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| Sunday 19-May-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 19-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 | ||
| Monday 20-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 Monday 20-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 | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 06:00pm |
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 Monday 20-May-13 06:00pm 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 | ||
| Tuesday 21-May-13 06:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Götterdämmerung |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Yevgeny Nikitin, Baritone: Gunther Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Petra Lang, 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 Tuesday 21-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 Petra Lang, 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 | ||
| Wednesday 22-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 Wednesday 22-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 | ||
| Thursday 23-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 Thursday 23-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 | ||
| Thursday 23-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 Thursday 23-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 | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 08:00pm |
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 Thursday 23-May-13 08:00pm 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 | ||
| 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 |
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 | ||
| 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 |
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 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 |
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 | ||
| 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 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 |
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 07:00pm |
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 | ||
| Wednesday 29-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 Wednesday 29-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 | ||
| Wednesday 29-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 Wednesday 29-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 | ||
| Wednesday 29-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 Wednesday 29-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 | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 08:00pm |
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 Wednesday 29-May-13 08:00pm 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 | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 04:00pm |
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 Thursday 30-May-13 04:00pm 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 | ||
| Thursday 30-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 Thursday 30-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 | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 06:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Götterdämmerung |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Yevgeny Nikitin, Baritone: Gunther Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Petra Lang, 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 Thursday 30-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 Petra Lang, 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 | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm |
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 Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm 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 | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-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 Saturday 1-Jun-13 05:45pm Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-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 Saturday 1-Jun-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 | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm |
The London Coliseum The Perfect American |
English National Opera Gareth Jones, Conductor Phelim McDermott, Director Dan Potra, Set Designer Ben Wright, Choreography Christopher Purves, Bass: Walt Disney David Pittsinger, Bass: Roy Janis Kelly, Soprano: Hazel George Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Sharon John Easterlin, Tenor: Andy Warhol Zachary James, Baritone: Abraham Lincoln |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm Based on Peter Stephan Jungk’s novel and written by Philip Glass, one of the world’s most important composers, The Perfect American imagines the final years of Walt Disney’s life, including mythical imaginings of Abraham Lincoln and Andy Warhol. This latest opera from Glass, his 24th, was commissioned by ENO and Teatro Real Madrid to mark his 75th birthday.
British theatre director Phelim McDermott returns following his spectacular production of Satyagraha for ENO and the Metropolitan Opera, New York, described as ‘transfixing musically and visually’ (The Guardian). The design is by leading international designer Dan Potra, whose work on the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games ceremony was widely acclaimed.
Tickets £12 - £60.Gareth Jones, Conductor Phelim McDermott, Director Dan Potra, Set Designer Ben Wright, Choreography Christopher Purves, Bass: Walt Disney David Pittsinger, Bass: Roy Janis Kelly, Soprano: Hazel George Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Sharon John Easterlin, Tenor: Andy Warhol Zachary James, Baritone: Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 04:35pm |
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 Sunday 2-Jun-13 04:35pm 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 | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 06:00pm |
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 Sunday 2-Jun-13 06:00pm 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 | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Rusalka |
Zurich Opera Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Karl-Ernst Herrmann, Set Designer Ekaterina Scherbachenko, Soprano: Rusalka Pavel Cernoch, Tenor: Prince Liliana Nikiteanu, Alto: Jezibaba, the Witch Christof Fischesser, Bass: Vodnik, the water goblin Michelle Breedt, Mezzo-soprano: Foreign Princess |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 2-Jun-13 08:00pm In Czech with German and English surtitles.Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Karl-Ernst Herrmann, Set Designer Ekaterina Scherbachenko, Soprano: Rusalka Pavel Cernoch, Tenor: Prince Liliana Nikiteanu, Alto: Jezibaba, the Witch Christof Fischesser, Bass: Vodnik, the water goblin Michelle Breedt, Mezzo-soprano: Foreign Princess | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 06:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Götterdämmerung |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Yevgeny Nikitin, Baritone: Gunther Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Petra Lang, 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 Monday 3-Jun-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 Petra Lang, 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 | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-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 Tuesday 4-Jun-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 | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-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 Tuesday 4-Jun-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 | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci Opera Holland Park |
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Soprano: Santuzza Peter Auty, Tenor: Turiddu Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Alfio Peter Auty, Tenor: Canio Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Nedda Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Tonio |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Soprano: Santuzza Peter Auty, Tenor: Turiddu Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Alfio Peter Auty, Tenor: Canio Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Nedda Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Tonio | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-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 Wednesday 5-Jun-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 | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Guildhall School Theatre, London Britten: Owen Wingrave |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
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| Guildhall School Theatre, London, Silk Street,, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DT, United Kingdom Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm Britten: Owen Wingrave | ||
| Thursday 6-Jun-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 Thursday 6-Jun-13 05:45pm Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol | ||
| Thursday 6-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Rusalka |
Zurich Opera Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Karl-Ernst Herrmann, Set Designer Ekaterina Scherbachenko, Soprano: Rusalka Pavel Cernoch, Tenor: Prince Liliana Nikiteanu, Alto: Jezibaba, the Witch Christof Fischesser, Bass: Vodnik, the water goblin Michelle Breedt, Mezzo-soprano: Foreign Princess |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Thursday 6-Jun-13 07:00pm In Czech with German and English surtitles.Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Karl-Ernst Herrmann, Set Designer Ekaterina Scherbachenko, Soprano: Rusalka Pavel Cernoch, Tenor: Prince Liliana Nikiteanu, Alto: Jezibaba, the Witch Christof Fischesser, Bass: Vodnik, the water goblin Michelle Breedt, Mezzo-soprano: Foreign Princess | ||
| Thursday 6-Jun-13 07:30pm |
The London Coliseum The Perfect American |
English National Opera Gareth Jones, Conductor Phelim McDermott, Director Dan Potra, Set Designer Ben Wright, Choreography Christopher Purves, Bass: Walt Disney David Pittsinger, Bass: Roy Janis Kelly, Soprano: Hazel George Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Sharon John Easterlin, Tenor: Andy Warhol Zachary James, Baritone: Abraham Lincoln |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Thursday 6-Jun-13 07:30pm Based on Peter Stephan Jungk’s novel and written by Philip Glass, one of the world’s most important composers, The Perfect American imagines the final years of Walt Disney’s life, including mythical imaginings of Abraham Lincoln and Andy Warhol. This latest opera from Glass, his 24th, was commissioned by ENO and Teatro Real Madrid to mark his 75th birthday.
British theatre director Phelim McDermott returns following his spectacular production of Satyagraha for ENO and the Metropolitan Opera, New York, described as ‘transfixing musically and visually’ (The Guardian). The design is by leading international designer Dan Potra, whose work on the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games ceremony was widely acclaimed.
Tickets £12 - £60.Gareth Jones, Conductor Phelim McDermott, Director Dan Potra, Set Designer Ben Wright, Choreography Christopher Purves, Bass: Walt Disney David Pittsinger, Bass: Roy Janis Kelly, Soprano: Hazel George Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Sharon John Easterlin, Tenor: Andy Warhol Zachary James, Baritone: Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Thursday 6-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Theater Bonn La Traviata |
Theater Bonn Hendrik Vestmann, Conductor Christopher Sprenger, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Frank Philipp Schlössmann, Set Designer Gabriele Jaenecke, Costume Designer Sibylle Wagner, Choirmaster Sigrún Palmadóttir, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Susanne Blattert, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Anjara I Bartz, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Mirko Roschkowski, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Aris Argiris, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Mark Morouse, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Martin Tzonev, Bass: Dr Grenville Egbert Herold, Bass: Dr Grenville Mark Rosenthal, Tenor: Gaston Aram Mikayelyan, Tenor: Gaston Stefan Baumgärtel, Tenor: Marquis d'Obigny Johannes Marx, Tenor: Marquis d'Obigny Ulrike Gmeiner, Mezzo-soprano: Annina Beethoven Orchester Bonn |
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| Theater Bonn, Opernhaus/Werkstatt, , Am Boeselagerhof 1, , 53111 Bonn, Bonn, Germany Thursday 6-Jun-13 07:30pm Hendrik Vestmann, Conductor Christopher Sprenger, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Frank Philipp Schlössmann, Set Designer Gabriele Jaenecke, Costume Designer Sibylle Wagner, Choirmaster Sigrún Palmadóttir, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Susanne Blattert, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Anjara I Bartz, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Mirko Roschkowski, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Aris Argiris, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Mark Morouse, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Martin Tzonev, Bass: Dr Grenville Egbert Herold, Bass: Dr Grenville Mark Rosenthal, Tenor: Gaston Aram Mikayelyan, Tenor: Gaston Stefan Baumgärtel, Tenor: Marquis d'Obigny Johannes Marx, Tenor: Marquis d'Obigny Ulrike Gmeiner, Mezzo-soprano: Annina Beethoven Orchester Bonn | ||
| Friday 7-Jun-13 05:50pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Ariadne auf Naxos Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Katharina Thoma, Director Julia Müer, Set Designer Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Music Master Soile Isokoski, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Teodora Gheorghiu, Soprano: Zerbinetta Dmitri Vargin, Baritone: Harlequin James Kryshak, Tenor: Scaramuccio Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Bacchus Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Dancing Master |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Friday 7-Jun-13 05:50pm Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Katharina Thoma, Director Julia Müer, Set Designer Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Music Master Soile Isokoski, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Teodora Gheorghiu, Soprano: Zerbinetta Dmitri Vargin, Baritone: Harlequin James Kryshak, Tenor: Scaramuccio Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Bacchus Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Dancing Master | ||
| Friday 7-Jun-13 06:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Götterdämmerung |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Yevgeny Nikitin, Baritone: Gunther Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Petra Lang, 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 Friday 7-Jun-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 Petra Lang, 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 | ||
| Friday 7-Jun-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 Friday 7-Jun-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 | ||
| Friday 7-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Guildhall School Theatre, London Britten: Owen Wingrave |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
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| Guildhall School Theatre, London, Silk Street,, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DT, United Kingdom Friday 7-Jun-13 07:00pm Britten: Owen Wingrave | ||
| Friday 7-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci Opera Holland Park |
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Soprano: Santuzza Peter Auty, Tenor: Turiddu Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Alfio Peter Auty, Tenor: Canio Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Nedda Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Tonio |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Friday 7-Jun-13 07:30pm Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Soprano: Santuzza Peter Auty, Tenor: Turiddu Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Alfio Peter Auty, Tenor: Canio Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Nedda Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Tonio | ||
| Friday 7-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Palais Opéra, Liège Guillaume Tell |
Opéra Royal de Wallonie Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie Claudio Scimone, Conductor Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, Director Jean-guy Lecat, Set Designer Marc Laho, Baritone: Guillaume Tell (William) Anne-Catherine Gillet, Soprano: Madame Tell Lionel Lhote, Baritone: Gesler Liesbeth Devos, Soprano: Marie Patrick Delcour, Baritone: Melktal senior Stefan Cifolelli, Tenor: Melktal junior Roger Joakim, Baritone: Traveller |
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| Palais Opéra, Liège, Espace Bavière, Boulevard de la Constitution, 4020 Liège, Belgium Friday 7-Jun-13 08:00pm The première of Guillaume Tell by Grétry took place shortly after the French Revolution of 1789. The theme of a people in revolt against a repressive regime (in the original play, the Habsbourgs) will, therefore, have struck a chord with the Parisian audience at the time, as La Muette de Portici (Auber) did here, four decades later. But it was still necessary to transpose this icon into a comic opera. André-Modeste Grétry has highlighted, in this opera, the charms of harmony, melody and sparkling originality. A sweeping, profound style distinguishes its two finales, its situational arias, and, above all, its overture, in which he has managed to introduce the remarkable tune called the "Ranz des Vaches".
Guillaume Tell, the founding myth of Swiss freedom, is familiar to everyone: sentenced to prove his skill because he had refused to salute a bailiff's hat, the hero must pierce an apple placed on his son's head. In the Swiss legend, Guillaume Tell kills the notable to satisfy a thirst for vengeance. Is the freedom of men stronger than everything ?Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie Claudio Scimone, Conductor Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, Director Jean-guy Lecat, Set Designer Marc Laho, Baritone: Guillaume Tell (William) Anne-Catherine Gillet, Soprano: Madame Tell Lionel Lhote, Baritone: Gesler Liesbeth Devos, Soprano: Marie Patrick Delcour, Baritone: Melktal senior Stefan Cifolelli, Tenor: Melktal junior Roger Joakim, Baritone: Traveller | ||
| Saturday 8-Jun-13 05:45pm |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company David Parry, Conductor Edward Dick, Director Robert Innes Hopkins, Set Designer/Costume Designer Darren Jeffery, Tenor: Paolo Erisso Paul Nilon, Bass-baritone: Maometto secondo Siân Davies, Soprano: Anna Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano: Calbo Christopher Diffey, Tenor: Selimo Richard Dowling, Tenor: Condulmiero |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Saturday 8-Jun-13 05:45pm Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere British Stage Premiere David Parry, Conductor Edward Dick, Director Robert Innes Hopkins, Set Designer/Costume Designer Darren Jeffery, Tenor: Paolo Erisso Paul Nilon, Bass-baritone: Maometto secondo Siân Davies, Soprano: Anna Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano: Calbo Christopher Diffey, Tenor: Selimo Richard Dowling, Tenor: Condulmiero | ||
| Saturday 8-Jun-13 07:30pm |
The London Coliseum The Perfect American |
English National Opera Gareth Jones, Conductor Phelim McDermott, Director Dan Potra, Set Designer Ben Wright, Choreography Christopher Purves, Bass: Walt Disney David Pittsinger, Bass: Roy Janis Kelly, Soprano: Hazel George Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Sharon John Easterlin, Tenor: Andy Warhol Zachary James, Baritone: Abraham Lincoln |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Saturday 8-Jun-13 07:30pm Based on Peter Stephan Jungk’s novel and written by Philip Glass, one of the world’s most important composers, The Perfect American imagines the final years of Walt Disney’s life, including mythical imaginings of Abraham Lincoln and Andy Warhol. This latest opera from Glass, his 24th, was commissioned by ENO and Teatro Real Madrid to mark his 75th birthday.
British theatre director Phelim McDermott returns following his spectacular production of Satyagraha for ENO and the Metropolitan Opera, New York, described as ‘transfixing musically and visually’ (The Guardian). The design is by leading international designer Dan Potra, whose work on the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games ceremony was widely acclaimed.
Tickets £12 - £60.Gareth Jones, Conductor Phelim McDermott, Director Dan Potra, Set Designer Ben Wright, Choreography Christopher Purves, Bass: Walt Disney David Pittsinger, Bass: Roy Janis Kelly, Soprano: Hazel George Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Sharon John Easterlin, Tenor: Andy Warhol Zachary James, Baritone: Abraham Lincoln | ||
