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| Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Théâtre du Capitole, ToulouseDon 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 09:15pm |
Arena di VeronaVerdi, Nabucco Verona Opera |
Julian Kovatchev, Conductor Gianfranco de Bosio, Director Ambrogio Maestri, Baritone: Nabucco Stefano Secco, Tenor: Ismaele Carlo Colombara, Bass: Zaccaria Tatiana Melnychenko, Soprano: Abigaille Anna Malavasi, Mezzo-soprano: Fenena |
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| Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy Friday 21-Jun-13 09:15pm Verdi, Nabucco Julian Kovatchev, Conductor Gianfranco de Bosio, Director Ambrogio Maestri, Baritone: Nabucco Stefano Secco, Tenor: Ismaele Carlo Colombara, Bass: Zaccaria Tatiana Melnychenko, Soprano: Abigaille Anna Malavasi, Mezzo-soprano: Fenena | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 05:45pm |
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 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 | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Théâtre du Capitole, ToulouseDon 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 | ||
| Tuesday 25-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Théâtre du Capitole, ToulouseDon 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 | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonSimon Boccanegra (1881 version) |
Royal Opera Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Amelia Grimaldi Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Russell Thomas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Dimitri Platanias, Baritone: Paolo Albiani Jihoon Kim, Bass: Pietro |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 27-Jun-13 Simon Boccanegra (1881 version) Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Amelia Grimaldi Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Russell Thomas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Dimitri Platanias, Baritone: Paolo Albiani Jihoon Kim, Bass: Pietro | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 05:45pm |
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 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 | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Théâtre du Capitole, ToulouseDon 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 | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, ZürichRigoletto |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Tatjana Gürbaca, Director Klaus Grünberg, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Judith Schmid, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Giovanna Saimir Pirgu, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Quinn Kelsey, Baritone: Rigoletto Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Sparafucile Valery Murga, Bass: Monterone |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:00pm The court of the Duke of Mantua is the scene of glittering festivities. However, the courtiers who enjoy themselves at these celebrations are morally reprobate. They no longer have any values and amuse themselves out of sheer boredom. Here, to enjoy oneself means to humiliate and demean others. The court jester, Rigoletto, is the most cynical of all. He wants to protect only his daughter Gilda from the corrupt world. He locks her away and forbids her everything. Despite this, the young woman goes her own way. She develops from a rebellious teenager into a mature, loving woman. Her longing for freedom and self-determination is stronger than her father’s oppressive authoritarianism, and her faith in love remains unshakeable, despite the hypocrisy of society. Like so many of Verdi’s figures, Gilda achieves what she failed to do in life only in death – to take the step towards freedom.
With Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi attained a new level in his musical and dramatic oeuvre. He composes the scenes and successive images in a highly precise manner, at times almost like a film editor. The score reveals a brilliant juxtaposition of psychological ambiguity and melodic directness. There are strong contrasts in atmosphere. Giuseppe Verdi wrote Rigoletto during the politically volatile post-revolutionary period around 1850. His decision to base his opera on Victor Hugo’s play, Le Roi s’amuse (The King amuses himself), was an extremely socio-critical choice. Rigoletto is one of the Italian composer’s most sinister operas.
Tatjana Gürbaca will stage the piece, which will be her début at Zurich Opera House. The German director is now one of the most prominent of her generation; this is also because she preserves a feminine view of the works she stages. The internationally sought-after Alexandra Kurzak will be performing Gilda, and Quinn Kelsey, who is considered a sensational discovery among Verdi baritones, will be singing Rigoletto. The experienced Verdi expert Fabio Luisi will be at the rostrum.
In Italian with German and English surtitles.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Tatjana Gürbaca, Director Klaus Grünberg, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Judith Schmid, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Giovanna Saimir Pirgu, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Quinn Kelsey, Baritone: Rigoletto Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Sparafucile Valery Murga, Bass: Monterone | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 09:15pm |
Arena di VeronaVerdi, Nabucco Verona Opera |
Julian Kovatchev, Conductor Gianfranco de Bosio, Director Ambrogio Maestri, Baritone: Nabucco Stefano Secco, Tenor: Ismaele Carlo Colombara, Bass: Zaccaria Tatiana Melnychenko, Soprano: Abigaille Anna Malavasi, Mezzo-soprano: Fenena |
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| Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy Saturday 29-Jun-13 09:15pm Verdi, Nabucco Julian Kovatchev, Conductor Gianfranco de Bosio, Director Ambrogio Maestri, Baritone: Nabucco Stefano Secco, Tenor: Ismaele Carlo Colombara, Bass: Zaccaria Tatiana Melnychenko, Soprano: Abigaille Anna Malavasi, Mezzo-soprano: Fenena | ||
| Sunday 30-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Théâtre du Capitole, ToulouseDon 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 | ||
| Monday 1-Jul-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonSimon Boccanegra (1881 version) |
Royal Opera Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Amelia Grimaldi Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Russell Thomas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Dimitri Platanias, Baritone: Paolo Albiani Jihoon Kim, Bass: Pietro |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Monday 1-Jul-13 Simon Boccanegra (1881 version) Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Amelia Grimaldi Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Russell Thomas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Dimitri Platanias, Baritone: Paolo Albiani Jihoon Kim, Bass: Pietro | ||
| Wednesday 3-Jul-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonSimon Boccanegra (1881 version) |
Royal Opera Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Amelia Grimaldi Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Russell Thomas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Dimitri Platanias, Baritone: Paolo Albiani Jihoon Kim, Bass: Pietro |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Wednesday 3-Jul-13 Simon Boccanegra (1881 version) Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Amelia Grimaldi Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Russell Thomas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Dimitri Platanias, Baritone: Paolo Albiani Jihoon Kim, Bass: Pietro | ||
| Thursday 4-Jul-13 05:45pm |
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 Thursday 4-Jul-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 6-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, SavonlinnaLa traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichFalstaff Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Paolo Carignani, Conductor Eike Gramss, Director Nico Trees, Revival Director Ambrogio Maestri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Levente Molnár, Baritone: Ford Javier Camarena, Tenor: Fenton Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Dr Caius Kenneth Roberson, Tenor: Bardolph Diogenes Randes, Bass: Pistol Véronique Gens, Soprano: Alice Ford Adriana Kučerová, Soprano: Nannetta Ewa Podleś, Contralto: Mistress Quickly Angela Brower, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm Verdi's final opera – a grandiose comedy: the roly-poly roué Sir John writes the same love letter to two different women. Logically, this leads to plenty of turbulence on the stage. This jolly work of Verdi's old age reaches its high point in the recognition: "Everything on earth is a joke!" Ambrogio Maestri as Falstaff! A subtle production. Oh, Verdi lover, what more could you ask?
In Italian with German surtitles.Paolo Carignani, Conductor Eike Gramss, Director Nico Trees, Revival Director Ambrogio Maestri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Levente Molnár, Baritone: Ford Javier Camarena, Tenor: Fenton Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Dr Caius Kenneth Roberson, Tenor: Bardolph Diogenes Randes, Bass: Pistol Véronique Gens, Soprano: Alice Ford Adriana Kučerová, Soprano: Nannetta Ewa Podleś, Contralto: Mistress Quickly Angela Brower, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page | ||
| Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Theater an der Wien, ViennaAttila |
Theater an der Wien |
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| Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Linke Wienzeile 6, 1060 Vienna, Austria Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:00pm | ||
| Monday 8-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichIl trovatore Munich Opera Festival |
Paolo Carignani, Conductor Olivier Py, Director Alexei Markov, Baritone: The Count Di Luna Anja Harteros, Soprano: Leonora Elena Manistina, Mezzo-soprano: Azucena Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor: Manrico Kwangchul Youn, Bass: Ferrando Golda Schultz, Soprano: Ines |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Monday 8-Jul-13 07:00pm "If you travel to India and to Central Africa, you'll hear Trovatore.“ Nine years after the triumphant first performance, Verdi's opera had achieved the worldwide popularity that moved the composer to make this comment. The fabric of the opera could hardly be more gloomy: a gypsy who wishes to avenge the death of her mother at the stake, a count who wishes to use the execution of this gypsy to strike at his rival; a horrifying truth that is revealed at the moment of death. All the ingredients of Verdi's dramatic abundance appear here: mysterious sound worlds, harsh contrasts, vocal brilliance, opulent tableaux. The cohesive narrative style gives way to the variation of suggestive musical images with which Verdi served "the most important part of the drama“: revenge.In Italian with German surtitles.Paolo Carignani, Conductor Olivier Py, Director Alexei Markov, Baritone: The Count Di Luna Anja Harteros, Soprano: Leonora Elena Manistina, Mezzo-soprano: Azucena Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor: Manrico Kwangchul Youn, Bass: Ferrando Golda Schultz, Soprano: Ines | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 05:45pm |
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 Tuesday 9-Jul-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 | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichLa Traviata Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Simon Keenlyside, Baritone: Giorgio Germont |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:00pm Men don't fall in love with courtesans! That's the opinion of Alfredo's father after his son moves in with the mortally ill Violetta Valéry. In her love for Alfredo Violetta even agrees. She leaves him, dies poor, ill – still dreaming of the happiness of true love. One of Verdi's most beloved operas continues to hold the mirror up to society and its hypocritical morality. An exemplary production! See it!
In Italian with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Simon Keenlyside, Baritone: Giorgio Germont | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 08:00pm |
La Scala, MilanUn ballo in maschera |
Teatro alla Scala Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Riccardo Željko Lučić, Baritone: Renato Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Amelia Marianne Cornetti, Mezzo-soprano: Ulrica Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Oscar |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Tuesday 9-Jul-13 08:00pm Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Riccardo Željko Lučić, Baritone: Renato Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Amelia Marianne Cornetti, Mezzo-soprano: Ulrica Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Oscar | ||
| Wednesday 10-Jul-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonSimon Boccanegra (1881 version) |
Royal Opera Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Amelia Grimaldi Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Russell Thomas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Dimitri Platanias, Baritone: Paolo Albiani Jihoon Kim, Bass: Pietro |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Wednesday 10-Jul-13 Simon Boccanegra (1881 version) Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Amelia Grimaldi Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Russell Thomas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Dimitri Platanias, Baritone: Paolo Albiani Jihoon Kim, Bass: Pietro | ||
| Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, SavonlinnaLa traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Theater an der Wien, ViennaAttila |
Theater an der Wien |
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| Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Linke Wienzeile 6, 1060 Vienna, Austria Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:00pm | ||
| Thursday 11-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, ZürichRigoletto |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Tatjana Gürbaca, Director Klaus Grünberg, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Judith Schmid, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Giovanna Saimir Pirgu, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Quinn Kelsey, Baritone: Rigoletto Christof Fischesser, Bass: Sparafucile Valery Murga, Bass: Monterone |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Thursday 11-Jul-13 07:00pm The court of the Duke of Mantua is the scene of glittering festivities. However, the courtiers who enjoy themselves at these celebrations are morally reprobate. They no longer have any values and amuse themselves out of sheer boredom. Here, to enjoy oneself means to humiliate and demean others. The court jester, Rigoletto, is the most cynical of all. He wants to protect only his daughter Gilda from the corrupt world. He locks her away and forbids her everything. Despite this, the young woman goes her own way. She develops from a rebellious teenager into a mature, loving woman. Her longing for freedom and self-determination is stronger than her father’s oppressive authoritarianism, and her faith in love remains unshakeable, despite the hypocrisy of society. Like so many of Verdi’s figures, Gilda achieves what she failed to do in life only in death – to take the step towards freedom.
With Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi attained a new level in his musical and dramatic oeuvre. He composes the scenes and successive images in a highly precise manner, at times almost like a film editor. The score reveals a brilliant juxtaposition of psychological ambiguity and melodic directness. There are strong contrasts in atmosphere. Giuseppe Verdi wrote Rigoletto during the politically volatile post-revolutionary period around 1850. His decision to base his opera on Victor Hugo’s play, Le Roi s’amuse (The King amuses himself), was an extremely socio-critical choice. Rigoletto is one of the Italian composer’s most sinister operas.
Tatjana Gürbaca will stage the piece, which will be her début at Zurich Opera House. The German director is now one of the most prominent of her generation; this is also because she preserves a feminine view of the works she stages. The internationally sought-after Alexandra Kurzak will be performing Gilda, and Quinn Kelsey, who is considered a sensational discovery among Verdi baritones, will be singing Rigoletto. The experienced Verdi expert Fabio Luisi will be at the rostrum.
In Italian with German and English surtitles.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Tatjana Gürbaca, Director Klaus Grünberg, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Judith Schmid, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Giovanna Saimir Pirgu, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Quinn Kelsey, Baritone: Rigoletto Christof Fischesser, Bass: Sparafucile Valery Murga, Bass: Monterone | ||
| Friday 12-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichSimon Boccanegra Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: 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 Friday 12-Jul-13 07:00pm In Italian with German surtitles.Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Amelia Grimaldi Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani | ||
| Friday 12-Jul-13 08:00pm |
La Scala, MilanUn ballo in maschera |
Teatro alla Scala Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Riccardo Gabriele Viviani, Baritone: Renato Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Amelia Marianne Cornetti, Mezzo-soprano: Ulrica Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Oscar |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Friday 12-Jul-13 08:00pm Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Riccardo Gabriele Viviani, Baritone: Renato Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Amelia Marianne Cornetti, Mezzo-soprano: Ulrica Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Oscar | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonSimon Boccanegra (1881 version) |
Royal Opera Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Amelia Grimaldi Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Russell Thomas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Dimitri Platanias, Baritone: Paolo Albiani Jihoon Kim, Bass: Pietro |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 13-Jul-13 Simon Boccanegra (1881 version) Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Amelia Grimaldi Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Russell Thomas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Dimitri Platanias, Baritone: Paolo Albiani Jihoon Kim, Bass: Pietro | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, SavonlinnaMacbeth Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:00pm The masterly music composed by Giuseppe Verdi for Shakespeare’s powerful drama, combined with the highly-acclaimed direction of Ralf Långbacka and the costumes and stage designs of Anneli Qveflander together create one of the most successful productions in the history of the Savonlinna Opera Festival. This Macbeth has also been frequently seen on other stages, both in guest performances by the Savonlinna Opera Festival and in rental productions.When lust for power spurs husband and wife to ever more dastardly deeds, an honourable nobleman and first-rate soldier can turn into a human monster who, to be on the safe side, stops at nothing to liquidate any who stand in his way, both friend and foe. This perspective, highlighted in Långbacka’s vision, makes the Savonlinna Macbeth a more human and more “ordinary” character than the one presented in many other productions. And hence so credible and moving. Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, ZürichRigoletto |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Tatjana Gürbaca, Director Klaus Grünberg, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Judith Schmid, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Giovanna Saimir Pirgu, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Quinn Kelsey, Baritone: Rigoletto Christof Fischesser, Bass: Sparafucile Valery Murga, Bass: Monterone |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:00pm The court of the Duke of Mantua is the scene of glittering festivities. However, the courtiers who enjoy themselves at these celebrations are morally reprobate. They no longer have any values and amuse themselves out of sheer boredom. Here, to enjoy oneself means to humiliate and demean others. The court jester, Rigoletto, is the most cynical of all. He wants to protect only his daughter Gilda from the corrupt world. He locks her away and forbids her everything. Despite this, the young woman goes her own way. She develops from a rebellious teenager into a mature, loving woman. Her longing for freedom and self-determination is stronger than her father’s oppressive authoritarianism, and her faith in love remains unshakeable, despite the hypocrisy of society. Like so many of Verdi’s figures, Gilda achieves what she failed to do in life only in death – to take the step towards freedom.
With Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi attained a new level in his musical and dramatic oeuvre. He composes the scenes and successive images in a highly precise manner, at times almost like a film editor. The score reveals a brilliant juxtaposition of psychological ambiguity and melodic directness. There are strong contrasts in atmosphere. Giuseppe Verdi wrote Rigoletto during the politically volatile post-revolutionary period around 1850. His decision to base his opera on Victor Hugo’s play, Le Roi s’amuse (The King amuses himself), was an extremely socio-critical choice. Rigoletto is one of the Italian composer’s most sinister operas.
Tatjana Gürbaca will stage the piece, which will be her début at Zurich Opera House. The German director is now one of the most prominent of her generation; this is also because she preserves a feminine view of the works she stages. The internationally sought-after Alexandra Kurzak will be performing Gilda, and Quinn Kelsey, who is considered a sensational discovery among Verdi baritones, will be singing Rigoletto. The experienced Verdi expert Fabio Luisi will be at the rostrum.
In Italian with German and English surtitles.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Tatjana Gürbaca, Director Klaus Grünberg, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Judith Schmid, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Giovanna Saimir Pirgu, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Quinn Kelsey, Baritone: Rigoletto Christof Fischesser, Bass: Sparafucile Valery Murga, Bass: Monterone | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Theater an der Wien, ViennaAttila |
Theater an der Wien |
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| Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Linke Wienzeile 6, 1060 Vienna, Austria Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:00pm Radio broadcast live at Oe1 13.07.13 | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-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 14-Jul-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 | ||
| Monday 15-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, SavonlinnaLa traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Monday 15-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Monday 15-Jul-13 08:00pm |
La Scala, MilanUn ballo in maschera |
Teatro alla Scala Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Piero Pretti, Tenor: Riccardo Gabriele Viviani, Baritone: Renato Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Amelia Marina Prudenskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Ulrica Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Oscar |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Monday 15-Jul-13 08:00pm Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Piero Pretti, Tenor: Riccardo Gabriele Viviani, Baritone: Renato Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Amelia Marina Prudenskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Ulrica Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Oscar | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonSimon Boccanegra (1881 version) |
Royal Opera Christopher Willis, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Amelia Grimaldi Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Russell Thomas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Dimitri Platanias, Baritone: Paolo Albiani Jihoon Kim, Bass: Pietro |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Tuesday 16-Jul-13 Simon Boccanegra (1881 version) Christopher Willis, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Amelia Grimaldi Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Russell Thomas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Dimitri Platanias, Baritone: Paolo Albiani Jihoon Kim, Bass: Pietro | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Theater an der Wien, ViennaAttila |
Theater an der Wien |
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| Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Linke Wienzeile 6, 1060 Vienna, Austria Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichOtello Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Paolo Carignani, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Alphonse Poulin, Choreography Johan Botha, Tenor: Otello Claudio Sgura, Baritone: Iago Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Cassio Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: Roderigo Diogenes Randes, Bass: Lodovico Goran Juric, Bass: Montano Anja Harteros, Soprano: Desdemona |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm Three characters – a lethal drama! Jago's vanity: offended. Otello's emotions: unrestrained. Desdemona's love: helpless. Plus a handkerchief as corpus dilecti. Never did Verdi compose revenge, intrigue and jealousy with more fiery, diabolical music as he provides in this opera written toward the end of his long career. A fascinating murder mystery!
In Italian with German surtitlesImage credit: Wilfried Hösl Paolo Carignani, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Alphonse Poulin, Choreography Johan Botha, Tenor: Otello Claudio Sgura, Baritone: Iago Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Cassio Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: Roderigo Diogenes Randes, Bass: Lodovico Goran Juric, Bass: Montano Anja Harteros, Soprano: Desdemona | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 08:00pm |
La Scala, MilanUn ballo in maschera |
Teatro alla Scala Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Riccardo Željko Lučić, Baritone: Renato Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Amelia Marianne Cornetti, Contralto: Ulrica Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Oscar |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Tuesday 16-Jul-13 08:00pm Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Riccardo Željko Lučić, Baritone: Renato Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Amelia Marianne Cornetti, Contralto: Ulrica Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Oscar | ||
| Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, SavonlinnaLa traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichRigoletto Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patricia Petibon, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
New productionIn Italian with German surtitles.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patricia Petibon, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena | ||
| Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, SavonlinnaMacbeth Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:00pm The masterly music composed by Giuseppe Verdi for Shakespeare’s powerful drama, combined with the highly-acclaimed direction of Ralf Långbacka and the costumes and stage designs of Anneli Qveflander together create one of the most successful productions in the history of the Savonlinna Opera Festival. This Macbeth has also been frequently seen on other stages, both in guest performances by the Savonlinna Opera Festival and in rental productions.When lust for power spurs husband and wife to ever more dastardly deeds, an honourable nobleman and first-rate soldier can turn into a human monster who, to be on the safe side, stops at nothing to liquidate any who stand in his way, both friend and foe. This perspective, highlighted in Långbacka’s vision, makes the Savonlinna Macbeth a more human and more “ordinary” character than the one presented in many other productions. And hence so credible and moving. Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Theater an der Wien, ViennaAttila |
Theater an der Wien |
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| Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Linke Wienzeile 6, 1060 Vienna, Austria Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:00pm | ||
| Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Music Hall, Cincinnati, OHAida |
Cincinnati Opera |
| More info... | ||
| Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati, 45202, United States Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:30pm | ||
| Friday 19-Jul-13 08:00pm |
La Scala, MilanUn ballo in maschera |
Teatro alla Scala Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Riccardo Željko Lučić, Baritone: Renato Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Amelia Marianne Cornetti, Contralto: Ulrica Serena Gamberoni, Soprano: Oscar |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Friday 19-Jul-13 08:00pm Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Riccardo Željko Lučić, Baritone: Renato Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Amelia Marianne Cornetti, Contralto: Ulrica Serena Gamberoni, Soprano: Oscar | ||
| Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichRigoletto Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
New productionIn Italian with German surtitles.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena | ||
| Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, SavonlinnaLa traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Music Hall, Cincinnati, OHAida |
Cincinnati Opera |
| More info... | ||
| Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati, 45202, United States Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:30pm | ||
| Saturday 20-Jul-13 08:00pm |
La Scala, MilanUn ballo in maschera |
Teatro alla Scala Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Piero Pretti, Tenor: Riccardo Gabriele Viviani, Baritone: Renato Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Amelia Marina Prudenskaja, Contralto: Ulrica Serena Gamberoni, Soprano: Oscar |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Saturday 20-Jul-13 08:00pm Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Piero Pretti, Tenor: Riccardo Gabriele Viviani, Baritone: Renato Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Amelia Marina Prudenskaja, Contralto: Ulrica Serena Gamberoni, Soprano: Oscar | ||
| Monday 22-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, SavonlinnaLa traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Venera Gimadieva, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Monday 22-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Venera Gimadieva, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Monday 22-Jul-13 08:00pm |
La Scala, MilanUn ballo in maschera |
Teatro alla Scala Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Riccardo Željko Lučić, Baritone: Renato Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Amelia Marianne Cornetti, Mezzo-soprano: Ulrica Serena Gamberoni, Soprano: Oscar |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Monday 22-Jul-13 08:00pm Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Riccardo Željko Lučić, Baritone: Renato Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Amelia Marianne Cornetti, Mezzo-soprano: Ulrica Serena Gamberoni, Soprano: Oscar | ||