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OperaWednesday 19-Jun-13 04:30pmopera|20130619T153000Z|Leeds Town Hall, Leeds|20130619T180000Z|Siegfried |
Leeds Town Hall Siegfried |
Opera North
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Leeds Town Hall, Leeds LS1 3AD, United Kingdom Wednesday 19-Jun-13 04:30pm
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OperaWednesday 19-Jun-13 05:10pmopera|20130619T161000Z|Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne|20130619T184000Z|Le nozze di Figaro |
Glyndebourne Opera House Le nozze di Figaro Glyndebourne
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Glyndebourne Opera
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Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Wednesday 19-Jun-13 05:10pm
Le nozze di Figaro
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OperaWednesday 19-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130619T173000Z|Opernhaus, Zürich|20130619T200000Z|Lady Macbeth of Mzensk |
Opernhaus, Zürich Lady Macbeth of Mzensk |
Zurich Opera
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Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Wednesday 19-Jun-13 07:30pm
Lady Macbeth of Mzensk
Opera in nine scenes
Libretto by Alexander G. Preis and Dmitri Shostakovich
after a novella by Nikolai Leskov
The young wife of a merchant, Katerina Ismailova, murders three people. She stirs rat poison into her tyrannical father-in-law’s dish of mushrooms, beats her husband to death together with her lover, and at the prison camp in Siberia, as she finally jumps to her death, drags a rival down with her. Nevertheless, in a horrific men’s world of greed, lechery and violence, Katerina is the only figure with a human face in this opera. Only for her has Shostakovich reserved a compassionate tone. The society in which she becomes a murderess is barbaric. With twisted mouths, the grotesque faces of human wickedness grin out at us from Shostakovich’s magnificent score.
Lady Macbeth of Mzensk was premièred in Leningrad in 1934. It marks a decisive turning point in Shostakovich’s oeuvre. After Joseph Stalin attended a performance of the opera in 1936, the famous article entitled Chaos instead of music was published in Pravda. The work was scourged as the expression of “radical left-wing self-indulgence” and “petit bourgeois innovation”. It disappeared from theatres, Shostakovich had to fear for his life, never composed another opera, and from then on concealed his true musical feelings and ideas behind a thousand masks.
Teodor Currentzis, the spirited Greek conductor from Siberia who has caused a furore with his unconventional interpretations, is the musical director of the production. Tatjana Serjan, famous for her Verdi roles, will be giving her role début as Katerina. Zurich Opera Director Andreas Homoki will be staging his second production of this season.
In Russian with German and English supertitles.
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OperaWednesday 19-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130619T173000Z|Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin|20130619T200000Z|The Fairy Queen |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin The Fairy Queen |
Staatsoper Berlin
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Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Wednesday 19-Jun-13 07:30pm
Caught between Baroque and contemporary music: Helmut Oehring takes Henry Purcell's semi-opera "The Fairy Queen" as a model for his ideas.Pre-performance lecture, 45 minutes prior to each performance (in German)
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OperaThursday 20-Jun-13 05:30pmopera|20130620T153000Z|Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam|20130620T180000Z|Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Holland Festival
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De Nederlandse Opera
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Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Thursday 20-Jun-13 05:30pm
In his only comic opera, Wagner distilled poetry and music into a single unified form that unfolds as an unbroken stream of music-dramatic dialogue. It became a singspiel, partly based on personal experience, about the romance between the bourgeois girl Eva Pogner and the knight Walther von Stolzing, who may only wed his beloved once he has won the annual singing contest. The cobbler Hans Sachs represents, on the one hand, the old guard as a member of the Guild of Mastersingers; on the other hand he is open to modernization and stimulates the knight’s artistic gifts, stoking the conflict between narrow-mindedness and true artistry – a theme certainly not unfamiliar to Wagner himself. Love triumphs in the end, thanks to Sachs’ closing address in which he praises the ‘master’s honour’, a typically German honour one might view with considerable scepticism: the Meistersinger finale was, after all, misused for political purposes.Running time 5 hours 25 minutes with two intervals, in German with Dutch and English surtitles.
Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk |
OperaThursday 20-Jun-13 05:45pmopera|20130620T164500Z|Garsington Opera, High Wycombe|20130620T191500Z|Rossinis Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere Garsington Opera
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Garsington Opera Company
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Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Thursday 20-Jun-13 05:45pm
Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere
British Stage Premiere
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OperaThursday 20-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130621T023000Z|War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco|20130621T050000Z|Tales of Hoffmann |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA Tales of Hoffmann |
San Francisco Opera Company
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| More info... |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, 94102, United States Thursday 20-Jun-13 07:30pm
Sung in French with English supertitles.
Approximate running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes including two intermissions.
Co-production with Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
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OperaThursday 20-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130620T183000Z|The London Coliseum, London|20130620T210000Z|The Perfect American |
The London Coliseum The Perfect American |
English National Opera
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The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Thursday 20-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.
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OperaThursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pmopera|20130620T180000Z|Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse|20130620T203000Z|Don Carlos |
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse Don Carlos |
Théâtre du Capitole
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| More info... |
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, Place du Capitole, 31000 Toulouse, France Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm
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OperaThursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pmopera|20130620T180000Z|Teatro Real, Madrid|20130620T203000Z|Wozzeck |
Teatro Real, Madrid Wozzeck |
Madrid Opera
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Teatro Real, Madrid, Madrid 28013, Spain Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm
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OperaThursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pmopera|20130620T180000Z|Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Antwerp|20130620T203000Z|Candide |
Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp Candide |
Vlaamse Opera
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Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Frankrijklei 3, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm
 Image credit: Ward Zwart / Vlaamse Opera |
OperaFriday 21-Jun-13 05:10pmopera|20130621T161000Z|Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne|20130621T184000Z|Le nozze di Figaro |
Glyndebourne Opera House Le nozze di Figaro Glyndebourne
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Glyndebourne Opera
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| More info... |
Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 05:10pm
Le nozze di Figaro
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OperaFriday 21-Jun-13 07:00pmopera|20130621T170000Z|Opernhaus, Zürich|20130621T193000Z|Lady Macbeth of Mzensk |
Opernhaus, Zürich Lady Macbeth of Mzensk |
Zurich Opera
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Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Friday 21-Jun-13 07:00pm
Lady Macbeth of Mzensk
Opera in nine scenes
Libretto by Alexander G. Preis and Dmitri Shostakovich
after a novella by Nikolai Leskov
The young wife of a merchant, Katerina Ismailova, murders three people. She stirs rat poison into her tyrannical father-in-law’s dish of mushrooms, beats her husband to death together with her lover, and at the prison camp in Siberia, as she finally jumps to her death, drags a rival down with her. Nevertheless, in a horrific men’s world of greed, lechery and violence, Katerina is the only figure with a human face in this opera. Only for her has Shostakovich reserved a compassionate tone. The society in which she becomes a murderess is barbaric. With twisted mouths, the grotesque faces of human wickedness grin out at us from Shostakovich’s magnificent score.
Lady Macbeth of Mzensk was premièred in Leningrad in 1934. It marks a decisive turning point in Shostakovich’s oeuvre. After Joseph Stalin attended a performance of the opera in 1936, the famous article entitled Chaos instead of music was published in Pravda. The work was scourged as the expression of “radical left-wing self-indulgence” and “petit bourgeois innovation”. It disappeared from theatres, Shostakovich had to fear for his life, never composed another opera, and from then on concealed his true musical feelings and ideas behind a thousand masks.
Teodor Currentzis, the spirited Greek conductor from Siberia who has caused a furore with his unconventional interpretations, is the musical director of the production. Tatjana Serjan, famous for her Verdi roles, will be giving her role début as Katerina. Zurich Opera Director Andreas Homoki will be staging his second production of this season.
In Russian with German and English supertitles.
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OperaFriday 21-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130621T183000Z|The London Coliseum, London|20130621T210000Z|Death in Venice |
The London Coliseum Death in Venice |
English National Opera
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The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm
Two unspoken themes run throughout Britten’s much-admired opera: the impossible passion that a troubled writer forms for a fellow hotel guest, and the cholera epidemic which the authorities are all too keen to hush up. In Death in Venice, Britten revisits the subject of corruption of youth and innocence that so fascinated him and delivers a haunting theatrical experience of consummate power.
Deborah Warner’s production of Britten’s final opera celebrates the composer’s centenary year and reaffirms ENO’s position as the world’s leading producer of his operas. This production reunites award-winning director Warner with ENO Music Director Edward Gardner, who returns to Britten following ENO’s productions of Billy Budd (2012) and Peter Grimes (2009), for which his conducting was described as ‘deeply musical’ (Financial Times).
Tickets £16 - £99.
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OperaFriday 21-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130621T173000Z|Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin|20130621T200000Z|The Fairy Queen |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin The Fairy Queen |
Staatsoper Berlin
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Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm
Caught between Baroque and contemporary music: Helmut Oehring takes Henry Purcell's semi-opera "The Fairy Queen" as a model for his ideas.Pre-performance lecture, 45 minutes prior to each performance (in German)
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OperaSaturday 22-Jun-13 05:45pmopera|20130622T164500Z|Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne|20130622T191500Z|Falstaff |
Glyndebourne Opera House Falstaff Glyndebourne
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Glyndebourne Opera
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Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Saturday 22-Jun-13 05:45pm
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OperaSaturday 22-Jun-13 06:00pmopera|20130622T160000Z|La Scala, Milan|20130622T183000Z|Götterdämmerung |
La Scala, Milan Götterdämmerung |
Teatro alla Scala
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| More info... |
La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Saturday 22-Jun-13 06:00pm
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OperaSaturday 22-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130622T173000Z|Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, Würzburg|20130622T200000Z|Don Giovanni |
Mainfranken Theater Würzburg Don Giovanni Mozartfest Würzburg
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Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, Theaterstraße 21, 97070 Würzburg, Germany Saturday 22-Jun-13 07:30pm
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OperaSaturday 22-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130622T173000Z|Theater Bonn, Bonn|20130622T200000Z|Satyagraha |
Theater Bonn Satyagraha |
Theater Bonn
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Theater Bonn, Opernhaus/Werkstatt, , Am Boeselagerhof 1, , 53111 Bonn, Bonn, Germany Saturday 22-Jun-13 07:30pm
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OperaSaturday 22-Jun-13 08:00pmopera|20130622T180000Z|Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Antwerp|20130622T203000Z|Candide |
Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp Candide |
Vlaamse Opera
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Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Frankrijklei 3, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Saturday 22-Jun-13 08:00pm
 Image credit: Ward Zwart / Vlaamse Opera |
OperaSunday 23-Jun-13 01:30pmopera|20130623T113000Z|Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam|20130623T140000Z|Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Holland Festival
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De Nederlandse Opera
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Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 23-Jun-13 01:30pm
In his only comic opera, Wagner distilled poetry and music into a single unified form that unfolds as an unbroken stream of music-dramatic dialogue. It became a singspiel, partly based on personal experience, about the romance between the bourgeois girl Eva Pogner and the knight Walther von Stolzing, who may only wed his beloved once he has won the annual singing contest. The cobbler Hans Sachs represents, on the one hand, the old guard as a member of the Guild of Mastersingers; on the other hand he is open to modernization and stimulates the knight’s artistic gifts, stoking the conflict between narrow-mindedness and true artistry – a theme certainly not unfamiliar to Wagner himself. Love triumphs in the end, thanks to Sachs’ closing address in which he praises the ‘master’s honour’, a typically German honour one might view with considerable scepticism: the Meistersinger finale was, after all, misused for political purposes.Running time 5 hours 25 minutes with two intervals, in German with Dutch and English surtitles.
Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk |
OperaSunday 23-Jun-13 02:00pmopera|20130623T210000Z|War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco|20130623T233000Z|Tales of Hoffmann |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA Tales of Hoffmann |
San Francisco Opera Company
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| More info... |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, 94102, United States Sunday 23-Jun-13 02:00pm
Sung in French with English supertitles.
Approximate running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes including two intermissions.
Co-production with Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
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OperaSunday 23-Jun-13 03:00pmopera|20130623T130000Z|Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin|20130623T153000Z|The Fairy Queen |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin The Fairy Queen |
Staatsoper Berlin
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Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Sunday 23-Jun-13 03:00pm
Caught between Baroque and contemporary music: Helmut Oehring takes Henry Purcell's semi-opera "The Fairy Queen" as a model for his ideas.Pre-performance lecture, 45 minutes prior to each performance (in German)
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OperaSunday 23-Jun-13 03:00pmopera|20130623T130000Z|Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Antwerp|20130623T153000Z|Candide |
Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp Candide |
Vlaamse Opera
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Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Frankrijklei 3, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Sunday 23-Jun-13 03:00pm
 Image credit: Ward Zwart / Vlaamse Opera |
OperaSunday 23-Jun-13 03:00pmopera|20130623T130000Z|Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse|20130623T153000Z|Don Carlos |
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse Don Carlos |
Théâtre du Capitole
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| More info... |
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, Place du Capitole, 31000 Toulouse, France Sunday 23-Jun-13 03:00pm
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OperaSunday 23-Jun-13 05:20pmopera|20130623T162000Z|Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester|20130623T185000Z|Tchaikovskys Eugene Onegin |
Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Grange Park Opera
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Grange Park Opera
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Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester, Winchester SO24 9TG, United Kingdom Sunday 23-Jun-13 05:20pm
Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
Public booking opens in February
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OperaMonday 24-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130624T183000Z|The London Coliseum, London|20130624T210000Z|Death in Venice |
The London Coliseum Death in Venice |
English National Opera
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The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Monday 24-Jun-13 07:30pm
Two unspoken themes run throughout Britten’s much-admired opera: the impossible passion that a troubled writer forms for a fellow hotel guest, and the cholera epidemic which the authorities are all too keen to hush up. In Death in Venice, Britten revisits the subject of corruption of youth and innocence that so fascinated him and delivers a haunting theatrical experience of consummate power.
Deborah Warner’s production of Britten’s final opera celebrates the composer’s centenary year and reaffirms ENO’s position as the world’s leading producer of his operas. This production reunites award-winning director Warner with ENO Music Director Edward Gardner, who returns to Britten following ENO’s productions of Billy Budd (2012) and Peter Grimes (2009), for which his conducting was described as ‘deeply musical’ (Financial Times).
Tickets £16 - £99.
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OperaMonday 24-Jun-13 08:00pmopera|20130624T180000Z|La Scala, Milan|20130624T203000Z|Das Rheingold |
La Scala, Milan Das Rheingold |
Teatro alla Scala
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| More info... |
La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Monday 24-Jun-13 08:00pm
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OperaTuesday 25-Jun-13 05:10pmopera|20130625T161000Z|Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne|20130625T184000Z|Le nozze di Figaro |
Glyndebourne Opera House Le nozze di Figaro Glyndebourne
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Glyndebourne Opera
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| More info... |
Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Tuesday 25-Jun-13 05:10pm
Le nozze di Figaro
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OperaTuesday 25-Jun-13 06:30pmopera|20130625T163000Z|La Scala, Milan|20130625T190000Z|Die Walküre |
La Scala, Milan Die Walküre |
Teatro alla Scala
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| More info... |
La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Tuesday 25-Jun-13 06:30pm
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OperaTuesday 25-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130625T173000Z|Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin|20130625T200000Z|The Fairy Queen |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin The Fairy Queen |
Staatsoper Berlin
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Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Tuesday 25-Jun-13 07:30pm
Caught between Baroque and contemporary music: Helmut Oehring takes Henry Purcell's semi-opera "The Fairy Queen" as a model for his ideas.Pre-performance lecture, 45 minutes prior to each performance (in German)
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OperaTuesday 25-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130625T183000Z|The London Coliseum, London|20130625T210000Z|The Perfect American |
The London Coliseum The Perfect American |
English National Opera
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The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Tuesday 25-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.
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OperaTuesday 25-Jun-13 08:00pmopera|20130625T180000Z|Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse|20130625T203000Z|Don Carlos |
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse Don Carlos |
Théâtre du Capitole
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| More info... |
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, Place du Capitole, 31000 Toulouse, France Tuesday 25-Jun-13 08:00pm
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OperaWednesday 26-Jun-13 05:45pmopera|20130626T164500Z|Garsington Opera, High Wycombe|20130626T191500Z|Rossinis Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere Garsington Opera
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Garsington Opera Company
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| More info... |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Wednesday 26-Jun-13 05:45pm
Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere
British Stage Premiere
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OperaWednesday 26-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130626T183000Z|The London Coliseum, London|20130626T210000Z|Death in Venice |
The London Coliseum Death in Venice |
English National Opera
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The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Wednesday 26-Jun-13 07:30pm
Two unspoken themes run throughout Britten’s much-admired opera: the impossible passion that a troubled writer forms for a fellow hotel guest, and the cholera epidemic which the authorities are all too keen to hush up. In Death in Venice, Britten revisits the subject of corruption of youth and innocence that so fascinated him and delivers a haunting theatrical experience of consummate power.
Deborah Warner’s production of Britten’s final opera celebrates the composer’s centenary year and reaffirms ENO’s position as the world’s leading producer of his operas. This production reunites award-winning director Warner with ENO Music Director Edward Gardner, who returns to Britten following ENO’s productions of Billy Budd (2012) and Peter Grimes (2009), for which his conducting was described as ‘deeply musical’ (Financial Times).
Tickets £16 - £99.
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OperaWednesday 26-Jun-13 08:00pmopera|20130626T180000Z|Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Antwerp|20130626T203000Z|Candide |
Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp Candide |
Vlaamse Opera
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Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Frankrijklei 3, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Wednesday 26-Jun-13 08:00pm
 Image credit: Ward Zwart / Vlaamse Opera |
OperaThursday 27-Jun-13opera|20130626T230000Z|Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London|20130627T013000Z|Simon Boccanegra (1881 version) |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Simon Boccanegra (1881 version) |
Royal Opera
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| More info... |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 27-Jun-13
Simon Boccanegra (1881 version)
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OperaThursday 27-Jun-13 05:20pmopera|20130627T162000Z|Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester|20130627T185000Z|Tchaikovskys Eugene Onegin |
Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Grange Park Opera
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Grange Park Opera
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Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester, Winchester SO24 9TG, United Kingdom Thursday 27-Jun-13 05:20pm
Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
Public booking opens in February
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OperaThursday 27-Jun-13 05:45pmopera|20130627T164500Z|Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne|20130627T191500Z|Falstaff |
Glyndebourne Opera House Falstaff Glyndebourne
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Glyndebourne Opera
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Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Thursday 27-Jun-13 05:45pm
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OperaThursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130628T023000Z|War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco|20130628T050000Z|Tales of Hoffmann |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA Tales of Hoffmann |
San Francisco Opera Company
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| More info... |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, 94102, United States Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pm
Sung in French with English supertitles.
Approximate running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes including two intermissions.
Co-production with Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
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OperaThursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130627T183000Z|The London Coliseum, London|20130627T210000Z|The Perfect American |
The London Coliseum The Perfect American |
English National Opera
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The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Thursday 27-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.
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OperaFriday 28-Jun-13 05:45pmopera|20130628T164500Z|Garsington Opera, High Wycombe|20130628T191500Z|Rossinis Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere Garsington Opera
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Garsington Opera Company
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| More info... |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Friday 28-Jun-13 05:45pm
Rossini's Maometto Secondo, British Stage Premiere
British Stage Premiere
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OperaFriday 28-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130628T183000Z|The London Coliseum, London|20130628T210000Z|The Perfect American |
The London Coliseum The Perfect American |
English National Opera
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The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Friday 28-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.
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OperaFriday 28-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130628T173000Z|Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin|20130628T200000Z|The Fairy Queen |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin The Fairy Queen |
Staatsoper Berlin
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Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Friday 28-Jun-13 07:30pm
Caught between Baroque and contemporary music: Helmut Oehring takes Henry Purcell's semi-opera "The Fairy Queen" as a model for his ideas.Pre-performance lecture, 45 minutes prior to each performance (in German)
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OperaFriday 28-Jun-13 07:30pmopera|20130628T173000Z|Theater Bonn, Bonn|20130628T200000Z|Satyagraha |
Theater Bonn Satyagraha |
Theater Bonn
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Theater Bonn, Opernhaus/Werkstatt, , Am Boeselagerhof 1, , 53111 Bonn, Bonn, Germany Friday 28-Jun-13 07:30pm
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OperaFriday 28-Jun-13 08:00pmopera|20130628T180000Z|Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Antwerp|20130628T203000Z|Candide |
Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp Candide |
Vlaamse Opera
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Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Frankrijklei 3, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Friday 28-Jun-13 08:00pm
 Image credit: Ward Zwart / Vlaamse Opera |
OperaFriday 28-Jun-13 08:00pmopera|20130628T180000Z|Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse|20130628T203000Z|Don Carlos |
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse Don Carlos |
Théâtre du Capitole
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Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, Place du Capitole, 31000 Toulouse, France Friday 28-Jun-13 08:00pm
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OperaSaturday 29-Jun-13 04:30pmopera|20130629T153000Z|Sage: Hall One, Gateshead|20130629T180000Z|Siegfried |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Siegfried |
Opera North
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Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Saturday 29-Jun-13 04:30pm
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OperaSaturday 29-Jun-13 06:00pmopera|20130629T160000Z|La Scala, Milan|20130629T183000Z|Götterdämmerung |
La Scala, Milan Götterdämmerung |
Teatro alla Scala
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La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Saturday 29-Jun-13 06:00pm
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OperaSaturday 29-Jun-13 07:00pmopera|20130629T170000Z|Opernhaus, Zürich|20130629T193000Z|Rigoletto |
Opernhaus, Zürich Rigoletto |
Zurich Opera
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Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:00pm
The court of the Duke of Mantua is the scene of glittering festivities. However, the courtiers who enjoy themselves at these celebrations are morally reprobate. They no longer have any values and amuse themselves out of sheer boredom. Here, to enjoy oneself means to humiliate and demean others. The court jester, Rigoletto, is the most cynical of all. He wants to protect only his daughter Gilda from the corrupt world. He locks her away and forbids her everything. Despite this, the young woman goes her own way. She develops from a rebellious teenager into a mature, loving woman. Her longing for freedom and self-determination is stronger than her father’s oppressive authoritarianism, and her faith in love remains unshakeable, despite the hypocrisy of society. Like so many of Verdi’s figures, Gilda achieves what she failed to do in life only in death – to take the step towards freedom.
With Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi attained a new level in his musical and dramatic oeuvre. He composes the scenes and successive images in a highly precise manner, at times almost like a film editor. The score reveals a brilliant juxtaposition of psychological ambiguity and melodic directness. There are strong contrasts in atmosphere. Giuseppe Verdi wrote Rigoletto during the politically volatile post-revolutionary period around 1850. His decision to base his opera on Victor Hugo’s play, Le Roi s’amuse (The King amuses himself), was an extremely socio-critical choice. Rigoletto is one of the Italian composer’s most sinister operas.
Tatjana Gürbaca will stage the piece, which will be her début at Zurich Opera House. The German director is now one of the most prominent of her generation; this is also because she preserves a feminine view of the works she stages. The internationally sought-after Alexandra Kurzak will be performing Gilda, and Quinn Kelsey, who is considered a sensational discovery among Verdi baritones, will be singing Rigoletto. The experienced Verdi expert Fabio Luisi will be at the rostrum.
In Italian with German and English surtitles.
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