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| Friday 24-May-13 |
 Staatsoper, ViennaAndrea Chénier |
Vienna State Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Otto Schenk, Director José Cura, Tenor: Andrea Chénier Marco Vratogna, Baritone: Charles Gérard Martina Serafin, Soprano: Madeleine de Coigny |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Friday 24-May-13 Check start time of performance. Marco Armiliato, Conductor Otto Schenk, Director José Cura, Tenor: Andrea Chénier Marco Vratogna, Baritone: Charles Gérard Martina Serafin, Soprano: Madeleine de Coigny | ||
| Friday 24-May-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 Friday 24-May-13 05:45pm Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:00pm |
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Albert Herring |
Opera North Josephine Barstow, Soprano: Lady Billows Alexander Sprague, Tenor: Albert Herring Mary Hegarty, Soprano: Miss Wordsworth Joe Shovelton, Tenor: Mr Upfold Justin Doyle, Conductor Giles Havergal, Director |
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| Howard Assembly Room, Leeds, Leeds Grand Theatre, , 46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU, United Kingdom Friday 24-May-13 07:00pm Josephine Barstow, Soprano: Lady Billows Alexander Sprague, Tenor: Albert Herring Mary Hegarty, Soprano: Miss Wordsworth Joe Shovelton, Tenor: Mr Upfold Justin Doyle, Conductor Giles Havergal, Director | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Les Contes d'Hoffmann |
Bavarian State Opera Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Friday 24-May-13 07:00pm Les Contes d'Hoffmann The protagonist of the opera is E.T.A. Hoffmann, the prototype of the German romantic period artist: his life is an artwork, his lower depths, his doubts, his grand inspirations – his crises. And all of these are connected with: women. Hoffmann in the opera tells of three types of woman in his tales, the “lifeless doll with a heart of ice”, the “virtuoso”, ill and destined to die, as well as the “shameless courtesan”.
Jacques Offenbach’s opera fantastique, premièred in 1881, is based on the play of the same name by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, who drew from the biographies and works of E.T.A. Hoffmann, Adelbert von Chamisso and Alfred de Musset to create their own artist’s drama. It is not a literature opera – the protagonists from different romantic tales are connected to one another by a fictitious Hoffmann – but rather more of a message to the writer, telling him to make art his matter of the heart, or perhaps even open up his heart with brutal frankness.
Co-production with the English National Opera, London.
In French with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm |
The London Coliseum La Bohème |
English National Opera Jonathan Miller, Director Natascha Metherell, Revival Director Isabella Bywater, Set Designer Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Rodolfo Kate Valentine, Soprano: Mimì Richard Burkhard, Baritone: Marcello Angel Blue, Soprano: Musetta Andrew Craig Brown, Bass: Colline Duncan Rock, Baritone: Schaunard Simon Butteriss, Bass: Benoît |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm Puccini’s gift for writing emotional music is brought to the fore in La bohème’s tale of doomed love in poverty-stricken Paris. One of the world’s most recognised and widely performed operas, it focuses on two central relationships: that of the poet Rodolfo, who falls in love with the pretty but consumptive seamstress Mimì; and the painter Marcello, who has a glamorous and popular on-off mistress, Musetta.
Jonathan Miller’s production for ENO has quickly become a company classic and here receives its second revival since its 2009 premiere. Inspired by Brassaï’s photographs of the Paris Left Bank in the 1930s, Miller modernises the original bohemian setting to evoke the stark poverty of the day, creating a highly effective contemporary resonance, citing the film Withnail and I as an inspiration. Playing Mimì is Kate Valentine, who in recent seasons has played the Countess in Fiona Shaw’s production of The Marriage of Figaro and an ‘excellent’ (The Times) Helena in Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-nominated A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Gwyn Hughes Jones returns to the role of Rodolfo following his great success in ENO’s 2010 production, and recent acclaimed Pinkerton in Madam Butterfly.Jonathan Miller, Director Natascha Metherell, Revival Director Isabella Bywater, Set Designer Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Rodolfo Kate Valentine, Soprano: Mimì Richard Burkhard, Baritone: Marcello Angel Blue, Soprano: Musetta Andrew Craig Brown, Bass: Colline Duncan Rock, Baritone: Schaunard Simon Butteriss, Bass: Benoît | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm |
His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen The Pirates of Penzance |
Scottish Opera John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera |
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| His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB11 6HH, United Kingdom Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm The Pirates of Penzance Gilbert and Sullivan as it's meant to be - pure, uncomplicated fun, performed to the highest standards. This new co-production with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - returning to the stage for the first time in over 10 years - is conducted by G&S expert and D'Oyly Carte Music Director John Owen Edwards. Director Martin Lloyd-Evans stages a vibrant, stylish, all singing, all dancing show. The fantastic ensemble cast includes celebrated G&S stalwarts Steven Page and Richard Suart as The Pirate King and Major-General Stanley. John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin The Magic Flute |
Staatsoper Berlin Alexander Soddy, Conductor August Everding, Director Fred Berndt, Set Designer Eberhard Friedrich, Choirmaster Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Tamino Adriane Queiroz, Soprano: Pamina Roman Trekel, Baritone: Papageno Narine Yeghiyan, Soprano: Papagena Anna Maria Siminska, Soprano: Queen of the Night René Pape, Bass: Sarastro Arttu Kataja, Bass: Speaker (der Sprecher) Michael Smallwood, Tenor: Monostatos Paul O'Neill, Tenor Michael Kraus, Baritone Carola Höhn, Soprano Rowan Hellier, Mezzo-soprano Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano Kyungho Kim, Tenor Alin Anca, Bass Staatskapelle Berlin Staatsopernchor Berlin |
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| Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm Karl Friedrich Schinkel's fascinating stage design for the appearance of the Queen of the Night, with a starry dome and a narrow crescent, has become famous. The designs of the architectural genius of "The Magic Flute" from the year 1816 are the basis of this staging by August Everding.Image credit: © Monika Rittershaus Alexander Soddy, Conductor August Everding, Director Fred Berndt, Set Designer Eberhard Friedrich, Choirmaster Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Tamino Adriane Queiroz, Soprano: Pamina Roman Trekel, Baritone: Papageno Narine Yeghiyan, Soprano: Papagena Anna Maria Siminska, Soprano: Queen of the Night René Pape, Bass: Sarastro Arttu Kataja, Bass: Speaker (der Sprecher) Michael Smallwood, Tenor: Monostatos Paul O'Neill, Tenor Michael Kraus, Baritone Carola Höhn, Soprano Rowan Hellier, Mezzo-soprano Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano Kyungho Kim, Tenor Alin Anca, Bass Staatskapelle Berlin Staatsopernchor Berlin | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm |
Lighthouse, Poole The Threepenny Opera |
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| Lighthouse, Poole, Poole BH15 1UG, United Kingdom Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm | ||
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Vlaamse Opera, Ghent Tragedy of a Frienship |
Tragedy of a Friendship (Eggert) (world première) Vlaamse Opera |
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| Vlaamse Opera, Ghent, Schouwburgstraat 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium Friday 24-May-13 08:00pm Tragedy of a Frienship Tragedy of a Friendship (Eggert, Moritz (b. 1965)) (world première) Image credit: Vlaamse Opera / Debby Huysmans | ||
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Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi, Salerno Simon Boccanegra |
Teatro dell'Opera di Salerno Daniel Oren, Conductor Leo Nucci, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Eglise Gutiérrez, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Carlo Colombara, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno |
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| Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi, Salerno, Piazza Matteo Luciani 1, 84121 Salerno, Italy Friday 24-May-13 09:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Leo Nucci, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Eglise Gutiérrez, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Carlo Colombara, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Don Carlo |
Royal Opera Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Nicholas Hytner, Director Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor: Don Carlos Anja Harteros, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 25-May-13 Sung in Italian. Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Nicholas Hytner, Director Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor: Don Carlos Anja Harteros, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 02:30pm |
His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen The Pirates of Penzance |
Scottish Opera John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera |
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| His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB11 6HH, United Kingdom Saturday 25-May-13 02:30pm The Pirates of Penzance Gilbert and Sullivan as it's meant to be - pure, uncomplicated fun, performed to the highest standards. This new co-production with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - returning to the stage for the first time in over 10 years - is conducted by G&S expert and D'Oyly Carte Music Director John Owen Edwards. Director Martin Lloyd-Evans stages a vibrant, stylish, all singing, all dancing show. The fantastic ensemble cast includes celebrated G&S stalwarts Steven Page and Richard Suart as The Pirate King and Major-General Stanley. John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 03:00pm |
Lighthouse, Poole The Threepenny Opera |
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| Lighthouse, Poole, Poole BH15 1UG, United Kingdom Saturday 25-May-13 03:00pm | ||
| Saturday 25-May-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 Saturday 25-May-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 | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 06:00pm |
The Norwegian Opera and Ballet, Oslo Salome |
Norwegian National Opera John Helmer Fiore, Conductor Stefan Herheim, Director Thor Inge Falch, Tenor: Herod Thomas Hall, Baritone: Jochanaan Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs, Soprano: Salome |
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| The Norwegian Opera and Ballet, Oslo, Kirsten Flagstads pl. 1, N-0150 Oslo, Oslo, Norway Saturday 25-May-13 06:00pm John Helmer Fiore, Conductor Stefan Herheim, Director Thor Inge Falch, Tenor: Herod Thomas Hall, Baritone: Jochanaan Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs, Soprano: Salome | ||
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Opéra Bastille, Paris Götterdämmerung |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Yevgeny Nikitin, Baritone: Gunther Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünhilde Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano: First Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Edith Haller, Soprano: Third Norn/Soprano: Gutrune Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Second Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Caroline Stein, Soprano: Woglinde Louise Callinan, Soprano: Wellgunde |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Saturday 25-May-13 06:00pm Amongst the most monumental works in the history of music, The Twilight of the Gods presents us with Siegfried and Brünhilde’s march towards death, sweeping away with them the gods and the entire world of old; a parable for humanity sustained by sublime musical and theatrical inspiration. Performed in German. Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Yevgeny Nikitin, Baritone: Gunther Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünhilde Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano: First Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Edith Haller, Soprano: Third Norn/Soprano: Gutrune Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Second Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Caroline Stein, Soprano: Woglinde Louise Callinan, Soprano: Wellgunde | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 06:00pm |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples Verdi, Rigoletto |
San Carlo Theatre Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor Arnaud Bernard, Director Celso Albelo, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Desirée Rancatore, Soprano: Gilda Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone: Rigoletto Michail Ryssov, Bass: Sparafucile Daniela Innamorati, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Christopher Magiera, Baritone: Marullo |
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| Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, 80132 Naples, Italy Saturday 25-May-13 06:00pm Verdi, Rigoletto Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor Arnaud Bernard, Director Celso Albelo, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Desirée Rancatore, Soprano: Gilda Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone: Rigoletto Michail Ryssov, Bass: Sparafucile Daniela Innamorati, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Christopher Magiera, Baritone: Marullo | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:00pm |
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Albert Herring |
Opera North Josephine Barstow, Soprano: Lady Billows Alexander Sprague, Tenor: Albert Herring Mary Hegarty, Soprano: Miss Wordsworth Joe Shovelton, Tenor: Mr Upfold Justin Doyle, Conductor Giles Havergal, Director |
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| Howard Assembly Room, Leeds, Leeds Grand Theatre, , 46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU, United Kingdom Saturday 25-May-13 07:00pm Josephine Barstow, Soprano: Lady Billows Alexander Sprague, Tenor: Albert Herring Mary Hegarty, Soprano: Miss Wordsworth Joe Shovelton, Tenor: Mr Upfold Justin Doyle, Conductor Giles Havergal, Director | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:00pm |
Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest Macbeth |
Hungarian State Opera Miklós Szinetár, Director Zsófia Nemes, Choreography János Kovács, Conductor Alexandru Agache, Bass: Macbeth Peter Fried, Bass: Banquo Gyöngyi Lukács, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Kiss B Attila, Tenor: Macduff Gergely Boncsér, Tenor: Malcolm |
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| Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Saturday 25-May-13 07:00pm Miklós Szinetár, Director Zsófia Nemes, Choreography János Kovács, Conductor Alexandru Agache, Bass: Macbeth Peter Fried, Bass: Banquo Gyöngyi Lukács, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Kiss B Attila, Tenor: Macduff Gergely Boncsér, Tenor: Malcolm | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm |
Lighthouse, Poole The Threepenny Opera |
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Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Grand Theatre Tales of Hoffmann |
Opera Hong Kong Opera Hong Kong Chorus Warren Mok, Producer Jean-Louis Grinda, Director Emmanuel Joel-Hornak, Conductor Luca Lombardo, Tenor: Hoffmann Sinéad Mulhern, Soprano: Antonia/Giulietta/Stella Nicolas Cavallier, Bass: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Isabelle Philippe, Soprano: Olympia Aurhelia Varak, Mezzo-soprano: Nicklausse/Mezzo-soprano: The Muse |
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| Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Grand Theatre, 10 Salisbury Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm Opera Hong Kong Chorus Warren Mok, Producer Jean-Louis Grinda, Director Emmanuel Joel-Hornak, Conductor Luca Lombardo, Tenor: Hoffmann Sinéad Mulhern, Soprano: Antonia/Giulietta/Stella Nicolas Cavallier, Bass: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Isabelle Philippe, Soprano: Olympia Aurhelia Varak, Mezzo-soprano: Nicklausse/Mezzo-soprano: The Muse | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm |
The London Coliseum Wozzeck |
English National Opera Edward Gardner, Conductor Carrie Cracknell, Director Tom Scutt, Set Designer Jon Clark, Lighting Designer Leigh Melrose, Baritone: Wozzeck Tom Randle, Tenor: Captain James Morris, Bass: Doctor Bryan Register, Tenor: Drum major Adrian Dwyer, Tenor: Andres Andrew Greenan, Bass: First Apprentice James Cleverton, Baritone: Second Apprentice Sara Jakubiak, Soprano: Marie Clare Presland, Contralto: Margret |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm Wozzeck tells the story of a simple soldier, troubled by visions, who murders his unfaithful partner and dies, leaving behind an orphaned child. Berg’s early 20th-century masterpiece comes to ENO for the first time in 25 years.
This new production is by acclaimed director Carrie Cracknell. One of the most exciting young British directors of her generation, Carrie Cracknell is an Associate Director at the Young Vic, where her recent production of A Doll’s House was a critical success (‘If you ever see a production of a play, see this one’ Sunday Telegraph; ‘Carrie Cracknell ... set the Young Vic ablaze with her production over the summer ... Ibsen’s play reconsidered with fresh rabid emotion’ New York Times; ‘The best production of an Ibsen I’ve ever seen’ Kerry Shale, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Review).Tickets £16 - £99.Edward Gardner, Conductor Carrie Cracknell, Director Tom Scutt, Set Designer Jon Clark, Lighting Designer Leigh Melrose, Baritone: Wozzeck Tom Randle, Tenor: Captain James Morris, Bass: Doctor Bryan Register, Tenor: Drum major Adrian Dwyer, Tenor: Andres Andrew Greenan, Bass: First Apprentice James Cleverton, Baritone: Second Apprentice Sara Jakubiak, Soprano: Marie Clare Presland, Contralto: Margret | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm |
His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen The Pirates of Penzance |
Scottish Opera John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera |
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| His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB11 6HH, United Kingdom Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm The Pirates of Penzance Gilbert and Sullivan as it's meant to be - pure, uncomplicated fun, performed to the highest standards. This new co-production with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - returning to the stage for the first time in over 10 years - is conducted by G&S expert and D'Oyly Carte Music Director John Owen Edwards. Director Martin Lloyd-Evans stages a vibrant, stylish, all singing, all dancing show. The fantastic ensemble cast includes celebrated G&S stalwarts Steven Page and Richard Suart as The Pirate King and Major-General Stanley. John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm |
Komische Oper Berlin The Magic Flute |
Komische Oper Berlin Kristiina Poska, Conductor Ulrich Lenz, Stage Director David Cavelius, Chorus director Nicole Chevalier, Soprano: Pamina Peter Sonn, Tenor: Tamino Julia Novikova, Soprano: Queen of the Night |
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| Komische Oper Berlin, Behrenstraße 55-57, Berlin, Germany Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm Kristiina Poska, Conductor Ulrich Lenz, Stage Director David Cavelius, Chorus director Nicole Chevalier, Soprano: Pamina Peter Sonn, Tenor: Tamino Julia Novikova, Soprano: Queen of the Night | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm |
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA The Marriage of Figaro |
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor Los Angeles Master Chorale Christopher Maltman, Baritone: Count Almaviva Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Baritone: Figaro Malin Christensson, Soprano: Susanna James Darrah, Director Rafael Payare, Conductor |
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| Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor Los Angeles Master Chorale Christopher Maltman, Baritone: Count Almaviva Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Baritone: Figaro Malin Christensson, Soprano: Susanna James Darrah, Director Rafael Payare, Conductor | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin Le Vin Herbé |
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| Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm Sung in French with German subtitles.
Frank Martin felt his "Le vin herbé" was a personal key work in which he had found his own voice. Based on the novel "Tristan et Iseut" by Joseph Bedier, he created his chambered profane oratorio to dramatise the two lovers Tristan and Isolde. | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm |
Vlaamse Opera, Ghent Tragedy of a Frienship |
Tragedy of a Friendship (Eggert) (world première) Vlaamse Opera |
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| Vlaamse Opera, Ghent, Schouwburgstraat 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm Tragedy of a Frienship Tragedy of a Friendship (Eggert, Moritz (b. 1965)) (world première) Image credit: Vlaamse Opera / Debby Huysmans | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 |
Staatsoper, Vienna Carmen |
Vienna State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Franco Zeffirelli, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Ludovic Tézier, Baritone: Escamillo Anita Hartig, Soprano: Micaela |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Sunday 26-May-13 Check start time of performance. Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Franco Zeffirelli, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Ludovic Tézier, Baritone: Escamillo Anita Hartig, Soprano: Micaela | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 01:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam La Traviata |
De Nederlandse Opera Giuliano Carella, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Marina Poplavskaya, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Karin Strobos, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Ismael Jordi, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Dimitris Tiliakos, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Koor van De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 26-May-13 01:30pm Giuliano Carella, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Marina Poplavskaya, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Karin Strobos, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Ismael Jordi, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Dimitris Tiliakos, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Koor van De Nederlandse Opera | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 02:00pm |
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA Tosca |
Los Angeles Opera Plácido Domingo, Conductor John Caird, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Marco Berti, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Lado Ataneli, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Joshua Bloom, Bass: Cesare Angelotti |
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| Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, CA90012, United States Sunday 26-May-13 02:00pm Plácido Domingo, Conductor John Caird, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Marco Berti, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Lado Ataneli, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Joshua Bloom, Bass: Cesare Angelotti | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 02:30pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris La Gioconda |
Opéra de Paris Daniel Oren, Conductor Pier Luigi Pizzi, Director Violeta Urmana, Soprano: La Gioconda Elena Bocharova, Mezzo-soprano: Laura Adorno Orlin Anastassov, Bass: Alvise Badoero Maria Jos Montiel, Contralto: La Cieca Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Enzo Grimaldo Sergey Murzaev, Baritone: Barnaba |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Sunday 26-May-13 02:30pm Hearts are broken and destinies shattered in 17th century Venice: Violeta Urmana, Lucianan D’Intino, Marcelo Alvarez and Sergey Murzaev appear together in this rare and spectacular masterpiece. Performed in Italian. Daniel Oren, Conductor Pier Luigi Pizzi, Director Violeta Urmana, Soprano: La Gioconda Elena Bocharova, Mezzo-soprano: Laura Adorno Orlin Anastassov, Bass: Alvise Badoero Maria Jos Montiel, Contralto: La Cieca Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Enzo Grimaldo Sergey Murzaev, Baritone: Barnaba | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 02:30pm |
Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris) Giulio Cesare |
Opéra de Paris Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Lawrence Zazzo, Mezzo-soprano: Giulio Cesare Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-soprano: Cornelia Karine Deshayes, Mezzo-soprano: Sesto Sandrine Piau, Soprano: Cleopatra Christophe Dumaux, Countertenor: Tolomeo Paul Gay, Bass: Achilla Dominique Visse, Countertenor: Nireno Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Bass: Curio Orchestre et choeur du Concert d'Astrée |
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| Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris), 75009 Paris, France Sunday 26-May-13 02:30pm Never had his melodic genius been more effulgent: the score contains some of his brightest jewels, like Cleopatra's arias. Jane Archibald, Karine Deshayes and Laurence Zazzo are the heroes of this vocal festivity. Performed in Italian. Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Lawrence Zazzo, Mezzo-soprano: Giulio Cesare Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-soprano: Cornelia Karine Deshayes, Mezzo-soprano: Sesto Sandrine Piau, Soprano: Cleopatra Christophe Dumaux, Countertenor: Tolomeo Paul Gay, Bass: Achilla Dominique Visse, Countertenor: Nireno Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Bass: Curio Orchestre et choeur du Concert d'Astrée | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 03:00pm |
Remonstrantse Kerk, Groningen The Young Opera per Tutti! voor iedereen! |
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| Remonstrantse Kerk, Groningen, Coehoornsingel 14, Groningen 9711 BS, Netherlands Sunday 26-May-13 03:00pm The Young Opera per Tutti! voor iedereen! Programme not known | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 03:00pm |
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Lohengrin |
Welsh National Opera Peter Wedd, Tenor: Lohengrin Emma Bell, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Claudio Otelli, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Matthew Best, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Simon Thorpe, Baritone: The King's Herald |
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| Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Bute Place, Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 5AL, United Kingdom Sunday 26-May-13 03:00pm Image credit: David Massey Peter Wedd, Tenor: Lohengrin Emma Bell, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Claudio Otelli, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Matthew Best, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Simon Thorpe, Baritone: The King's Herald | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 03:00pm |
La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels Così fan tutte |
La Monnaie | De Munt Ludovic Morlot, Conductor Michael Haneke, Director Christoph Kanter, Set Designer Anett Fritsch, Soprano: Fiordiligi Andreas Wolf, Baritone: Guglielmo Juan Francisco Gatell, Tenor: Ferrando Kerstin Avemo, Soprano: Despina William Shimell, Baritone: Don Alfonso Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs de la Monnaie |
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| La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels, Muntplein-Place de la Monnaie, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Sunday 26-May-13 03:00pm The fatal temptation to seek the truth in love: men and women scorch their hearts and wings in trying to unlock the secret of emotions. How quickly perversity and cruelty oust desire and tenderness. Here Mozart enters into a dialogue with Marivaux and Sade. As in his previous operas, he succeeds in producing an incredible tension, a breathtakingly beautiful structuring of the text (his third collaboration with Da Ponte) and the music. Director Michael Haneke, one of the most incisive and insightful film-makers of our time, presents us with his vision of a work that is as spell-binding, serious, complex and at times light as it is formidably modern, where the experience of infidelity transforms the four characters by laying bare their frailty. For the Austrian director, this is his first time at La Monnaie, while Ludovic Morlot conducts his second opera of the season.Image credit: © Flore-Aël Surun / Tendance Floue Ludovic Morlot, Conductor Michael Haneke, Director Christoph Kanter, Set Designer Anett Fritsch, Soprano: Fiordiligi Andreas Wolf, Baritone: Guglielmo Juan Francisco Gatell, Tenor: Ferrando Kerstin Avemo, Soprano: Despina William Shimell, Baritone: Don Alfonso Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs de la Monnaie | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 04:00pm |
Opéra de Lille Il Barbiere di Siviglia |
Opéra de Lille Antonello Allemandi, Conductor Jean-François Sivadier, Director Taylor Stayton, Tenor: Count Almaviva Tiziano Bracci, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Eduarda Melo, Soprano: Rosina Amando Noguera, Baritone: Figaro |
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| Opéra de Lille, 2 Rue des Bons Enfants, 59800 Lille, France Sunday 26-May-13 04:00pm Il Barbiere di Siviglia Antonello Allemandi, Conductor Jean-François Sivadier, Director Taylor Stayton, Tenor: Count Almaviva Tiziano Bracci, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Eduarda Melo, Soprano: Rosina Amando Noguera, Baritone: Figaro | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 04:30pm |
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 Sunday 26-May-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 26-May-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich La Traviata |
Bavarian State Opera Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Ermonela Jaho, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Baritone: Giorgio Germont |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 26-May-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 Ermonela Jaho, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Baritone: Giorgio Germont | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Don Giovanni |
Zurich Opera Robin Ticciati, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Barbara Ehnes, Set Designer Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Donna Anna Julia Kleiter, Soprano: Donna Elvira Anna Gorbachyova, Soprano: Zerlina Peter Mattei, Baritone: Don Giovanni Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Don Ottavio Rafal Siwek, Bass: The Commendatore Ruben Drole, Baritone: Leporello Lukas Jakobski, Bass: Masetto |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 26-May-13 07:00pm Following the success of the Prague première of Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart was immediately commissioned to write another opera. This time, Lorenzo Da Ponte chose the story of the Spanish nobleman Don Juan. The subject matter had been considered a crowd-puller for more than a century, due in particular to the spectacular demise of the hero. Don Giovanni invites the statue of the Commendatore, whom he has murdered, to dinner, and is swallowed up by the jaws of hell. However, the view of the hero had changed considerably since the Spanish dramatist and monk Tirso de Molina first brought the blasphemous deeds and just punishment of the villain to the stage in the 17th century. While de Molina was still entirely on the side of order, which is ultimately re-established through divine intervention, Mozart and Da Ponte turn the sexual braggart and seducer into a man whose unquenchable thirst for happiness calls into the question the very foundations of social coexistence. Don Giovanni thus becomes – involuntarily and perhaps even without realising it – a danger for the social order, which can be maintained only if it functions smoothly. In their comedy, which is shrouded in darkness throughout, Mozart and Da Ponte do not conceal the price that others have to pay for this kind of self-realisation. However, since they do not pass any final judgement and instead do justice to both sides, their work becomes a drama of humanity of indestructible power and relevance – a dramma giocoso that becomes all the more comic the more the tragic aspects behind the course of events become apparent.
The much-vaunted German director Sebastian Baumgarten will present his interpretation of Don Giovanni in Zurich. At the rostrum will be the young Robin Ticciati, a rising star among the new generation of conductors. Our Don Giovanni is the charismatic Peter Mattei, who is sought-after in this role from the Scala in Milan to the New York Met.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Robin Ticciati, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Barbara Ehnes, Set Designer Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Donna Anna Julia Kleiter, Soprano: Donna Elvira Anna Gorbachyova, Soprano: Zerlina Peter Mattei, Baritone: Don Giovanni Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Don Ottavio Rafal Siwek, Bass: The Commendatore Ruben Drole, Baritone: Leporello Lukas Jakobski, Bass: Masetto | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 07:30pm |
Theater an der Wien, Vienna Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore Wiener Festwochen |
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| Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Linke Wienzeile 6, 1060 Vienna, Austria Sunday 26-May-13 07:30pm Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore Image credit: Baeza / Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía. | ||
| Monday 27-May-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London La donna del lago |
Royal Opera Michele Mariotti, Conductor John Fulljames, Director Joyce DiDonato, Soprano: Elena Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor: King James V / Uberto Daniela Barcellona, Mezzo-soprano: Malcolm Simon Orfila, Bass: Douglas Colin Lee, Tenor: Rodrigo |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Monday 27-May-13 Michele Mariotti, Conductor John Fulljames, Director Joyce DiDonato, Soprano: Elena Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor: King James V / Uberto Daniela Barcellona, Mezzo-soprano: Malcolm Simon Orfila, Bass: Douglas Colin Lee, Tenor: Rodrigo | ||
| Monday 27-May-13 08:00pm |
The Lir, Dublin Opera Briefs |
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| The Lir, Dublin, Pearse Street (at Grand Canal Quay) , Dublin 2, Dublin Dublin 2, Ireland Monday 27-May-13 08:00pm Opera Briefs Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Monday 27-May-13 09:00pm |
Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi, Salerno Simon Boccanegra |
Teatro dell'Opera di Salerno Daniel Oren, Conductor Leo Nucci, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Eglise Gutiérrez, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Carlo Colombara, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno |
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| Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi, Salerno, Piazza Matteo Luciani 1, 84121 Salerno, Italy Monday 27-May-13 09:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Leo Nucci, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Eglise Gutiérrez, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Carlo Colombara, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm |
Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris) Giulio Cesare |
Opéra de Paris Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Lawrence Zazzo, Mezzo-soprano: Giulio Cesare Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-soprano: Cornelia Karine Deshayes, Mezzo-soprano: Sesto Sandrine Piau, Soprano: Cleopatra Christophe Dumaux, Countertenor: Tolomeo Paul Gay, Bass: Achilla Dominique Visse, Countertenor: Nireno Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Bass: Curio Orchestre et choeur du Concert d'Astrée |
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| Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris), 75009 Paris, France Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm Never had his melodic genius been more effulgent: the score contains some of his brightest jewels, like Cleopatra's arias. Jane Archibald, Karine Deshayes and Laurence Zazzo are the heroes of this vocal festivity. Performed in Italian. Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Lawrence Zazzo, Mezzo-soprano: Giulio Cesare Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-soprano: Cornelia Karine Deshayes, Mezzo-soprano: Sesto Sandrine Piau, Soprano: Cleopatra Christophe Dumaux, Countertenor: Tolomeo Paul Gay, Bass: Achilla Dominique Visse, Countertenor: Nireno Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Bass: Curio Orchestre et choeur du Concert d'Astrée | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm |
La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels Così fan tutte |
La Monnaie | De Munt Ludovic Morlot, Conductor Michael Haneke, Director Christoph Kanter, Set Designer Anett Fritsch, Soprano: Fiordiligi Andreas Wolf, Baritone: Guglielmo Juan Francisco Gatell, Tenor: Ferrando Kerstin Avemo, Soprano: Despina William Shimell, Baritone: Don Alfonso Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs de la Monnaie |
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| La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels, Muntplein-Place de la Monnaie, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm The fatal temptation to seek the truth in love: men and women scorch their hearts and wings in trying to unlock the secret of emotions. How quickly perversity and cruelty oust desire and tenderness. Here Mozart enters into a dialogue with Marivaux and Sade. As in his previous operas, he succeeds in producing an incredible tension, a breathtakingly beautiful structuring of the text (his third collaboration with Da Ponte) and the music. Director Michael Haneke, one of the most incisive and insightful film-makers of our time, presents us with his vision of a work that is as spell-binding, serious, complex and at times light as it is formidably modern, where the experience of infidelity transforms the four characters by laying bare their frailty. For the Austrian director, this is his first time at La Monnaie, while Ludovic Morlot conducts his second opera of the season.Image credit: © Flore-Aël Surun / Tendance Floue Ludovic Morlot, Conductor Michael Haneke, Director Christoph Kanter, Set Designer Anett Fritsch, Soprano: Fiordiligi Andreas Wolf, Baritone: Guglielmo Juan Francisco Gatell, Tenor: Ferrando Kerstin Avemo, Soprano: Despina William Shimell, Baritone: Don Alfonso Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs de la Monnaie | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm |
City University London: Performance Space (ALG10) Holst: The Wandering Scholar & New Art Songs Orchestration |
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| City University London: Performance Space (ALG10), College Building, Northampton Square, London EC1V 4PB, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm Holst: The Wandering Scholar & New Art Songs Orchestration | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm |
Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest Macbeth |
Hungarian State Opera Miklós Szinetár, Director Zsófia Nemes, Choreography János Kovács, Conductor Alexandru Agache, Bass: Macbeth Peter Fried, Bass: Banquo Gyöngyi Lukács, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Kiss B Attila, Tenor: Macduff Gergely Boncsér, Tenor: Malcolm |
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| Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm Miklós Szinetár, Director Zsófia Nemes, Choreography János Kovács, Conductor Alexandru Agache, Bass: Macbeth Peter Fried, Bass: Banquo Gyöngyi Lukács, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Kiss B Attila, Tenor: Macduff Gergely Boncsér, Tenor: Malcolm | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:15pm |
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Madam Butterfly |
Welsh National Opera Cheryl Barker, Soprano: Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly) Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Pinkerton Claire Bradshaw, Mezzo-soprano: Suzuki Julian Close, Bass: The Bonze |
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| Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Bute Place, Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 5AL, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 07:15pm Madam Butterfly Cheryl Barker, Soprano: Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly) Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Pinkerton Claire Bradshaw, Mezzo-soprano: Suzuki Julian Close, Bass: The Bonze | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:15pm |
Edinburgh Festival Theatre The Pirates of Penzance |
Scottish Opera John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera |
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| Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh EH8 9FT, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 07:15pm The Pirates of Penzance Gilbert and Sullivan as it's meant to be - pure, uncomplicated fun, performed to the highest standards. This new co-production with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - returning to the stage for the first time in over 10 years - is conducted by G&S expert and D'Oyly Carte Music Director John Owen Edwards. Director Martin Lloyd-Evans stages a vibrant, stylish, all singing, all dancing show. The fantastic ensemble cast includes celebrated G&S stalwarts Steven Page and Richard Suart as The Pirate King and Major-General Stanley. John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm |
Opéra de Lille Il Barbiere di Siviglia |
Opéra de Lille Antonello Allemandi, Conductor Jean-François Sivadier, Director Taylor Stayton, Tenor: Count Almaviva Tiziano Bracci, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Eduarda Melo, Soprano: Rosina Amando Noguera, Baritone: Figaro |
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| Opéra de Lille, 2 Rue des Bons Enfants, 59800 Lille, France Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm Il Barbiere di Siviglia Antonello Allemandi, Conductor Jean-François Sivadier, Director Taylor Stayton, Tenor: Count Almaviva Tiziano Bracci, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Eduarda Melo, Soprano: Rosina Amando Noguera, Baritone: Figaro | ||
