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| Monday 15-Mar-10 18:00 |
 Oslo Opera House, Main StageTannhäuser |
Norwegian Opera Christian Badea, Conductor Stefan Herheim, Director John Keyes, Tenor: Tannhäuser Elisabet Strid, Soprano: Elisabeth Judit Németh, Mezzo-soprano: Venus Magne Fremmerlid, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Olaf Bär, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Norwegian Opera Orchestra |
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| Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo, Norway Monday 15-Mar-10 18:00 Norwegian Opera Sung in German with Norwegian and English subtitles. Running time about 5 hours. Since he visited the The Norwegian National Opera with Julius Caesar in 2005 and 2007, Stefan Herheim has strengthened his position as one of Europe's most exciting directors. In March he returns with a major new production of Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser. This work has been long in the making. Tannhäuser's opening night in Dresden in 1845 was a triumph. However, Richard Wagner was never entirely happy with it and revised the opera several times. Fifteen years after the first performance he radically extended the mount of Venus scene and introduced this with a ballet in a groundbreaking new tonal language. This led to the most infamous scandal in opera history. That was in Paris in March 1860, and exactly 150 years later the National Opera is presenting this version for the first time in Norway. In his possessed quest for his true self, Wagner's antihero, the minnesinger Tannhäuser, is torn between lustful ecstasy and deep devotion – brought to life through Venus, the erotic goddess, and Elisabeth, who represents pure, devotional love. Tannhäuser is brutally wrenched between these extreme opposites. In his despair he sets out on a pilgrim journey to the Pope in Rome to receive absolution. One of the numerous musical highlights in this work is his account of this painful experience. Christian Badea, Conductor Stefan Herheim, Director John Keyes, Tenor: Tannhäuser Elisabet Strid, Soprano: Elisabeth Judit Németh, Mezzo-soprano: Venus Magne Fremmerlid, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Olaf Bär, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Norwegian Opera Orchestra | ||
| Monday 15-Mar-10 18:30 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tamerlano |
Royal Opera Ivor Bolton, Conductor Graham Vick, Director Christianne Stotijn, Mezzo-soprano: Tamerlano Sara Mingardo, Mezzo-soprano: Andronico Plácido Domingo, Tenor: Bajazet Christine Schäfer, Soprano: Asteria Renata Pokupic, Mezzo-soprano: Irene Vito Priante, Bass: Leone |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Monday 15-Mar-10 18:30 Royal Opera Sung in Italian with English Surtitles. Ivor Bolton, Conductor Graham Vick, Director Christianne Stotijn, Mezzo-soprano: Tamerlano Sara Mingardo, Mezzo-soprano: Andronico Plácido Domingo, Tenor: Bajazet Christine Schäfer, Soprano: Asteria Renata Pokupic, Mezzo-soprano: Irene Vito Priante, Bass: Leone | ||
| Monday 15-Mar-10 19:00 |
Royal Academy of Music, Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, London Royal Academy Opera: Albert Herring |
Royal Academy Opera Royal Academy of Music Sinfonia Nicholas Kok, Conductor John Copley, Director Jake Wiltshire, Lighting Designer |
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| Royal Academy of Music, Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, London, United Kingdom Monday 15-Mar-10 19:00 Royal Academy Opera: Albert Herring Royal Academy Opera Composed just a year after the searing classical tragedy of The Rape of Lucretia, and for the same chamber orchestral forces, Albert Herring could not be more different. Here we have a vibrant comedy, set in the heart of a quintessentially rural England, at the turn of the twentieth century. The story tells of a naïve and shy teenage boy, cast (in the absence of any suitable girls for May Queen) as May King for the village’s May Fair. The events that unfold are hilarious, the resolution triumphant. But the opera is just as multi-faceted as all of Britten’s other operas. Beneath the high comedy there are dark undertones, frail insecurities and touching paradoxes, all of which illuminate the human condition even as we laugh at its foibles and eccentricities. Royal Academy Opera welcomes back the distinguished director John Copley, collaborating for the first time with conductor Nicholas Kok. Further performances on Wednesday 10th, Friday 12th and Monday 15th March. Royal Academy of Music Sinfonia Nicholas Kok, Conductor John Copley, Director Jake Wiltshire, Lighting Designer | ||
| Monday 15-Mar-10 19:30 |
Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL The Marriage of Figaro |
Edward Gardner, Conductor Herbert Kellner, Director Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Count Almaviva Danielle de Niese, Soprano: Susanna Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Kyle Ketelsen, Baritone: Figaro Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano: Cherubino Andrea Silvestrelli, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Diana Montague, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Keith Jameson, Tenor: Don Basilio |
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| Civic Opera House, Chicago IL60606, United States Monday 15-Mar-10 19:30 In Italian with projected English translations. “La folle journée” (“The Crazy Day”) was the subtitle of Beaumarchais’ comedy on which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart based his opera, one of the greatest creations in the entire repertoire. It centers on a single frantic day in the life of Aguas Frescas, the castle of Count Almaviva. The Count has designs on Susanna, maid of the Countess. Susanna is to be married this very day to the count’s valet, Figaro, which doesn’t stand in the way of the Count’s keeping an assignation with her. But he reckons without Figaro and Susanna who – aided by the Countess – conspire to teach the philandering Count a lesson. Others figuring prominently in the plot are the amorous young page, Cherubino; an older couple, Dr. Bartolo and Marcellina, who turn out to be Figaro’s parents, to his amazement; Susanna’s devious music master, Basilio; and Antonio, the Count’s gardener. Edward Gardner, Conductor Herbert Kellner, Director Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Count Almaviva Danielle de Niese, Soprano: Susanna Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Kyle Ketelsen, Baritone: Figaro Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano: Cherubino Andrea Silvestrelli, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Diana Montague, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Keith Jameson, Tenor: Don Basilio | ||
| Monday 15-Mar-10 19:30 |
Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre Tosca |
Opera Australia Christopher Alden, Director Nicole Youl, Soprano: Floria Tosca Carlo Barricelli, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi John Wegner, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Warwick Fyfe, Bass: Sacristan Andrea Licata, Conductor Australian Ballet Orchestra |
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| Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre, Sydney 1225, Australia Monday 15-Mar-10 19:30 Opera Australia New Production. Puccini s great aria, 'Vissi d'arte', is a moment when time stands still. Who could resist such a heartbreaking appeal? And who could resist the glorious voice of Nicole Youl in the title role of Opera Australia's first new production of Puccini's Tosca for nearly thirty years? Although we think of Puccini as the ultimate romantic, Tosca is anything but. There is love, but there is also jealousy, lust and murder. In this new production, originally created for Opera North, director Christopher Alden meets the casual brutality and violence head on. An evocative set, designed by Charles Edwards, locates the action in a run-down church vestry with a confessional which serves first as a hiding place for Angelotti and later as a torture chamber. The result is hugely powerful. Christopher Alden, Director Nicole Youl, Soprano: Floria Tosca Carlo Barricelli, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi John Wegner, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Warwick Fyfe, Bass: Sacristan Andrea Licata, Conductor Australian Ballet Orchestra | ||
| Monday 15-Mar-10 19:30 |
The London Coliseum Katya Kabanova |
English National Opera Mark Wigglesworth, Conductor David Alden, Director Patricia Racette, Soprano: Katya Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Kabanija Anna Grevelius, Mezzo-soprano: Varvara Stuart Skelton, Tenor: Boris Alfie Boe, Tenor: Kudriash John Graham-Hall, Tenor: Tichon |
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| The London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom Monday 15-Mar-10 19:30 English National Opera David Alden follows his double Olivier Award-winning production of Janacek's Jenufa with a new staging of the Czech composer's later lyrical masterpiece, Katya Kabanova. A claustrophobically intense yet heart-rending study of sexual morality within a close-knit community, it was inspired by Janacek's erotic obsession with a younger married woman. Stunning singing actress Patricia Racette makes her ENO debut as the passionate soul trapped in a loveless marriage, with Stuart Skelton (a sensational Peter Grimes in another Alden staging in 2009) as the stranger who offers her a brief hope of happiness. Janacek's most lyrically emotional score is conducted by Mark Wigglesworth with an outstanding cast also featuring Susan Bickley, Clive Bayley, John Graham-Hall, Anna Grevelius and Alfie Boe. Mark Wigglesworth, Conductor David Alden, Director Patricia Racette, Soprano: Katya Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Kabanija Anna Grevelius, Mezzo-soprano: Varvara Stuart Skelton, Tenor: Boris Alfie Boe, Tenor: Kudriash John Graham-Hall, Tenor: Tichon | ||
| Tuesday 16-Mar-10 19:00 |
Theater an der Wien, Vienna Iphigénie en Tauride |
Harry Bicket, Conductor Torsten Fischer, Director Véronique Gens, Soprano: Iphigénie Andrew Schroeder, Bass: Thoas, King of Scythia Stéphane Degout, Bass: Oreste Rainer Trost, Tenor: Pylade Wiener Symphoniker Arnold Schoenberg Choir |
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| Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria Tuesday 16-Mar-10 19:00 Sung in French with German surtitles. Harry Bicket, Conductor Torsten Fischer, Director Véronique Gens, Soprano: Iphigénie Andrew Schroeder, Bass: Thoas, King of Scythia Stéphane Degout, Bass: Oreste Rainer Trost, Tenor: Pylade Wiener Symphoniker Arnold Schoenberg Choir | ||
| Tuesday 16-Mar-10 19:00 |
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall Academy of Ancient Music |
Academy of Ancient Music Pavlo Beznosiuk, Director Daniel Taylor, Countertenor Carolyn Sampson, Soprano |
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| Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Ul. Sienkiewicza 10, Warsaw, Poland Tuesday 16-Mar-10 19:00 Academy of Ancient Music Academy of Ancient Music Pavlo Beznosiuk, Director Daniel Taylor, Countertenor Carolyn Sampson, Soprano | ||
| Tuesday 16-Mar-10 19:30 |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Das Rheingold |
Opéra de Paris Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Falk Struckmann, Baritone: Wotan Samuel Youn, Bass-baritone: Donner Stephan Rügamer, Tenor: Froh Kim Begley, Tenor: Loge Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Iain Paterson, Bass: Fasolt Sophie Koch, Soprano: Fricka Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime |
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| Opéra Bastille, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Tuesday 16-Mar-10 19:30 Opéra de Paris In German. Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Falk Struckmann, Baritone: Wotan Samuel Youn, Bass-baritone: Donner Stephan Rügamer, Tenor: Froh Kim Begley, Tenor: Loge Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Iain Paterson, Bass: Fasolt Sophie Koch, Soprano: Fricka Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime | ||
| Tuesday 16-Mar-10 19:30 |
The London Coliseum The Elixir of Love |
English National Opera Pablo Heras Casado, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Adina John Tessier, Tenor: Nemorino Andrew Shore, Bass: Dulcamara David Kempster, Bass: Belcore Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Giannetta |
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| The London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom Tuesday 16-Mar-10 19:30 The Elixir of Love English National Opera The most often performed opera in Italy for two decades after its premiere, Donizetti's The Elixir of Love is still the most popular operatic ‘rom com' of all. Jonathan Miller's staging affectionately relocates the action from 19th century rural Italy to small-town ‘50s America. One of today's highest-flying young lyric tenors, John Tessier made a sensational ENO debut in the 2008 revival of Rossini's The Barber of Seville; he now returns as Nemorino, the lovesick young mechanic who believes that a travelling salesman (played by comic maestro AndrewShore) really can cure his broken heart. With The Elixir of Love running alongside Lucia di Lammermoor, ENO audiences have a rare chance to relish both the comic and tragic sides of Donizetti's operatic genius. Pablo Heras Casado, Conductor Jonathan Miller, Director Sarah Tynan, Soprano: Adina John Tessier, Tenor: Nemorino Andrew Shore, Bass: Dulcamara David Kempster, Bass: Belcore Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Giannetta | ||
| Tuesday 16-Mar-10 19:30 |
Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Opera Australia Alexander Briger, Conductor Baz Luhrmann, Director Opera Australia Chorus Australian Ballet Orchestra Tobias Cole, Tenor: Oberon Luke Gabbedy, Baritone: Demetrius James Egglestone, Tenor: Lysander Sian Pendry, Mezzo-soprano: Hermia Conal Coad, Bass: Bottom |
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| Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre, Sydney 1225, Australia Tuesday 16-Mar-10 19:30 Opera Australia It has to be one of Opera Australia's most celebrated productions. Inspired by Shakespeare's poetry and Benjamin Britten's music, visionary director Baz Luhrmann dreamt up a colour-drenched realm of midsummer magic where Indian gods, British colonials and rustic clowns collided, colluded and sometimes fell in love. Now A Midsummer Night's Dream is back. It all starts with a boy. Tytania, Queen of the Fairies, is besotted with a young Indian Prince.With the help of mischievous Puck, King Oberon plans his humiliating revenge, conjuring up a web of enchantment. Meanwhile, a merry band of mortals, including four lovers and some rough and ready thespians, have wandered into the fairies realm. As the night plays out Oberon ends up catching more than he expects. Alexander Briger, Conductor Baz Luhrmann, Director Opera Australia Chorus Australian Ballet Orchestra Tobias Cole, Tenor: Oberon Luke Gabbedy, Baritone: Demetrius James Egglestone, Tenor: Lysander Sian Pendry, Mezzo-soprano: Hermia Conal Coad, Bass: Bottom | ||
| Tuesday 16-Mar-10 20:00 |
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona La Fille Du Regiment |
Barcelona Opera Yves Abel, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Marie Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor: Tonio Pietro Spagnoli, Baritone: Sulpice Ann Murray DBE, Mezzo-soprano: Marquise de Birkenfeld |
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| Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona 08002, Spain Tuesday 16-Mar-10 20:00 La Fille Du Regiment Barcelona Opera Yves Abel, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Marie Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor: Tonio Pietro Spagnoli, Baritone: Sulpice Ann Murray DBE, Mezzo-soprano: Marquise de Birkenfeld | ||
| Tuesday 16-Mar-10 20:00 |
La Scala, Milan From the House of the Dead (Zmrtvého domu) |
Teatro alla Scala Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor Patrice Chéreau, Director Sir Willard White, Bass-baritone: Gorianchikov Eric Stokloßa, Mezzo-soprano: Aljeja Štefan Margita, Tenor: Filka Morozov John Mark Ainsley, Tenor: Skuratov Peter Hoare, Tenor: Shapkin Peter Mattei, Baritone: Shishkov |
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| La Scala, 20121 Milan, Italy Tuesday 16-Mar-10 20:00 From the House of the Dead (Zmrtvého domu) Teatro alla Scala Sung in Czech with electronic libretto in Italian, English. In co-production with Wiener Festwochen, Holland Festival, Festival d'Aix en Provence, Metropolitan Opera. Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor Patrice Chéreau, Director Sir Willard White, Bass-baritone: Gorianchikov Eric Stokloßa, Mezzo-soprano: Aljeja Štefan Margita, Tenor: Filka Morozov John Mark Ainsley, Tenor: Skuratov Peter Hoare, Tenor: Shapkin Peter Mattei, Baritone: Shishkov | ||
| Wednesday 17-Mar-10 18:30 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Tamerlano |
Royal Opera Ivor Bolton, Conductor Graham Vick, Director Christianne Stotijn, Mezzo-soprano: Tamerlano Sara Mingardo, Mezzo-soprano: Andronico Kurt Streit, Tenor: Bajazet Sally Matthews, Soprano: Asteria Renata Pokupic, Mezzo-soprano: Irene Vito Priante, Bass: Leone |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Wednesday 17-Mar-10 18:30 Royal Opera Sung in Italian with English Surtitles. Ivor Bolton, Conductor Graham Vick, Director Christianne Stotijn, Mezzo-soprano: Tamerlano Sara Mingardo, Mezzo-soprano: Andronico Kurt Streit, Tenor: Bajazet Sally Matthews, Soprano: Asteria Renata Pokupic, Mezzo-soprano: Irene Vito Priante, Bass: Leone | ||
| Wednesday 17-Mar-10 19:00 |
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage Ariadne auf Naxos |
Norwegian Opera John Fiore, Conductor Martin Duncan, Director Valeria Stenkina, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Eli Kristin Hanssveen, Soprano: Zerbinetta Norwegian Opera Orchestra |
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| Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo, Norway Wednesday 17-Mar-10 19:00 Norwegian Opera Sung in German with Norwegian and English subtitles. Running time 2 hours 30 minutes. After working on grand pieces such as Salome, Elektra and The Knight of the Rose, the composer Richard Strauss and poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal arrived at a new and unusual project: Ariadne auf Naxos. This is an opera about an opera - at the Opera. Proceedings take place at the magnificent residence of the richest man in Vienna who is hosting a party. He commands a tragic opera, but fears that it will be too heavy and droll for its selected audience. He therefore additionally hires a commedia dell'arte troupe (troupe of Italian jesters) to present introductory entertainment. This gives rise to the originators' ingenious dramaturgy: the Count's courtier announces a completely necessary change. The climax of the evening is a huge fireworks display at midnight. Due to lack of time it is decided that the comedy and tragedy must be performed simultaneously! This became one of the Norwegian Opera's greatest successes, both amongst critics and audiences at Youngstorget following the opening night in 2000. "Breakneck night with the stars", wrote Dagbladet. "A joy", was VG's opinion, who gave the performance, directed by Martin Duncan, 5 points out of 6. John Fiore, Conductor Martin Duncan, Director Valeria Stenkina, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Eli Kristin Hanssveen, Soprano: Zerbinetta Norwegian Opera Orchestra | ||
| Wednesday 17-Mar-10 19:00 |
Opera House /Oopperan päänäyttämö, Helsinki La Traviata |
Finnish National Opera Mikko Franck, Conductor Giancarlo del Monaco, Director Siphiwe McKenzie Edelmann, Soprano: Violetta Jaakko Kortekangas, Bass: Giorgio Germont |
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| Opera House /Oopperan päänäyttämö, Helsinginkatu 58 PL 176, Helsinki 00250, Finland Wednesday 17-Mar-10 19:00 Finnish National Opera Alfredo’s family does not approve of him associating with a woman of low reputation, and Violetta is eventually forced to part from him. The young lovers eventually meet again, but by then Violetta is dying. In La traviata, Verdi serves up a richness of melodic flow and elegant orchestration that compellingly conveys both the buoyancy of Parisian society and the pain of separation. Violetta’s death scene is one of the most touching in the entire history of opera. “...beautiful in its radiant elegance...” - Helsingin Sanomat, H-I.L. Performed in Italian, with surtitles in Finnish and English. Duration ca 2 h 40 min, 1 intermission. Mikko Franck, Conductor Giancarlo del Monaco, Director Siphiwe McKenzie Edelmann, Soprano: Violetta Jaakko Kortekangas, Bass: Giorgio Germont | ||
| Wednesday 17-Mar-10 19:30 |
Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia, PA Curtis Opera Theatre |
George Manahan, Conductor Chas Rader-Shieber, Director |
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| Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia PA 19102, United States Wednesday 17-Mar-10 19:30 Curtis Opera Theatre The Curtis Opera Theatre celebrates the Samuel Barber centenary with the love story of the ages: Marc Antony and Cleopatra weave their way through deception, political intrigue, and passions as hot as the sands of Egypt. Fully staged production with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, sung in the original English. George Manahan, Conductor Chas Rader-Shieber, Director | ||
| Wednesday 17-Mar-10 19:30 |
The London Coliseum Katya Kabanova |
English National Opera Mark Wigglesworth, Conductor David Alden, Director Patricia Racette, Soprano: Katya Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Kabanija Anna Grevelius, Mezzo-soprano: Varvara Stuart Skelton, Tenor: Boris Alfie Boe, Tenor: Kudriash John Graham-Hall, Tenor: Tichon |
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| The London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom Wednesday 17-Mar-10 19:30 English National Opera David Alden follows his double Olivier Award-winning production of Janacek's Jenufa with a new staging of the Czech composer's later lyrical masterpiece, Katya Kabanova. A claustrophobically intense yet heart-rending study of sexual morality within a close-knit community, it was inspired by Janacek's erotic obsession with a younger married woman. Stunning singing actress Patricia Racette makes her ENO debut as the passionate soul trapped in a loveless marriage, with Stuart Skelton (a sensational Peter Grimes in another Alden staging in 2009) as the stranger who offers her a brief hope of happiness. Janacek's most lyrically emotional score is conducted by Mark Wigglesworth with an outstanding cast also featuring Susan Bickley, Clive Bayley, John Graham-Hall, Anna Grevelius and Alfie Boe. Mark Wigglesworth, Conductor David Alden, Director Patricia Racette, Soprano: Katya Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Kabanija Anna Grevelius, Mezzo-soprano: Varvara Stuart Skelton, Tenor: Boris Alfie Boe, Tenor: Kudriash John Graham-Hall, Tenor: Tichon | ||
| Wednesday 17-Mar-10 19:30 |
Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre Bliss - World Première |
Opera Australia Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Harry Joy Lorina Gore, Soprano: Honey B Barry Ryan, Baritone: Alex David Corcoran, Tenor: David Taryn Fiebig, Soprano: Lucy Kanen Breen, Tenor: Johnny Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Mrs Dalton Henry Choo, Tenor: Aldo / Nigel Clunes Elgar Howarth, Conductor Neil Armfield, Director Opera Australia Chorus Australian Ballet Orchestra |
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| Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre, Sydney 1225, Australia Wednesday 17-Mar-10 19:30 Bliss - World Première Opera Australia "Harry Joy was to die three times, but it was his first death which was to have the greatest effect on him…" Bliss is a novel which defines a generation. No-one forgets the opening line of Peter Carey’s darkly comic fable, which charts the adventures of Harry Joy, an advertising executive who, after having a close encounter with death, finds himself sucked into a Kafkaesque series of events. In 2010 the lights go up on a new opera based on Bliss, commissioned by Opera Australia, directed by Neil Armfield, starring Peter Coleman-Wright and conducted by Elgar Howarth, who has conducted many world premieres of new works. Brett Dean is one of the most exciting composers to have emerged in the world of classical music in recent years. His music is by turns fascinating, atmospheric and disarmingly beautiful. Amanda Holden is an award-winning translator and librettist who has written more than fifty works for the stage. The combination of Brett Dean’s music, Amanda Holden’s words and Peter Carey’s kaleidoscopic imagination is a potent one. Add in the directorial vision of Neil Armfield, the choreography of Kate Champion and the electrifying stage presence of Peter Coleman-Wright, and this new production will be dynamite. Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Harry Joy Lorina Gore, Soprano: Honey B Barry Ryan, Baritone: Alex David Corcoran, Tenor: David Taryn Fiebig, Soprano: Lucy Kanen Breen, Tenor: Johnny Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Mrs Dalton Henry Choo, Tenor: Aldo / Nigel Clunes Elgar Howarth, Conductor Neil Armfield, Director Opera Australia Chorus Australian Ballet Orchestra | ||
| Wednesday 17-Mar-10 19:30 |
Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL The Damnation of Faust |
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor Stephen Langridge, Director Paul Groves, Tenor: Faust John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Mephisto Christian Van Horn, Bass-baritone: Brander Susan Graham, Mezzo-soprano: Marguerite |
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| Civic Opera House, Chicago IL60606, United States Wednesday 17-Mar-10 19:30 In French with projected English translations. La damnation de Faust (premiere Paris, 1846) is Lyric’s first production of any Berlioz work. Classified by the composer as a “dramatic legend,” Damnation has often been heard in concert form, and in that guise has always been hugely successful with major orchestras worldwide. In recent decades some major operatic venues have staged it with enormous success internationally. The familiar dramatic events of the work – the disillusion of Faust and his contemplation of suicide, his encounter with the devil in the person of Méphistophélès, the exuberance of the student Brander, Faust’s initial encounter with the innocent Marguerite and the catastrophic results of their romance – are given incomparable freshness by Berlioz, with episode after episode that enchants the ear: the world-famous “Hungarian March”; the devil’s brilliant solos; Faust’s ravishing invocation to nature; and Marguerite’s heartfelt “King of Thulé” ballad and devastating song of longing for Faust (“D’amour, l’ardente flamme,” one of the supreme achievements of Berlioz’s entire career). There are also immensely challenging roles for chorus members, who play peasants, students, gnomes, sylphs, and heavenly spirits. Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor Stephen Langridge, Director Paul Groves, Tenor: Faust John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Mephisto Christian Van Horn, Bass-baritone: Brander Susan Graham, Mezzo-soprano: Marguerite | ||
| Thursday 18-Mar-10 14:00 |
Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL The Marriage of Figaro |
Edward Gardner, Conductor Herbert Kellner, Director Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Count Almaviva Danielle de Niese, Soprano: Susanna Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Kyle Ketelsen, Baritone: Figaro Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano: Cherubino Andrea Silvestrelli, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Diana Montague, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Keith Jameson, Tenor: Don Basilio |
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| Civic Opera House, Chicago IL60606, United States Thursday 18-Mar-10 14:00 In Italian with projected English translations. “La folle journée” (“The Crazy Day”) was the subtitle of Beaumarchais’ comedy on which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart based his opera, one of the greatest creations in the entire repertoire. It centers on a single frantic day in the life of Aguas Frescas, the castle of Count Almaviva. The Count has designs on Susanna, maid of the Countess. Susanna is to be married this very day to the count’s valet, Figaro, which doesn’t stand in the way of the Count’s keeping an assignation with her. But he reckons without Figaro and Susanna who – aided by the Countess – conspire to teach the philandering Count a lesson. Others figuring prominently in the plot are the amorous young page, Cherubino; an older couple, Dr. Bartolo and Marcellina, who turn out to be Figaro’s parents, to his amazement; Susanna’s devious music master, Basilio; and Antonio, the Count’s gardener. Edward Gardner, Conductor Herbert Kellner, Director Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Count Almaviva Danielle de Niese, Soprano: Susanna Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Kyle Ketelsen, Baritone: Figaro Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano: Cherubino Andrea Silvestrelli, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Diana Montague, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Keith Jameson, Tenor: Don Basilio | ||
| Thursday 18-Mar-10 18:00 |
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage Tannhäuser |
Norwegian Opera Christian Badea, Conductor Stefan Herheim, Director John Keyes, Tenor: Tannhäuser Elisabet Strid, Soprano: Elisabeth Judit Németh, Mezzo-soprano: Venus Magne Fremmerlid, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Olaf Bär, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Norwegian Opera Orchestra |
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| Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo, Norway Thursday 18-Mar-10 18:00 Norwegian Opera Sung in German with Norwegian and English subtitles. Running time about 5 hours. Since he visited the The Norwegian National Opera with Julius Caesar in 2005 and 2007, Stefan Herheim has strengthened his position as one of Europe's most exciting directors. In March he returns with a major new production of Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser. This work has been long in the making. Tannhäuser's opening night in Dresden in 1845 was a triumph. However, Richard Wagner was never entirely happy with it and revised the opera several times. Fifteen years after the first performance he radically extended the mount of Venus scene and introduced this with a ballet in a groundbreaking new tonal language. This led to the most infamous scandal in opera history. That was in Paris in March 1860, and exactly 150 years later the National Opera is presenting this version for the first time in Norway. In his possessed quest for his true self, Wagner's antihero, the minnesinger Tannhäuser, is torn between lustful ecstasy and deep devotion – brought to life through Venus, the erotic goddess, and Elisabeth, who represents pure, devotional love. Tannhäuser is brutally wrenched between these extreme opposites. In his despair he sets out on a pilgrim journey to the Pope in Rome to receive absolution. One of the numerous musical highlights in this work is his account of this painful experience. Christian Badea, Conductor Stefan Herheim, Director John Keyes, Tenor: Tannhäuser Elisabet Strid, Soprano: Elisabeth Judit Németh, Mezzo-soprano: Venus Magne Fremmerlid, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Olaf Bär, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Norwegian Opera Orchestra | ||
| Thursday 18-Mar-10 19:00 |
The London Coliseum Satyagraha |
Bampton Classical Opera Phelim McDermott, Director Alan Oke, Tenor: M.K. Gandhi Elena Xanthoudakis, Soprano: Miss Schlesen Janis Kelly, Soprano: Mrs Naidoo James Gower, Bass: Parsi Rustomji Ashley Holland, Baritone: Mr. Kallenbach |
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| The London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom Thursday 18-Mar-10 19:00 Bampton Classical Opera Performed in Sanskrit with English surtitles. Running time 3 hrs 15 mins. One of the most visually spectacular opera stagings of recent decades, ENO's London premiere production of Philip Glass's Satyagraha broke all Company box-office records for contemporary opera when it was first seen in 2007. Instilled with breath-taking theatrical flair by Improbable's award-winning director-designer partnership of Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch, it went on to enjoy equal success at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. A mesmerisingly hypnotic musical meditation upon Mahatma Gandhi's early years in South Africa, and his spiritual progress towards the concept of non-violent protest, Glass's operatic masterpiece now returns to the London Coliseum. Alan Oke repeats his compelling central performance as the young political activist taking the first tentative steps in his lifelong search for truth. Phelim McDermott, Director Alan Oke, Tenor: M.K. Gandhi Elena Xanthoudakis, Soprano: Miss Schlesen Janis Kelly, Soprano: Mrs Naidoo James Gower, Bass: Parsi Rustomji Ashley Holland, Baritone: Mr. Kallenbach | ||
| Thursday 18-Mar-10 19:00 |
Theater an der Wien, Vienna Iphigénie en Tauride |
Harry Bicket, Conductor Torsten Fischer, Director Véronique Gens, Soprano: Iphigénie Andrew Schroeder, Bass: Thoas, King of Scythia Stéphane Degout, Bass: Oreste Rainer Trost, Tenor: Pylade Wiener Symphoniker Arnold Schoenberg Choir |
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| Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria Thursday 18-Mar-10 19:00 Sung in French with German surtitles. Harry Bicket, Conductor Torsten Fischer, Director Véronique Gens, Soprano: Iphigénie Andrew Schroeder, Bass: Thoas, King of Scythia Stéphane Degout, Bass: Oreste Rainer Trost, Tenor: Pylade Wiener Symphoniker Arnold Schoenberg Choir | ||
| Thursday 18-Mar-10 19:30 |
Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre Tosca |
Opera Australia Christopher Alden, Director Nicole Youl, Soprano: Floria Tosca Carlo Barricelli, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi John Wegner, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Warwick Fyfe, Bass: Sacristan Andrea Licata, Conductor Australian Ballet Orchestra |
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| Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre, Sydney 1225, Australia Thursday 18-Mar-10 19:30 Opera Australia New Production. Puccini s great aria, 'Vissi d'arte', is a moment when time stands still. Who could resist such a heartbreaking appeal? And who could resist the glorious voice of Nicole Youl in the title role of Opera Australia's first new production of Puccini's Tosca for nearly thirty years? Although we think of Puccini as the ultimate romantic, Tosca is anything but. There is love, but there is also jealousy, lust and murder. In this new production, originally created for Opera North, director Christopher Alden meets the casual brutality and violence head on. An evocative set, designed by Charles Edwards, locates the action in a run-down church vestry with a confessional which serves first as a hiding place for Angelotti and later as a torture chamber. The result is hugely powerful. Christopher Alden, Director Nicole Youl, Soprano: Floria Tosca Carlo Barricelli, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi John Wegner, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Warwick Fyfe, Bass: Sacristan Andrea Licata, Conductor Australian Ballet Orchestra | ||
| Thursday 18-Mar-10 19:30 |
St Andrew Holborn, London Two Fathers of Musick - Tallis and Byrd in Elizabeth's England |
Orlando Chamber Choir James Weeks, Director Clare Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano |
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| St Andrew Holborn, London EC4A 3AB, United Kingdom Thursday 18-Mar-10 19:30 Two Fathers of Musick - Tallis and Byrd in Elizabeth's England A concert that contrasts two early English masters, Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, setting them within the glittering but turbulent world of Queen Elizabeth's court. Motets and anthems, airs and fancies, songs and psalms paint a rounded picture of their fascinating musical world. See the Orlando Chamber Choir website for ticket information. Orlando Chamber Choir James Weeks, Director Clare Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano | ||
| Thursday 18-Mar-10 20:00 |
Opéra de Lyon After Life |
Opéra de Lyon Otto Tausk, Conductor Michel van der Aa, Director Roderick Williams, Bass: Aiden Richard Stuart, Baritone: Mr Walter Yvette Bonner, Soprano: Sarah Margriet van Reisen, Mezzo-soprano: Ilana Claron McFadden, Soprano: Chief Helena Rasker, Mezzo-soprano: Bryna |
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| Opéra de Lyon, 69001 Lyon, France Thursday 18-Mar-10 20:00 Opéra de Lyon Otto Tausk, Conductor Michel van der Aa, Director Roderick Williams, Bass: Aiden Richard Stuart, Baritone: Mr Walter Yvette Bonner, Soprano: Sarah Margriet van Reisen, Mezzo-soprano: Ilana Claron McFadden, Soprano: Chief Helena Rasker, Mezzo-soprano: Bryna | ||
| Friday 19-Mar-10 19:00 |
The London Coliseum Satyagraha |
Bampton Classical Opera Phelim McDermott, Director Alan Oke, Tenor: M.K. Gandhi Elena Xanthoudakis, Soprano: Miss Schlesen Janis Kelly, Soprano: Mrs Naidoo James Gower, Bass: Parsi Rustomji Ashley Holland, Baritone: Mr. Kallenbach |
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| The London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom Friday 19-Mar-10 19:00 Bampton Classical Opera Performed in Sanskrit with English surtitles. Running time 3 hrs 15 mins. One of the most visually spectacular opera stagings of recent decades, ENO's London premiere production of Philip Glass's Satyagraha broke all Company box-office records for contemporary opera when it was first seen in 2007. Instilled with breath-taking theatrical flair by Improbable's award-winning director-designer partnership of Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch, it went on to enjoy equal success at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. A mesmerisingly hypnotic musical meditation upon Mahatma Gandhi's early years in South Africa, and his spiritual progress towards the concept of non-violent protest, Glass's operatic masterpiece now returns to the London Coliseum. Alan Oke repeats his compelling central performance as the young political activist taking the first tentative steps in his lifelong search for truth. Phelim McDermott, Director Alan Oke, Tenor: M.K. Gandhi Elena Xanthoudakis, Soprano: Miss Schlesen Janis Kelly, Soprano: Mrs Naidoo James Gower, Bass: Parsi Rustomji Ashley Holland, Baritone: Mr. Kallenbach | ||
| Friday 19-Mar-10 19:00 |
Oper Frankfurt Così fan Tutte |
Oper Frankfurt Yuval Zorn, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Juanita Lascarro, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jenny Carlstedt, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Trevor Scheunemann, Bass: Guglielmo Jeremy Ovenden, Tenor: Ferrando |
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| Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany Friday 19-Mar-10 19:00 Oper Frankfurt It seems improbable that it is possible to find new aspects in an opera like Così fan tutte today, but that is precisely what Christof Loy managed to achieve in his Frankfurt production. The white, sparse stage design - without any furniture and with only minimal requisites - works like a magnifying glass; focussing the attention entirely on the performers and their reactions to events. A loving look at the two couples unravels, young, inexperienced people who are forced to become more understanding and mature. Everything in this production is felt and developed through the music. Dramatic moments of despair, fun, tomfoolery and a profound look at the being and nature of love. This production was enthusiastically and unanimously praised by the public and press: Christof Loy had clearly hit a nerve with his production of Così fan tutte - for which he was voted Director of the Year and awarded the Faust Prize by the German Bühnenverein. This production now returns to the stage, with some changes to the cast. Sung in Italian with German surtitles. Yuval Zorn, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Juanita Lascarro, Soprano: Fiordiligi Jenny Carlstedt, Mezzo-soprano: Dorabella Trevor Scheunemann, Bass: Guglielmo Jeremy Ovenden, Tenor: Ferrando | ||
| Friday 19-Mar-10 19:00 |
Opera House /Oopperan päänäyttämö, Helsinki Un Ballo in Maschera |
Finnish National Opera Vilppu Kiljunen, Director Giorgio Casciarri, Tenor: Riccardo ( or Gustavo) Claire Rutter, Soprano: Amelia Hannu Niemelä, Baritone: Renato or (Count Anckarström) Dilber, Soprano: Oscar Isabel Vera, Mezzo-soprano: Ulrica (or Madame Arvidson) |
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| Opera House /Oopperan päänäyttämö, Helsinginkatu 58 PL 176, Helsinki 00250, Finland Friday 19-Mar-10 19:00 Finnish National Opera Governor Riccardo is in love with Amelia, the wife of Renato. This gives Renato an excellent reason to join a conspiracy against the Governor. At a fancy dress ball, Renato takes his vengeance. Verdi took as the subject for his opera the historical assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden, but censorship required the action and characters to be transposed to Boston. The last time that Un ballo in maschera was produced at the Finnish National Opera, the original libretto had been restored. This time, however, Vilppu Kiljunen’s production takes us to modern-day Boston and the world of high politics where even human emotions are a matter of public relations. Performed in Italian, with surtitles in Finnish and English. Vilppu Kiljunen, Director Giorgio Casciarri, Tenor: Riccardo ( or Gustavo) Claire Rutter, Soprano: Amelia Hannu Niemelä, Baritone: Renato or (Count Anckarström) Dilber, Soprano: Oscar Isabel Vera, Mezzo-soprano: Ulrica (or Madame Arvidson) | ||
| Friday 19-Mar-10 19:00 |
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage Ariadne auf Naxos |
Norwegian Opera John Fiore, Conductor Martin Duncan, Director Valeria Stenkina, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Eli Kristin Hanssveen, Soprano: Zerbinetta Norwegian Opera Orchestra |
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| Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo, Norway Friday 19-Mar-10 19:00 Norwegian Opera Sung in German with Norwegian and English subtitles. Running time 2 hours 30 minutes. After working on grand pieces such as Salome, Elektra and The Knight of the Rose, the composer Richard Strauss and poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal arrived at a new and unusual project: Ariadne auf Naxos. This is an opera about an opera - at the Opera. Proceedings take place at the magnificent residence of the richest man in Vienna who is hosting a party. He commands a tragic opera, but fears that it will be too heavy and droll for its selected audience. He therefore additionally hires a commedia dell'arte troupe (troupe of Italian jesters) to present introductory entertainment. This gives rise to the originators' ingenious dramaturgy: the Count's courtier announces a completely necessary change. The climax of the evening is a huge fireworks display at midnight. Due to lack of time it is decided that the comedy and tragedy must be performed simultaneously! This became one of the Norwegian Opera's greatest successes, both amongst critics and audiences at Youngstorget following the opening night in 2000. "Breakneck night with the stars", wrote Dagbladet. "A joy", was VG's opinion, who gave the performance, directed by Martin Duncan, 5 points out of 6. John Fiore, Conductor Martin Duncan, Director Valeria Stenkina, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Tuija Knihtilä, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Eli Kristin Hanssveen, Soprano: Zerbinetta Norwegian Opera Orchestra | ||
| Friday 19-Mar-10 19:00 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London The Cunning Little Vixen |
Royal Opera Sir Charles Mackerras, Conductor Bill Bryden, Director Emma Matthews, Soprano: Vixen Christopher Maltman, Bass-baritone: Forester Emma Bell, Soprano: Fox |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Friday 19-Mar-10 19:00 Royal Opera Sir Charles Mackerras, Conductor Bill Bryden, Director Emma Matthews, Soprano: Vixen Christopher Maltman, Bass-baritone: Forester Emma Bell, Soprano: Fox | ||
| Friday 19-Mar-10 19:30 |
Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Opera Australia Alexander Briger, Conductor Baz Luhrmann, Director Opera Australia Chorus Australian Ballet Orchestra Tobias Cole, Tenor: Oberon Luke Gabbedy, Baritone: Demetrius James Egglestone, Tenor: Lysander Sian Pendry, Mezzo-soprano: Hermia Conal Coad, Bass: Bottom |
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| Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre, Sydney 1225, Australia Friday 19-Mar-10 19:30 Opera Australia It has to be one of Opera Australia's most celebrated productions. Inspired by Shakespeare's poetry and Benjamin Britten's music, visionary director Baz Luhrmann dreamt up a colour-drenched realm of midsummer magic where Indian gods, British colonials and rustic clowns collided, colluded and sometimes fell in love. Now A Midsummer Night's Dream is back. It all starts with a boy. Tytania, Queen of the Fairies, is besotted with a young Indian Prince.With the help of mischievous Puck, King Oberon plans his humiliating revenge, conjuring up a web of enchantment. Meanwhile, a merry band of mortals, including four lovers and some rough and ready thespians, have wandered into the fairies realm. As the night plays out Oberon ends up catching more than he expects. Alexander Briger, Conductor Baz Luhrmann, Director Opera Australia Chorus Australian Ballet Orchestra Tobias Cole, Tenor: Oberon Luke Gabbedy, Baritone: Demetrius James Egglestone, Tenor: Lysander Sian Pendry, Mezzo-soprano: Hermia Conal Coad, Bass: Bottom | ||
| Friday 19-Mar-10 19:30 |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Das Rheingold |
Opéra de Paris Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Samuel Youn, Bass-baritone: Donner Stephan Rügamer, Tenor: Froh Kim Begley, Tenor: Loge Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Iain Paterson, Bass: Fasolt Sophie Koch, Soprano: Fricka Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime Egils Silins, Baritone: Wotan |
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| Opéra Bastille, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Friday 19-Mar-10 19:30 Opéra de Paris In German. Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Samuel Youn, Bass-baritone: Donner Stephan Rügamer, Tenor: Froh Kim Begley, Tenor: Loge Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Iain Paterson, Bass: Fasolt Sophie Koch, Soprano: Fricka Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime Egils Silins, Baritone: Wotan | ||
| Friday 19-Mar-10 20:00 |
Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NY Mainly Mozart |
David Gardner, Conductor Mark Lawlor, Conductor Lynn Eustis, Soprano April Golliver, Mezzo-soprano Kim Childs, Tenor Matthew Treviño, Bass Richard Kusk, Director Pikes Peak Wind Symphony |
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| Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, United States Friday 19-Mar-10 20:00 Mainly Mozart “Mozart in his music was probably the most reasonable of the world's great composers. It is the happy balance between flight and control, between sensibility and self-discipline, simplicity and sophistication of style that is his particular province... Mozart tapped once again the source from which all music flows, expressing himself with a spontaneity and refinement and breath-taking rightness that has never since been duplicated.” – Aaron Copland, Copland on Music (1960) “O Mozart, immortal Mozart, how many, how infinitely many inspiring suggestions of a finer, better life have you left in our souls!” – Franz Schubert, Diary, 1816 Tickets: $20 - $100 On Sale Now! David Gardner, Conductor Mark Lawlor, Conductor Lynn Eustis, Soprano April Golliver, Mezzo-soprano Kim Childs, Tenor Matthew Treviño, Bass Richard Kusk, Director Pikes Peak Wind Symphony | ||
| Friday 19-Mar-10 20:00 |
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona La Fille Du Regiment |
Barcelona Opera Yves Abel, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Marie Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor: Tonio Pietro Spagnoli, Baritone: Sulpice Ann Murray DBE, Mezzo-soprano: Marquise de Birkenfeld |
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| Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona 08002, Spain Friday 19-Mar-10 20:00 La Fille Du Regiment Barcelona Opera Yves Abel, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Marie Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor: Tonio Pietro Spagnoli, Baritone: Sulpice Ann Murray DBE, Mezzo-soprano: Marquise de Birkenfeld | ||
| Friday 19-Mar-10 20:00 |
Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia, PA Curtis Opera Theatre |
George Manahan, Conductor Chas Rader-Shieber, Director |
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| Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia PA 19102, United States Friday 19-Mar-10 20:00 Curtis Opera Theatre The Curtis Opera Theatre celebrates the Samuel Barber centenary with the love story of the ages: Marc Antony and Cleopatra weave their way through deception, political intrigue, and passions as hot as the sands of Egypt. Fully staged production with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, sung in the original English. George Manahan, Conductor Chas Rader-Shieber, Director | ||
| Saturday 20-Mar-10 13:00 |
Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre Bliss - World Première |
Opera Australia Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Harry Joy Lorina Gore, Soprano: Honey B Barry Ryan, Baritone: Alex David Corcoran, Tenor: David Taryn Fiebig, Soprano: Lucy Kanen Breen, Tenor: Johnny Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Mrs Dalton Henry Choo, Tenor: Aldo / Nigel Clunes Elgar Howarth, Conductor Neil Armfield, Director Opera Australia Chorus Australian Ballet Orchestra |
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| Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre, Sydney 1225, Australia Saturday 20-Mar-10 13:00 Bliss - World Première Opera Australia "Harry Joy was to die three times, but it was his first death which was to have the greatest effect on him…" Bliss is a novel which defines a generation. No-one forgets the opening line of Peter Carey’s darkly comic fable, which charts the adventures of Harry Joy, an advertising executive who, after having a close encounter with death, finds himself sucked into a Kafkaesque series of events. In 2010 the lights go up on a new opera based on Bliss, commissioned by Opera Australia, directed by Neil Armfield, starring Peter Coleman-Wright and conducted by Elgar Howarth, who has conducted many world premieres of new works. Brett Dean is one of the most exciting composers to have emerged in the world of classical music in recent years. His music is by turns fascinating, atmospheric and disarmingly beautiful. Amanda Holden is an award-winning translator and librettist who has written more than fifty works for the stage. The combination of Brett Dean’s music, Amanda Holden’s words and Peter Carey’s kaleidoscopic imagination is a potent one. Add in the directorial vision of Neil Armfield, the choreography of Kate Champion and the electrifying stage presence of Peter Coleman-Wright, and this new production will be dynamite. Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Harry Joy Lorina Gore, Soprano: Honey B Barry Ryan, Baritone: Alex David Corcoran, Tenor: David Taryn Fiebig, Soprano: Lucy Kanen Breen, Tenor: Johnny Milijana Nikolic, Mezzo-soprano: Mrs Dalton Henry Choo, Tenor: Aldo / Nigel Clunes Elgar Howarth, Conductor Neil Armfield, Director Opera Australia Chorus Australian Ballet Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 20-Mar-10 15:00 |
Purcell Room, London Chamber Music Bach Weekend: From Church to Coffeehouse |
Martin Feinstein, Director |
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| Purcell Room, London, United Kingdom Saturday 20-Mar-10 15:00 Chamber Music Tickets £15 - 14. Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767), Paris Quartet no. 3 in A major, for flute, violin and continuo, TWV 43:A1 Martin Feinstein, Director | ||
| Saturday 20-Mar-10 18:30 |
The London Coliseum Katya Kabanova |
English National Opera Mark Wigglesworth, Conductor David Alden, Director Patricia Racette, Soprano: Katya Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Kabanija Anna Grevelius, Mezzo-soprano: Varvara Stuart Skelton, Tenor: Boris Alfie Boe, Tenor: Kudriash John Graham-Hall, Tenor: Tichon |
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| The London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom Saturday 20-Mar-10 18:30 English National Opera David Alden follows his double Olivier Award-winning production of Janacek's Jenufa with a new staging of the Czech composer's later lyrical masterpiece, Katya Kabanova. A claustrophobically intense yet heart-rending study of sexual morality within a close-knit community, it was inspired by Janacek's erotic obsession with a younger married woman. Stunning singing actress Patricia Racette makes her ENO debut as the passionate soul trapped in a loveless marriage, with Stuart Skelton (a sensational Peter Grimes in another Alden staging in 2009) as the stranger who offers her a brief hope of happiness. Janacek's most lyrically emotional score is conducted by Mark Wigglesworth with an outstanding cast also featuring Susan Bickley, Clive Bayley, John Graham-Hall, Anna Grevelius and Alfie Boe. Mark Wigglesworth, Conductor David Alden, Director Patricia Racette, Soprano: Katya Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Kabanija Anna Grevelius, Mezzo-soprano: Varvara Stuart Skelton, Tenor: Boris Alfie Boe, Tenor: Kudriash John Graham-Hall, Tenor: Tichon | ||
| Saturday 20-Mar-10 19:00 |
Kennedy Center, Opera House, Washington, DC George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess |
John Mauceri, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Lester Lynch, Baritone: Porgy Eric Owens, Bass: Porgy Morenlke Fadayomi, Soprano: Bess Indira Mahajan, Soprano: Bess Terry Cook, Bass: Crown |
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| Kennedy Center, Opera House, Washington 20037, United States Saturday 20-Mar-10 19:00 George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess WNO revives its critically acclaimed production which received rave reviews in Los Angeles and Chicago. George Gershwin miraculously melded classical music, popular song, jazz, blues and spirituals in this quintessentially American masterpiece about a crippled beggar, the headstrong woman he loves, and the community that sustains them both. Includes the iconic American songs, “Summertime,” “I Got Plenty o’Nuttin’,” and “Bess, You Is My Woman Now.” Washington National Opera production. John Mauceri, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Lester Lynch, Baritone: Porgy Eric Owens, Bass: Porgy Morenlke Fadayomi, Soprano: Bess Indira Mahajan, Soprano: Bess Terry Cook, Bass: Crown | ||
| Saturday 20-Mar-10 19:00 |
Theater an der Wien, Vienna Iphigénie en Tauride |
Harry Bicket, Conductor Torsten Fischer, Director Véronique Gens, Soprano: Iphigénie Andrew Schroeder, Bass: Thoas, King of Scythia Stéphane Degout, Bass: Oreste Rainer Trost, Tenor: Pylade Wiener Symphoniker Arnold Schoenberg Choir |
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| Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria Saturday 20-Mar-10 19:00 Sung in French with German surtitles. Harry Bicket, Conductor Torsten Fischer, Director Véronique Gens, Soprano: Iphigénie Andrew Schroeder, Bass: Thoas, King of Scythia Stéphane Degout, Bass: Oreste Rainer Trost, Tenor: Pylade Wiener Symphoniker Arnold Schoenberg Choir | ||
| Saturday 20-Mar-10 19:30 |
Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL The Marriage of Figaro |
Edward Gardner, Conductor Herbert Kellner, Director Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Count Almaviva Danielle de Niese, Soprano: Susanna Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Kyle Ketelsen, Baritone: Figaro Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano: Cherubino Andrea Silvestrelli, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Diana Montague, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Keith Jameson, Tenor: Don Basilio |
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| Civic Opera House, Chicago IL60606, United States Saturday 20-Mar-10 19:30 In Italian with projected English translations. “La folle journée” (“The Crazy Day”) was the subtitle of Beaumarchais’ comedy on which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart based his opera, one of the greatest creations in the entire repertoire. It centers on a single frantic day in the life of Aguas Frescas, the castle of Count Almaviva. The Count has designs on Susanna, maid of the Countess. Susanna is to be married this very day to the count’s valet, Figaro, which doesn’t stand in the way of the Count’s keeping an assignation with her. But he reckons without Figaro and Susanna who – aided by the Countess – conspire to teach the philandering Count a lesson. Others figuring prominently in the plot are the amorous young page, Cherubino; an older couple, Dr. Bartolo and Marcellina, who turn out to be Figaro’s parents, to his amazement; Susanna’s devious music master, Basilio; and Antonio, the Count’s gardener. Edward Gardner, Conductor Herbert Kellner, Director Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Count Almaviva Danielle de Niese, Soprano: Susanna Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Kyle Ketelsen, Baritone: Figaro Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano: Cherubino Andrea Silvestrelli, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Diana Montague, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Keith Jameson, Tenor: Don Basilio | ||
| Saturday 20-Mar-10 19:30 |
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Vivaldi - Four Seasons |
LMA Orchestra John Landor, Director |
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| St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, United Kingdom Saturday 20-Mar-10 19:30 Vivaldi - Four Seasons LMA Orchestra John Landor, Director | ||
| Saturday 20-Mar-10 19:30 |
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London St John Passion Bach Weekend: From Church to Coffeehouse |
I Fagiolini Eamonn Dougan, Bass Nicholas Hurndall Smith, Tenor Clare Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano Julia Doyle , Soprano Charles Gibbs, Bass: Christus Nicholas Mulroy, Tenor: Evangelist Feinstein Ensemble Martin Feinstein, Director |
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| Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, United Kingdom Saturday 20-Mar-10 19:30 St John Passion The Collegium Musicum was an important part of Bach's musical life during his time in Leipzig, but his main employment was that of Cantor to the city's four churches. Bach's cantatas from this period are abundant and sublime but it is perhaps his musical depictions of the Passion of Christ which show the greatest depth and intensity. The St John Passion was performed several times during Bach's time in Leipzig and he continued to revise the work right up to the end of his life. I Fagiolini's perfiormances of pre-classical vocal masterpieces have been rightly praised throughout the world. They are accompanied by Baroque specialists the Feinstein Ensemble. Tickets: £26 - £10. I Fagiolini Eamonn Dougan, Bass Nicholas Hurndall Smith, Tenor Clare Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano Julia Doyle , Soprano Charles Gibbs, Bass: Christus Nicholas Mulroy, Tenor: Evangelist Feinstein Ensemble Martin Feinstein, Director | ||
| Saturday 20-Mar-10 19:30 |
Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre La Traviata |
Opera Australia Elvira Fatykhova, Soprano: Violetta Aldo di Toro, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Domincia Matthews, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Michael Lewis, Bass: Giorgio Germont Elijah Moshinsky, Director Brian Castles-Onion, Conductor Opera Australia Chorus Australian Ballet Orchestra |
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| Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre, Sydney 1225, Australia Saturday 20-Mar-10 19:30 Opera Australia You will never forget the first time you hear Elvira Fatykhova. Ever since her show-stopping Opera Australia debut as Manon in 2004, her shining coloratura and captivating stage presence have thrilled opera-goers. So it is with great joy that we welcome her back to recreate her devastatingly moving portrayal of the tragic heroine Violetta in Elijah Moshinsky's handsome production of La traviata. Violetta is the toast of Paris. Her parties are legendary, her beauty is much admired and her admirers queue up to pay their compliments. As for love, it has no real place in her life until the fateful day she meets Alfredo. Suddenly the good-time-girl finds herself wanting more than a light-hearted fling, but can she leave her past behind? Elvira Fatykhova, Soprano: Violetta Aldo di Toro, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Domincia Matthews, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Michael Lewis, Bass: Giorgio Germont Elijah Moshinsky, Director Brian Castles-Onion, Conductor Opera Australia Chorus Australian Ballet Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 20-Mar-10 20:00 |
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona La Fille Du Regiment |
Barcelona Opera Yves Abel, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Nino Machaidze, Soprano: Marie Antonio Gandia, Tenor: Tonio Carlos Bergasa, Bass: Sulpice Victoria Livengood, Mezzo-soprano: Marquise de Birkenfeld |
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| Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona 08002, Spain Saturday 20-Mar-10 20:00 La Fille Du Regiment Barcelona Opera Yves Abel, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Nino Machaidze, Soprano: Marie Antonio Gandia, Tenor: Tonio Carlos Bergasa, Bass: Sulpice Victoria Livengood, Mezzo-soprano: Marquise de Birkenfeld | ||
| Saturday 20-Mar-10 20:00 |
Opéra de Lyon After Life |
Opéra de Lyon Otto Tausk, Conductor Michel van der Aa, Director Roderick Williams, Bass: Aiden Richard Stuart, Baritone: Mr Walter Yvette Bonner, Soprano: Sarah Margriet van Reisen, Mezzo-soprano: Ilana Claron McFadden, Soprano: Chief Helena Rasker, Mezzo-soprano: Bryna |
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| Opéra de Lyon, 69001 Lyon, France Saturday 20-Mar-10 20:00 Opéra de Lyon Otto Tausk, Conductor Michel van der Aa, Director Roderick Williams, Bass: Aiden Richard Stuart, Baritone: Mr Walter Yvette Bonner, Soprano: Sarah Margriet van Reisen, Mezzo-soprano: Ilana Claron McFadden, Soprano: Chief Helena Rasker, Mezzo-soprano: Bryna | ||
| Sunday 21-Mar-10 10:00 |
Johann Sebastian Bach Church, Arnstadt Cantata-Service on the Occasion of J. S. Bachs Birthday Bach Festival Arnstadt |
Kantatenchor Arnstadt, Voice Cappella Arnestati Gottfried Preller, Director |
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| Johann Sebastian Bach Church, An der Bachkirche, 99310 Arnstadt, Germany Sunday 21-Mar-10 10:00 Cantata-Service on the Occasion of J. S. Bachs Birthday Kantatenchor Arnstadt, Voice Cappella Arnestati Gottfried Preller, Director | ||
| Sunday 21-Mar-10 14:00 |
Kennedy Center, Opera House, Washington, DC George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess |
John Mauceri, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Lester Lynch, Baritone: Porgy Eric Owens, Bass: Porgy Morenlke Fadayomi, Soprano: Bess Indira Mahajan, Soprano: Bess Terry Cook, Bass: Crown |
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| Kennedy Center, Opera House, Washington 20037, United States Sunday 21-Mar-10 14:00 George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess WNO revives its critically acclaimed production which received rave reviews in Los Angeles and Chicago. George Gershwin miraculously melded classical music, popular song, jazz, blues and spirituals in this quintessentially American masterpiece about a crippled beggar, the headstrong woman he loves, and the community that sustains them both. Includes the iconic American songs, “Summertime,” “I Got Plenty o’Nuttin’,” and “Bess, You Is My Woman Now.” Washington National Opera production. John Mauceri, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Lester Lynch, Baritone: Porgy Eric Owens, Bass: Porgy Morenlke Fadayomi, Soprano: Bess Indira Mahajan, Soprano: Bess Terry Cook, Bass: Crown | ||
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