Composer: WagnerFrom today| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Tuesday 18-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 Tuesday 18-Jun-13 Check start time of performance. Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor David McVicar, Director Peter Seiffert, Tenor: Tristan Nina Stemme, Soprano: Isolde | ||
| Tuesday 18-Jun-13 06:30pm |
La Scala, Milan Die Walküre |
Teatro alla Scala Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Guy Cassiers, Director Simon O'Neill, Tenor: Siegmund Mikhail Petrenko, Bass: Hunding René Pape, Bass-baritone: Wotan Waltraud Meier, Soprano: Sieglinde Iréne Theorin, Soprano: Brünnhilde |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Tuesday 18-Jun-13 06:30pm Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Guy Cassiers, Director Simon O'Neill, Tenor: Siegmund Mikhail Petrenko, Bass: Hunding René Pape, Bass-baritone: Wotan Waltraud Meier, Soprano: Sieglinde Iréne Theorin, Soprano: Brünnhilde | ||
| Tuesday 18-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Das Rheingold |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Egils Silins, Bass-baritone: Wotan Samuel Youn, Bass-baritone: Donner Bernard Richter, Tenor: Froh Kim Begley, Tenor: Loge Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime Lars Woldt, Bass: Fasolt Günther Groissböck, Bass: Fafner Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Edith Haller, Soprano: Freia Qiu Lin Zhang, Mezzo-soprano: Erda Caroline Stein, Soprano: Woglinde Louise Callinan, Soprano: Wellgunde Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Tuesday 18-Jun-13 07:30pm For the first time in 60 years, the Paris Opera is performing all four parts of The Ring of the Nibelung over a ten-day period, conducted by Philippe Jordan, the Opera’s musical director. Performed in German. Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Egils Silins, Bass-baritone: Wotan Samuel Youn, Bass-baritone: Donner Bernard Richter, Tenor: Froh Kim Begley, Tenor: Loge Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime Lars Woldt, Bass: Fasolt Günther Groissböck, Bass: Fafner Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Edith Haller, Soprano: Freia Qiu Lin Zhang, Mezzo-soprano: Erda Caroline Stein, Soprano: Woglinde Louise Callinan, Soprano: Wellgunde Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde | ||
| Wednesday 19-Jun-13 04:30pm |
Leeds Town Hall Siegfried |
Opera North Annalena Persson, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mati Turi, Tenor: Siegfried Richard Roberts, Tenor: Mime Michael Druiett, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Jo Polheim, Baritone: Alberich Mats Almgren, Bass-baritone: Fafner Fflur Wyn, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Andrea Baker, Contralto: Erda Richard Farnes, Conductor |
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| Leeds Town Hall, Leeds LS1 3AD, United Kingdom Wednesday 19-Jun-13 04:30pm Annalena Persson, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mati Turi, Tenor: Siegfried Richard Roberts, Tenor: Mime Michael Druiett, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Jo Polheim, Baritone: Alberich Mats Almgren, Bass-baritone: Fafner Fflur Wyn, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Andrea Baker, Contralto: Erda Richard Farnes, Conductor | ||
| Wednesday 19-Jun-13 06:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Die Walküre |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Stuart Skelton, Tenor: Siegmund Günther Groissböck, Bass: Hunding Egils Silins, Bass-baritone: Wotan Martina Serafin, Soprano: Sieglinde Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünnhilde Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Kelly God, Soprano: Gerhilde Carola Höhn, Soprano: Ortlinde Silvia Hablowetz, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Contralto: Schwertleite Barbara Morihien, Soprano: Helmwige Heleme Ranada, Mezzo-soprano: Siegrune Louise Callinan, Mezzo-soprano: Rossweisse Ann-Beth Solvang, Mezzo-soprano: Grimgerde |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Wednesday 19-Jun-13 06:00pm For the first time in 60 years, the Paris Opera is performing all four parts of The Ring of the Nibelung over a ten-day period, conducted by Philippe Jordan, the Opera’s musical director. Performed in German. Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Stuart Skelton, Tenor: Siegmund Günther Groissböck, Bass: Hunding Egils Silins, Bass-baritone: Wotan Martina Serafin, Soprano: Sieglinde Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünnhilde Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Kelly God, Soprano: Gerhilde Carola Höhn, Soprano: Ortlinde Silvia Hablowetz, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Contralto: Schwertleite Barbara Morihien, Soprano: Helmwige Heleme Ranada, Mezzo-soprano: Siegrune Louise Callinan, Mezzo-soprano: Rossweisse Ann-Beth Solvang, Mezzo-soprano: Grimgerde | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 05:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam Die 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 20-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 20-Jun-13 06:30pm |
La Scala, Milan Siegfried |
Teatro alla Scala Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Guy Cassiers, Director Lance Ryan, Tenor: Siegfried Peter Bronder, Tenor: Mime Juha Uusitalo, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Iréne Theorin, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mari Eriksmoen, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Thursday 20-Jun-13 06:30pm Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Guy Cassiers, Director Lance Ryan, Tenor: Siegfried Peter Bronder, Tenor: Mime Juha Uusitalo, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Iréne Theorin, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mari Eriksmoen, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 |
Staatsoper, Vienna Tristan 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 Saturday 22-Jun-13 Check start time of performance. Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor David McVicar, Director Peter Seiffert, Tenor: Tristan Nina Stemme, Soprano: Isolde | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 06:00pm |
La Scala, Milan Götterdämmerung |
Teatro alla Scala Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Guy Cassiers, Director Ian Storey, Tenor: Siegfried Gerd Grochowski, Baritone: Gunther Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Mikhail Petrenko, Bass: Hagen Iréne Theorin, Soprano: Brünhilde |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Saturday 22-Jun-13 06:00pm Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Guy Cassiers, Director Ian Storey, Tenor: Siegfried Gerd Grochowski, Baritone: Gunther Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Mikhail Petrenko, Bass: Hagen Iréne Theorin, Soprano: Brünhilde | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 08:00pm |
McCarter Theater, Princeton, NJ Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) Princeton Festival |
Mark Delavan, Bass-baritone: Dutchman Indra Thomas, Soprano: Senta Richard Bernstein, Bass: Daland Jason Wickson, Tenor: Erik Dana Beth Miller, Contralto: Mary Alex Richardson, Tenor: The Steersman |
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| McCarter Theater, Princeton, NJ, 91 University Place, Princeton, 08540, United States Saturday 22-Jun-13 08:00pm Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) Mark Delavan, Bass-baritone: Dutchman Indra Thomas, Soprano: Senta Richard Bernstein, Bass: Daland Jason Wickson, Tenor: Erik Dana Beth Miller, Contralto: Mary Alex Richardson, Tenor: The Steersman | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 |
Staatsoper, Vienna Die Walküre |
Vienna State Opera Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Ain Anger, Bass: Hunding Juha Uusitalo, Bass-baritone: Wotan Johan Botha, Tenor: Siegmund Martina Serafin, Soprano: Sieglinde Katarina Dalayman, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mihoko Fujimura, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Sunday 23-Jun-13 Check start time of performance. Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Ain Anger, Bass: Hunding Juha Uusitalo, Bass-baritone: Wotan Johan Botha, Tenor: Siegmund Martina Serafin, Soprano: Sieglinde Katarina Dalayman, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mihoko Fujimura, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 01:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam Die 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 Sunday 23-Jun-13 01:30pm 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 | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 02:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Siegfried |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime Egils Silins, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Robert Lloyd, Bass-baritone: Fafner Qiu Lin Zhang, Contralto: Erda Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünnhilde Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Sunday 23-Jun-13 02:00pm For the first time in 60 years, the Paris Opera is performing all four parts of The Ring of the Nibelung over a ten-day period, conducted by Philippe Jordan, the Opera’s musical director. Performed in German. Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime Egils Silins, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Robert Lloyd, Bass-baritone: Fafner Qiu Lin Zhang, Contralto: Erda Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünnhilde Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) | ||
| Monday 24-Jun-13 08:00pm |
La Scala, Milan Das Rheingold |
Teatro alla Scala Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Guy Cassiers, Director/Set Designer Enrico Bagnoli, Set Designer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Choreography Michael Volle, Bass-baritone: Wotan Jan Buchwald, Bass-baritone: Donner Marius Vlad, Tenor: Froh Stephan Rügamer, Tenor: Loge Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Peter Bronder, Tenor: Mime Iain Paterson, Bass: Fasolt Ekaterina Gubanova, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Anna Samuil, Soprano: Freia Anna Larsson, Alto: Erda Maria Gortsevskaya, Soprano: Wellgunde Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Monday 24-Jun-13 08:00pm Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Guy Cassiers, Director/Set Designer Enrico Bagnoli, Set Designer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Choreography Michael Volle, Bass-baritone: Wotan Jan Buchwald, Bass-baritone: Donner Marius Vlad, Tenor: Froh Stephan Rügamer, Tenor: Loge Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Peter Bronder, Tenor: Mime Iain Paterson, Bass: Fasolt Ekaterina Gubanova, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Anna Samuil, Soprano: Freia Anna Larsson, Alto: Erda Maria Gortsevskaya, Soprano: Wellgunde Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde | ||
| Tuesday 25-Jun-13 06:30pm |
La Scala, Milan Die Walküre |
Teatro alla Scala Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Guy Cassiers, Director Simon O'Neill, Tenor: Siegmund Mikhail Petrenko, Bass: Hunding René Pape, Bass-baritone: Wotan Waltraud Meier, Soprano: Sieglinde Iréne Theorin, Soprano: Brünnhilde |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Tuesday 25-Jun-13 06:30pm Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Guy Cassiers, Director Simon O'Neill, Tenor: Siegmund Mikhail Petrenko, Bass: Hunding René Pape, Bass-baritone: Wotan Waltraud Meier, Soprano: Sieglinde Iréne Theorin, Soprano: Brünnhilde | ||
| Wednesday 26-Jun-13 |
Staatsoper, Vienna Tristan 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 Wednesday 26-Jun-13 Check start time of performance. Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor David McVicar, Director Peter Seiffert, Tenor: Tristan Nina Stemme, Soprano: Isolde | ||
| Wednesday 26-Jun-13 06:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Götterdämmerung |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Yevgeny Nikitin, Baritone: Gunther Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünhilde Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano: First Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Edith Haller, Soprano: Third Norn/Soprano: Gutrune Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Second Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Caroline Stein, Soprano: Woglinde Louise Callinan, Soprano: Wellgunde |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Wednesday 26-Jun-13 06:00pm For the first time in 60 years, the Paris Opera is performing all four parts of The Ring of the Nibelung over a ten-day period, conducted by Philippe Jordan, the Opera’s musical director. Performed in German. Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Yevgeny Nikitin, Baritone: Gunther Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünhilde Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano: First Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Edith Haller, Soprano: Third Norn/Soprano: Gutrune Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Second Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Caroline Stein, Soprano: Woglinde Louise Callinan, Soprano: Wellgunde | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 06:30pm |
La Scala, Milan Siegfried |
Teatro alla Scala Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Guy Cassiers, Director Lance Ryan, Tenor: Siegfried Peter Bronder, Tenor: Mime Juha Uusitalo, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Iréne Theorin, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mari Eriksmoen, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Thursday 27-Jun-13 06:30pm Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Guy Cassiers, Director Lance Ryan, Tenor: Siegfried Peter Bronder, Tenor: Mime Juha Uusitalo, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Iréne Theorin, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mari Eriksmoen, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Der fliegende Holländer Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Asher Fisch, Conductor Peter Konwitschny, Director Rafal Siwek, Bass: Daland Anja Kampe, Soprano: Senta Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor: Erik Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Mary Kevin Conners, Tenor: The Steersman Johan Reuter, Baritone: Dutchman |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Friday 28-Jun-13 07:00pm Every seven years the Dutchman is allowed back on land. There this tepest-tossed creature can only be redeemed by a woman, Otherwise his endless odyssey continues. Will Senta be that woman? After all, she longs to break free from the confining world of her father. All he ever thinks about is money. Isn't the wealthy Dutchman just what the doctor ordered? Wagner's gripping early work: a psycho-thriller of operatic literature. Peter Konwitschny has already provoked audiences to delight and disgust with his spectacular Parsifal and Tristan und Isolde productions. This Munich Holländer is something you just "have" to see. A sea and see journey on the waves of the orchestra.
In German with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Asher Fisch, Conductor Peter Konwitschny, Director Rafal Siwek, Bass: Daland Anja Kampe, Soprano: Senta Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor: Erik Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Mary Kevin Conners, Tenor: The Steersman Johan Reuter, Baritone: Dutchman | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 04:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Siegfried |
Opera North Annalena Persson, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mati Turi, Tenor: Siegfried Richard Roberts, Tenor: Mime Michael Druiett, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Jo Polheim, Baritone: Alberich Mats Almgren, Bass-baritone: Fafner Fflur Wyn, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Andrea Baker, Contralto: Erda Richard Farnes, Conductor |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Saturday 29-Jun-13 04:30pm Annalena Persson, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mati Turi, Tenor: Siegfried Richard Roberts, Tenor: Mime Michael Druiett, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Jo Polheim, Baritone: Alberich Mats Almgren, Bass-baritone: Fafner Fflur Wyn, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Andrea Baker, Contralto: Erda Richard Farnes, Conductor | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 06:00pm |
La Scala, Milan Götterdämmerung |
Teatro alla Scala Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Guy Cassiers, Director Ian Storey, Tenor: Siegfried Gerd Grochowski, Baritone: Gunther Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Mikhail Petrenko, Bass: Hagen Iréne Theorin, Soprano: Brünhilde |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Saturday 29-Jun-13 06:00pm Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Guy Cassiers, Director Ian Storey, Tenor: Siegfried Gerd Grochowski, Baritone: Gunther Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Mikhail Petrenko, Bass: Hagen Iréne Theorin, Soprano: Brünhilde | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 06:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Tannhäuser Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor David Alden, Director Christof Fischesser, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Robert Dean Smith, Tenor: Tannhäuser Matthias Goerne, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Walther von der Vogelweide Goran Juric, Bass: Biterolf Kenneth Roberson, Tenor: Heinrich der Schreiber Christoph Stephinger, Bass: Reinmar von Zweter Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano: Elisabeth Waltraud Meier, Mezzo-soprano: Venus |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 29-Jun-13 06:00pm What does a man want? Love or lust? Answer: both! Tannhäuser has feasted on lust in the realm of Venus. But his excesses are anything but compatible with the strait-laced morality of the society in which he competes in song for Elisabeth's love. That precipitates an uproar …Tannhäuser: artist, outcast – the destiny of an outsider set against the intoxicating power of music at its highest erotic level. A Wagnerian banquet.In German.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Kent Nagano, Conductor David Alden, Director Christof Fischesser, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Robert Dean Smith, Tenor: Tannhäuser Matthias Goerne, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Walther von der Vogelweide Goran Juric, Bass: Biterolf Kenneth Roberson, Tenor: Heinrich der Schreiber Christoph Stephinger, Bass: Reinmar von Zweter Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano: Elisabeth Waltraud Meier, Mezzo-soprano: Venus | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead The Ring Cycle |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:30pm The Ring Cycle The third part of Wagner’s epic ‘Ring Cycle’, being performed over four years by Opera North. In the penultimate part of this great tragedy of love and power, the hero, Siegfried, awakens the warrior maiden Brünnhilde, lying in a deep sleep surrounded by magic fire, and makes her his wife. | ||
| Sunday 30-Jun-13 |
Staatsoper, Vienna Tristan 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 Sunday 30-Jun-13 Check start time of performance. Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor David McVicar, Director Peter Seiffert, Tenor: Tristan Nina Stemme, Soprano: Isolde | ||
| Sunday 30-Jun-13 03:00pm |
McCarter Theater, Princeton, NJ Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) Princeton Festival |
Mark Delavan, Bass-baritone: Dutchman Indra Thomas, Soprano: Senta Richard Bernstein, Bass: Daland Jason Wickson, Tenor: Erik Dana Beth Miller, Contralto: Mary Alex Richardson, Tenor: The Steersman |
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| McCarter Theater, Princeton, NJ, 91 University Place, Princeton, 08540, United States Sunday 30-Jun-13 03:00pm Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) Mark Delavan, Bass-baritone: Dutchman Indra Thomas, Soprano: Senta Richard Bernstein, Bass: Daland Jason Wickson, Tenor: Erik Dana Beth Miller, Contralto: Mary Alex Richardson, Tenor: The Steersman | ||
| Wednesday 3-Jul-13 06:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Lohengrin Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Lothar Koenigs, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Hans-Peter König, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor: Lohengrin Annette Dasch, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Yevgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Michaela Schuster, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Markus Eiche, Baritone: The King's Herald |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 3-Jul-13 06:00pm The Duchy of Brabant in the throes of a dynastic conflict: the succession seems put into question following the disappearance of the crown prince. And: his sister is accused of the crime. The whole realm faces the threat of a civil war. There is great longing for the appearance of a shining knight to rescue the damsel in distress. And then, in this time of uncertainty, a hero really does appear – as if from another world: but who is this grand knight of the swan who presents himself as the rescuer of Else and all of Brabant? What is the nature of the ties that bind him to Eva, so unjustly accused of fratricide? In a time of great revolutionary upheaval in the middle of the 19th century, Wagner wrote his “Lohengrin”, in which for the first time the orchestra emerges as a mysterious factor as well as the engine driving the action of the entire drama.
In German with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Lothar Koenigs, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Hans-Peter König, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor: Lohengrin Annette Dasch, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Yevgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Michaela Schuster, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Markus Eiche, Baritone: The King's Herald | ||
| Wednesday 3-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Die Fliegende Holländer |
Zurich Opera Alain Altinoglu, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Wolfgang Gussmann, Set Designer Anja Kampe, Soprano: Senta Liliana Nikiteanu, Contralto: Mary Bryn Terfel, Baritone: Dutchman Matti Salminen, Bass: Daland Marco Jentzsch, Tenor: Erik Fabio Trümpy, Tenor: The Steersman Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Wednesday 3-Jul-13 07:00pm Die Fliegende Holländer Heinrich Heine wrote the story of the seafarer who yearns for deliverance from a curse through the faithful love of a woman. The master of romantic irony pieced together a fictitious play from various seafaring sagas and created a brilliant parody of the romantic melodramas, which Richard Wagner, however, took seriously. In the unhappy hero, who will not give up his aim of sailing round a dangerous cape despite the severest of storms, Wagner recognised a man who does not simply accept the world order, but seeks to overthrow it, even if he is punished with a terrible curse. To the young composer and revolutionary, this man must have seemed a kindred spirit; equally so the young woman, whose life’s dream is to escape the narrow confines of her father’s house and rescue the seafarer. She is a woman who aspires to unconditional self-fulfilment. Against all resistance, she asserts her vision of a fulfilled existence, and takes to its logical extreme the idea of remaining true to herself. The encounter of the two figures ends tragically, but in Wagner’s eyes they do not fail because of the world; the world fails because of them. A few years later, Wagner stood on the barricades in Dresden in an attempt to transform into reality his dream of a world redeemed and determined by love…
In this production, two outstanding singers, Bryn Terfel and Anja Kampe, will be giving their débuts at Zurich Opera, and Matti Salminen can once again be heard as Daland. The young conductor Alain Altinoglu has already made the leap to some of the major opera houses. The Flying Dutchman is Director Andreas Homoki’s first production in Zurich.
In German with German and English surtitles.Alain Altinoglu, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Wolfgang Gussmann, Set Designer Anja Kampe, Soprano: Senta Liliana Nikiteanu, Contralto: Mary Bryn Terfel, Baritone: Dutchman Matti Salminen, Bass: Daland Marco Jentzsch, Tenor: Erik Fabio Trümpy, Tenor: The Steersman Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich | ||
| Friday 5-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Die Fliegende Holländer |
Zurich Opera Alain Altinoglu, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Wolfgang Gussmann, Set Designer Anja Kampe, Soprano: Senta Liliana Nikiteanu, Contralto: Mary Bryn Terfel, Baritone: Dutchman Matti Salminen, Bass: Daland Marco Jentzsch, Tenor: Erik Fabio Trümpy, Tenor: The Steersman Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Friday 5-Jul-13 07:00pm Die Fliegende Holländer Heinrich Heine wrote the story of the seafarer who yearns for deliverance from a curse through the faithful love of a woman. The master of romantic irony pieced together a fictitious play from various seafaring sagas and created a brilliant parody of the romantic melodramas, which Richard Wagner, however, took seriously. In the unhappy hero, who will not give up his aim of sailing round a dangerous cape despite the severest of storms, Wagner recognised a man who does not simply accept the world order, but seeks to overthrow it, even if he is punished with a terrible curse. To the young composer and revolutionary, this man must have seemed a kindred spirit; equally so the young woman, whose life’s dream is to escape the narrow confines of her father’s house and rescue the seafarer. She is a woman who aspires to unconditional self-fulfilment. Against all resistance, she asserts her vision of a fulfilled existence, and takes to its logical extreme the idea of remaining true to herself. The encounter of the two figures ends tragically, but in Wagner’s eyes they do not fail because of the world; the world fails because of them. A few years later, Wagner stood on the barricades in Dresden in an attempt to transform into reality his dream of a world redeemed and determined by love…
In this production, two outstanding singers, Bryn Terfel and Anja Kampe, will be giving their débuts at Zurich Opera, and Matti Salminen can once again be heard as Daland. The young conductor Alain Altinoglu has already made the leap to some of the major opera houses. The Flying Dutchman is Director Andreas Homoki’s first production in Zurich.
In German with German and English surtitles.Alain Altinoglu, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Wolfgang Gussmann, Set Designer Anja Kampe, Soprano: Senta Liliana Nikiteanu, Contralto: Mary Bryn Terfel, Baritone: Dutchman Matti Salminen, Bass: Daland Marco Jentzsch, Tenor: Erik Fabio Trümpy, Tenor: The Steersman Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 04:30pm |
Lowry, Manchester Siegfried |
Opera North Annalena Persson, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mati Turi, Tenor: Siegfried Richard Roberts, Tenor: Mime Michael Druiett, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Jo Polheim, Baritone: Alberich Mats Almgren, Bass-baritone: Fafner Fflur Wyn, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Andrea Baker, Contralto: Erda Richard Farnes, Conductor |
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| Lowry, Manchester, Manchester M50 3AZ, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 04:30pm Annalena Persson, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mati Turi, Tenor: Siegfried Richard Roberts, Tenor: Mime Michael Druiett, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Jo Polheim, Baritone: Alberich Mats Almgren, Bass-baritone: Fafner Fflur Wyn, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Andrea Baker, Contralto: Erda Richard Farnes, Conductor | ||
| Monday 8-Jul-13 06:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Lohengrin Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Monday 8-Jul-13 06:00pm Lohengrin is Savonlinna’s tribute to the 200th anniversary in 2013 of the birth of Richard Wagner. By the time he came to write this, his sixth opera, Wagner had finally discovered his very own approach to opera as an art form emphasising the unity of words and music. As Franz Liszt, who conducted the first performance, said, old opera had reached the end of the road with Lohengrin – a masterpiece containing some of the most magnificent male choruses in all Wagner.
The interpretation created for the Olavinlinna stage by a German team led by stage director Roman Hovenbitzer seasons the libretto steeped in romantic chivalry with allusions to three eras: the Middle Ages, when the tale was originally written, the Romantic era, when the opera was composed, and the present day, an age that craves a messianic savour and heroic idols just as much as in Wagner’s times. Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Thursday 11-Jul-13 04:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Tristan und Isolde Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor Peter Konwitschny, Director Gary Lehman, Tenor: Tristan René Pape, Bass: King Marke Petra Maria Schnitzer, Soprano: Isolde Markus Eiche, Baritone: Kurwenal Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: Melot Edita Gruberová, Mezzo-soprano: Brangäne |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Thursday 11-Jul-13 04:00pm Tristan und Isolde The most beautiful of all Wagner operas. Musical high erotic flair: two people, who still have a score to settle with one another, drink a love potion instead of poison. They are caught in flagrante, following which there is longing to the point of love-death. Careful: there's an addiction hazard here even for non-Wagnerians. "Drown – sink down!" Tristan in Munich's National Theatre, the site of its world première. The grand musical experience.
In German.Kent Nagano, Conductor Peter Konwitschny, Director Gary Lehman, Tenor: Tristan René Pape, Bass: King Marke Petra Maria Schnitzer, Soprano: Isolde Markus Eiche, Baritone: Kurwenal Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: Melot Edita Gruberová, Mezzo-soprano: Brangäne | ||
| Friday 12-Jul-13 06:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Lohengrin Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Friday 12-Jul-13 06:00pm Lohengrin is Savonlinna’s tribute to the 200th anniversary in 2013 of the birth of Richard Wagner. By the time he came to write this, his sixth opera, Wagner had finally discovered his very own approach to opera as an art form emphasising the unity of words and music. As Franz Liszt, who conducted the first performance, said, old opera had reached the end of the road with Lohengrin – a masterpiece containing some of the most magnificent male choruses in all Wagner.
The interpretation created for the Olavinlinna stage by a German team led by stage director Roman Hovenbitzer seasons the libretto steeped in romantic chivalry with allusions to three eras: the Middle Ages, when the tale was originally written, the Romantic era, when the opera was composed, and the present day, an age that craves a messianic savour and heroic idols just as much as in Wagner’s times. Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 04:00pm |
Theater Bonn Tristan und Isolde |
Theater Bonn Stefan Blunier, Conductor Vera Nemirova, Director Klaus Noack, Set Designer/Costume Designer Sibylle Wagner, Choirmaster Robert Gambill, Tenor: Tristan Kurt Gysen, Bass: King Marke Dara Hobbs, Soprano: Isolde Mark Morouse, Baritone: Kurwenal Giorgos Kanaris, Tenor: Melot Daniela Denschlag, Mezzo-soprano: Brangäne Tamas Tarjányi, Tenor: Shepherd/Tenor: Young seaman Sven Bakin, Baritone: Helmsman Beethoven Orchester Bonn |
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| Theater Bonn, Opernhaus/Werkstatt, , Am Boeselagerhof 1, , 53111 Bonn, Bonn, Germany Saturday 13-Jul-13 04:00pm Tristan und Isolde Stefan Blunier, Conductor Vera Nemirova, Director Klaus Noack, Set Designer/Costume Designer Sibylle Wagner, Choirmaster Robert Gambill, Tenor: Tristan Kurt Gysen, Bass: King Marke Dara Hobbs, Soprano: Isolde Mark Morouse, Baritone: Kurwenal Giorgos Kanaris, Tenor: Melot Daniela Denschlag, Mezzo-soprano: Brangäne Tamas Tarjányi, Tenor: Shepherd/Tenor: Young seaman Sven Bakin, Baritone: Helmsman Beethoven Orchester Bonn | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 04:30pm |
Leeds Town Hall Siegfried |
Opera North Annalena Persson, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mati Turi, Tenor: Siegfried Richard Roberts, Tenor: Mime Michael Druiett, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Jo Polheim, Baritone: Alberich Mats Almgren, Bass-baritone: Fafner Fflur Wyn, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Andrea Baker, Contralto: Erda Richard Farnes, Conductor |
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| Leeds Town Hall, Leeds LS1 3AD, United Kingdom Saturday 13-Jul-13 04:30pm Annalena Persson, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mati Turi, Tenor: Siegfried Richard Roberts, Tenor: Mime Michael Druiett, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Jo Polheim, Baritone: Alberich Mats Almgren, Bass-baritone: Fafner Fflur Wyn, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Andrea Baker, Contralto: Erda Richard Farnes, Conductor | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 08:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Das Rheingold Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Johan Reuter, Bass-baritone: Wotan Levente Molnár, Baritone: Donner Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Froh Štefan Margita, Tenor: Loge Tomasz Konieczny, Bass: Alberich Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Mime Diogenes Randes, Bass: Fasolt Steven Humes, Bass: Fafner Aga Mikolaj, Soprano: Freia Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-soprano: Erda Eri Nakamura, Soprano: Woglinde Angela Brower, Mezzo-soprano: Wellgunde Okka von der Damerau, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 13-Jul-13 08:00pm Eve of "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
The unsullied enchantment of E-flat major harmonies in the initial bars of Das Rheingold doesn’t last very long. Instead, a world comes into being; a world that fifteen hours of music later will be unable to stave off its own downfall. In this world, nature is violated, and laws are ignored. Greed, power and malediction are the order of the day. Alberich steals the gold from the Rhine Maidens, enslaves his workers and revels in the sweet smell of world domination. Wotan claims it for himself and joins forces with Loge to make off with the ring, the gold and the magic helmet. His construction project is envisioned as the foundation of existence for his family of gods – his wife objects. He must part with the accursed ring as payment to the two giants. Seething with envy, one giant murders the other. The glow of the gods’ castle first gleams after the tempest, but Loge sees the castle already headed for ruin. The threads of the tale get tangled in this eve of the tetralogy, the water loses its sheen, and the clouds are shrouded in darkness.
New production.
In German with German surtitlesKent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Johan Reuter, Bass-baritone: Wotan Levente Molnár, Baritone: Donner Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Froh Štefan Margita, Tenor: Loge Tomasz Konieczny, Bass: Alberich Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Mime Diogenes Randes, Bass: Fasolt Steven Humes, Bass: Fafner Aga Mikolaj, Soprano: Freia Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-soprano: Erda Eri Nakamura, Soprano: Woglinde Angela Brower, Mezzo-soprano: Wellgunde Okka von der Damerau, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 05:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Die Walküre Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Simon O'Neill, Tenor: Siegmund Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hunding Bryn Terfel, Baritone: Wotan Petra Lang, Mezzo-soprano: Sieglinde Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Erika Wueschner, Soprano: Helmwige Roswitha C Müller, Mezzo-soprano: Siegrune Okka von der Damerau, Mezzo-soprano: Grimgerde Katarina Dalayman, Soprano: Brünnhilde Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 14-Jul-13 05:00pm First Day of "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
The clash of the clans nourishes the battlefield. The Valkyries, the children of the god, are just instruments of the father to gather together an army of the dead for him.
Wotan’s progeny are to secure his power: the twins, Siegmund and Sieglinde, seem born to this task. The brother lands at the home of his enemy – finds his sister there after a separation of many years and wins her heart. All of this runs according to plan, and yet the two siblings have violated the laws. The father must sacrifice his son. Brünnhilde, his favorite daughter, defies her father for the first time and protects the incestuous couple – in vain.
On the first day of Der Ring des Nibelungen, in Die Walküre, first performed in 1870 in Munich, the father-god’s plans to undo the entanglements come to naught. At the end, his children are either murdered or punished and exiled. All Wotan can do is wait for the hero of the next generation – Sieglinde now carries him in her womb, the seed of her brother, somewhere on her flight through the forest.
New production.
In German with German surtitlesKent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Simon O'Neill, Tenor: Siegmund Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hunding Bryn Terfel, Baritone: Wotan Petra Lang, Mezzo-soprano: Sieglinde Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Erika Wueschner, Soprano: Helmwige Roswitha C Müller, Mezzo-soprano: Siegrune Okka von der Damerau, Mezzo-soprano: Grimgerde Katarina Dalayman, Soprano: Brünnhilde Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute | ||
| Monday 15-Jul-13 04:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Siegfried Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Stephen Gould, Tenor: Siegfried Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime Juha Uusitalo, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Phillip Ens, Bass: Fafner Qiu Lin Zhang, Contralto: Erda Catherine Naglestad, Soprano: Brünnhilde Anna Virovlansky, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Monday 15-Jul-13 04:00pm Second Day of "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
Only an individual without fear can turn Mime’s dream into reality, forge the shattered sword anew, slay Fafner the dragon, snatch the ring away from him and walk straight into Mime’s knife – and all the power will be Mime’s. But he himself is too frightened of the Wanderer, in whose puzzle game he loses his head, of the dragon, whom he wants his foster son to slay, of his brother, whom he meets in the forest, and of the fearless Siegfried, who thanks to a message from a prophetic bird helps himself to the ring and slaughters Mime.
But Wotan’s plan for a free hero also comes to naught: Siegfried smashes his spear with the sword and stands fearlessly before Brünnhilde. The sight of her body sets him atremble, and he finally learns the true meaning of fear. In the glow of the sun, the two discover their love.
Mountain cave. Forest. Wilderness. Mountain peak. The second day of the work belongs to nature. But the guise of the harmless, nature-loving Wanderer fails to protect the father of the gods from his curse.
New production.
In German with German surtitlesKent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Stephen Gould, Tenor: Siegfried Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime Juha Uusitalo, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Phillip Ens, Bass: Fafner Qiu Lin Zhang, Contralto: Erda Catherine Naglestad, Soprano: Brünnhilde Anna Virovlansky, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) | ||
| Thursday 18-Jul-13 04:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Götterdämmerung Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Stephen Gould, Tenor: Siegfried Iain Paterson, Bass: Gunther Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Tomasz Konieczny, Bass: Alberich Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünhilde Erika Wueschner, Soprano: Gutrune Michaela Schuster, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano: Woglinde Angela Brower, Mezzo-soprano: Wellgunde |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Thursday 18-Jul-13 04:00pm Third Day of "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
Wagner had begun work on his cycle with the prose sketch Siegfrieds Tod (Siegfried’s Death), then rolled it back into the past, like the Norns, who, at the beginning of the Third Day, try to tie together the ropes of yesterday and tomorrow.
Hagen and Siegfried – the sons continue the duel of their fathers. But Hagen plays with different weapons – sorcery, mendacity and betrayal. Siegfried declares the ring, which came about through the malediction of love, to the symbol of his love. Nevertheless, the curse is stronger. Siegfried betrays his love. Brünnhilde betrays Siegfried. Siegfried swears an oath on the weapon that only a short time later will penetrate his heart.
The gods gaze impotently on their own downfall. The struggle for power transfers to the humans who survive the catastrophe and will perhaps understand everything now that they know the end.
New production.
In German with German surtitlesKent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Stephen Gould, Tenor: Siegfried Iain Paterson, Bass: Gunther Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Tomasz Konieczny, Bass: Alberich Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünhilde Erika Wueschner, Soprano: Gutrune Michaela Schuster, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano: Woglinde Angela Brower, Mezzo-soprano: Wellgunde | ||
| Friday 19-Jul-13 06:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Lohengrin Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Friday 19-Jul-13 06:00pm Lohengrin is Savonlinna’s tribute to the 200th anniversary in 2013 of the birth of Richard Wagner. By the time he came to write this, his sixth opera, Wagner had finally discovered his very own approach to opera as an art form emphasising the unity of words and music. As Franz Liszt, who conducted the first performance, said, old opera had reached the end of the road with Lohengrin – a masterpiece containing some of the most magnificent male choruses in all Wagner.
The interpretation created for the Olavinlinna stage by a German team led by stage director Roman Hovenbitzer seasons the libretto steeped in romantic chivalry with allusions to three eras: the Middle Ages, when the tale was originally written, the Romantic era, when the opera was composed, and the present day, an age that craves a messianic savour and heroic idols just as much as in Wagner’s times. Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Wednesday 24-Jul-13 06:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Lohengrin Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Wednesday 24-Jul-13 06:00pm Lohengrin is Savonlinna’s tribute to the 200th anniversary in 2013 of the birth of Richard Wagner. By the time he came to write this, his sixth opera, Wagner had finally discovered his very own approach to opera as an art form emphasising the unity of words and music. As Franz Liszt, who conducted the first performance, said, old opera had reached the end of the road with Lohengrin – a masterpiece containing some of the most magnificent male choruses in all Wagner.
The interpretation created for the Olavinlinna stage by a German team led by stage director Roman Hovenbitzer seasons the libretto steeped in romantic chivalry with allusions to three eras: the Middle Ages, when the tale was originally written, the Romantic era, when the opera was composed, and the present day, an age that craves a messianic savour and heroic idols just as much as in Wagner’s times. Jari Hämäläinen, Conductor Roman Hovenbitzer, Stage Director Kirsten Chambers, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Hall, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Mika Kares, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Matias Tosi, Bass: The King's Herald Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Thursday 25-Jul-13 06:00pm |
Bayreuther Festspielhaus Der fliegende Holländer Bayreuth |
Christian Thielemann, Conductor Jan Philipp Gloger, Director Christoph Hetzer, Set Designer Franz-Josef Selig, Bass: Daland Ricarda Merbeth, Soprano: Senta Michael König, Tenor: Erik Christa Mayer, Contralto: Mary Benjamin Bruns, Tenor: The Steersman Samuel Youn, Bass-baritone: Dutchman |
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| Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Festspielhügel 2, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany Thursday 25-Jul-13 06:00pm Christian Thielemann, Conductor Jan Philipp Gloger, Director Christoph Hetzer, Set Designer Franz-Josef Selig, Bass: Daland Ricarda Merbeth, Soprano: Senta Michael König, Tenor: Erik Christa Mayer, Contralto: Mary Benjamin Bruns, Tenor: The Steersman Samuel Youn, Bass-baritone: Dutchman | ||
| Friday 26-Jul-13 06:00pm |
Bayreuther Festspielhaus Das Rheingold Bayreuth |
Kirill Petrenko, Conductor Frank Castorf, Director Wolfgang Koch, Bass-baritone: Wotan Martin Winkler, Baritone: Alberich Burkhard Ulrich, Tenor: Mime Claudia Mahnke, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Nadine Weissmann, Mezzo-soprano: Erda Oleksandr Pushniak, Bass-baritone: Donner Lothar Odinius, Tenor: Froh Günther Groissböck, Bass: Fasolt Sorin Coliban, Bass: Fafner |
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| Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Festspielhügel 2, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany Friday 26-Jul-13 06:00pm Kirill Petrenko, Conductor Frank Castorf, Director Wolfgang Koch, Bass-baritone: Wotan Martin Winkler, Baritone: Alberich Burkhard Ulrich, Tenor: Mime Claudia Mahnke, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Nadine Weissmann, Mezzo-soprano: Erda Oleksandr Pushniak, Bass-baritone: Donner Lothar Odinius, Tenor: Froh Günther Groissböck, Bass: Fasolt Sorin Coliban, Bass: Fafner | ||
| Saturday 27-Jul-13 04:00pm |
Bayreuther Festspielhaus Die Walküre Bayreuth |
Kirill Petrenko, Conductor Frank Castorf, Director Johan Botha, Tenor: Siegmund Franz-Josef Selig, Bass: Hunding Wolfgang Koch, Bass-baritone: Wotan Anja Kampe, Soprano: Sieglinde Catherine Foster, Soprano: Brünnhilde Claudia Mahnke, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka |
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| Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Festspielhügel 2, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany Saturday 27-Jul-13 04:00pm Kirill Petrenko, Conductor Frank Castorf, Director Johan Botha, Tenor: Siegmund Franz-Josef Selig, Bass: Hunding Wolfgang Koch, Bass-baritone: Wotan Anja Kampe, Soprano: Sieglinde Catherine Foster, Soprano: Brünnhilde Claudia Mahnke, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka | ||
| Monday 29-Jul-13 04:00pm |
Bayreuther Festspielhaus Siegfried Bayreuth |
Kirill Petrenko, Conductor Frank Castorf, Director Burkhard Ulrich, Tenor: Mime Lance Ryan, Tenor: Siegfried Wolfgang Koch, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Martin Winkler, Baritone: Alberich Sorin Coliban, Bass-baritone: Fafner Nadine Weissmann, Contralto: Erda Catherine Foster, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mirella Hagen, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) |
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| Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Festspielhügel 2, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany Monday 29-Jul-13 04:00pm Kirill Petrenko, Conductor Frank Castorf, Director Burkhard Ulrich, Tenor: Mime Lance Ryan, Tenor: Siegfried Wolfgang Koch, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Martin Winkler, Baritone: Alberich Sorin Coliban, Bass-baritone: Fafner Nadine Weissmann, Contralto: Erda Catherine Foster, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mirella Hagen, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) | ||
| Wednesday 31-Jul-13 04:00pm |
Bayreuther Festspielhaus Götterdämmerung Bayreuth |
Kirill Petrenko, Conductor Frank Castorf, Director Lance Ryan, Tenor: Siegfried Alexander Marco-Buhrmester, Baritone: Gunther Jun Attila, Bass: Hagen Catherine Foster, Soprano: Brünhilde Allison Oakes, Soprano: Gutrune Claudia Mahnke, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute |
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| Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Festspielhügel 2, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany Wednesday 31-Jul-13 04:00pm Kirill Petrenko, Conductor Frank Castorf, Director Lance Ryan, Tenor: Siegfried Alexander Marco-Buhrmester, Baritone: Gunther Jun Attila, Bass: Hagen Catherine Foster, Soprano: Brünhilde Allison Oakes, Soprano: Gutrune Claudia Mahnke, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute | ||
| Wednesday 31-Jul-13 05:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Parsifal Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor Peter Konwitschny, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Amfortas Diogenes Randes, Bass: Titurel Kwangchul Youn, Bass: Gurnemanz Christopher Ventris, Tenor: Parsifal Yevgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone: Klingsor Petra Lang, Mezzo-soprano: Kundry Kevin Conners, Tenor: First knight of the Grail Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Second knight of the Grail |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 31-Jul-13 05:00pm SWho's afraid of the Bühnenweihfestspiel? Will Parsifal manage to bring the sacred spear back to the Knights of the Grail? Will he resist the blandishments of the primal sorceress "Kundry". Does salvation exist? Does compassion bring knowledge? Wagner's late work not as artificial religion – but rather as critical music theatre. Peter Konwitschny's production: admired, cheered and hotly controversial. A scandal? Well, judge for yourself.
Sung in German.Kent Nagano, Conductor Peter Konwitschny, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Amfortas Diogenes Randes, Bass: Titurel Kwangchul Youn, Bass: Gurnemanz Christopher Ventris, Tenor: Parsifal Yevgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone: Klingsor Petra Lang, Mezzo-soprano: Kundry Kevin Conners, Tenor: First knight of the Grail Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Second knight of the Grail | ||
| Thursday 1-Aug-13 04:00pm |
Bayreuther Festspielhaus Tannhäuser Bayreuth |
Axel Kober, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Joep van Lieshout, Set Designer Günther Groissböck, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Tannhäuser Michael Nagy, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Lothar Odinius, Tenor: Walther von der Vogelweide Thomas Jesatko, Bass: Biterolf Martin Snell, Bass: Reinmar von Zweter Camilla Nylund, Soprano: Elisabeth Michelle Breedt, Mezzo-soprano: Venus |
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| Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Festspielhügel 2, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany Thursday 1-Aug-13 04:00pm Axel Kober, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Joep van Lieshout, Set Designer Günther Groissböck, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Tannhäuser Michael Nagy, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Lothar Odinius, Tenor: Walther von der Vogelweide Thomas Jesatko, Bass: Biterolf Martin Snell, Bass: Reinmar von Zweter Camilla Nylund, Soprano: Elisabeth Michelle Breedt, Mezzo-soprano: Venus | ||
| Friday 2-Aug-13 04:00pm |
Bayreuther Festspielhaus Lohengrin |
Andris Nelsons, Conductor Hans Neuenfels, Director Reinhard von der Thannen, Stage Director Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor: Lohengrin Annette Dasch, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Johannes Mayer, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Petra Lang, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud |
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| Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Festspielhügel 2, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany Friday 2-Aug-13 04:00pm Andris Nelsons, Conductor Hans Neuenfels, Director Reinhard von der Thannen, Stage Director Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor: Lohengrin Annette Dasch, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Thomas Johannes Mayer, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Petra Lang, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud | ||
| Saturday 3-Aug-13 06:00pm |
Bayreuther Festspielhaus Der fliegende Holländer Bayreuth |
Christian Thielemann, Conductor Jan Philipp Gloger, Director Christoph Hetzer, Set Designer Franz-Josef Selig, Bass: Daland Ricarda Merbeth, Soprano: Senta Michael König, Tenor: Erik Christa Mayer, Contralto: Mary Benjamin Bruns, Tenor: The Steersman Samuel Youn, Bass-baritone: Dutchman |
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| Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Festspielhügel 2, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany Saturday 3-Aug-13 06:00pm Christian Thielemann, Conductor Jan Philipp Gloger, Director Christoph Hetzer, Set Designer Franz-Josef Selig, Bass: Daland Ricarda Merbeth, Soprano: Senta Michael König, Tenor: Erik Christa Mayer, Contralto: Mary Benjamin Bruns, Tenor: The Steersman Samuel Youn, Bass-baritone: Dutchman | ||
| Sunday 4-Aug-13 04:00pm |
Bayreuther Festspielhaus Tannhäuser Bayreuth |
Axel Kober, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Joep van Lieshout, Set Designer Günther Groissböck, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Tannhäuser Michael Nagy, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Lothar Odinius, Tenor: Walther von der Vogelweide Thomas Jesatko, Bass: Biterolf Martin Snell, Bass: Reinmar von Zweter Camilla Nylund, Soprano: Elisabeth Michelle Breedt, Mezzo-soprano: Venus |
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| Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Festspielhügel 2, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany Sunday 4-Aug-13 04:00pm Axel Kober, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Joep van Lieshout, Set Designer Günther Groissböck, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Tannhäuser Michael Nagy, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Lothar Odinius, Tenor: Walther von der Vogelweide Thomas Jesatko, Bass: Biterolf Martin Snell, Bass: Reinmar von Zweter Camilla Nylund, Soprano: Elisabeth Michelle Breedt, Mezzo-soprano: Venus | ||
