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 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonRaven Girl / Symphony in C |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 Raven Girl / Symphony in C Symphony in C (Le Palais de Cristal) Music by Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) Choreography by George Balanchine | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 12:15pm |
Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset): Stora Salen Lunch concert |
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| Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset): Stora Salen, Hötorget 8, Stockholm 10387, Sweden Tuesday 28-May-13 12:15pm Lunch concert Free entry! Price type: Free | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 01:00pm |
St Stephen Walbrook, London Guildhall series: Kristina Rokasevits, piano |
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| St Stephen Walbrook, London, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 01:00pm Guildhall series: Kristina Rokasevits, piano Programme not known Price type: Free | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm |
Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne, VIC Tokyo String Quartet |
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| Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne, VIC, Corner Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm Tokyo String Quartet After more than 40 years the undisputed grand masters of the string quartet now bid a graceful farewell. Their last programs ever for Australia include some of the pieces which cemented their stellar reputation. Playing a famous collection of Stradivarius instruments, the Tokyo String Quartet will perform Schubert’s last, magnificent quartet and a masterpiece of late Beethoven, alongside the work written for them by Peter Sculthorpe, Bartók’s ultimate work in this genre – ‘The way he expressed himself through music is universal, that’s why his music has such power,’ adds Kazuhide Isomura.Do not miss this opportunity to celebrate the final performances by a landmark ensemble of our time. Works by Sculthorpe, Peter (b. 1929) | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm |
La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels Così fan tutte |
La Monnaie | De Munt Ludovic Morlot, Conductor Michael Haneke, Director Christoph Kanter, Set Designer Anett Fritsch, Soprano: Fiordiligi Andreas Wolf, Baritone: Guglielmo Juan Francisco Gatell, Tenor: Ferrando Kerstin Avemo, Soprano: Despina William Shimell, Baritone: Don Alfonso Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs de la Monnaie |
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| La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels, Muntplein-Place de la Monnaie, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm The fatal temptation to seek the truth in love: men and women scorch their hearts and wings in trying to unlock the secret of emotions. How quickly perversity and cruelty oust desire and tenderness. Here Mozart enters into a dialogue with Marivaux and Sade. As in his previous operas, he succeeds in producing an incredible tension, a breathtakingly beautiful structuring of the text (his third collaboration with Da Ponte) and the music. Director Michael Haneke, one of the most incisive and insightful film-makers of our time, presents us with his vision of a work that is as spell-binding, serious, complex and at times light as it is formidably modern, where the experience of infidelity transforms the four characters by laying bare their frailty. For the Austrian director, this is his first time at La Monnaie, while Ludovic Morlot conducts his second opera of the season.Image credit: © Flore-Aël Surun / Tendance Floue Ludovic Morlot, Conductor Michael Haneke, Director Christoph Kanter, Set Designer Anett Fritsch, Soprano: Fiordiligi Andreas Wolf, Baritone: Guglielmo Juan Francisco Gatell, Tenor: Ferrando Kerstin Avemo, Soprano: Despina William Shimell, Baritone: Don Alfonso Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs de la Monnaie | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm |
Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris) Giulio Cesare |
Opéra de Paris Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Lawrence Zazzo, Mezzo-soprano: Giulio Cesare Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-soprano: Cornelia Karine Deshayes, Mezzo-soprano: Sesto Sandrine Piau, Soprano: Cleopatra Christophe Dumaux, Countertenor: Tolomeo Paul Gay, Bass: Achilla Dominique Visse, Countertenor: Nireno Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Bass: Curio Orchestre et choeur du Concert d'Astrée |
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| Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris), 75009 Paris, France Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm Never had his melodic genius been more effulgent: the score contains some of his brightest jewels, like Cleopatra's arias. Jane Archibald, Karine Deshayes and Laurence Zazzo are the heroes of this vocal festivity. Performed in Italian. Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Lawrence Zazzo, Mezzo-soprano: Giulio Cesare Varduhi Abrahamyan, Mezzo-soprano: Cornelia Karine Deshayes, Mezzo-soprano: Sesto Sandrine Piau, Soprano: Cleopatra Christophe Dumaux, Countertenor: Tolomeo Paul Gay, Bass: Achilla Dominique Visse, Countertenor: Nireno Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Bass: Curio Orchestre et choeur du Concert d'Astrée | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm |
Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest Macbeth |
Hungarian State Opera Miklós Szinetár, Director Zsófia Nemes, Choreography János Kovács, Conductor Alexandru Agache, Bass: Macbeth Peter Fried, Bass: Banquo Gyöngyi Lukács, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Kiss B Attila, Tenor: Macduff Gergely Boncsér, Tenor: Malcolm |
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| Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm Miklós Szinetár, Director Zsófia Nemes, Choreography János Kovács, Conductor Alexandru Agache, Bass: Macbeth Peter Fried, Bass: Banquo Gyöngyi Lukács, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Kiss B Attila, Tenor: Macduff Gergely Boncsér, Tenor: Malcolm | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm |
City University London: Performance Space (ALG10) Holst: The Wandering Scholar & New Art Songs Orchestration |
Opéra les Fauves |
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| City University London: Performance Space (ALG10), College Building, Northampton Square, London EC1V 4PB, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm Holst: The Wandering Scholar & New Art Songs Orchestration | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:15pm |
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 | ||
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Edinburgh Festival Theatre The Pirates of Penzance |
Scottish Opera John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera |
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| Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh EH8 9FT, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 07:15pm The Pirates of Penzance Gilbert and Sullivan as it's meant to be - pure, uncomplicated fun, performed to the highest standards. This new co-production with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - returning to the stage for the first time in over 10 years - is conducted by G&S expert and D'Oyly Carte Music Director John Owen Edwards. Director Martin Lloyd-Evans stages a vibrant, stylish, all singing, all dancing show. The fantastic ensemble cast includes celebrated G&S stalwarts Steven Page and Richard Suart as The Pirate King and Major-General Stanley. John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm |
Haakon's Hall (Håkonshallen), Bergen Freiburger Barockorchester: Bach’s Violin Concertos |
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| Haakon's Hall (Håkonshallen), Bergen, Bergenhus Festning, Bergen 5835, Norway Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm Freiburger Barockorchester: Bach’s Violin Concertos | ||
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Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop |
ZooNation Dance Company |
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| Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London, Portugal Street, Holborn, London WC2 2HT, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop has been a runaway success since it hit the Peacock Theatre in 2011, wowing audiences and prompting widespread critical praise with five-star reviews and standing ovations. After a second successful run and celebrating the company’s tenth anniversary at Sadler’s Wells last year, Some Like It Hip Hop returns to the Peacock Theatre to kick-start the summer. Fast becoming a modern classic, Some Like It Hip Hop unites truly sensational dancing and a typically clever and engrossing storyline with infectious “wit, heart and magnificent energy” (The Independent). With a nod to Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, it tells a comical tale of love, mistaken identity, cross-dressing and revolution, all played out in ZooNation’s trademark style of hip hop, comedy and physical theatre. Directed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, Some Like It Hip Hop also features a ground-shaking original soundtrack, live singing and some of the UK’s top hip hop dance talent. | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm |
Sadler's Wells, London Akram Khan Company — iTMOi |
Akram Khan Company |
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| Sadler's Wells, London, Rosebery Avenue,, London EC1R 4TN, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm Akram Khan Company — iTMOi iTMOI Following outstanding success with his latest solo, DESH, award-winning dancer/choreographer Akram Khan returns to Sadler's Wells with the London premiere of his much-anticipated new work, iTMOi, the second part of the A String of Rites series.iTMOi (in the mind of igor) is Khan’s first full-length ensemble piece since Vertical Road in 2010 and is inspired by the work of prolific composer Igor Stravinsky. Created in the 100th year since Stravinsky’s iconic Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) was composed, iTMOi explores the human condition and the way in which Stravinsky transformed the classical music world by evoking emotions through pattern, rooted in the concept of a woman dancing herself to death.
Featuring an original score by Nitin Sawhney, Jocelyn Pook and Ben Frost, iTMOi is yet another extraordinary artistic collaboration from Khan and a talented artistic team including costume designer Kimie Nakano, dramaturge Ruth Little and an international cast of 12 dancers.Music by Sawhney, Nitin (b. 1964) / Pook, Jocelyn (b. 1960) / Frost, Ben (b. 1980) Choreography by Akram Khan | ||
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Auditorio Nacional de Musica: Sala Sinfónica, Madrid Piotr Anderszewski |
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| Auditorio Nacional de Musica: Sala Sinfónica, Madrid, Calle del Príncipe de Vergara 146, Madrid, Spain Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm Piotr Anderszewski | ||
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Mainfranken Theater Würzburg Cyrano de Bergerac Mozartfest Würzburg |
Ballettcompagnie des Mainfranken Theaters Würzburg |
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| Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, Theaterstraße 21, 97070 Würzburg, Germany Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm | ||
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St John's Smith Square, London The Beautiful Piano: Free Spirits |
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| St John's Smith Square, London, Smith Square, London, London SW1P 3HA, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm The Beautiful Piano: Free Spirits | ||
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Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna ensemble reconsil wien |
Schoenberg, Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op.19 (Bearbeitung von Alexander Wagendristel) Purgina, Euonymus 2-11-08 for Saxophon und Ensemble Strobl, Doppel für Kontrabass, Klavier und Ensemble Sterk, Notturno estinguendo für Viola, Klavier und Ensemble (Neufassung) |
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| Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna, Palais Fanto, Schwarzenbergplatz 6, 1030 Vienna, Austria Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm ensemble reconsil wien Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951), Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op.19 (Bearbeitung von Alexander Wagendristel) Purgina, Julia (b. 1980), Euonymus 2-11-08 for Saxophon und Ensemble Strobl, Bruno (b. 1949), Doppel für Kontrabass, Klavier und Ensemble Sterk, Norbert (b. 1968), Notturno estinguendo für Viola, Klavier und Ensemble (Neufassung) ensemble reconsil Thomas Schön, Saxophone Julia Purgina, Viola Caroline Wolf, Double Bass Kaori Nishii, Piano Margit Schoberleitner, Marimba Roland Freisitzer, Director Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm |
Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum, Salzburg Kammerkonzert im Großen Saal: Jerusalem |
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| Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum, Salzburg, Schwarzstrasse 26, 5020 Salzburg Salzburg, Austria Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm Kammerkonzert im Großen Saal: Jerusalem | ||
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Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, New York City, NY Properly Performed Masterpieces |
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 7 in D major, Op.10 no.3 (Performed on a fortepiano tuned to C=256 cps) Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor 'Appassionata', Op.57 (Performed on a fortepiano tuned to C=256 cps) Brahms, Variations and Fugue for Piano on a Theme by Handel, Op.24 (Performed on a modern piano tuned to C=256 cps.) |
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| Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm Properly Performed Masterpieces Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), Piano Sonata no. 7 in D major, Op.10 no.3 (Performed on a fortepiano tuned to C=256 cps) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor 'Appassionata', Op.57 (Performed on a fortepiano tuned to C=256 cps) Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897), Variations and Fugue for Piano on a Theme by Handel, Op.24 (Performed on a modern piano tuned to C=256 cps.) | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm |
St George's, Hanover Square, London Luminescence |
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| St George's, Hanover Square, London, London W1A 6WN, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm Luminescence | ||
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Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY American/Stravinsky/Tchaikovsky |
New York City Ballet |
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| Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm American/Stravinsky/Tchaikovsky | ||
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Birmingham Symphony Hall A Boy Was Born: Nelsons conducts Britten's War Requiem |
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| Birmingham Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham B1, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm A Boy Was Born: Nelsons conducts Britten's War Requiem “My subject is War, and the pity of War.” Benjamin Britten composed his War Requiem for the new Coventry Cathedral, but it’s become one of the defining achievements of modern music, a timeless and profoundly moving exploration of man’s inhumanity to man. The CBSO gave its world premiere: this music is in their blood, and every performance is special to them. Be there as Andris Nelsons and an international team of soloists bring this deeply personal masterpiece to Symphony Hall before taking the work on tour. (£10-£55) | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm |
Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zürich Zürcher Kammerorchester |
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| Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zürich, Claridenstrasse 7, Zürich 8002, Switzerland Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm Zürcher Kammerorchester | ||
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Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, IL Revueltas Noche de los Mayas |
Ginastera, Pampanea no. 2, Op.21 (suite) |
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| Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL 60604, United States Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm Revueltas Noche de los Mayas | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:45pm |
Congress Centre, Stefaniensaal, Graz Beethoven sieben |
Milhaud, Symphonies de chambre |
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| Congress Centre, Stefaniensaal, Graz, Graz, Austria Tuesday 28-May-13 07:45pm Beethoven sieben Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974), Symphonies de chambre | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm |
La Maison Symphonique de Montréal, Montreal, QC Joan of Arc at the Stake |
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Kent Nagano, Conductor Marianne Fiset, Soprano Hélène Guilmette, Soprano Allyson McHardy, Mezzo-soprano Pascal Charbonneau, Tenor Alexandre Sylvestre, Bass-baritone Andrew Megill, Conductor Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus Choeur des Enfants de Montréal Andrew Gray, Chorus director Daniel Roussel, Director |
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| La Maison Symphonique de Montréal, Montreal, QC, 1600, rue Saint-Urbain, Montreal, QC, Canada Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm Joan of Arc at the Stake Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Kent Nagano, Conductor Marianne Fiset, Soprano Hélène Guilmette, Soprano Allyson McHardy, Mezzo-soprano Pascal Charbonneau, Tenor Alexandre Sylvestre, Bass-baritone Andrew Megill, Conductor Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus Choeur des Enfants de Montréal Andrew Gray, Chorus director Daniel Roussel, Director | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm |
Staatsoper, Vienna Don Quixote |
Ballet of Vienna State Opera and Volksoper |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm Don Quixote Music by Minkus, Ludwig (1826-1917) Original choreography by Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev (revisions) | ||
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Dillington House, Ilminster Mark Bebbington & Friends |
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| Dillington House, Ilminster, Ilminster TA19 9DT, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm Mark Bebbington & Friends | ||
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Montreal Chamber Music Festival at St George's Church, Montreal, QC The Art of Jean-Philippe Collard: Part 1 Montreal Chamber Music Festival |
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| Montreal Chamber Music Festival at St George's Church, Montreal, QC, 1101 Rue Stanley, Montreal H3B 2S2, Canada Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm The Art of Jean-Philippe Collard: Part 1 France has given great gifts to the world and one of them is pianist Jean-Philippe Collard. His elegance, his refinement, his pianistic style are legendary and we are proud to be able to offer him in concert over two nights. His chosen repertoire will be French as he touches four of France’s greatest composers: Ravel, Debussy, Fauré and César Franck.
The first evening of his two concert series offers two works by Ravel and one by César Franck. To begin the evening, David Jalbert joins Collard in a performance of the original version of the Mother Goose Suite. Ravel’s String Quartet in F major follows in a presentation by the Cecilia String Quartet and after the intermission, you will hear César Franck’s Piano Quintet featuring Collard and the Cecilia in what has been called a work of ecstasy and unconstrained sensuality. | ||
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Opéra Bastille, Paris Shostakovich / Mahler |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm Shostakovich / Mahler | ||
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Carnegie Hall: Weill Recital Hall, New York City, NY Margaret Cornils Luke, Flute; Sharon Jensen, Piano |
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| Carnegie Hall: Weill Recital Hall, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm Margaret Cornils Luke, Flute; Sharon Jensen, Piano Special Guests: Genevieve Gourley, Soprano Hannah Schatz, Flute Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K.314 Andrew Lloyd Webber: Pie Jesu from Requiem Doppler: Andante and Rondo, Op. 25 John Rutter: Esurientes from Magnificat John Rutter: Suite Antique Gary Schocker: Three More Dances for Two Flutes I. Swallow That Goldfish II. Smoke III. Scherzo No-No Doppler: Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm |
Philharmonie: Kammermusiksaal, Berlin Orchester-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker |
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| Philharmonie: Kammermusiksaal, Berlin, D10785 Berlin, Germany Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm Orchester-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker | ||
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Opéra de Lille Il Barbiere di Siviglia |
Opéra de Lille Antonello Allemandi, Conductor Jean-François Sivadier, Director Taylor Stayton, Tenor: Count Almaviva Tiziano Bracci, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Eduarda Melo, Soprano: Rosina Amando Noguera, Baritone: Figaro |
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| Opéra de Lille, 2 Rue des Bons Enfants, 59800 Lille, France Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm Il Barbiere di Siviglia Antonello Allemandi, Conductor Jean-François Sivadier, Director Taylor Stayton, Tenor: Count Almaviva Tiziano Bracci, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Eduarda Melo, Soprano: Rosina Amando Noguera, Baritone: Figaro | ||
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Philharmonie, Köln Sinfoniekonzert10 |
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestration by Maurice Ravel) |
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| Philharmonie, Köln, Bischofsgartenstraße 1, 50667 Köln, Germany Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm Sinfoniekonzert10 Image credit: Gerd Mothes Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881), Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestration by Maurice Ravel) | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm |
Haus Opherdicke: Spiegelsaal, Holzwickede Sophie-Mayuko Vetter Ruhr Piano Festival |
Ruzicka, "Über Unstern" Späte Gedanken für Klavier (world première; Ruhr Piano Festival commission) |
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| Haus Opherdicke: Spiegelsaal, Holzwickede, Dorfstr. 29, 59439 Holzwickede, Germany Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm Sophie-Mayuko Vetter Prices € 40 | 30 | 18 Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Piano Sonata in A sharp major "Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwänen", WWV 95 Ruzicka, Peter (b. 1948), "Über Unstern" Späte Gedanken für Klavier (world première; Ruhr Piano Festival commission) | ||
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Congress Centre , Innsbruck Bamberger Symphoniker |
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| Congress Centre , Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm Bamberger Symphoniker | ||
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Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Raven Girl / Symphony in C |
Royal Ballet |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Wednesday 29-May-13 Raven Girl / Symphony in C Symphony in C (Le Palais de Cristal) Matinee and evening performances.Music by Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) Choreography by George Balanchine | ||
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Staatsoper, Vienna Don Quixote |
Ballet of Vienna State Opera and Volksoper |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Wednesday 29-May-13 Don Quixote Music by Minkus, Ludwig (1826-1917) Original choreography by Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev (revisions) | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 10:00am |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon: Katharine Hanrahan Open Rehearsal |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Wednesday 29-May-13 10:00am Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon: Katharine Hanrahan Open Rehearsal Music from three Eastern Europeans gives this program a delightfully colorful sound palette. Dvořák began his enticing concerto while living in New York, but upon returning to Europe, he learned that a woman he’d once loved had died. His youthful song to her permeates this work. Gramophone called Monsieur Capuçon’s recording of it “magical." Kodály’s Dances of Galánta is raucous yet vibrant, and Bartók’s ballet suite in one act features a huge orchestra playing music with dark and totally dramatic undertones. | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 01:05pm |
Bradford Cathedral Organ Recital |
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| Bradford Cathedral, 1 Stott Hill, Bradford BD1 4EH, United Kingdom Wednesday 29-May-13 01:05pm Organ Recital Programme not known Price type: Free | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 05:30pm |
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Lohengrin |
Welsh National Opera Peter Wedd, Tenor: Lohengrin Emma Bell, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud John Lundren, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Matthew Best, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Simon Thorpe, Baritone: The King's Herald |
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| Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Bute Place, Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 5AL, United Kingdom Wednesday 29-May-13 05:30pm Image credit: David Massey Peter Wedd, Tenor: Lohengrin Emma Bell, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud John Lundren, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Matthew Best, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Simon Thorpe, Baritone: The King's Herald | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 05:45pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Falstaff Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Wednesday 29-May-13 05:45pm Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Don Giovanni |
Zurich Opera Robin Ticciati, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Barbara Ehnes, Set Designer Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Donna Anna Julia Kleiter, Soprano: Donna Elvira Anna Gorbachyova, Soprano: Zerlina Peter Mattei, Baritone: Don Giovanni Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Don Ottavio Rafal Siwek, Bass: The Commendatore Ruben Drole, Baritone: Leporello Lukas Jakobski, Bass: Masetto |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Wednesday 29-May-13 07:00pm Following the success of the Prague première of Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart was immediately commissioned to write another opera. This time, Lorenzo Da Ponte chose the story of the Spanish nobleman Don Juan. The subject matter had been considered a crowd-puller for more than a century, due in particular to the spectacular demise of the hero. Don Giovanni invites the statue of the Commendatore, whom he has murdered, to dinner, and is swallowed up by the jaws of hell. However, the view of the hero had changed considerably since the Spanish dramatist and monk Tirso de Molina first brought the blasphemous deeds and just punishment of the villain to the stage in the 17th century. While de Molina was still entirely on the side of order, which is ultimately re-established through divine intervention, Mozart and Da Ponte turn the sexual braggart and seducer into a man whose unquenchable thirst for happiness calls into the question the very foundations of social coexistence. Don Giovanni thus becomes – involuntarily and perhaps even without realising it – a danger for the social order, which can be maintained only if it functions smoothly. In their comedy, which is shrouded in darkness throughout, Mozart and Da Ponte do not conceal the price that others have to pay for this kind of self-realisation. However, since they do not pass any final judgement and instead do justice to both sides, their work becomes a drama of humanity of indestructible power and relevance – a dramma giocoso that becomes all the more comic the more the tragic aspects behind the course of events become apparent.
The much-vaunted German director Sebastian Baumgarten will present his interpretation of Don Giovanni in Zurich. At the rostrum will be the young Robin Ticciati, a rising star among the new generation of conductors. Our Don Giovanni is the charismatic Peter Mattei, who is sought-after in this role from the Scala in Milan to the New York Met.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Robin Ticciati, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Barbara Ehnes, Set Designer Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Donna Anna Julia Kleiter, Soprano: Donna Elvira Anna Gorbachyova, Soprano: Zerlina Peter Mattei, Baritone: Don Giovanni Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Don Ottavio Rafal Siwek, Bass: The Commendatore Ruben Drole, Baritone: Leporello Lukas Jakobski, Bass: Masetto | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Les Contes d'Hoffmann |
Bavarian State Opera Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 29-May-13 07:00pm Les Contes d'Hoffmann The protagonist of the opera is E.T.A. Hoffmann, the prototype of the German romantic period artist: his life is an artwork, his lower depths, his doubts, his grand inspirations – his crises. And all of these are connected with: women. Hoffmann in the opera tells of three types of woman in his tales, the “lifeless doll with a heart of ice”, the “virtuoso”, ill and destined to die, as well as the “shameless courtesan”.
Jacques Offenbach’s opera fantastique, premièred in 1881, is based on the play of the same name by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, who drew from the biographies and works of E.T.A. Hoffmann, Adelbert von Chamisso and Alfred de Musset to create their own artist’s drama. It is not a literature opera – the protagonists from different romantic tales are connected to one another by a fictitious Hoffmann – but rather more of a message to the writer, telling him to make art his matter of the heart, or perhaps even open up his heart with brutal frankness.
Co-production with the English National Opera, London.
In French with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:00pm |
Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest Simon Boccanegra |
Hungarian State Opera Ivan Stefanutti, Director György Vashegyi, Conductor Mihály Kálmándi, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Csilla Boross, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Giacomo Prestia, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Gaston Rivero, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Alik Abdukayumov, Baritone: Paolo Albiani |
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| Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Wednesday 29-May-13 07:00pm Ivan Stefanutti, Director György Vashegyi, Conductor Mihály Kálmándi, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Csilla Boross, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Giacomo Prestia, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Gaston Rivero, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Alik Abdukayumov, Baritone: Paolo Albiani | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin Le Vin Herbé |
Staatsoper Berlin |
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| Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm Sung in French with German subtitles.
Frank Martin felt his "Le vin herbé" was a personal key work in which he had found his own voice. Based on the novel "Tristan et Iseut" by Joseph Bedier, he created his chambered profane oratorio to dramatise the two lovers Tristan and Isolde. | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Mozart and Mahler |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Mozart and Mahler Elegant and emotive music from two of Vienna's finest composers.
Mozart's Third Violin Concerto was written when he was only 19. It is full of youthful charm, with a slow movement of tender romance. The final rondo features a lively dance-tune associated with Strasbourg, from which the concerto gets its nickname, 'Strasbourg'.
Mahler's Fourth Symphony, which opens with jingling sleigh-bells, is one of his most delicate. Yet there is all the contrast you'd expect from Mahler - a quirky scherzo, and a slow movement of yearning beauty. The symphony ends with a soprano solo unfolding a child's vision of Heaven.Image credit: Robert Taylor | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London International Piano Series: Steven Osborne |
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| Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm International Piano Series: Steven Osborne An opportunity to hear Steven Osborne's critically acclaimed performance of Messiaen's passionately spiritual meditations Vingt Regards sur L'enfant Jesus. Osborne's recording of this great piano work for Hyperion earned an ecstatic reception, with critics celebrating its 'towering authority and technical achievement' (Gramophone), as well as described it as 'outstanding' (The Independent) and 'awe-inspiring' (The Sunday Times). A brilliant summation of Messiaen's mystical and highly-influential compositional style, Vingt Regards sur L'enfant Jesus is a cycle of 20 pieces reflecting the ecstatic and radiant nature of the composer's own profound faith. The work makes immense technical demands upon its performer, who must create on the piano sonorities resembling an organ or a full orchestra, and whose intellectual grasp of Messiaen's mathematical rhythms must be as secure as his speed, accuracy and versatility. 'Osborne's revelatory performance is a blinding tour de force of interpretive and pianistic incandescence.' (Classic FM Magazine). | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, London Academy of Ancient Music / Imeneo - opera in concert |
Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood, Conductor Rebecca Bottone, Soprano: Rosmene Lucy Crowe, Soprano: Clomiri David Daniels, Countertenor: Tirinto Vittorio Prato, Baritone: Imeneo Stephan Loges, Bass-baritone: Argenio Choir of the AAM |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm Academy of Ancient Music / Imeneo - opera in concert Tickets £8 - 35. Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood, Conductor Rebecca Bottone, Soprano: Rosmene Lucy Crowe, Soprano: Clomiri David Daniels, Countertenor: Tirinto Vittorio Prato, Baritone: Imeneo Stephan Loges, Bass-baritone: Argenio Choir of the AAM | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm |
Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris) Béjartin/Nijinski/Robbins/ Cherkaoui, Jalet |
Paris Ballet de L'Opéra |
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| Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris), 75009 Paris, France Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm Béjartin/Nijinski/Robbins/ Cherkaoui, Jalet Boléro [Cherkaoui, Jalet] For choreographers, music has never ceased to be a source of endless inspiration. For their first production for the Opera Ballet, Marina Abramovic, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet return to a legendary work of the 20th century, Maurice Ravel’s Boléro.Music by Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) Choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet | ||
