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| Saturday 13-Jul-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonSimon Boccanegra (1881 version) |
Royal Opera Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: 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 Saturday 13-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 | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 |
Königliches Kurtheater, Bad WildbadGuillaume Tell Rossini in Wildbad |
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| Königliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad, Kernerstraße 39, 75323 Bad Wildbad, Germany Saturday 13-Jul-13 | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 11:00am |
Opernhaus, ZürichDie Schatzinsel |
Zurich Opera Thomas Rösner, Conductor Nadja Loschky, Director Henrik Ahr, Set Designer Fabio Trümpy, Tenor: Jim Hawkins Oliver Widmer, Baritone: John Silver Ivana Rusko, Soprano: Lily Irène Friedli, Soprano: Baroness Trelawney Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Captain Smolett Martin Zysset, Tenor: Bill Bones / Ben Gunn |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 13-Jul-13 11:00am Jim Hawkins dreams of one day being master of the seas and visiting far-off lands. Instead, he is forced to help his mother at the Golden Anchor tavern – day in, day out. When a guest dies, Jim finds a treasure map in his seaman’s chest – the treasure map of the late pirate Captain Flint. And Jim already finds himself embarking on the most exciting adventure of his life. An expedition to Treasure Island is organised, and Jim is allowed to sail on the Hispaniola together with Captain Smollett, Doctor Livesey, Baroness Trelawney, Lily and Scarlett. On the high seas, however, it transpires that Captain Flint’s former comrades have been hired to crew the ship, including the one-legged ship’s cook, Long John Silver. The pirates are also in search of treasure, and they succeed in snatching one half of the treasure map. Once they arrive on the island, a feverish search for the gold begins, during which the protagonists’ luck changes several times.
Treasure Island, by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, is a classic of the adventure genre and has kept generations of young readers on tenterhooks. The composer Frank Schwemmer and his librettist Michael Frowin – both already successful with their opera for children, Robin Hood – have allowed themselves to be gripped by Stevenson’s thrilling story, and have adapted it for the stage. Their full-length opera is suitable for all pirate lovers from the age of six.In German.Thomas Rösner, Conductor Nadja Loschky, Director Henrik Ahr, Set Designer Fabio Trümpy, Tenor: Jim Hawkins Oliver Widmer, Baritone: John Silver Ivana Rusko, Soprano: Lily Irène Friedli, Soprano: Baroness Trelawney Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Captain Smolett Martin Zysset, Tenor: Bill Bones / Ben Gunn | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 12:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonLa Rondine - START TIME TO BE CONFIRMED |
Royal Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Ermonela Jaho, Soprano: Magda Sabina Puertolas, Soprano: Lisette Edgaras Montvidas, Tenor: Prunier Pietro Spagnoli, Bass: Rambaldo Atalla Ayan, Tenor: Ruggero |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 13-Jul-13 12:30pm La Rondine - START TIME TO BE CONFIRMED Marco Armiliato, Conductor Nicolas Joël, Director Ermonela Jaho, Soprano: Magda Sabina Puertolas, Soprano: Lisette Edgaras Montvidas, Tenor: Prunier Pietro Spagnoli, Bass: Rambaldo Atalla Ayan, Tenor: Ruggero | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 04:00pm |
Theater BonnTristan 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 HallSiegfried |
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 05:10pm |
Glyndebourne Opera HouseLe nozze di Figaro Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Grandage, Director Christopher Oram, Set Designer Adam Plachetka, Bass-baritone: Figaro Laura Tatulescu, Soprano: Susanna Amanda Majeski, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Joshua Hopkins, Baritone: Count Almaviva Luciano di Pasquale, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Anne Mason, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Lydia Teuscher, Soprano: Cherubino Timothy Robinson, Tenor: Don Basilio |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Saturday 13-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 13-Jul-13 05:20pm |
Grange Park Opera, Northington, WinchesterMessager's Fortunio Grange Park Opera |
Grange Park Opera |
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| Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester, Winchester SO24 9TG, United Kingdom Saturday 13-Jul-13 05:20pm Messager's Fortunio Public booking opens in February | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, ZürichRigoletto |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Tatjana Gürbaca, Director Klaus Grünberg, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Judith Schmid, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Giovanna Saimir Pirgu, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Quinn Kelsey, Baritone: Rigoletto Christof Fischesser, Bass: Sparafucile Valery Murga, Bass: Monterone |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:00pm The court of the Duke of Mantua is the scene of glittering festivities. However, the courtiers who enjoy themselves at these celebrations are morally reprobate. They no longer have any values and amuse themselves out of sheer boredom. Here, to enjoy oneself means to humiliate and demean others. The court jester, Rigoletto, is the most cynical of all. He wants to protect only his daughter Gilda from the corrupt world. He locks her away and forbids her everything. Despite this, the young woman goes her own way. She develops from a rebellious teenager into a mature, loving woman. Her longing for freedom and self-determination is stronger than her father’s oppressive authoritarianism, and her faith in love remains unshakeable, despite the hypocrisy of society. Like so many of Verdi’s figures, Gilda achieves what she failed to do in life only in death – to take the step towards freedom.
With Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi attained a new level in his musical and dramatic oeuvre. He composes the scenes and successive images in a highly precise manner, at times almost like a film editor. The score reveals a brilliant juxtaposition of psychological ambiguity and melodic directness. There are strong contrasts in atmosphere. Giuseppe Verdi wrote Rigoletto during the politically volatile post-revolutionary period around 1850. His decision to base his opera on Victor Hugo’s play, Le Roi s’amuse (The King amuses himself), was an extremely socio-critical choice. Rigoletto is one of the Italian composer’s most sinister operas.
Tatjana Gürbaca will stage the piece, which will be her début at Zurich Opera House. The German director is now one of the most prominent of her generation; this is also because she preserves a feminine view of the works she stages. The internationally sought-after Alexandra Kurzak will be performing Gilda, and Quinn Kelsey, who is considered a sensational discovery among Verdi baritones, will be singing Rigoletto. The experienced Verdi expert Fabio Luisi will be at the rostrum.
In Italian with German and English surtitles.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Tatjana Gürbaca, Director Klaus Grünberg, Set Designer Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Judith Schmid, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Giovanna Saimir Pirgu, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Quinn Kelsey, Baritone: Rigoletto Christof Fischesser, Bass: Sparafucile Valery Murga, Bass: Monterone | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, SavonlinnaMacbeth Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:00pm The masterly music composed by Giuseppe Verdi for Shakespeare’s powerful drama, combined with the highly-acclaimed direction of Ralf Långbacka and the costumes and stage designs of Anneli Qveflander together create one of the most successful productions in the history of the Savonlinna Opera Festival. This Macbeth has also been frequently seen on other stages, both in guest performances by the Savonlinna Opera Festival and in rental productions.When lust for power spurs husband and wife to ever more dastardly deeds, an honourable nobleman and first-rate soldier can turn into a human monster who, to be on the safe side, stops at nothing to liquidate any who stand in his way, both friend and foe. This perspective, highlighted in Långbacka’s vision, makes the Savonlinna Macbeth a more human and more “ordinary” character than the one presented in many other productions. And hence so credible and moving. Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Theater an der Wien, ViennaAttila |
Theater an der Wien |
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| Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Linke Wienzeile 6, 1060 Vienna, Austria Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:00pm Radio broadcast live at Oe1 13.07.13 | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:15pm |
Buxton Opera HouseOttone in villa Buxton Festival |
La Serenissima |
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| Buxton Opera House, Buxton SK17 6XN, United Kingdom Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:15pm | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, LondonLes 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 13-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 13-Jul-13 08:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichDas 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 |
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 Sunday 14-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 | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 02:00pm |
Opernhaus, ZürichSalome |
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 14-Jul-13 02:00pm ![]() 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 14-Jul-13 03:30pm |
Buxton Opera HouseDouble Bill: La Colombe & La Princesse Jaune Buxton Festival |
Buxton Festival Opera |
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| Buxton Opera House, Buxton SK17 6XN, United Kingdom Sunday 14-Jul-13 03:30pm Double Bill: La Colombe & La Princesse Jaune | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 04:30pm |
Glyndebourne Opera HouseFalstaff Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Sunday 14-Jul-13 04:30pm Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 05:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichDie 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 | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 06:00pm |
Theater BonnDon Giovanni |
Theater Bonn Robin Engelen, Conductor Klaus Weise, Director Martin Kukulies, Set Designer Fred Fenner, Costume Designer Sibylle Wagner, Choirmaster Aris Argiris, Baritone: Don Giovanni Giorgos Kanaris, Baritone: Don Giovanni Irina Oknina, Soprano: Donna Anna Mirko Roschkowski, Tenor: Don Ottavio Ramaz Chikviladze, Bass: The Commendatore Julia Kamenik, Soprano: Donna Elvira Martin Tzonev, Bass: Leporello Sven Bakin, Bass: Masetto Giorgos Kanaris, Baritone: Masetto Emiliya Ivanova, Soprano: Zerlina Beethoven Orchester Bonn |
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| Theater Bonn, Opernhaus/Werkstatt, , Am Boeselagerhof 1, , 53111 Bonn, Bonn, Germany Sunday 14-Jul-13 06:00pm Robin Engelen, Conductor Klaus Weise, Director Martin Kukulies, Set Designer Fred Fenner, Costume Designer Sibylle Wagner, Choirmaster Aris Argiris, Baritone: Don Giovanni Giorgos Kanaris, Baritone: Don Giovanni Irina Oknina, Soprano: Donna Anna Mirko Roschkowski, Tenor: Don Ottavio Ramaz Chikviladze, Bass: The Commendatore Julia Kamenik, Soprano: Donna Elvira Martin Tzonev, Bass: Leporello Sven Bakin, Bass: Masetto Giorgos Kanaris, Baritone: Masetto Emiliya Ivanova, Soprano: Zerlina Beethoven Orchester Bonn | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm |
School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, OHGalileo Galilei |
Cincinnati Opera |
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| School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, OH, 108 W. Central Parkway, Cincinnati, 45202, United States Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Opernhaus, ZürichLa 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 Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm 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 | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 09:00pm |
St John's Church, BuxtonCurlew River Buxton Festival |
Mahogany Opera |
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| St John's Church, Buxton, St John's Road, Buxton SK17, United Kingdom Sunday 14-Jul-13 09:00pm | ||
| Monday 15-Jul-13 04:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichSiegfried 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) | ||
| Monday 15-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, SavonlinnaLa traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Monday 15-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Monday 15-Jul-13 07:00pm |
St John's Church, BuxtonThe Prodigal Son Buxton Festival |
Mahogany Opera |
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| St John's Church, Buxton, St John's Road, Buxton SK17, United Kingdom Monday 15-Jul-13 07:00pm | ||
| Monday 15-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opéra de MarseilleLes Troyens - in concert |
Opéra de Marseille Lawrence Foster, Conductor Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Mezzo-soprano: Cassandra Marie Kalinine, Mezzo-soprano: Ascanius Clémentine Margaine, Mezzo-soprano: Anna Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Aeneas Marc Barrard, Baritone: Chorebus Alexandre Duhamel, Bass: Pantheus |
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| Opéra de Marseille, 2 rue Molière, 13001 Marseille, France Monday 15-Jul-13 07:00pm Les Troyens - in concert Lawrence Foster, Conductor Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Mezzo-soprano: Cassandra Marie Kalinine, Mezzo-soprano: Ascanius Clémentine Margaine, Mezzo-soprano: Anna Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Aeneas Marc Barrard, Baritone: Chorebus Alexandre Duhamel, Bass: Pantheus | ||
| Monday 15-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonTosca |
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 Monday 15-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 | ||
| Monday 15-Jul-13 08:00pm |
La Scala, MilanUn ballo in maschera |
Teatro alla Scala Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Piero Pretti, Tenor: Riccardo Gabriele Viviani, Baritone: Renato Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Amelia Marina Prudenskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Ulrica Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Oscar |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Monday 15-Jul-13 08:00pm Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Piero Pretti, Tenor: Riccardo Gabriele Viviani, Baritone: Renato Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Amelia Marina Prudenskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Ulrica Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Oscar | ||
| Monday 15-Jul-13 09:00pm |
St John's Church, BuxtonThe Burning Fiery Furnace Buxton Festival |
Mahogany Opera |
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| St John's Church, Buxton, St John's Road, Buxton SK17, United Kingdom Monday 15-Jul-13 09:00pm | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonSimon Boccanegra (1881 version) |
Royal Opera Christopher Willis, Conductor Elijah Moshinsky, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano: 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 Tuesday 16-Jul-13 Simon Boccanegra (1881 version) Christopher Willis, 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 | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 03:00pm |
Königliches Kurtheater, Bad WildbadGuillaume Tell Rossini in Wildbad |
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| Königliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad, Kernerstraße 39, 75323 Bad Wildbad, Germany Tuesday 16-Jul-13 03:00pm | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 05:05pm |
Glyndebourne Opera HouseHippolyte et Aricie Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera William Christie, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Jonathan Kent, Director Paul Brown, 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 Tuesday 16-Jul-13 05:05pm William Christie, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Jonathan Kent, Director Paul Brown, 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 | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichOtello Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Paolo Carignani, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Alphonse Poulin, Choreography Johan Botha, Tenor: Otello Claudio Sgura, Baritone: Iago Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Cassio Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: Roderigo Diogenes Randes, Bass: Lodovico Goran Juric, Bass: Montano Anja Harteros, Soprano: Desdemona |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm Three characters – a lethal drama! Jago's vanity: offended. Otello's emotions: unrestrained. Desdemona's love: helpless. Plus a handkerchief as corpus dilecti. Never did Verdi compose revenge, intrigue and jealousy with more fiery, diabolical music as he provides in this opera written toward the end of his long career. A fascinating murder mystery!
In Italian with German surtitlesImage credit: Wilfried Hösl Paolo Carignani, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Alphonse Poulin, Choreography Johan Botha, Tenor: Otello Claudio Sgura, Baritone: Iago Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Cassio Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: Roderigo Diogenes Randes, Bass: Lodovico Goran Juric, Bass: Montano Anja Harteros, Soprano: Desdemona | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Theater an der Wien, ViennaAttila |
Theater an der Wien |
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| Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Linke Wienzeile 6, 1060 Vienna, Austria Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, SavonlinnaSamson 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 16-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 16-Jul-13 07:15pm |
Buxton Opera HouseThe Killing Flower & Eight Songs for a Mad King Buxton Festival |
Music Theatre Wales |
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| Buxton Opera House, Buxton SK17 6XN, United Kingdom Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:15pm The Killing Flower & Eight Songs for a Mad King | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, LondonL'elisir d'amore Opera Holland Park |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:30pm Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April. | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 08:00pm |
La Scala, MilanUn ballo in maschera |
Teatro alla Scala Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Riccardo Željko Lučić, Baritone: Renato Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Amelia Marianne Cornetti, Contralto: Ulrica Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Oscar |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Tuesday 16-Jul-13 08:00pm Daniele Rustioni, Conductor Damiano Michieletto, Director Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Riccardo Željko Lučić, Baritone: Renato Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Amelia Marianne Cornetti, Contralto: Ulrica Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Oscar | ||
| Wednesday 17-Jul-13 |
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 Wednesday 17-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 | ||
| Wednesday 17-Jul-13 05:10pm |
Glyndebourne Opera HouseLe nozze di Figaro Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Grandage, Director Christopher Oram, Set Designer Adam Plachetka, Bass-baritone: Figaro Laura Tatulescu, Soprano: Susanna Amanda Majeski, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Joshua Hopkins, Baritone: Count Almaviva Luciano di Pasquale, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Anne Mason, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Lydia Teuscher, Soprano: Cherubino Timothy Robinson, Tenor: Don Basilio |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Wednesday 17-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 17-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichRigoletto Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patricia Petibon, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
New productionIn Italian with German surtitles.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patricia Petibon, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena | ||
| Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, SavonlinnaLa traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix TBA, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Daniel Sutin, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:15pm |
Buxton Opera HouseFortunio Buxton Festival |
Grange Park Opera |
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| Buxton Opera House, Buxton SK17 6XN, United Kingdom Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:15pm | ||
| Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:30pm |
School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, OHGalileo Galilei |
Cincinnati Opera |
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| School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, OH, 108 W. Central Parkway, Cincinnati, 45202, United States Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:30pm | ||
| Thursday 18-Jul-13 03:00pm |
Königliches Kurtheater, Bad WildbadGuillaume Tell Rossini in Wildbad |
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| Königliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad, Kernerstraße 39, 75323 Bad Wildbad, Germany Thursday 18-Jul-13 03:00pm | ||
| Thursday 18-Jul-13 04:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichGötterdämmerung 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.
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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 | ||
| Thursday 18-Jul-13 06:05pm |
Glyndebourne Opera HouseDon Pasquale Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Enrique Mazzola, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Mariame Clément, Director Julia Hansen, Set Designer Alessandro Corbelli, Bass: Don Pasquale Danielle de Niese, Soprano: Norina Nikolaj Borchev, Baritone: Dr. Malatesta Alek Shrader, Tenor: Ernesto |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Thursday 18-Jul-13 06:05pm Enrique Mazzola, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Mariame Clément, Director Julia Hansen, Set Designer Alessandro Corbelli, Bass: Don Pasquale Danielle de Niese, Soprano: Norina Nikolaj Borchev, Baritone: Dr. Malatesta Alek Shrader, Tenor: Ernesto | ||
| Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Theater an der Wien, ViennaAttila |
Theater an der Wien |
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| Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Linke Wienzeile 6, 1060 Vienna, Austria Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:00pm | ||
| Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, SavonlinnaMacbeth Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:00pm The masterly music composed by Giuseppe Verdi for Shakespeare’s powerful drama, combined with the highly-acclaimed direction of Ralf Långbacka and the costumes and stage designs of Anneli Qveflander together create one of the most successful productions in the history of the Savonlinna Opera Festival. This Macbeth has also been frequently seen on other stages, both in guest performances by the Savonlinna Opera Festival and in rental productions.When lust for power spurs husband and wife to ever more dastardly deeds, an honourable nobleman and first-rate soldier can turn into a human monster who, to be on the safe side, stops at nothing to liquidate any who stand in his way, both friend and foe. This perspective, highlighted in Långbacka’s vision, makes the Savonlinna Macbeth a more human and more “ordinary” character than the one presented in many other productions. And hence so credible and moving. Jan Latham-König, Conductor Ralf Långbacka, Stage Director Anneli Qveflander, Set Designer Stephen Gaertner, Baritone: Macbeth Csilla Boross, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Carlo Colombara, Bass: Banquo Warren Mok, Tenor: Macduff Hannu Jurmu, Tenor: Malcolm Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||