: Monsieur Triquet Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra |
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| Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester, Winchester SO24 9TG, United Kingdom Sunday 9-Jun-13 05:20pm Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Public booking opens in FebruarySusan Gritton, Soprano: Tatyana Brett Polegato, Baritone: Eugene Onegin Robert Anthony Gardiner, Tenor: Lensky Frances Bourne, Mezzo-soprano: Olga Clive Bayley, Bass: Prince Gremin Anne-Marie Owens, Soprano: Madame Larina Kathleen Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano: Philippyevna Stuart Kale, Tenor: Monsieur Triquet Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 06:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichSimon Boccanegra |
Bavarian State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 9-Jun-13 06:00pm In Italian with German surtitles.Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 06:00pm |
Theater BonnSatyagraha |
Theater Bonn Ulrich Windfuhr, Conductor Silviu Purcarete, Director Helmut Stürmer, Set Designer/Costume Designer Sibylle Wagner, Choirmaster Mark Rosenthal, Tenor: M.K. Gandhi Sylvia Koke, Soprano: Miss Schlesen Mark Morouse, Baritone: Mr. Kallenbach Martin Tzonev, Bass-baritone: Parsi Rustomji Emiliya Ivanova, Soprano: Mrs Naidoo Beethoven Orchester Bonn |
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| Theater Bonn, Opernhaus/Werkstatt, , Am Boeselagerhof 1, , 53111 Bonn, Bonn, Germany Sunday 9-Jun-13 06:00pm Ulrich Windfuhr, Conductor Silviu Purcarete, Director Helmut Stürmer, Set Designer/Costume Designer Sibylle Wagner, Choirmaster Mark Rosenthal, Tenor: M.K. Gandhi Sylvia Koke, Soprano: Miss Schlesen Mark Morouse, Baritone: Mr. Kallenbach Martin Tzonev, Bass-baritone: Parsi Rustomji Emiliya Ivanova, Soprano: Mrs Naidoo Beethoven Orchester Bonn | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 06:20pm |
Garsington Opera, High WycombeMozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company William Lacey, Conductor Daniel Slater, Director Francis O'Connor, Set Designer/Costume Designer Rebecca Nelsen, Soprano: Konstanze Norman Reinhardt, Tenor: Belmonte Susanna Andersson, Soprano: Blondchen Matthew Rose, Baritone: Osmin Mark Wilde, Tenor: Pedrillo |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Sunday 9-Jun-13 06:20pm Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem), K384 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)) William Lacey, Conductor Daniel Slater, Director Francis O'Connor, Set Designer/Costume Designer Rebecca Nelsen, Soprano: Konstanze Norman Reinhardt, Tenor: Belmonte Susanna Andersson, Soprano: Blondchen Matthew Rose, Baritone: Osmin Mark Wilde, Tenor: Pedrillo | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Oper HalleAlmira, Königin von Kastilien HWV 1 Händel Festival Halle |
Andreas Spering, Conductor Axel Köhler, Stage Director Frank Philipp Schlössmann, Set Designer TBC, Soprano: Almira Yeree Suh, Soprano: Edilia Roland Schubert, Bass: Consalvo Melanie Hirsch, Soprano: Bellante Michael Smallwood, Tenor: Fernando Christian Zenker, Tenor: Osman Ki-Hyun Park, Bass: Raymondo Händelfestspielorchester Halle |
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| Oper Halle, Universitätsring 24, Halle, Germany Sunday 9-Jun-13 07:00pm Almira, Königin von Kastilien HWV 1 Tickets: 65, 50, 35 € Andreas Spering, Conductor Axel Köhler, Stage Director Frank Philipp Schlössmann, Set Designer TBC, Soprano: Almira Yeree Suh, Soprano: Edilia Roland Schubert, Bass: Consalvo Melanie Hirsch, Soprano: Bellante Michael Smallwood, Tenor: Fernando Christian Zenker, Tenor: Osman Ki-Hyun Park, Bass: Raymondo Händelfestspielorchester Halle | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 07:15pm |
Wales Millennium Centre, CardiffMadam Butterfly |
Welsh National Opera Cheryl Barker, Soprano: Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly) Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Pinkerton Claire Bradshaw, Mezzo-soprano: Suzuki Julian Close, Bass: The Bonze |
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| Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Bute Place, Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 5AL, United Kingdom Sunday 9-Jun-13 07:15pm Madam Butterfly ![]() Cheryl Barker, Soprano: Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly) Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Pinkerton Claire Bradshaw, Mezzo-soprano: Suzuki Julian Close, Bass: The Bonze | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, BerlinLe Vin Herbé |
Staatsoper Berlin |
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| Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Sunday 9-Jun-13 07:30pm Sung in French with German subtitles.
Frank Martin felt his "Le vin herbé" was a personal key work in which he had found his own voice. Based on the novel "Tristan et Iseut" by Joseph Bedier, he created his chambered profane oratorio to dramatise the two lovers Tristan and Isolde. | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Opernhaus, ZürichDon 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 Sunday 9-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 | ||
| Monday 10-Jun-13 |
Staatsoper, ViennaIl Barbiere di Siviglia |
Vienna State Opera Michael Güttler, Conductor Günther Rennert, Revival Director Richard Bletschacher, Director Javier Camarena, Tenor: Count Almaviva Alfred Sramek, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Sorin Coliban, Bass: Don Basilio Margarita Gritskova, Mezzo-soprano: Rosina Nikolaj Borchev, Baritone: Figaro |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Monday 10-Jun-13 Il Barbiere di Siviglia Michael Güttler, Conductor Günther Rennert, Revival Director Richard Bletschacher, Director Javier Camarena, Tenor: Count Almaviva Alfred Sramek, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Sorin Coliban, Bass: Don Basilio Margarita Gritskova, Mezzo-soprano: Rosina Nikolaj Borchev, Baritone: Figaro | ||
| Monday 10-Jun-13 05:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, AmsterdamDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday 10-Jun-13 05:30pm In his only comic opera, Wagner distilled poetry and music into a single unified form that unfolds as an unbroken stream of music-dramatic dialogue. It became a singspiel, partly based on personal experience, about the romance between the bourgeois girl Eva Pogner and the knight Walther von Stolzing, who may only wed his beloved once he has won the annual singing contest. The cobbler Hans Sachs represents, on the one hand, the old guard as a member of the Guild of Mastersingers; on the other hand he is open to modernization and stimulates the knight’s artistic gifts, stoking the conflict between narrow-mindedness and true artistry – a theme certainly not unfamiliar to Wagner himself. Love triumphs in the end, thanks to Sachs’ closing address in which he praises the ‘master’s honour’, a typically German honour one might view with considerable scepticism: the Meistersinger finale was, after all, misused for political purposes.Running time 5 hours 25 minutes with two intervals, in German with Dutch and English surtitles.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger | ||
| Monday 10-Jun-13 05:45pm |
Garsington Opera, High WycombeRossini'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, Tenor: Paolo Erisso Paul Nilon, Bass-baritone: Maometto secondo 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 Monday 10-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, Tenor: Paolo Erisso Paul Nilon, Bass-baritone: Maometto secondo Siân Davies, Soprano: Anna Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano: Calbo Christopher Diffey, Tenor: Selimo Richard Dowling, Tenor: Condulmiero | ||
| Monday 10-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Guildhall School Theatre, LondonBritten: Owen Wingrave |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
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| Guildhall School Theatre, London, Silk Street,, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DT, United Kingdom Monday 10-Jun-13 07:00pm Britten: Owen Wingrave | ||
| Monday 10-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Goethe-Theater, Bad LauchstädtAlessandro HWV 21 (premiere) Händel Festival Halle |
Georges Petrou, Conductor Lucinda Childs, Director Max Emanuel Cencic, Countertenor: Alessandro Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano: Rossane Adriana Kuerová, Soprano: Lisaura Xavier Sabata, Countertenor: Tassile Pavel Kudinov, Tenor: Clito Juan Sancho, Tenor: Leonato Vasily Khoroshev, Countertenor: Cleone Orchestre Armonia Aténéa |
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| Goethe-Theater, Bad Lauchstädt, Querfurter Str. 14, 06246 Bad Lauchstädt, Germany Monday 10-Jun-13 07:00pm Alessandro HWV 21 (premiere) Tickets: 75, 60, 30 € Georges Petrou, Conductor Lucinda Childs, Director Max Emanuel Cencic, Countertenor: Alessandro Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano: Rossane Adriana Kuerová, Soprano: Lisaura Xavier Sabata, Countertenor: Tassile Pavel Kudinov, Tenor: Clito Juan Sancho, Tenor: Leonato Vasily Khoroshev, Countertenor: Cleone Orchestre Armonia Aténéa | ||
| Monday 10-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Teatro Real, MadridWozzeck |
Madrid Opera Sylvain Cambreling, Conductor Christoph Marthaler, Director Simon Keenlyside, Baritone: Wozzeck Jon Villars, Tenor: Drum major Roger Padullés, Tenor: Andres Gerhard Siegel, Tenor: Captain Franz Hawlata, Bass: Doctor Nadja Michael, Soprano: Marie Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Margret Francisco Vas, Tenor: Madman |
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| Teatro Real, Madrid, Madrid 28013, Spain Monday 10-Jun-13 08:00pm Sylvain Cambreling, Conductor Christoph Marthaler, Director Simon Keenlyside, Baritone: Wozzeck Jon Villars, Tenor: Drum major Roger Padullés, Tenor: Andres Gerhard Siegel, Tenor: Captain Franz Hawlata, Bass: Doctor Nadja Michael, Soprano: Marie Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Margret Francisco Vas, Tenor: Madman | ||
| Tuesday 11-Jun-13 |
Staatsoper, ViennaLa Cenerentola |
Vienna State Opera Jesús López Cobos, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Dmitry Korchak, Tenor: Don Ramiro Vito Priante, Baritone: Dandini, valet to Ramiro Alessandro Corbelli, Bass: Don Magnifico Rachel Frenkel, Mezzo-soprano: Angelina (Cinderella) Michele Pertusi, Baritone: Alidoro |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Tuesday 11-Jun-13 Jesús López Cobos, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Dmitry Korchak, Tenor: Don Ramiro Vito Priante, Baritone: Dandini, valet to Ramiro Alessandro Corbelli, Bass: Don Magnifico Rachel Frenkel, Mezzo-soprano: Angelina (Cinderella) Michele Pertusi, Baritone: Alidoro | ||
| Tuesday 11-Jun-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonLa donna del lago |
Royal Opera Michele Mariotti, Conductor John Fulljames, Director Joyce DiDonato, Soprano: Elena Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor: King James V / Uberto Daniela Barcellona, Mezzo-soprano: Malcolm Simon Orfila, Bass: Douglas Michael Spyres, Tenor: Rodrigo |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Tuesday 11-Jun-13 Michele Mariotti, Conductor John Fulljames, Director Joyce DiDonato, Soprano: Elena Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor: King James V / Uberto Daniela Barcellona, Mezzo-soprano: Malcolm Simon Orfila, Bass: Douglas Michael Spyres, Tenor: Rodrigo | ||
| Tuesday 11-Jun-13 05:20pm |
Grange Park Opera, Northington, WinchesterPoulenc's Les Carmélites Grange Park Opera |
Grange Park Opera Matthew Stiff, Baritone: Marquis de la Force Hye-Youn Lee, Soprano: Blanche de la Force Nicky Spence, Tenor: Chevalier de la Force Anne-Marie Owens, Contralto: Madame de Croissy, the prioress Fiona Murphy, Soprano: Madame Lidoine, the new prioress Sara Fulgoni , Mezzo-soprano: Mother Marie Kathleen Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano: Mother Jeanne Rosie Bell, Soprano: Sister Constance Olivia Ray, Soprano: Sister Mathilde |
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| Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester, Winchester SO24 9TG, United Kingdom Tuesday 11-Jun-13 05:20pm Poulenc's Les Carmélites Public booking opens in FebruaryMatthew Stiff, Baritone: Marquis de la Force Hye-Youn Lee, Soprano: Blanche de la Force Nicky Spence, Tenor: Chevalier de la Force Anne-Marie Owens, Contralto: Madame de Croissy, the prioress Fiona Murphy, Soprano: Madame Lidoine, the new prioress Sara Fulgoni , Mezzo-soprano: Mother Marie Kathleen Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano: Mother Jeanne Rosie Bell, Soprano: Sister Constance Olivia Ray, Soprano: Sister Mathilde | ||
| Tuesday 11-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris)Giulio Cesare |
Opéra de Paris Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Lawrence Zazzo, Mezzo-soprano: Giulio Cesare Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-soprano: Cornelia Karine Deshayes, Mezzo-soprano: Sesto Sandrine Piau, Soprano: Cleopatra Christophe Dumaux, Countertenor: Tolomeo Paul Gay, Bass: Achilla Dominique Visse, Countertenor: Nireno Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Bass: Curio Orchestre et choeur du Concert d'Astrée |
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| Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris), 75009 Paris, France Tuesday 11-Jun-13 07:00pm Never had his melodic genius been more effulgent: the score contains some of his brightest jewels, like Cleopatra's arias. Jane Archibald, Karine Deshayes and Laurence Zazzo are the heroes of this vocal festivity. Performed in Italian. Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Lawrence Zazzo, Mezzo-soprano: Giulio Cesare Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-soprano: Cornelia Karine Deshayes, Mezzo-soprano: Sesto Sandrine Piau, Soprano: Cleopatra Christophe Dumaux, Countertenor: Tolomeo Paul Gay, Bass: Achilla Dominique Visse, Countertenor: Nireno Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Bass: Curio Orchestre et choeur du Concert d'Astrée | ||
| Tuesday 11-Jun-13 07:00pm |
La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, BrusselsCosì fan tutte |
La Monnaie | De Munt Thomas Rösner, Conductor Michael Haneke, Director Christoph Kanter, Set Designer Anett Fritsch, Soprano: Fiordiligi Andreas Wolf, Baritone: Guglielmo Juan Francisco Gatell, Tenor: Ferrando Kerstin Avemo, Soprano: Despina William Shimell, Baritone: Don Alfonso Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs de la Monnaie |
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| La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels, Muntplein-Place de la Monnaie, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Tuesday 11-Jun-13 07:00pm The fatal temptation to seek the truth in love: men and women scorch their hearts and wings in trying to unlock the secret of emotions. How quickly perversity and cruelty oust desire and tenderness. Here Mozart enters into a dialogue with Marivaux and Sade. As in his previous operas, he succeeds in producing an incredible tension, a breathtakingly beautiful structuring of the text (his third collaboration with Da Ponte) and the music. Director Michael Haneke, one of the most incisive and insightful film-makers of our time, presents us with his vision of a work that is as spell-binding, serious, complex and at times light as it is formidably modern, where the experience of infidelity transforms the four characters by laying bare their frailty. For the Austrian director, this is his first time at La Monnaie, while Ludovic Morlot conducts his second opera of the season.Image credit: © Flore-Aël Surun / Tendance Floue Thomas Rösner, Conductor Michael Haneke, Director Christoph Kanter, Set Designer Anett Fritsch, Soprano: Fiordiligi Andreas Wolf, Baritone: Guglielmo Juan Francisco Gatell, Tenor: Ferrando Kerstin Avemo, Soprano: Despina William Shimell, Baritone: Don Alfonso Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs de la Monnaie | ||
| Tuesday 11-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Marktkirche, HalleJudas Maccabaeus HWV 63 Händel Festival Halle |
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| Marktkirche, Halle, An der Marienkirche 2, 06108 Halle, Germany Tuesday 11-Jun-13 07:30pm Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 Tickets: 45, 35, 20 € | ||
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Holland Park Theatre, LondonCavalleria 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 Tuesday 11-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 | ||
| Tuesday 11-Jun-13 08:00pm |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CATales of Hoffmann |
San Francisco Opera Company Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Matthew Polenzani, Tenor: Hoffmann Natalie Dessay, Soprano: Antonia Hye Jung Lee, Soprano: Olympia Irene Roberts, Mezzo-soprano: Giulietta Jennifer Cherest, Soprano: Stella Alice Coote, Mezzo-soprano: Nicklausse Christian Van Horn, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Steven Cole, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz |
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| War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, 94102, United States Tuesday 11-Jun-13 08:00pm Sung in French with English supertitles. Approximate running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes including two intermissions. Co-production with Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Matthew Polenzani, Tenor: Hoffmann Natalie Dessay, Soprano: Antonia Hye Jung Lee, Soprano: Olympia Irene Roberts, Mezzo-soprano: Giulietta Jennifer Cherest, Soprano: Stella Alice Coote, Mezzo-soprano: Nicklausse Christian Van Horn, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Steven Cole, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz | ||
| Tuesday 11-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Palais Opéra, LiègeGuillaume Tell |
Opéra Royal de Wallonie Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie Claudio Scimone, Conductor Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, Director Jean-guy Lecat, Set Designer Marc Laho, Baritone: Guillaume Tell (William) Anne-Catherine Gillet, Soprano: Madame Tell Lionel Lhote, Baritone: Gesler Liesbeth Devos, Soprano: Marie Patrick Delcour, Baritone: Melktal senior Stefan Cifolelli, Tenor: Melktal junior Roger Joakim, Baritone: Traveller |
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| Palais Opéra, Liège, Espace Bavière, Boulevard de la Constitution, 4020 Liège, Belgium Tuesday 11-Jun-13 08:00pm The première of Guillaume Tell by Grétry took place shortly after the French Revolution of 1789. The theme of a people in revolt against a repressive regime (in the original play, the Habsbourgs) will, therefore, have struck a chord with the Parisian audience at the time, as La Muette de Portici (Auber) did here, four decades later. But it was still necessary to transpose this icon into a comic opera. André-Modeste Grétry has highlighted, in this opera, the charms of harmony, melody and sparkling originality. A sweeping, profound style distinguishes its two finales, its situational arias, and, above all, its overture, in which he has managed to introduce the remarkable tune called the "Ranz des Vaches".
Guillaume Tell, the founding myth of Swiss freedom, is familiar to everyone: sentenced to prove his skill because he had refused to salute a bailiff's hat, the hero must pierce an apple placed on his son's head. In the Swiss legend, Guillaume Tell kills the notable to satisfy a thirst for vengeance. Is the freedom of men stronger than everything ?Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie Claudio Scimone, Conductor Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, Director Jean-guy Lecat, Set Designer Marc Laho, Baritone: Guillaume Tell (William) Anne-Catherine Gillet, Soprano: Madame Tell Lionel Lhote, Baritone: Gesler Liesbeth Devos, Soprano: Marie Patrick Delcour, Baritone: Melktal senior Stefan Cifolelli, Tenor: Melktal junior Roger Joakim, Baritone: Traveller | ||
| Tuesday 11-Jun-13 08:00pm |
The NSD Theater, New York City, NYFigaro! (90210) in concert |
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| The NSD Theater, New York City, NY, 151 Bank St, New York City, 10014, United States Tuesday 11-Jun-13 08:00pm Figaro! (90210) in concert | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 |
Staatsoper, ViennaTosca |
Vienna State Opera Margarethe Wallmann, Director Dan Ettinger, Conductor Martina Serafin, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Albert Dohmen, Bass-baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Wednesday 12-Jun-13 Margarethe Wallmann, Director Dan Ettinger, Conductor Martina Serafin, Soprano: Floria Tosca Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Albert Dohmen, Bass-baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 05:10pm |
Glyndebourne Opera HouseLe nozze di Figaro Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Grandage, Director Christopher Oram, Set Designer Adam Plachetka, Bass-baritone: Figaro Laura Tatulescu, Soprano: Susanna Amanda Majeski, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Joshua Hopkins, Baritone: Count Almaviva Luciano di Pasquale, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Anne Mason, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Lydia Teuscher, Soprano: Cherubino Timothy Robinson, Tenor: Don Basilio |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Wednesday 12-Jun-13 05:10pm Le nozze di Figaro Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Grandage, Director Christopher Oram, Set Designer Adam Plachetka, Bass-baritone: Figaro Laura Tatulescu, Soprano: Susanna Amanda Majeski, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Joshua Hopkins, Baritone: Count Almaviva Luciano di Pasquale, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Anne Mason, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Lydia Teuscher, Soprano: Cherubino Timothy Robinson, Tenor: Don Basilio | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 05:20pm |
Grange Park Opera, Northington, WinchesterTchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Grange Park Opera |
Grange Park Opera Susan Gritton, Soprano: Tatyana Brett Polegato, Baritone: Eugene Onegin Robert Anthony Gardiner, Tenor: Lensky Frances Bourne, Mezzo-soprano: Olga Clive Bayley, Bass: Prince Gremin Anne-Marie Owens, Soprano: Madame Larina Kathleen Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano: Philippyevna Stuart Kale, Tenor: Monsieur Triquet Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra |
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| Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester, Winchester SO24 9TG, United Kingdom Wednesday 12-Jun-13 05:20pm Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Public booking opens in FebruarySusan Gritton, Soprano: Tatyana Brett Polegato, Baritone: Eugene Onegin Robert Anthony Gardiner, Tenor: Lensky Frances Bourne, Mezzo-soprano: Olga Clive Bayley, Bass: Prince Gremin Anne-Marie Owens, Soprano: Madame Larina Kathleen Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano: Philippyevna Stuart Kale, Tenor: Monsieur Triquet Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 06:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, ParisGötterdämmerung |
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 12-Jun-13 06:00pm Amongst the most monumental works in the history of music, The Twilight of the Gods presents us with Siegfried and Brünhilde’s march towards death, sweeping away with them the gods and the entire world of old; a parable for humanity sustained by sublime musical and theatrical inspiration. 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 12-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Latvian National Opera, RigaLucia di Lammermoor Riga Opera Festival |
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| Latvian National Opera, Riga, Riga LV-1050, Latvia Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm Lucia di Lammermoor’s plot is loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor. The fragile Lucia is caught in a feud between two noble Scottish families. Her dreams of happiness and love fall to pieces in the desperate race for power and fortune... Lucia di Lammermoor is Gaetano Donizzeti’s most celebrated opera; the main reason for its popularity over nearly two centuries rests on one moment – the famous mad scene for the heroine ¬Lucia | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, MAHandel's Almira Boston Early Music Festival |
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Paul O'Dette, Director Stephen Stubbs, Director Gilbert Blin, Stage Director Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Almira Amanda Forsythe, Soprano: Edilia Christian Immler, Bass: Consalvo Zachary Wilder, Tenor: Osman Colin Balzer, Tenor: Fernando Tyler Duncan, Bass: Raymondo Ulrike Hofbauer, Soprano: Bellante Jason McStoots, Tenor: Tabarco |
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| Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, MA, Boston, MA 02111, United States Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm Handel's Almira ![]() Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Paul O'Dette, Director Stephen Stubbs, Director Gilbert Blin, Stage Director Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Almira Amanda Forsythe, Soprano: Edilia Christian Immler, Bass: Consalvo Zachary Wilder, Tenor: Osman Colin Balzer, Tenor: Fernando Tyler Duncan, Bass: Raymondo Ulrike Hofbauer, Soprano: Bellante Jason McStoots, Tenor: Tabarco | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Guildhall School Theatre, LondonBritten: Owen Wingrave |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
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| Guildhall School Theatre, London, Silk Street,, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DT, United Kingdom Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm Britten: Owen Wingrave | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Oper HalleAlcina HWV 34 Händel Festival Halle |
Bernhard Forck, Conductor Andrei Woron, Set Designer/Costume Designer/Director Martin Stiefermann, Choreography/Director Romelia Lichtenstein, Soprano: Alcina Hagen Matzeit, Mezzo-soprano: Ruggiero Ines Lex, Soprano: Morgana Sandra Maxheimer, Mezzo-soprano: Bradamante Michael Smallwood, Tenor: Oronte Ki-Hyun Park, Bass: Melisso Jeffrey Kim, Boy soprano: Oberto Händelfestspielorchester Halle |
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| Oper Halle, Universitätsring 24, Halle, Germany Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm Alcina HWV 34 Tickets: 50, 40, 25 €. Performed in original Italian. Bernhard Forck, Conductor Andrei Woron, Set Designer/Costume Designer/Director Martin Stiefermann, Choreography/Director Romelia Lichtenstein, Soprano: Alcina Hagen Matzeit, Mezzo-soprano: Ruggiero Ines Lex, Soprano: Morgana Sandra Maxheimer, Mezzo-soprano: Bradamante Michael Smallwood, Tenor: Oronte Ki-Hyun Park, Bass: Melisso Jeffrey Kim, Boy soprano: Oberto Händelfestspielorchester Halle | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichSimon Boccanegra |
Bavarian State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm In Italian with German surtitles.Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, ZürichRusalka |
Zurich Opera Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Karl-Ernst Herrmann, Set Designer Ekaterina Scherbachenko, Soprano: Rusalka Pavel Cernoch, Tenor: Prince Liliana Nikiteanu, Alto: Jezibaba, the Witch Christof Fischesser, Bass: Vodnik, the water goblin Michelle Breedt, Mezzo-soprano: Foreign Princess |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm In Czech with German and English surtitles.Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Karl-Ernst Herrmann, Set Designer Ekaterina Scherbachenko, Soprano: Rusalka Pavel Cernoch, Tenor: Prince Liliana Nikiteanu, Alto: Jezibaba, the Witch Christof Fischesser, Bass: Vodnik, the water goblin Michelle Breedt, Mezzo-soprano: Foreign Princess | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:15pm |
Birmingham HippodromeWagner Dream |
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| Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham B5 4TB, United Kingdom Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:15pm Wagner Dream Programme not known ![]() | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:30pm |
The London ColiseumLa Bohème |
English National Opera Jonathan Miller, Director Natascha Metherell, Revival Director Isabella Bywater, Set Designer Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Rodolfo Kate Valentine, Soprano: Mimì Richard Burkhard, Baritone: Marcello Angel Blue, Soprano: Musetta Andrew Craig Brown, Bass: Colline Duncan Rock, Baritone: Schaunard Simon Butteriss, Bass: Benoît |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:30pm Puccini’s gift for writing emotional music is brought to the fore in La bohème’s tale of doomed love in poverty-stricken Paris. One of the world’s most recognised and widely performed operas, it focuses on two central relationships: that of the poet Rodolfo, who falls in love with the pretty but consumptive seamstress Mimì; and the painter Marcello, who has a glamorous and popular on-off mistress, Musetta.
Jonathan Miller’s production for ENO has quickly become a company classic and here receives its second revival since its 2009 premiere. Inspired by Brassaï’s photographs of the Paris Left Bank in the 1930s, Miller modernises the original bohemian setting to evoke the stark poverty of the day, creating a highly effective contemporary resonance, citing the film Withnail and I as an inspiration. Playing Mimì is Kate Valentine, who in recent seasons has played the Countess in Fiona Shaw’s production of The Marriage of Figaro and an ‘excellent’ (The Times) Helena in Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-nominated A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Gwyn Hughes Jones returns to the role of Rodolfo following his great success in ENO’s 2010 production, and recent acclaimed Pinkerton in Madam Butterfly.Jonathan Miller, Director Natascha Metherell, Revival Director Isabella Bywater, Set Designer Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Rodolfo Kate Valentine, Soprano: Mimì Richard Burkhard, Baritone: Marcello Angel Blue, Soprano: Musetta Andrew Craig Brown, Bass: Colline Duncan Rock, Baritone: Schaunard Simon Butteriss, Bass: Benoît | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:30pm |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CACosì fan Tutte |
San Francisco Opera Company Nicola Luisotti, Conductor José María Condemi, Director Ellie Dehn, Soprano: Fiordiligi Christel Lötzsch, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Heidi Stober, Soprano: Despina Francesco Demuro, Tenor: Ferrando Phillipe Sly, Bass-baritone: Guglielmo Marco Vinco, Bass: Don Alfonso |
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| War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, 94102, United States Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:30pm Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Approximate running time: 3 hours, 25 minutes including one intermission. Co-production with Opera Monte Carlo. Nicola Luisotti, Conductor José María Condemi, Director Ellie Dehn, Soprano: Fiordiligi Christel Lötzsch, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Heidi Stober, Soprano: Despina Francesco Demuro, Tenor: Ferrando Phillipe Sly, Bass-baritone: Guglielmo Marco Vinco, Bass: Don Alfonso | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, LondonMadama Butterfly Opera Holland Park |
Anne-Sophie Duprels, Soprano: Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly) Patricia Orr, Mezzo-soprano: Suzuki David Stephenson, Baritone: Sharpless |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:30pm Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Anne-Sophie Duprels, Soprano: Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly) Patricia Orr, Mezzo-soprano: Suzuki David Stephenson, Baritone: Sharpless | ||
| Thursday 13-Jun-13 |
Staatsoper, ViennaTristan and Isolde |
Vienna State Opera Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor David McVicar, Director Peter Seiffert, Tenor: Tristan Nina Stemme, Soprano: Isolde |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Thursday 13-Jun-13 Check start time of performance. Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor David McVicar, Director Peter Seiffert, Tenor: Tristan Nina Stemme, Soprano: Isolde | ||
| Thursday 13-Jun-13 05:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, AmsterdamDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Thursday 13-Jun-13 05:30pm In his only comic opera, Wagner distilled poetry and music into a single unified form that unfolds as an unbroken stream of music-dramatic dialogue. It became a singspiel, partly based on personal experience, about the romance between the bourgeois girl Eva Pogner and the knight Walther von Stolzing, who may only wed his beloved once he has won the annual singing contest. The cobbler Hans Sachs represents, on the one hand, the old guard as a member of the Guild of Mastersingers; on the other hand he is open to modernization and stimulates the knight’s artistic gifts, stoking the conflict between narrow-mindedness and true artistry – a theme certainly not unfamiliar to Wagner himself. Love triumphs in the end, thanks to Sachs’ closing address in which he praises the ‘master’s honour’, a typically German honour one might view with considerable scepticism: the Meistersinger finale was, after all, misused for political purposes.Running time 5 hours 25 minutes with two intervals, in German with Dutch and English surtitles.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger | ||
| Thursday 13-Jun-13 05:30pm |
Birmingham HippodromeLohengrin |
Welsh National Opera Peter Wedd, Tenor: Lohengrin Emma Bell, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud John Lundren, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Matthew Best, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Simon Thorpe, Baritone: The King's Herald |
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| Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham B5 4TB, United Kingdom Thursday 13-Jun-13 05:30pm ![]() Image credit: David Massey Peter Wedd, Tenor: Lohengrin Emma Bell, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud John Lundren, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Matthew Best, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Simon Thorpe, Baritone: The King's Herald | ||