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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 Monday 3-Jun-13 Raven Girl / Symphony in C Symphony in C (Le Palais de Cristal) 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 Monday 3-Jun-13 Don Quixote Music by Minkus, Ludwig (1826-1917) Original choreography by Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev (revisions) | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 01:00pm |
University of Glasgow: Memorial Chapel Our lunchtime sweep through the history of chamber music begins with a snapshot of the vocal music written between 1450 and 1550 Cottier Chamber Project |
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| University of Glasgow: Memorial Chapel, West Quadrangle, Gilmorehill Campus, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom Monday 3-Jun-13 01:00pm Our lunchtime sweep through the history of chamber music begins with a snapshot of the vocal music written between 1450 and 1550 | ||
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Birmingham Symphony Hall Lunchtime Organ Concert: Thomas Trotter with Celia Craig |
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| Birmingham Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham B1, United Kingdom Monday 3-Jun-13 01:00pm Lunchtime Organ Concert: Thomas Trotter with Celia Craig In a special international partnership, Thomas performs with Celia Craig, Principal Oboe of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. The programme will include works for organ and oboe by Rheinberger, Britten, Noyon and Marcello. Tickets £6 (unreserved seating) £5 concessions | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 06:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Götterdämmerung |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Yevgeny Nikitin, Baritone: Gunther Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Petra Lang, Soprano: Brünhilde Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano: First Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Edith Haller, Soprano: Third Norn/Soprano: Gutrune Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Second Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Caroline Stein, Soprano: Woglinde Louise Callinan, Soprano: Wellgunde |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Monday 3-Jun-13 06:00pm Amongst the most monumental works in the history of music, The Twilight of the Gods presents us with Siegfried and Brünhilde’s march towards death, sweeping away with them the gods and the entire world of old; a parable for humanity sustained by sublime musical and theatrical inspiration. Performed in German. Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Yevgeny Nikitin, Baritone: Gunther Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Petra Lang, Soprano: Brünhilde Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano: First Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Edith Haller, Soprano: Third Norn/Soprano: Gutrune Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Second Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Caroline Stein, Soprano: Woglinde Louise Callinan, Soprano: Wellgunde | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 06:30pm |
Cottier Theatre, Glasgow Alasdair Beatson & Friends Cottier Chamber Project |
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| Cottier Theatre, Glasgow, 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU, United Kingdom Monday 3-Jun-13 06:30pm Alasdair Beatson & Friends Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers - A Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Monday 3-Jun-13 07:00pm Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers - A Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson orraine Hunt Lieberson was one of the foremost sopranos of our time, and an artist the OAE worked with regularly, most notably at Glyndebourne and on CD. Tonight's tribute to her sees three great sopranos take to the Royal Festival Hall stage to sing some of Handel's most dramatic and emotionally intense arias, interspersed with some of his gutsy orchestra music. A very special way to end the OAE's concert season. Royal Festival Hall at 5.45pm - OAE Extras. A look back at the life and career of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Free. | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Simon Boccanegra |
Bavarian State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Monday 3-Jun-13 07:00pm In Italian with German surtitles.Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 07:00pm |
The Liederkranz Club, New York City, NY On Point: From Duel to Pas de Deux |
New York City Ballet |
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| The Liederkranz Club, New York City, NY, 6 E 87th Street, New York City, 10128, United States Monday 3-Jun-13 07:00pm On Point: From Duel to Pas de Deux | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Chester Cathedral Ensemble Deva MBNA Chester Music Festival |
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| Chester Cathedral, Chester CH1 2HU, United Kingdom Monday 3-Jun-13 07:30pm Ensemble Deva One of the most evocative and profound song cycles of the last 100 years is performed in the stunning surroundings and acoustic of Chester Cathedral. The most important non-operatic work of the 1940s, this setting of six English poems for tenor, solo horn and string orchestra was completed in 1943. It was the first large-scale work he had written specifically for Peter Pears, and it was also a response to the extraordinary artistry of the horn player Dennis Brain. The solo horn opens the work, adds perfectly imagined atmosphere to the songs, and then, in Pears’s words, “winds the work into stillness”. A setting of English poems on evening and night which, as sleep approaches, hints of the “worm in the rose, the sense of sin in the heart of man”. The amazing Giovanni Guzzo takes his Stradivarius to lead Chester’s very own Ensemble Deva. Allan Clayton has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting and sought after singers of his generation and can currently be seen at the Royal Opera House. Find out more about him here. Tim Jackson is principal horn at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and is much in demand also as a period french horn player and as a composer. He is a member of Ensemble Deva. Find out more about Tim here. | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Theater an der Wien, Vienna Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore Wiener Festwochen |
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| Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Linke Wienzeile 6, 1060 Vienna, Austria Monday 3-Jun-13 07:30pm Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore Image credit: Baeza / Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía. | ||
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Theater der Stadt Schweinfurt Bamberger Symphoniker |
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| Theater der Stadt Schweinfurt, Schweinfurt, Germany Monday 3-Jun-13 07:30pm Bamberger Symphoniker Image credit: Peter Eberts | ||
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1901 Arts Club, London Steinberg Duo - The Russian Violin |
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| 1901 Arts Club, London, 7 Exton Street,, Waterloo, London SE1 8UE, United Kingdom Monday 3-Jun-13 07:30pm Steinberg Duo - The Russian Violin The Steinberg Duo return to the 1901 Arts Club for their 2012-13 recital series. The Club's bar and lounge are open for the enjoyment of ticketholders half an hour before the performance. The performers also invite you to join them there after the performance. >> Tickets: £18 (£15 concessions) << | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle |
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| Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria Monday 3-Jun-13 07:30pm Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle Boulez, Pierre (b. 1925), Notations, for orchestra (selection) | ||
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Stadthalle, Aschaffenburg hr-Sinfonieorchester |
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| Stadthalle, Aschaffenburg, 63739 Aschaffenburg, Germany Monday 3-Jun-13 07:30pm hr-Sinfonieorchester | ||
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Cadogan Hall, London Royal College of Music Rising Stars I |
Works by Gieshoff |
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| Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Monday 3-Jun-13 07:30pm Royal College of Music Rising Stars I Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock), (W. Müller u. H. v. Chézy), D.965 Works by Gieshoff, Arne (b. 1988) | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-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 Monday 3-Jun-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 | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Konzerthaus: Rolf Böhme Saal, Freiburg Freiburger Barockorchester: The first FBO concert from 1987 |
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| Konzerthaus: Rolf Böhme Saal, Freiburg, Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1, 79098 Freiburg, Germany Monday 3-Jun-13 08:00pm Freiburger Barockorchester: The first FBO concert from 1987 After two years practicing and rehearsing, sometimes alongside their own courses of study,the time finally came: a young, enthusiastic crowd of musicians presented themselves in Burgheim Church in Lahr for the first time in a concert under the name Freiburg Baroque Orchestra on 8 November 1987. On the programme then (and today) a kaleidoscope of European Baroque music: the start of a major success story. True to the democratic self-image of the newly founded orchestra, the individual pieces were directed at the time by a variety of concert masters and concert mistresses from within the band’s own ranks. This will be the case again at this concert at the end of the FBO jubilee season. How will it sound when the same orchestra plays a “historical encore” after 25 years?
Introductory lecture at 7.15 p.m. Muffat, Georg (1653-1704), Suite in G major | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Philharmonie: Alfried Krupp Saal, Essen Krystian Zimerman Ruhr Piano Festival |
Works by Beethoven Works by Brahms |
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| Philharmonie: Alfried Krupp Saal, Essen, Huyssenallee 53, 45128 Essen, Germany Monday 3-Jun-13 08:00pm Krystian Zimerman Prices € 85 | 75 | 55 | 25 | 15 | Standing room € 10 Works by Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Works by Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Teatro Real, Madrid Wozzeck |
Madrid Opera Sylvain Cambreling, Conductor Christoph Marthaler, Director Simon Keenlyside, Baritone: Wozzeck Jon Villars, Tenor: Drum major Roger Padullés, Tenor: Andres Gerhard Siegel, Tenor: Captain Franz Hawlata, Bass: Doctor Nadja Michael, Soprano: Marie Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Margret Francisco Vas, Tenor: Madman |
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| Teatro Real, Madrid, Madrid 28013, Spain Monday 3-Jun-13 08:00pm Sylvain Cambreling, Conductor Christoph Marthaler, Director Simon Keenlyside, Baritone: Wozzeck Jon Villars, Tenor: Drum major Roger Padullés, Tenor: Andres Gerhard Siegel, Tenor: Captain Franz Hawlata, Bass: Doctor Nadja Michael, Soprano: Marie Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Margret Francisco Vas, Tenor: Madman | ||
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Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam Sunken Garden Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday 3-Jun-13 08:00pm The first 3D-opera Sunken Garden by Dutch composer Michel van der Aa. A Holland Festival-production with international partners.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
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Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam The Skride Sisters Duel with Sol Gabetta |
Brahms, Piano Trio no. 1 in B major, Op.8 (1889 version) |
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| Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday 3-Jun-13 08:15pm The Skride Sisters Duel with Sol Gabetta Image credit: Marco Borggreve Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897), Piano Trio no. 1 in B major, Op.8 (1889 version) | ||
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Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam An English Version of Britten's Spring Symphony |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday 3-Jun-13 08:15pm An English Version of Britten's Spring Symphony Image credit: Simon Butterworth | ||
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Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam LA Dance Project |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday 3-Jun-13 08:30pm LA Dance Project He was an award-winning dancer and choreographer with the prestigious New York City Ballet. He created the choreography for the Oscar winning psychological thriller Black Swan. But Benjamin Millepied likes a new challenge, and has moved to Los Angeles to set up L.A. Dance Project. It’s not a dance company in the traditional sense of the word, but more of an artists’ collective. Within this collective, Millepied is looking for collaborations with other art forms, with a view to moving into new frontiers of dance.
At the Holland Festival, L.A. Dance Project will present a programme with Merce Cunningham’s radical piece Winterbranch, William Forsythe’s Quintett, which is seldom performed, and Reflections, a new piece by Millepied himself.Running time 1 hour 30 minutes including one interval. Tickets €32.50 - 20, students/CJP €17.50 all categories.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
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Cottier Theatre, Glasgow Alba Brass and John Wallace Cottier Chamber Project |
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| Cottier Theatre, Glasgow, 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU, United Kingdom Monday 3-Jun-13 08:30pm Alba Brass and John Wallace Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 09:00pm |
Château de Versailles: Galerie des Glaces, Paris Magdalena Kozena sings Mozart Versailles Festival |
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| Château de Versailles: Galerie des Glaces, Paris, Place d'Armes, Paris, France Monday 3-Jun-13 09:00pm Magdalena Kozena sings Mozart Prices: 130/100/75/50 €Image credit: © Agathe Poupeney | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London La donna del lago |
Royal Opera Michele Mariotti, Conductor John Fulljames, Director Joyce DiDonato, Soprano: Elena Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor: King James V / Uberto Daniela Barcellona, Mezzo-soprano: Malcolm Simon Orfila, Bass: Douglas Colin Lee, Tenor: Rodrigo |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 Michele Mariotti, Conductor John Fulljames, Director Joyce DiDonato, Soprano: Elena Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor: King James V / Uberto Daniela Barcellona, Mezzo-soprano: Malcolm Simon Orfila, Bass: Douglas Colin Lee, Tenor: Rodrigo | ||
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Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zürich Mahler Chamber Orchestra |
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| Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zürich, Claridenstrasse 7, Zürich 8002, Switzerland Tuesday 4-Jun-13 Mahler Chamber Orchestra | ||
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University of Glasgow: Memorial Chapel Concerto Caledonia Cottier Chamber Project |
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| University of Glasgow: Memorial Chapel, West Quadrangle, Gilmorehill Campus, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 01:00pm Concerto Caledonia | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 01:10pm |
Chichester Cathedral Recital with Charlotte McAuliffe (cello) |
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| Chichester Cathedral, Chichester PO19 1PX, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 01:10pm Recital with Charlotte McAuliffe (cello) Price type: Free | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 01:15pm |
St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London Quarteto Tau: Cordas Brasileiras |
Unknown, Programme of Brazilian chamber music |
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| St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London, London EC4Y 8AU, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 01:15pm Quarteto Tau: Cordas Brasileiras Unknown, Programme of Brazilian chamber music Price type: Free | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 05:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Tuesday 4-Jun-13 05:30pm In his only comic opera, Wagner distilled poetry and music into a single unified form that unfolds as an unbroken stream of music-dramatic dialogue. It became a singspiel, partly based on personal experience, about the romance between the bourgeois girl Eva Pogner and the knight Walther von Stolzing, who may only wed his beloved once he has won the annual singing contest. The cobbler Hans Sachs represents, on the one hand, the old guard as a member of the Guild of Mastersingers; on the other hand he is open to modernization and stimulates the knight’s artistic gifts, stoking the conflict between narrow-mindedness and true artistry – a theme certainly not unfamiliar to Wagner himself. Love triumphs in the end, thanks to Sachs’ closing address in which he praises the ‘master’s honour’, a typically German honour one might view with considerable scepticism: the Meistersinger finale was, after all, misused for political purposes.Running time 5 hours 25 minutes with two intervals, in German with Dutch and English surtitles.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 05:50pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Ariadne auf Naxos Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Katharina Thoma, Director Julia Müer, Set Designer Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Music Master Soile Isokoski, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Teodora Gheorghiu, Soprano: Zerbinetta Dmitri Vargin, Baritone: Harlequin James Kryshak, Tenor: Scaramuccio Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Bacchus Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Dancing Master |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 05:50pm Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Katharina Thoma, Director Julia Müer, Set Designer Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone: Music Master Soile Isokoski, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Teodora Gheorghiu, Soprano: Zerbinetta Dmitri Vargin, Baritone: Harlequin James Kryshak, Tenor: Scaramuccio Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Bacchus Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Dancing Master | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 06:00pm |
Cottier Theatre, Glasgow Játsszuk Ensemble from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Cottier Chamber Project |
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| Cottier Theatre, Glasgow, 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 06:00pm Játsszuk Ensemble from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 06:30pm |
Le Poisson Rouge, New York City, NY Alice Sara Ott, piano |
Works by Mozart |
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| Le Poisson Rouge, New York City, NY, 158 Bleecker Street, New York City, 10012, United States Tuesday 4-Jun-13 06:30pm Alice Sara Ott, piano Works by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Latvian National Opera, Riga Das Rheingold Riga Opera Festival |
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| Latvian National Opera, Riga, Riga LV-1050, Latvia Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:00pm The dwarf Alberich renounces love and steals the gold guarded by the maidens of the Rhine. He forges a magic ring from the gold, but it soon becomes the object of desire by Wotan, ruler of the gods, who wants to save his wife’s sister from the giants. The infuriated Alberich lays a curse on his lost treasure – anyone who possesses it will eventually meet their doom…
“The characters in this play about the Ring take every means to obtain power and the right to construct a reality which seems meaningful to them. Even the ruler of the gods, the creator of all that is real and the guardian of its order, finds himself entrapped in the artificiality of his own reality. Throughout the play, moments of strength and beauty, truth and genuineness are exposed as sorry efforts of his conceitedness. The gods have never been so committed to humanity and the humans have never been more at the mercy of the gods – ever since the day they fabricated the theatrical arena in which they continually display and invent themselves,” says stage director Stefan Herheim of the production’s concept.Image credit: (c) Andris Krieviņš | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Don Giovanni |
Zurich Opera Robin Ticciati, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Barbara Ehnes, Set Designer Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Donna Anna Julia Kleiter, Soprano: Donna Elvira Anna Gorbachyova, Soprano: Zerlina Peter Mattei, Baritone: Don Giovanni Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Don Ottavio Rafal Siwek, Bass: The Commendatore Ruben Drole, Baritone: Leporello Lukas Jakobski, Bass: Masetto |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:00pm Following the success of the Prague première of Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart was immediately commissioned to write another opera. This time, Lorenzo Da Ponte chose the story of the Spanish nobleman Don Juan. The subject matter had been considered a crowd-puller for more than a century, due in particular to the spectacular demise of the hero. Don Giovanni invites the statue of the Commendatore, whom he has murdered, to dinner, and is swallowed up by the jaws of hell. However, the view of the hero had changed considerably since the Spanish dramatist and monk Tirso de Molina first brought the blasphemous deeds and just punishment of the villain to the stage in the 17th century. While de Molina was still entirely on the side of order, which is ultimately re-established through divine intervention, Mozart and Da Ponte turn the sexual braggart and seducer into a man whose unquenchable thirst for happiness calls into the question the very foundations of social coexistence. Don Giovanni thus becomes – involuntarily and perhaps even without realising it – a danger for the social order, which can be maintained only if it functions smoothly. In their comedy, which is shrouded in darkness throughout, Mozart and Da Ponte do not conceal the price that others have to pay for this kind of self-realisation. However, since they do not pass any final judgement and instead do justice to both sides, their work becomes a drama of humanity of indestructible power and relevance – a dramma giocoso that becomes all the more comic the more the tragic aspects behind the course of events become apparent.
The much-vaunted German director Sebastian Baumgarten will present his interpretation of Don Giovanni in Zurich. At the rostrum will be the young Robin Ticciati, a rising star among the new generation of conductors. Our Don Giovanni is the charismatic Peter Mattei, who is sought-after in this role from the Scala in Milan to the New York Met.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Robin Ticciati, Conductor Sebastian Baumgarten, Director Barbara Ehnes, Set Designer Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Donna Anna Julia Kleiter, Soprano: Donna Elvira Anna Gorbachyova, Soprano: Zerlina Peter Mattei, Baritone: Don Giovanni Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Don Ottavio Rafal Siwek, Bass: The Commendatore Ruben Drole, Baritone: Leporello Lukas Jakobski, Bass: Masetto | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:00pm |
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 4-Jun-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 4-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Sadler's Wells, London Clod Ensemble — Zero |
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| Sadler's Wells, London, Rosebery Avenue,, London EC1R 4TN, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Clod Ensemble — Zero Clod Ensemble has been making performance work that pushes the boundaries between art forms for over 15 years, led by choreographer/director Suzy Willson and composer Paul Clark. The company returns to Sadler’s Wells with its latest piece, Zero, after the world premiere of An Anatomie in Four Quarters in 2011. Set to an original score played live by a band of acclaimed musicians and featuring an explosive cast of performers, Zero, commissioned by Sadler’s Wells and produced in association with Fuel, is a turbulent mix of dance, music and visual theatre. Zero is a world where nothing is certain – where women can be tigers and men can be snakes. Families, marriages and friendships are laced with sibling rivalries, frustrated desires and murderous ambitions. Heavens open and lives fall apart. Here, we are all at the mercy of the stormy weather. At least we can still sing the blues. | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, IL Fray plays Mozart |
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| Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL 60604, United States Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Fray plays Mozart | ||
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Wiener Saal, Salzburg Kammerkonzert im Wiener Saal |
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| Wiener Saal, Salzburg, Schwarzstraße 26, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Kammerkonzert im Wiener Saal | ||
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Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna Wiener Symphoniker |
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| Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna, Vienna, Austria Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Wiener Symphoniker | ||
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Coronation Hall, Ulverston The Best of Piano Duel Ulverston International Music Festival |
Lutoslawski, Paganini Variations, for piano and orchestra (for two pianos) |
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| Coronation Hall, Ulverston, Ulverston LA12 7LZ, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm The Best of Piano Duel “For many people this has in previous years been the pulsating heart of the festival, the dream ticket of Anthony Hewitt and Martin Roscoe being not so much a duel as an explosion of joyous energy.”Rosemary Hamblett, audience member Lutosławski, Witold (1913-1994), Paganini Variations, for piano and orchestra (for two pianos) | ||
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Chester Cathedral Beautiful Brahms MBNA Chester Music Festival |
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| Chester Cathedral, Chester CH1 2HU, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Beautiful Brahms In the first of what will be a “red-letter day” for Chester’s music festival, our own Ensemble Deva take to the stage at Chester Town Hall, playing some of the most beautiful string pieces ever written, by the master of romantic chamber music. Tickets £18 Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897), String Sextet no. 1 in B flat major for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Celli, Op.18 | ||
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Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop |
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| Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London, Portugal Street, Holborn, London WC2 2HT, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-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. | ||
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St Leonard's Church, Bledington, Oxford Cann Twins Bledington Music Festival |
Borodin, Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (arr. Cann) Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: suite (Three movements arr. Cann) Bizet, Carmen Suite no. 1 (Three movements arr. Cann) |
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| St Leonard's Church, Bledington, Oxford, Oxford OX7 6XD, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Cann Twins This is the first concert in the 13th Bledington Music Festival Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893), Swan Lake: suite (Three movements arr. Cann) Bizet, Georges (1838-1875), Carmen Suite no. 1 (Three movements arr. Cann) | ||
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Holland Park Theatre, London Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci Opera Holland Park |
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Soprano: Santuzza Peter Auty, Tenor: Turiddu Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Alfio Peter Auty, Tenor: Canio Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Nedda Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Tonio |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Soprano: Santuzza Peter Auty, Tenor: Turiddu Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Alfio Peter Auty, Tenor: Canio Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Nedda Stephen Gadd, Baritone: Tonio | ||
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Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY Ratmansky, Tanner, J Peck, Balanchine |
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| Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Ratmansky, Tanner, J Peck, Balanchine | ||
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St Vitus Kirche, Oelde Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie |
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| St Vitus Kirche, Oelde, Schultenfeld 7, 59302 Oelde, Germany Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie | ||
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Cadogan Hall, London Mozart, Weber and Tchaikovsky |
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| Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Mozart, Weber and Tchaikovsky A glorious programme encompassing music of sublime wit, high drama and intense emotion. Mozart produced some of the most joyous operatic music ever written, and we are treated to several delights boasting vocal lines of deep expression and breathtaking agility.
Weber’s operas have been hugely influential, inspiring the likes of Wagner to embark on his pioneering music dramas. But it is his operatic overtures which are most frequently performed, and their popularity is understandable: the music brims with energy, intrigue and originality.
The programme culminates in the devastating beauty of Tchaikovsky’s 'Pathétique' Symphony, a masterpiece of aching emotion and symphonic brilliance. | ||
