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 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonLa Rondine |
Royal Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano: Magda Charles Castronovo, Tenor: Ruggero Sabina Puertolas, Soprano: Lisette Edgaras Montvidas, Tenor: Prunier Pietro Spagnoli, Bass: Rambaldo |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Friday 5-Jul-13 Marco Armiliato, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano: Magda Charles Castronovo, Tenor: Ruggero Sabina Puertolas, Soprano: Lisette Edgaras Montvidas, Tenor: Prunier Pietro Spagnoli, Bass: Rambaldo | ||
| Friday 5-Jul-13 05:20pm |
Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Grange Park Opera |
Grange Park Opera Susan Gritton, Soprano: Tatyana Brett Polegato, Baritone: Eugene Onegin Robert Anthony Gardiner, Tenor: Lensky Frances Bourne, Mezzo-soprano: Olga Clive Bayley, Bass: Prince Gremin Anne-Marie Owens, Soprano: Madame Larina Kathleen Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano: Philippyevna Stuart Kale, Tenor: Monsieur Triquet Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra |
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| Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester, Winchester SO24 9TG, United Kingdom Friday 5-Jul-13 05:20pm Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Public booking opens in FebruarySusan Gritton, Soprano: Tatyana Brett Polegato, Baritone: Eugene Onegin Robert Anthony Gardiner, Tenor: Lensky Frances Bourne, Mezzo-soprano: Olga Clive Bayley, Bass: Prince Gremin Anne-Marie Owens, Soprano: Madame Larina Kathleen Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano: Philippyevna Stuart Kale, Tenor: Monsieur Triquet Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Friday 5-Jul-13 05:50pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Ariadne auf Naxos Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Katharina Thoma, Director Julia Müer, Set Designer Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Music Master Soile Isokoski, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Teodora Gheorghiu, Soprano: Zerbinetta Dmitri Vargin, Baritone: Harlequin James Kryshak, Tenor: Scaramuccio Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Bacchus Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Dancing Master |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Friday 5-Jul-13 05:50pm Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Katharina Thoma, Director Julia Müer, Set Designer Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Music Master Soile Isokoski, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Teodora Gheorghiu, Soprano: Zerbinetta Dmitri Vargin, Baritone: Harlequin James Kryshak, Tenor: Scaramuccio Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Bacchus Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Dancing Master | ||
| Friday 5-Jul-13 06:35pm |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company Martin André, Conductor Olivia Fuchs, Director Niki Turner, Set Designer Anna Devin, Soprano: Gretel Claudia Huckle, Mezzo-soprano: Hänsel William Dazeley, Baritone: Peter / Father Yvonne Howard, Soprano: Gertrude / Mother Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Witch Ruth Jenkins, Soprano: Dew Fairy Sophie Junker, Soprano: Sandman |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Friday 5-Jul-13 06:35pm Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel Martin André, Conductor Olivia Fuchs, Director Niki Turner, Set Designer Anna Devin, Soprano: Gretel Claudia Huckle, Mezzo-soprano: Hänsel William Dazeley, Baritone: Peter / Father Yvonne Howard, Soprano: Gertrude / Mother Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Witch Ruth Jenkins, Soprano: Dew Fairy Sophie Junker, Soprano: Sandman | ||
| 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 | ||
| Friday 5-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Samson and Delilah Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jacques Delacôte, Conductor Guy Montavon, Stage Director/Lighting Designer Hank Irwin Kittel, Set Designer Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Delilah Franco Farina, Tenor: Samson Elchin Azizov, Baritone: High Priest of Dagon Thomas Hall, Bass: Abimélech Stefan Szkafarowsky, Bass Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Friday 5-Jul-13 07:00pm The best-known opera by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, likened as a child to Mozart in view of his outstanding talent, serves as a suitable contrast to the otherwise Verdi-Wagner orientation of the 2013 season. Samson and Delilah is a worthy successor to the previously produced French operas on the Olavinlinna stage.
The story based on the Bible about the passionate relationship between the victorious Hebrew leader Samson and the treacherous Philistine maiden Delilah generates thrilling tension in this splendid opera. The mighty warrior whose strength is his long hair is totally disarmed by the mezzo-soprano aria, one of the finest in operatic literature, “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (My heart opens itself to your voice). In cooperation with The Theater Erfurt. Jacques Delacôte, Conductor Guy Montavon, Stage Director/Lighting Designer Hank Irwin Kittel, Set Designer Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Delilah Franco Farina, Tenor: Samson Elchin Azizov, Baritone: High Priest of Dagon Thomas Hall, Bass: Abimélech Stefan Szkafarowsky, Bass Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Friday 5-Jul-13 07:15pm |
Buxton Opera House Double Bill: La Colombe & La Princesse Jaune Buxton Festival |
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| Buxton Opera House, Buxton SK17 6XN, United Kingdom Friday 5-Jul-13 07:15pm Double Bill: La Colombe & La Princesse Jaune | ||
| Friday 5-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam Death in Venice |
De Nederlandse Opera Edward Gardner, Conductor Deborah Warner, Director John Graham-Hall, Tenor: Gustav von Aschenbach Andrew Shore, Baritone: Voice of Dionysius Tim Mead, Countertenor: Voice of Apollo Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Friday 5-Jul-13 07:30pm Thomas Mann’s novella Der Tod in Venedig was the inspiration for Britten’s last opera. Gustav Aschenbach, an aging author, is increasingly tormented by artistic self-doubt. He travels to Venice. The god Dionysus appears to him in six different guises, now benignly seductive, now confrontational and combative, accompanying Aschenbach towards death. In Venice the author comes face to face with the personification of beauty: the Polish youth Tadzio, for whom he feels a strong attraction. Here Britten reveals, with uncommon openness, the personal struggles of the social outsider. In the musical accompaniment, Britten uses the orchestra to support the realistic storyline, while exotic gamelan instruments depict Tadzio’s beauty. The youth, incidentally, remains mute throughout, and Aschenbach’s monologues are accompanied by a single piano. The composer’s conclusion is that beauty and perfection inevitably go hand and hand with loss and ruination. Edward Gardner, Conductor Deborah Warner, Director John Graham-Hall, Tenor: Gustav von Aschenbach Andrew Shore, Baritone: Voice of Dionysius Tim Mead, Countertenor: Voice of Apollo Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| Friday 5-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House, Paris Lully - Amadis Versailles Festival |
Judith van Wanroij, Soprano: Oriane Hasnaa Bennani, Soprano: Corisande Ingrid Perruche, Soprano: Arcabonne Bénédicte Tauran, Soprano: Urgande Cyril Auvity, Tenor: Amadis Benoît Arnould, Baritone: Florestan Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Baritone: Arcalaüs Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset, Conductor Chœur de chambre de Namur |
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| Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House, Paris, Place d’Armes, Entrance at the Gate of Honour, 78000 Paris, France Friday 5-Jul-13 07:30pm Lully - Amadis Price: 110/70/50/30 €, or 95/58/40/25 € for under 26Image credit: © Agathe Poupeney Judith van Wanroij, Soprano: Oriane Hasnaa Bennani, Soprano: Corisande Ingrid Perruche, Soprano: Arcabonne Bénédicte Tauran, Soprano: Urgande Cyril Auvity, Tenor: Amadis Benoît Arnould, Baritone: Florestan Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Baritone: Arcalaüs Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset, Conductor Chœur de chambre de Namur | ||
| Friday 5-Jul-13 08:00pm |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA The Gospel of Mary Magdalene - World première |
San Francisco Opera Company Michael Christie, Conductor Kevin Newbury, Director Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-soprano: Mary Magdalene Maria Kanyova, Soprano: Miriam William Burden, Tenor: Peter Nathan Gunn, Baritone: Yeshua |
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| War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, 94102, United States Friday 5-Jul-13 08:00pm The Gospel of Mary Magdalene - World première Sung in English with English supertitles. Approximate running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes. Michael Christie, Conductor Kevin Newbury, Director Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-soprano: Mary Magdalene Maria Kanyova, Soprano: Miriam William Burden, Tenor: Peter Nathan Gunn, Baritone: Yeshua | ||
| Friday 5-Jul-13 09:30pm |
Southwark Cathedral, London Britten Church Parables: Curlew River City of London Festival |
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| Southwark Cathedral, London, Chapter House,, Montague Close,, London SE1 9DA, United Kingdom Friday 5-Jul-13 09:30pm Britten Church Parables: Curlew River Celebrating Benjamin Britten’s centenary, Mahogany Opera joins forces with principal players from Aurora Orchestra to present his Church Parables at Southwark Cathedral where they were first seen in London under the direction of the composer. These new productions merge East with West: Japanese Noh with Medieval Western iconography (Curlew River), Balinese dance drama with stained glass (The Burning Fiery Furnace) and Middle Eastern Sufism juxtaposed with the work of Rembrandt and Bosch (The Prodigal Son).
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| Saturday 6-Jul-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Gloriana |
Royal Opera Paul Daniel, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Susan Bullock, Soprano: Elizabeth I Toby Spence, Tenor: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Patricia Bardon, Mezzo-soprano: Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex Mark Stone, Baritone: Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy Kate Royal, Soprano: Penelope, Lady Rich Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Sir Robert Cecil Clive Bayley, Bass: Sir Walter Raleigh Benjamin Bevan, Baritone: Henry Cuffe Brindley Sherratt, Bass: A blind ballad singer |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 Paul Daniel, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Susan Bullock, Soprano: Elizabeth I Toby Spence, Tenor: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Patricia Bardon, Mezzo-soprano: Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex Mark Stone, Baritone: Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy Kate Royal, Soprano: Penelope, Lady Rich Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Sir Robert Cecil Clive Bayley, Bass: Sir Walter Raleigh Benjamin Bevan, Baritone: Henry Cuffe Brindley Sherratt, Bass: A blind ballad singer | ||
| Saturday 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 | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 05:10pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Le nozze di Figaro Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Grandage, Director Christopher Oram, Set Designer Adam Plachetka, Bass-baritone: Figaro Laura Tatulescu, Soprano: Susanna Amanda Majeski, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Joshua Hopkins, Baritone: Count Almaviva Luciano di Pasquale, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Anne Mason, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Lydia Teuscher, Soprano: Cherubino Timothy Robinson, Tenor: Don Basilio |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 05:10pm Le nozze di Figaro Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Grandage, Director Christopher Oram, Set Designer Adam Plachetka, Bass-baritone: Figaro Laura Tatulescu, Soprano: Susanna Amanda Majeski, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Joshua Hopkins, Baritone: Count Almaviva Luciano di Pasquale, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Anne Mason, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Lydia Teuscher, Soprano: Cherubino Timothy Robinson, Tenor: Don Basilio | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 05:20pm |
Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester Poulenc's Les Carmélites Grange Park Opera |
Grange Park Opera Matthew Stiff, Baritone: Marquis de la Force Hye-Youn Lee, Soprano: Blanche de la Force Nicky Spence, Tenor: Chevalier de la Force Anne-Marie Owens, Contralto: Madame de Croissy, the prioress Fiona Murphy, Soprano: Madame Lidoine, the new prioress Sara Fulgoni , Mezzo-soprano: Mother Marie Kathleen Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano: Mother Jeanne Rosie Bell, Soprano: Sister Constance Olivia Ray, Soprano: Sister Mathilde |
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| Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester, Winchester SO24 9TG, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 05:20pm Poulenc's Les Carmélites Public booking opens in FebruaryMatthew Stiff, Baritone: Marquis de la Force Hye-Youn Lee, Soprano: Blanche de la Force Nicky Spence, Tenor: Chevalier de la Force Anne-Marie Owens, Contralto: Madame de Croissy, the prioress Fiona Murphy, Soprano: Madame Lidoine, the new prioress Sara Fulgoni , Mezzo-soprano: Mother Marie Kathleen Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano: Mother Jeanne Rosie Bell, Soprano: Sister Constance Olivia Ray, Soprano: Sister Mathilde | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 06:20pm |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company William Lacey, Conductor Daniel Slater, Director Francis O'Connor, Set Designer Rebecca Nelsen, Soprano: Konstanze Norman Reinhardt, Tenor: Belmonte Susanna Andersson, Soprano: Blondchen Matthew Rose, Baritone: Osmin Mark Wilde, Tenor: Pedrillo |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 06:20pm Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem), K384 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)) William Lacey, Conductor Daniel Slater, Director Francis O'Connor, Set Designer Rebecca Nelsen, Soprano: Konstanze Norman Reinhardt, Tenor: Belmonte Susanna Andersson, Soprano: Blondchen Matthew Rose, Baritone: Osmin Mark Wilde, Tenor: Pedrillo | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Southwark Cathedral, London Britten Church Parables: The Prodigal Son City of London Festival |
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| Southwark Cathedral, London, Chapter House,, Montague Close,, London SE1 9DA, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm Britten Church Parables: The Prodigal Son Celebrating Benjamin Britten’s centenary, Mahogany Opera joins forces with principal players from Aurora Orchestra to present his Church Parables at Southwark Cathedral where they were first seen in London under the direction of the composer. These new productions merge East with West: Japanese Noh with Medieval Western iconography (Curlew River), Balinese dance drama with stained glass (The Burning Fiery Furnace) and Middle Eastern Sufism juxtaposed with the work of Rembrandt and Bosch (The Prodigal Son).
Tickets £5, £12, £25, and £38
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| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna La 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, Munich Falstaff 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 | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:15pm |
Buxton Opera House Finta giardiniera, La |
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| Buxton Opera House, Buxton SK17 6XN, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:15pm Finta giardiniera, La | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Les pêcheurs de perles Opera Holland Park |
Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 08:00pm |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA Tales of Hoffmann |
San Francisco Opera Company Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Matthew Polenzani, Tenor: Hoffmann Natalie Dessay, Soprano: Antonia Hye Jung Lee, Soprano: Olympia Irene Roberts, Mezzo-soprano: Giulietta Jennifer Cherest, Soprano: Stella Alice Coote, Mezzo-soprano: Nicklausse Christian Van Horn, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Steven Cole, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz |
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| War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, 94102, United States Saturday 6-Jul-13 08:00pm Sung in French with English supertitles. Approximate running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes including two intermissions. Co-production with Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Matthew Polenzani, Tenor: Hoffmann Natalie Dessay, Soprano: Antonia Hye Jung Lee, Soprano: Olympia Irene Roberts, Mezzo-soprano: Giulietta Jennifer Cherest, Soprano: Stella Alice Coote, Mezzo-soprano: Nicklausse Christian Van Horn, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Steven Cole, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 09:30pm |
Southwark Cathedral, London Britten Church Parables: The Burning Fiery Furnace City of London Festival |
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| Southwark Cathedral, London, Chapter House,, Montague Close,, London SE1 9DA, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 09:30pm Britten Church Parables: The Burning Fiery Furnace Celebrating Benjamin Britten’s centenary, Mahogany Opera joins forces with principal players from Aurora Orchestra to present his Church Parables at Southwark Cathedral where they were first seen in London under the direction of the composer. These new productions merge East with West: Japanese Noh with Medieval Western iconography (Curlew River), Balinese dance drama with stained glass (The Burning Fiery Furnace) and Middle Eastern Sufism juxtaposed with the work of Rembrandt and Bosch (The Prodigal Son).
Tickets £5, £12, £25, and £38
10% discount if you buy tickets for all three operas (top two price bands) | ||
| Sunday 7-Jul-13 01:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam Death in Venice |
De Nederlandse Opera Edward Gardner, Conductor Deborah Warner, Director John Graham-Hall, Tenor: Gustav von Aschenbach Andrew Shore, Baritone: Voice of Dionysius Tim Mead, Countertenor: Voice of Apollo Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 7-Jul-13 01:30pm Thomas Mann’s novella Der Tod in Venedig was the inspiration for Britten’s last opera. Gustav Aschenbach, an aging author, is increasingly tormented by artistic self-doubt. He travels to Venice. The god Dionysus appears to him in six different guises, now benignly seductive, now confrontational and combative, accompanying Aschenbach towards death. In Venice the author comes face to face with the personification of beauty: the Polish youth Tadzio, for whom he feels a strong attraction. Here Britten reveals, with uncommon openness, the personal struggles of the social outsider. In the musical accompaniment, Britten uses the orchestra to support the realistic storyline, while exotic gamelan instruments depict Tadzio’s beauty. The youth, incidentally, remains mute throughout, and Aschenbach’s monologues are accompanied by a single piano. The composer’s conclusion is that beauty and perfection inevitably go hand and hand with loss and ruination. Edward Gardner, Conductor Deborah Warner, Director John Graham-Hall, Tenor: Gustav von Aschenbach Andrew Shore, Baritone: Voice of Dionysius Tim Mead, Countertenor: Voice of Apollo Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| Sunday 7-Jul-13 02:00pm |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA The Gospel of Mary Magdalene - World première |
San Francisco Opera Company Michael Christie, Conductor Kevin Newbury, Director Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-soprano: Mary Magdalene Maria Kanyova, Soprano: Miriam William Burden, Tenor: Peter Nathan Gunn, Baritone: Yeshua |
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| War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, 94102, United States Sunday 7-Jul-13 02:00pm The Gospel of Mary Magdalene - World première Sung in English with English supertitles. Approximate running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes. Michael Christie, Conductor Kevin Newbury, Director Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-soprano: Mary Magdalene Maria Kanyova, Soprano: Miriam William Burden, Tenor: Peter Nathan Gunn, Baritone: Yeshua | ||
| Sunday 7-Jul-13 03:50pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Hippolyte et Aricie Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera William Christie, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Jonathan Kent, Director Paul Brown [designer], Set Designer Ed Lyon, Tenor: Hippolyte Christiane Karg, Soprano: Aricie Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano: Phèdre Stéphane Degout, Baritone: Thésée Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Mezzo-soprano: Diane Samuel Boden, Tenor: Mercure |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Sunday 7-Jul-13 03:50pm William Christie, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Jonathan Kent, Director Paul Brown [designer], Set Designer Ed Lyon, Tenor: Hippolyte Christiane Karg, Soprano: Aricie Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano: Phèdre Stéphane Degout, Baritone: Thésée Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Mezzo-soprano: Diane Samuel Boden, Tenor: Mercure | ||
| Sunday 7-Jul-13 06:35pm |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company Martin André, Conductor Olivia Fuchs, Director Niki Turner, Set Designer Anna Devin, Soprano: Gretel Claudia Huckle, Mezzo-soprano: Hänsel William Dazeley, Baritone: Peter / Father Yvonne Howard, Soprano: Gertrude / Mother Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Witch Ruth Jenkins, Soprano: Dew Fairy Sophie Junker, Soprano: Sandman |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Sunday 7-Jul-13 06:35pm Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel Martin André, Conductor Olivia Fuchs, Director Niki Turner, Set Designer Anna Devin, Soprano: Gretel Claudia Huckle, Mezzo-soprano: Hänsel William Dazeley, Baritone: Peter / Father Yvonne Howard, Soprano: Gertrude / Mother Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Witch Ruth Jenkins, Soprano: Dew Fairy Sophie Junker, Soprano: Sandman | ||
| Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Salome |
Zurich Opera Cornelius Meister, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Rolf Glittenberg, Set Designer Nicola Beller Carbone, Soprano: Salome Stefania Kaluza, Mezzo-soprano: Herodias Tomás Tómasson, Bass: Jochanaan Rudolf Schasching, Tenor: Herod Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Narraboth |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:00pm Cornelius Meister, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Rolf Glittenberg, Set Designer Nicola Beller Carbone, Soprano: Salome Stefania Kaluza, Mezzo-soprano: Herodias Tomás Tómasson, Bass: Jochanaan Rudolf Schasching, Tenor: Herod Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Narraboth | ||
| Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Theater an der Wien, Vienna Attila |
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| Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Linke Wienzeile 6, 1060 Vienna, Austria Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:00pm | ||
| Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Prinzregententheater, Munich Ariadne auf Naxos Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Marco Santi, Choreography Robert Carsen, Director Johannes Klama, Spoken word: The Major-Domo Eike Wilm Schulte, Baritone: Music Master Burkhard Fritz, Tenor: Bacchus Eva-Maria Westbroek, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Jane Archibald, Soprano: Zerbinetta Markus Eiche, Baritone: Harlequin Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Scaramuccio Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Truffaldino Thomas Blondelle, Tenor: Dancing Master Kevin Conners, Tenor: Brighella |
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| Prinzregententheater, Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:30pm Is it possible to perform the comic intermezzo “Zerbinetta and her Lovers” and the tragic opera “Ariadne” at the same time? Yes, when you have to. The richest man in Vienna wants it that way. He wants cross-over! Let’s mix up classic and pop – and it works. To the delight of the audience and the recognition of the characters on stage.
One of the handsomest and wisest works of the great Munich composer, Richard Strauss, in a production by Robert Carsen. The joy of Strauss!
Sung in German with German surtitlesImage credit: Wilfried Hösl Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Marco Santi, Choreography Robert Carsen, Director Johannes Klama, Spoken word: The Major-Domo Eike Wilm Schulte, Baritone: Music Master Burkhard Fritz, Tenor: Bacchus Eva-Maria Westbroek, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Jane Archibald, Soprano: Zerbinetta Markus Eiche, Baritone: Harlequin Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Scaramuccio Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Truffaldino Thomas Blondelle, Tenor: Dancing Master Kevin Conners, Tenor: Brighella | ||
| Monday 8-Jul-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London La Rondine |
Royal Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano: Magda Charles Castronovo, Tenor: Ruggero Sabina Puertolas, Soprano: Lisette Edgaras Montvidas, Tenor: Prunier Pietro Spagnoli, Bass: Rambaldo |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Monday 8-Jul-13 Marco Armiliato, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano: Magda Charles Castronovo, Tenor: Ruggero Sabina Puertolas, Soprano: Lisette Edgaras Montvidas, Tenor: Prunier Pietro Spagnoli, Bass: Rambaldo | ||
| 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 | ||
| Monday 8-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Il 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 | ||
| Monday 8-Jul-13 07:15pm |
Buxton Opera House Double Bill: La Colombe & La Princesse Jaune Buxton Festival |
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| Buxton Opera House, Buxton SK17 6XN, United Kingdom Monday 8-Jul-13 07:15pm Double Bill: La Colombe & La Princesse Jaune | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 05:45pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Falstaff Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom 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 06:30pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Der Rosenkavalier |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Rolf Glittenberg, Set Designer Nina Stemme, Soprano: Feldmarschallin Vesselina Kasarova, Mezzo-soprano: Octavian Irène Friedli, Soprano: Annina Alfred Muff, Baritone: Baron Ochs Martin Gantner, Baritone: Herr von Faninal Andreas Winkler, Tenor: Fieldmarschallin's Major-Domo Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Sophie |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Tuesday 9-Jul-13 06:30pm In German with German and English surtitles.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Rolf Glittenberg, Set Designer Nina Stemme, Soprano: Feldmarschallin Vesselina Kasarova, Mezzo-soprano: Octavian Irène Friedli, Soprano: Annina Alfred Muff, Baritone: Baron Ochs Martin Gantner, Baritone: Herr von Faninal Andreas Winkler, Tenor: Fieldmarschallin's Major-Domo Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Sophie | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 06:35pm |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company Martin André, Conductor Olivia Fuchs, Director Niki Turner, Set Designer Anna Devin, Soprano: Gretel Claudia Huckle, Mezzo-soprano: Hänsel William Dazeley, Baritone: Peter / Father Yvonne Howard, Soprano: Gertrude / Mother Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Witch Ruth Jenkins, Soprano: Dew Fairy Sophie Junker, Soprano: Sandman |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Tuesday 9-Jul-13 06:35pm Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel Martin André, Conductor Olivia Fuchs, Director Niki Turner, Set Designer Anna Devin, Soprano: Gretel Claudia Huckle, Mezzo-soprano: Hänsel William Dazeley, Baritone: Peter / Father Yvonne Howard, Soprano: Gertrude / Mother Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Witch Ruth Jenkins, Soprano: Dew Fairy Sophie Junker, Soprano: Sandman | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich La 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 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Samson and Delilah Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jacques Delacôte, Conductor Guy Montavon, Stage Director/Lighting Designer Hank Irwin Kittel, Set Designer Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Delilah Franco Farina, Tenor: Samson Elchin Azizov, Baritone: High Priest of Dagon Thomas Hall, Bass: Abimélech Stefan Szkafarowsky, Bass Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:00pm The best-known opera by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, likened as a child to Mozart in view of his outstanding talent, serves as a suitable contrast to the otherwise Verdi-Wagner orientation of the 2013 season. Samson and Delilah is a worthy successor to the previously produced French operas on the Olavinlinna stage.
The story based on the Bible about the passionate relationship between the victorious Hebrew leader Samson and the treacherous Philistine maiden Delilah generates thrilling tension in this splendid opera. The mighty warrior whose strength is his long hair is totally disarmed by the mezzo-soprano aria, one of the finest in operatic literature, “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (My heart opens itself to your voice).
In cooperation with The Theater Erfurt. Jacques Delacôte, Conductor Guy Montavon, Stage Director/Lighting Designer Hank Irwin Kittel, Set Designer Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Delilah Franco Farina, Tenor: Samson Elchin Azizov, Baritone: High Priest of Dagon Thomas Hall, Bass: Abimélech Stefan Szkafarowsky, Bass Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:15pm |
Buxton Opera House Finta giardiniera, La |
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| Buxton Opera House, Buxton SK17 6XN, United Kingdom Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:15pm Finta giardiniera, La | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Theater Bonn Le Nozze di Figaro |
Theater Bonn Robin Engelen, Conductor Klaus Weise, Director Martin Kukulies, Set Designer Fred Fenner, Costume Designer Sibylle Wagner, Choirmaster Giorgos Kanaris, Baritone: Count Almaviva Ingeborg Greiner, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Julia Kamenik, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Emiliya Ivanova, Soprano: Susanna Martin Tzonev, Baritone: Figaro Susanne Blattert, Mezzo-soprano: Cherubino Kathrin Leidig, Mezzo-soprano: Cherubino Anjara I Bartz, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Ramaz Chikviladze, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Beethoven Orchester Bonn |
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| Theater Bonn, Opernhaus/Werkstatt, , Am Boeselagerhof 1, , 53111 Bonn, Bonn, Germany Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:30pm Le Nozze di Figaro Robin Engelen, Conductor Klaus Weise, Director Martin Kukulies, Set Designer Fred Fenner, Costume Designer Sibylle Wagner, Choirmaster Giorgos Kanaris, Baritone: Count Almaviva Ingeborg Greiner, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Julia Kamenik, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Emiliya Ivanova, Soprano: Susanna Martin Tzonev, Baritone: Figaro Susanne Blattert, Mezzo-soprano: Cherubino Kathrin Leidig, Mezzo-soprano: Cherubino Anjara I Bartz, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Ramaz Chikviladze, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Beethoven Orchester Bonn | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Les pêcheurs de perles Opera Holland Park |
Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:30pm Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tosca |
Royal Opera Daniel Oren, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Aleksandrs Antonenko, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Martina Serafin, Soprano: Floria Tosca Scott Hendricks, Baritone: Baron Scarpia |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:30pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Jonathan Kent, Director Aleksandrs Antonenko, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Martina Serafin, Soprano: Floria Tosca Scott Hendricks, Baritone: Baron Scarpia | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 08:00pm |
La Scala, Milan Un 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, London Simon Boccanegra (1881 version) |
Royal Opera Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (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: Maria Boccanegra (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 05:10pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Le nozze di Figaro Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Grandage, Director Christopher Oram, Set Designer Adam Plachetka, Bass-baritone: Figaro Laura Tatulescu, Soprano: Susanna Amanda Majeski, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Joshua Hopkins, Baritone: Count Almaviva Luciano di Pasquale, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Anne Mason, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Lydia Teuscher, Soprano: Cherubino Timothy Robinson, Tenor: Don Basilio |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Wednesday 10-Jul-13 05:10pm Le nozze di Figaro Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Grandage, Director Christopher Oram, Set Designer Adam Plachetka, Bass-baritone: Figaro Laura Tatulescu, Soprano: Susanna Amanda Majeski, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Joshua Hopkins, Baritone: Count Almaviva Luciano di Pasquale, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Anne Mason, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Lydia Teuscher, Soprano: Cherubino Timothy Robinson, Tenor: Don Basilio | ||
| Wednesday 10-Jul-13 05:20pm |
Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester Messager's Fortunio Grange Park Opera |
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| Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester, Winchester SO24 9TG, United Kingdom Wednesday 10-Jul-13 05:20pm Messager's Fortunio Public booking opens in February | ||
| Wednesday 10-Jul-13 05:45pm |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company David Parry, Conductor Edward Dick, Director Robert Innes Hopkins, Set Designer Darren Jeffery, Tenor: Paolo Erisso Paul Nilon, Bass-baritone: Maometto secondo Siân Davies, Soprano: Anna Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano: Calbo Christopher Diffey, Tenor: Selimo Richard Dowling, Tenor: Condulmiero |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Wednesday 10-Jul-13 05:45pm Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere British Stage Premiere David Parry, Conductor Edward Dick, Director Robert Innes Hopkins, Set Designer Darren Jeffery, Tenor: Paolo Erisso Paul Nilon, Bass-baritone: Maometto secondo Siân Davies, Soprano: Anna Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano: Calbo Christopher Diffey, Tenor: Selimo Richard Dowling, Tenor: Condulmiero | ||
| Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:00pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
