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| Friday 24-May-13 |
 Staatsoper, ViennaAndrea Chénier |
Vienna State Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Otto Schenk, Director José Cura, Tenor: Andrea Chénier Marco Vratogna, Baritone: Charles Gérard Martina Serafin, Soprano: Madeleine de Coigny |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Friday 24-May-13 Check start time of performance. Marco Armiliato, Conductor Otto Schenk, Director José Cura, Tenor: Andrea Chénier Marco Vratogna, Baritone: Charles Gérard Martina Serafin, Soprano: Madeleine de Coigny | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 05:45pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Falstaff Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Friday 24-May-13 05:45pm Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Les Contes d'Hoffmann |
Bavarian State Opera Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Friday 24-May-13 07:00pm Les Contes d'Hoffmann The protagonist of the opera is E.T.A. Hoffmann, the prototype of the German romantic period artist: his life is an artwork, his lower depths, his doubts, his grand inspirations – his crises. And all of these are connected with: women. Hoffmann in the opera tells of three types of woman in his tales, the “lifeless doll with a heart of ice”, the “virtuoso”, ill and destined to die, as well as the “shameless courtesan”.
Jacques Offenbach’s opera fantastique, premièred in 1881, is based on the play of the same name by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, who drew from the biographies and works of E.T.A. Hoffmann, Adelbert von Chamisso and Alfred de Musset to create their own artist’s drama. It is not a literature opera – the protagonists from different romantic tales are connected to one another by a fictitious Hoffmann – but rather more of a message to the writer, telling him to make art his matter of the heart, or perhaps even open up his heart with brutal frankness.
Co-production with the English National Opera, London.
In French with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm |
The London Coliseum La Bohème |
English National Opera Jonathan Miller, Director Natascha Metherell, Revival Director Isabella Bywater, Set Designer Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Rodolfo Kate Valentine, Soprano: Mimì Richard Burkhard, Baritone: Marcello Angel Blue, Soprano: Musetta Andrew Craig Brown, Bass: Colline Duncan Rock, Baritone: Schaunard Simon Butteriss, Bass: Benoît |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm Puccini’s gift for writing emotional music is brought to the fore in La bohème’s tale of doomed love in poverty-stricken Paris. One of the world’s most recognised and widely performed operas, it focuses on two central relationships: that of the poet Rodolfo, who falls in love with the pretty but consumptive seamstress Mimì; and the painter Marcello, who has a glamorous and popular on-off mistress, Musetta.
Jonathan Miller’s production for ENO has quickly become a company classic and here receives its second revival since its 2009 premiere. Inspired by Brassaï’s photographs of the Paris Left Bank in the 1930s, Miller modernises the original bohemian setting to evoke the stark poverty of the day, creating a highly effective contemporary resonance, citing the film Withnail and I as an inspiration. Playing Mimì is Kate Valentine, who in recent seasons has played the Countess in Fiona Shaw’s production of The Marriage of Figaro and an ‘excellent’ (The Times) Helena in Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-nominated A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Gwyn Hughes Jones returns to the role of Rodolfo following his great success in ENO’s 2010 production, and recent acclaimed Pinkerton in Madam Butterfly.Jonathan Miller, Director Natascha Metherell, Revival Director Isabella Bywater, Set Designer Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Rodolfo Kate Valentine, Soprano: Mimì Richard Burkhard, Baritone: Marcello Angel Blue, Soprano: Musetta Andrew Craig Brown, Bass: Colline Duncan Rock, Baritone: Schaunard Simon Butteriss, Bass: Benoît | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 09:00pm |
Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi, Salerno Simon Boccanegra |
Teatro dell'Opera di Salerno Daniel Oren, Conductor Leo Nucci, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Eglise Gutiérrez, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Carlo Colombara, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno |
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| Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi, Salerno, Piazza Matteo Luciani 1, 84121 Salerno, Italy Friday 24-May-13 09:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Leo Nucci, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Eglise Gutiérrez, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Carlo Colombara, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 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 |
Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Grand Theatre Tales of Hoffmann |
Opera Hong Kong Opera Hong Kong Chorus Warren Mok, Producer Jean-Louis Grinda, Director Emmanuel Joel-Hornak, Conductor Luca Lombardo, Tenor: Hoffmann Sinéad Mulhern, Soprano: Antonia/Giulietta/Stella Nicolas Cavallier, Bass: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Isabelle Philippe, Soprano: Olympia Aurhelia Varak, Mezzo-soprano: Nicklausse/Mezzo-soprano: The Muse |
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| Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Grand Theatre, 10 Salisbury Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm Opera Hong Kong Chorus Warren Mok, Producer Jean-Louis Grinda, Director Emmanuel Joel-Hornak, Conductor Luca Lombardo, Tenor: Hoffmann Sinéad Mulhern, Soprano: Antonia/Giulietta/Stella Nicolas Cavallier, Bass: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Isabelle Philippe, Soprano: Olympia Aurhelia Varak, Mezzo-soprano: Nicklausse/Mezzo-soprano: The Muse | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm |
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA The Marriage of Figaro |
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor Los Angeles Master Chorale Christopher Maltman, Baritone: Count Almaviva Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Baritone: Figaro Malin Christensson, Soprano: Susanna James Darrah, Director Rafael Payare, Conductor |
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| Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor Los Angeles Master Chorale Christopher Maltman, Baritone: Count Almaviva Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Baritone: Figaro Malin Christensson, Soprano: Susanna James Darrah, Director Rafael Payare, Conductor | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm |
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 |
Komische Oper Berlin The Magic Flute |
Komische Oper Berlin Kristiina Poska, Conductor Ulrich Lenz, Stage Director David Cavelius, Chorus director Nicole Chevalier, Soprano: Pamina Peter Sonn, Tenor: Tamino Julia Novikova, Soprano: Queen of the Night |
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| Komische Oper Berlin, Behrenstraße 55-57, Berlin, Germany Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm Kristiina Poska, Conductor Ulrich Lenz, Stage Director David Cavelius, Chorus director Nicole Chevalier, Soprano: Pamina Peter Sonn, Tenor: Tamino Julia Novikova, Soprano: Queen of the Night | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 01:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam La Traviata |
De Nederlandse Opera Giuliano Carella, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Marina Poplavskaya, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Karin Strobos, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Ismael Jordi, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Dimitris Tiliakos, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Koor van De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 26-May-13 01:30pm Giuliano Carella, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Marina Poplavskaya, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Karin Strobos, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Ismael Jordi, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Dimitris Tiliakos, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Koor van De Nederlandse Opera | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 02:00pm |
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA Tosca |
Los Angeles Opera Plácido Domingo, Conductor John Caird, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Marco Berti, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Lado Ataneli, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Joshua Bloom, Bass: Cesare Angelotti |
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| Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, CA90012, United States Sunday 26-May-13 02:00pm Plácido Domingo, Conductor John Caird, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Marco Berti, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Lado Ataneli, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Joshua Bloom, Bass: Cesare Angelotti | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 04:30pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Falstaff Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Sunday 26-May-13 04:30pm Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich La Traviata |
Bavarian State Opera Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Ermonela Jaho, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Baritone: Giorgio Germont |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 26-May-13 07:00pm Men don't fall in love with courtesans! That's the opinion of Alfredo's father after his son moves in with the mortally ill Violetta Valéry. In her love for Alfredo Violetta even agrees. She leaves him, dies poor, ill – still dreaming of the happiness of true love. One of Verdi's most beloved operas continues to hold the mirror up to society and its hypocritical morality. An exemplary production! See it!
In Italian with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Ermonela Jaho, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Baritone: Giorgio Germont | ||
| Monday 27-May-13 09:00pm |
Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi, Salerno Simon Boccanegra |
Teatro dell'Opera di Salerno Daniel Oren, Conductor Leo Nucci, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Eglise Gutiérrez, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Carlo Colombara, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno |
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| Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi, Salerno, Piazza Matteo Luciani 1, 84121 Salerno, Italy Monday 27-May-13 09:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Leo Nucci, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Eglise Gutiérrez, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Carlo Colombara, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:15pm |
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Madam Butterfly |
Welsh National Opera Cheryl Barker, Soprano: Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly) Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Pinkerton Claire Bradshaw, Mezzo-soprano: Suzuki Julian Close, Bass: The Bonze |
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| Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Bute Place, Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 5AL, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 07:15pm Madam Butterfly Cheryl Barker, Soprano: Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly) Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Pinkerton Claire Bradshaw, Mezzo-soprano: Suzuki Julian Close, Bass: The Bonze | ||
| 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 |
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 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 | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm |
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA Tosca |
Los Angeles Opera Plácido Domingo, Conductor John Caird, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Marco Berti, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Lado Ataneli, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Joshua Bloom, Bass: Cesare Angelotti |
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| Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, CA90012, United States Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm Plácido Domingo, Conductor John Caird, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Marco Berti, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Lado Ataneli, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Joshua Bloom, Bass: Cesare Angelotti | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 07:30pm |
The London Coliseum La Bohème |
English National Opera Jonathan Miller, Director Natascha Metherell, Revival Director Isabella Bywater, Set Designer Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Rodolfo Kate Valentine, Soprano: Mimì Richard Burkhard, Baritone: Marcello Angel Blue, Soprano: Musetta Andrew Craig Brown, Bass: Colline Duncan Rock, Baritone: Schaunard Simon Butteriss, Bass: Benoît |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Friday 31-May-13 07:30pm Puccini’s gift for writing emotional music is brought to the fore in La bohème’s tale of doomed love in poverty-stricken Paris. One of the world’s most recognised and widely performed operas, it focuses on two central relationships: that of the poet Rodolfo, who falls in love with the pretty but consumptive seamstress Mimì; and the painter Marcello, who has a glamorous and popular on-off mistress, Musetta.
Jonathan Miller’s production for ENO has quickly become a company classic and here receives its second revival since its 2009 premiere. Inspired by Brassaï’s photographs of the Paris Left Bank in the 1930s, Miller modernises the original bohemian setting to evoke the stark poverty of the day, creating a highly effective contemporary resonance, citing the film Withnail and I as an inspiration. Playing Mimì is Kate Valentine, who in recent seasons has played the Countess in Fiona Shaw’s production of The Marriage of Figaro and an ‘excellent’ (The Times) Helena in Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-nominated A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Gwyn Hughes Jones returns to the role of Rodolfo following his great success in ENO’s 2010 production, and recent acclaimed Pinkerton in Madam Butterfly.Jonathan Miller, Director Natascha Metherell, Revival Director Isabella Bywater, Set Designer Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Rodolfo Kate Valentine, Soprano: Mimì Richard Burkhard, Baritone: Marcello Angel Blue, Soprano: Musetta Andrew Craig Brown, Bass: Colline Duncan Rock, Baritone: Schaunard Simon Butteriss, Bass: Benoît | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 07:30pm |
Theater Bonn Norma |
Theater Bonn Robin Engelen, Conductor Florian Lutz, Director Martin Kukulies, Set Designer Mechthild Feuerstein, Costume Designer Sibylle Wagner, Choirmaster George Oniani, Tenor: Pollione Ramaz Chikviladze, Bass: Oroveso Miriam Clark, Soprano: Norma Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Adalgisa Susanne Blattert, Mezzo-soprano: Clotilde Daniela Denschlag, Mezzo-soprano: Clotilde Tamas Tarjányi, Tenor: Flavio Beethoven Orchester Bonn |
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| Theater Bonn, Opernhaus/Werkstatt, , Am Boeselagerhof 1, , 53111 Bonn, Bonn, Germany Friday 31-May-13 07:30pm Robin Engelen, Conductor Florian Lutz, Director Martin Kukulies, Set Designer Mechthild Feuerstein, Costume Designer Sibylle Wagner, Choirmaster George Oniani, Tenor: Pollione Ramaz Chikviladze, Bass: Oroveso Miriam Clark, Soprano: Norma Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Adalgisa Susanne Blattert, Mezzo-soprano: Clotilde Daniela Denschlag, Mezzo-soprano: Clotilde Tamas Tarjányi, Tenor: Flavio Beethoven Orchester Bonn | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm |
Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House, Paris Handel - Alessandro Versailles Festival |
Georges Petrou, Conductor Lucinda Childs, Director/Choreography Max Emanuel Cencic, Countertenor: Alessandro Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano: Rossane Pavel Kudinov, Tenor: Clito Adriana Kučerová, Soprano: Lisaura Xavier Sabata, Countertenor: Tassile Juan Sancho, Tenor: Leonato Vasily Khoroshev, Countertenor: Cleone Orchestre Armonia Aténéa |
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| Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House, Paris, Place d’Armes, Entrance at the Gate of Honour, 78000 Paris, France Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm Handel - Alessandro In 1726, Handel composed Alessandro. It was "tailor-made" for a cast of stars, including the castrato Senesino, and prima donnas Francesa Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni.Lasts 3 hours, including interval. Tickets €45 - 120.Image credit: © Agathe Poupeney Georges Petrou, Conductor Lucinda Childs, Director/Choreography Max Emanuel Cencic, Countertenor: Alessandro Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano: Rossane Pavel Kudinov, Tenor: Clito Adriana Kučerová, Soprano: Lisaura Xavier Sabata, Countertenor: Tassile Juan Sancho, Tenor: Leonato Vasily Khoroshev, Countertenor: Cleone Orchestre Armonia Aténéa | ||
| 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 |
Staatsoper, Vienna La Cenerentola |
Vienna State Opera Jesús López Cobos, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Dmitry Korchak, Tenor: Don Ramiro Vito Priante, Baritone: Dandini, valet to Ramiro Alessandro Corbelli, Bass: Don Magnifico Rachel Frenkel, Mezzo-soprano: Angelina (Cinderella) Michele Pertusi, Baritone: Alidoro |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Saturday 1-Jun-13 Jesús López Cobos, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Dmitry Korchak, Tenor: Don Ramiro Vito Priante, Baritone: Dandini, valet to Ramiro Alessandro Corbelli, Bass: Don Magnifico Rachel Frenkel, Mezzo-soprano: Angelina (Cinderella) Michele Pertusi, Baritone: Alidoro | ||
| 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 07:30pm |
Theater Bonn Il Barbiere di Siviglia |
Theater Bonn Robin Engelen, Conductor Philipp Himmelmann, Director Johannes Leiacker, Set Designer Gesine Völlm, Costume Designer Ulrich Zippelius, Choirmaster Tamas Tarjányi, Tenor: Count Almaviva Martin Tzonev, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Susanne Blattert, Mezzo-soprano: Rosina Kathrin Leidig, Mezzo-soprano: Rosina Aris Argiris, Baritone: Figaro Giorgos Kanaris, Baritone: Figaro Ramaz Chikviladze, Bass: Don Basilio Beethoven Orchester Bonn |
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| Theater Bonn, Opernhaus/Werkstatt, , Am Boeselagerhof 1, , 53111 Bonn, Bonn, Germany Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm Il Barbiere di Siviglia Robin Engelen, Conductor Philipp Himmelmann, Director Johannes Leiacker, Set Designer Gesine Völlm, Costume Designer Ulrich Zippelius, Choirmaster Tamas Tarjányi, Tenor: Count Almaviva Martin Tzonev, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Susanne Blattert, Mezzo-soprano: Rosina Kathrin Leidig, Mezzo-soprano: Rosina Aris Argiris, Baritone: Figaro Giorgos Kanaris, Baritone: Figaro Ramaz Chikviladze, Bass: Don Basilio Beethoven Orchester Bonn | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Westergasfabriek: Gashouder, Amsterdam Quartett Holland Festival |
Susanna Mälkki, Conductor Ensemble da camera dell'Accademia, Teatro alla Scala Allison Cook, Mezzo-soprano: Marquise de Merteuil Robin Adams, Baritone: Vicomte de Valmont |
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| Westergasfabriek: Gashouder, Amsterdam, Klönneplein 1, Amsterdam 1014 BE, Netherlands Saturday 1-Jun-13 08:30pm Innovative opera based on Les Liaisons Dangereuses. After Quartett by Heiner Müller.
The Holland Festival 2013 opens with a tale of love, intrigue, heartbreak and torment. Based on Heiner Müller’s stage version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, composer Luca Francesconi wrote an opera which had its world premiere in 2011 at Milan’s La Scala Theatre with a spectacular staging by Àlex Ollé.
On a stage that symbolises their emotional prison, Valmont and Merteuil fight their bitter, violent battles, a vocal duel interspersed with orchestral dreams of what could have been, but never will be. After all, the two former lovers not only play a deadly game with the hearts of others, with their cynical machinations they ultimately also condemn their own chances of happiness to failure.Co-production between Teatro alla Scala and Wiener Festwochen with IRCAM Paris.In English with Dutch surtitles. Running time 1 hour 20 minutes with no interval.Tickets €45/35/25 with students/CJP €17.50 for all categories.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk Susanna Mälkki, Conductor Ensemble da camera dell'Accademia, Teatro alla Scala Allison Cook, Mezzo-soprano: Marquise de Merteuil Robin Adams, Baritone: Vicomte de Valmont | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 02:00pm |
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA Tosca |
Los Angeles Opera Plácido Domingo, Conductor John Caird, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Marco Berti, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Lado Ataneli, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Joshua Bloom, Bass: Cesare Angelotti |
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| Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, CA90012, United States Sunday 2-Jun-13 02:00pm Plácido Domingo, Conductor John Caird, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Marco Berti, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Lado Ataneli, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Joshua Bloom, Bass: Cesare Angelotti | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House, Paris Handel - Alessandro Versailles Festival |
Georges Petrou, Conductor Lucinda Childs, Director/Choreography Max Emanuel Cencic, Countertenor: Alessandro Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano: Rossane Pavel Kudinov, Tenor: Clito Adriana Kučerová, Soprano: Lisaura Xavier Sabata, Countertenor: Tassile Juan Sancho, Tenor: Leonato Vasily Khoroshev, Countertenor: Cleone Orchestre Armonia Aténéa |
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| Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House, Paris, Place d’Armes, Entrance at the Gate of Honour, 78000 Paris, France Sunday 2-Jun-13 03:00pm Handel - Alessandro In 1726, Handel composed Alessandro. It was "tailor-made" for a cast of stars, including the castrato Senesino, and prima donnas Francesa Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni.Lasts 3 hours, including interval. Tickets €45 - 120.Image credit: © Agathe Poupeney Georges Petrou, Conductor Lucinda Childs, Director/Choreography Max Emanuel Cencic, Countertenor: Alessandro Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano: Rossane Pavel Kudinov, Tenor: Clito Adriana Kučerová, Soprano: Lisaura Xavier Sabata, Countertenor: Tassile Juan Sancho, Tenor: Leonato Vasily Khoroshev, Countertenor: Cleone Orchestre Armonia Aténéa | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 04:00pm |
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Madam Butterfly |
Welsh National Opera Cheryl Barker, Soprano: Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly) Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Pinkerton Claire Bradshaw, Mezzo-soprano: Suzuki Julian Close, Bass: The Bonze |
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| Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Bute Place, Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 5AL, United Kingdom Sunday 2-Jun-13 04:00pm Madam Butterfly Cheryl Barker, Soprano: Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly) Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Pinkerton Claire Bradshaw, Mezzo-soprano: Suzuki Julian Close, Bass: The Bonze | ||
| 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 | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Westergasfabriek: Gashouder, Amsterdam Quartett Holland Festival |
Susanna Mälkki, Conductor Ensemble da camera dell'Accademia, Teatro alla Scala Allison Cook, Mezzo-soprano: Marquise de Merteuil Robin Adams, Baritone: Vicomte de Valmont |
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| Westergasfabriek: Gashouder, Amsterdam, Klönneplein 1, Amsterdam 1014 BE, Netherlands Sunday 2-Jun-13 08:30pm Innovative opera based on Les Liaisons Dangereuses. After Quartett by Heiner Müller.
The Holland Festival 2013 opens with a tale of love, intrigue, heartbreak and torment. Based on Heiner Müller’s stage version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, composer Luca Francesconi wrote an opera which had its world premiere in 2011 at Milan’s La Scala Theatre with a spectacular staging by Àlex Ollé.
On a stage that symbolises their emotional prison, Valmont and Merteuil fight their bitter, violent battles, a vocal duel interspersed with orchestral dreams of what could have been, but never will be. After all, the two former lovers not only play a deadly game with the hearts of others, with their cynical machinations they ultimately also condemn their own chances of happiness to failure.Co-production between Teatro alla Scala and Wiener Festwochen with IRCAM Paris.In English with Dutch surtitles. Running time 1 hour 20 minutes with no interval.Tickets €45/35/25 with students/CJP €17.50 for all categories.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk Susanna Mälkki, Conductor Ensemble da camera dell'Accademia, Teatro alla Scala Allison Cook, Mezzo-soprano: Marquise de Merteuil Robin Adams, Baritone: Vicomte de Valmont | ||
| 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 | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Teatro Real, Madrid Wozzeck |
Madrid Opera Sylvain Cambreling, Conductor Christoph Marthaler, Director Simon Keenlyside, Baritone: Wozzeck Jon Villars, Tenor: Drum major Roger Padullés, Tenor: Andres Gerhard Siegel, Tenor: Captain Franz Hawlata, Bass: Doctor Nadja Michael, Soprano: Marie Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Margret Francisco Vas, Tenor: Madman |
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| Teatro Real, Madrid, Madrid 28013, Spain Monday 3-Jun-13 08:00pm Sylvain Cambreling, Conductor Christoph Marthaler, Director Simon Keenlyside, Baritone: Wozzeck Jon Villars, Tenor: Drum major Roger Padullés, Tenor: Andres Gerhard Siegel, Tenor: Captain Franz Hawlata, Bass: Doctor Nadja Michael, Soprano: Marie Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Margret Francisco Vas, Tenor: Madman | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 05:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Tuesday 4-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 Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 |
Staatsoper, Vienna La Cenerentola |
Vienna State Opera Jesús López Cobos, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Dmitry Korchak, Tenor: Don Ramiro Vito Priante, Baritone: Dandini, valet to Ramiro Alessandro Corbelli, Bass: Don Magnifico Rachel Frenkel, Mezzo-soprano: Angelina (Cinderella) Michele Pertusi, Baritone: Alidoro |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Wednesday 5-Jun-13 Jesús López Cobos, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Dmitry Korchak, Tenor: Don Ramiro Vito Priante, Baritone: Dandini, valet to Ramiro Alessandro Corbelli, Bass: Don Magnifico Rachel Frenkel, Mezzo-soprano: Angelina (Cinderella) Michele Pertusi, Baritone: Alidoro | ||
| 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 07:30pm |
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA Tosca |
Los Angeles Opera Plácido Domingo, Conductor John Caird, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Marco Berti, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Lado Ataneli, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Joshua Bloom, Bass: Cesare Angelotti |
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| Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, CA90012, United States Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm Plácido Domingo, Conductor John Caird, Director Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano: Floria Tosca Marco Berti, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Lado Ataneli, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Joshua Bloom, Bass: Cesare Angelotti | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA Tales of Hoffmann |
San Francisco Opera Company Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Matthew Polenzani, Tenor: Hoffmann Natalie Dessay, Soprano: Antonia Hye Jung Lee, Soprano: Olympia Irene Roberts, Mezzo-soprano: Giulietta Jennifer Cherest, Soprano: Stella Alice Coote, Mezzo-soprano: Nicklausse Christian Van Horn, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Steven Cole, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz |
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| War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, 94102, United States Wednesday 5-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) Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Matthew Polenzani, Tenor: Hoffmann Natalie Dessay, Soprano: Antonia Hye Jung Lee, Soprano: Olympia Irene Roberts, Mezzo-soprano: Giulietta Jennifer Cherest, Soprano: Stella Alice Coote, Mezzo-soprano: Nicklausse Christian Van Horn, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Steven Cole, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Teatro Real, Madrid Wozzeck |
Madrid Opera Sylvain Cambreling, Conductor Christoph Marthaler, Director Simon Keenlyside, Baritone: Wozzeck Jon Villars, Tenor: Drum major Roger Padullés, Tenor: Andres Gerhard Siegel, Tenor: Captain Franz Hawlata, Bass: Doctor Nadja Michael, Soprano: Marie Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Margret Francisco Vas, Tenor: Madman |
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| Teatro Real, Madrid, Madrid 28013, Spain Wednesday 5-Jun-13 08:00pm Sylvain Cambreling, Conductor Christoph Marthaler, Director Simon Keenlyside, Baritone: Wozzeck Jon Villars, Tenor: Drum major Roger Padullés, Tenor: Andres Gerhard Siegel, Tenor: Captain Franz Hawlata, Bass: Doctor Nadja Michael, Soprano: Marie Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Margret Francisco Vas, Tenor: Madman | ||
| 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 | ||
| Friday 7-Jun-13 |
Staatsoper, Vienna Il Barbiere di Siviglia |
Vienna State Opera Michael Güttler, Conductor Günther Rennert, Revival Director Richard Bletschacher, Director Javier Camarena, Tenor: Count Almaviva Alfred Sramek, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Sorin Coliban, Bass: Don Basilio Margarita Gritskova, Mezzo-soprano: Rosina Nikolaj Borchev, Baritone: Figaro |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Friday 7-Jun-13 Il Barbiere di Siviglia Michael Güttler, Conductor Günther Rennert, Revival Director Richard Bletschacher, Director Javier Camarena, Tenor: Count Almaviva Alfred Sramek, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Sorin Coliban, Bass: Don Basilio Margarita Gritskova, Mezzo-soprano: Rosina Nikolaj Borchev, Baritone: Figaro | ||
| Friday 7-Jun-13 05:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Friday 7-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 Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger | ||
| 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 07:30pm |
The London Coliseum La Bohème |
English National Opera Jonathan Miller, Director Natascha Metherell, Revival Director Isabella Bywater, Set Designer Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Rodolfo Kate Valentine, Soprano: Mimì Richard Burkhard, Baritone: Marcello Angel Blue, Soprano: Musetta Andrew Craig Brown, Bass: Colline Duncan Rock, Baritone: Schaunard Simon Butteriss, Bass: Benoît |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Friday 7-Jun-13 07:30pm Puccini’s gift for writing emotional music is brought to the fore in La bohème’s tale of doomed love in poverty-stricken Paris. One of the world’s most recognised and widely performed operas, it focuses on two central relationships: that of the poet Rodolfo, who falls in love with the pretty but consumptive seamstress Mimì; and the painter Marcello, who has a glamorous and popular on-off mistress, Musetta.
Jonathan Miller’s production for ENO has quickly become a company classic and here receives its second revival since its 2009 premiere. Inspired by Brassaï’s photographs of the Paris Left Bank in the 1930s, Miller modernises the original bohemian setting to evoke the stark poverty of the day, creating a highly effective contemporary resonance, citing the film Withnail and I as an inspiration. Playing Mimì is Kate Valentine, who in recent seasons has played the Countess in Fiona Shaw’s production of The Marriage of Figaro and an ‘excellent’ (The Times) Helena in Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-nominated A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Gwyn Hughes Jones returns to the role of Rodolfo following his great success in ENO’s 2010 production, and recent acclaimed Pinkerton in Madam Butterfly.Jonathan Miller, Director Natascha Metherell, Revival Director Isabella Bywater, Set Designer Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Rodolfo Kate Valentine, Soprano: Mimì Richard Burkhard, Baritone: Marcello Angel Blue, Soprano: Musetta Andrew Craig Brown, Bass: Colline Duncan Rock, Baritone: Schaunard Simon Butteriss, Bass: Benoît | ||
