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Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, ZürichMahler 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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Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonLa 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 | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 01:00pm |
University of Glasgow: Memorial ChapelConcerto 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 CathedralRecital 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, LondonQuarteto 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, AmsterdamDie 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 HouseAriadne 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, GlasgowJátsszuk 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, NYAlice 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 |
Opernhaus, ZürichDon 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 07:00pm |
Latvian National Opera, RigaDas 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 07:30pm |
St Vitus Kirche, OeldeNordwestdeutsche 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, LondonMozart, 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. | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Sadler's Wells, LondonClod 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 |
Chester CathedralBeautiful 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 | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Leonard's Church, Bledington, OxfordCann 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) | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, LondonCavalleria 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 | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Coronation Hall, UlverstonThe 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) | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm |
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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Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, LondonMusic from the 1953 Coronation |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Music from the 1953 Coronation | ||
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Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, LondonZooNation 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. | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NYRatmansky, Tanner, J Peck, Balanchine |
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 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Ratmansky, Tanner, J Peck, Balanchine | ||
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Musikverein: Großer Saal, ViennaWiener Symphoniker |
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| Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna, Vienna, Austria Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Wiener Symphoniker ![]() | ||
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Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, ILFray 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 | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Lincoln Center: Alice Tully Hall, New York City, NYAmerican Classical Orchestra - Finale Concert, Redemption |
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| Lincoln Center: Alice Tully Hall, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:00pm American Classical Orchestra - Finale Concert, Redemption | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Paul Hall, New York City, NYEnsemble ACJW |
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| Paul Hall, New York City, NY, 155 West 65th Street, New York City, NY, United States Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:00pm Ensemble ACJW Featuring Musicians of The Academy - A Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute In Partnership With The New York City Department of Education. | ||
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Würzburger Hofbräu: AbfüllhalleMelton Tuba Quartet Mozartfest Würzburg |
Works by Bach J.S. Works by Mozart Works by Rossini Works by Paganini Works by Liszt Works by Strauss II Works by Armstrong |
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| Würzburger Hofbräu: Abfüllhalle, Höchberger Straße 28, 97082 Würzburg, Germany Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:00pm Melton Tuba Quartet Works by Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Works by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Works by Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868) Works by Paganini, Niccolò (1782-1840) Works by Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Works by Strauss II, Johann (1825-1899) Works by Armstrong, Louis (1901-1971) | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Residenz: Kaisersaal, WürzburgBamberger Symphoniker Mozartfest Würzburg |
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| Residenz: Kaisersaal, Würzburg, Residenzplatz 2, 97090 Würzburg, Germany Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:00pm Bamberger Symphoniker ![]() Image credit: Oliver Lang | ||
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Stadthalle, Wuppertal Murray Perahia (Klavier und Leitung) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Ruhr Piano Festival |
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| Stadthalle, Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:00pm Murray Perahia (Klavier und Leitung) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Prices € 85 | 75 | 55 | 30 | 1815% discount on a single ticket with the purchase of at least four concerts of the "Great Piano Concertos" series | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Alte Oper: Großer Saal, FrankfurtChamber Orchestra of Europe |
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| Alte Oper: Großer Saal, Frankfurt, D 60313 Frankfurt, Germany Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:00pm Chamber Orchestra of Europe | ||
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Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONToronto Baroque Summer Festival Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival |
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| Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, 80 Queen's Park, Toronto M5S 2C5, Canada Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:00pm Toronto Baroque Summer Festival Programme not known Price type: Free | ||
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Stadsschouwburg, AmsterdamSunken Garden Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Tuesday 4-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 | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Cottier Theatre, GlasgowDaniel's Beard Cottier Chamber Project |
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| Cottier Theatre, Glasgow, 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:30pm Daniel's Beard Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 09:00pm |
Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Centre, IstanbulOpening Concert Istanbul Music Festival |
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| Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Istanbul, Harbiye Mh. Gümüş Sk. 34367 Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey Tuesday 4-Jun-13 09:00pm Opening Concert Veriko Çumburidze is a 16 year old violinist who won the highly prestigious 7th International Tchaikovsky Competition for young musicians in Montreux last September.Tickets 90, 150 tl, students 30tl. | ||
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Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonMayerling |
Royal Ballet |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Wednesday 5-Jun-13 | ||
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Staatsoper, ViennaLa Cenerentola |
Vienna State Opera Jesús López Cobos, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Dmitry Korchak, Tenor: Don Ramiro Vito Priante, Baritone: Dandini, valet to Ramiro Alessandro Corbelli, Bass: Don Magnifico Rachel Frenkel, Mezzo-soprano: Angelina (Cinderella) Michele Pertusi, Baritone: Alidoro |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Wednesday 5-Jun-13 Jesús López Cobos, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Dmitry Korchak, Tenor: Don Ramiro Vito Priante, Baritone: Dandini, valet to Ramiro Alessandro Corbelli, Bass: Don Magnifico Rachel Frenkel, Mezzo-soprano: Angelina (Cinderella) Michele Pertusi, Baritone: Alidoro | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 01:00pm |
Queen's College Chapel, OxfordOrgan Recital - Andrew Benson-Wilson |
Works by Scheidemann |
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| Queen's College Chapel, Oxford, High Street, Oxford OX1 4AW, United Kingdom Wednesday 5-Jun-13 01:00pm Organ Recital - Andrew Benson-Wilson Works by Scheidemann, Heinrich (1595-1663) Price type: Free | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 01:00pm |
University of Glasgow: Memorial ChapelMark Bailey & John Kitchen Cottier Chamber Project |
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| University of Glasgow: Memorial Chapel, West Quadrangle, Gilmorehill Campus, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom Wednesday 5-Jun-13 01:00pm Mark Bailey & John Kitchen | ||
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Chester Town HallLunchtime Recital – David Greed & Ian Buckle MBNA Chester Music Festival |
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| Chester Town Hall, Northgate St, Chester CH1 2HJ, United Kingdom Wednesday 5-Jun-13 01:00pm Lunchtime Recital – David Greed & Ian Buckle David Greed studied at the Royal College of Music in London. In 1978 he was appointed Leader of the newly formed Orchestra of Opera North becoming the youngest leader in the country. He has appeared regularly as a soloist, both with the Opera North Orchestra and with other orchestras throughout the region. David’s repertoire is extensive, including the concertos of Brahms, Elgar, Sibelius, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Bruch, Barber, Mozart, Bach and Vivaldi, as well as other smaller works. He has performed the Sibelius, Elgar, Bruch, Mendelssohn and Barber concertos with the Orchestra of O.N. He has appeared as guest Leader with many orchestras – The Philharmonia, City of Birmingham, National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Philharmonic, Halle, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Northern Sinfonia, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Royal Opera House, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Irish Chamber, Guildford Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata, Northern Chamber Orchestra and English National Ballet. He led the Orchestra of the Royal Opera on a concert tour of the U.S.A. Tickets £10 | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 01:05pm |
Bradford CathedralOrgan Recital |
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| Bradford Cathedral, 1 Stott Hill, Bradford BD1 4EH, United Kingdom Wednesday 5-Jun-13 01:05pm Organ Recital Programme not known Price type: Free | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 06:00pm |
Latvian National Opera, RigaDie Walküre Riga Opera Festival |
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| Latvian National Opera, Riga, Riga LV-1050, Latvia Wednesday 5-Jun-13 06:00pm The young Siegmund doesn’t even realise that he is the one who could save the gods from destruction. But his father Wotan, ruler of the gods, has given in to the desires of his jealous wife and sentences his son to death. Wotan’s daughter interferes unexpectedly – the courageous Valkyrie Brünnhilde, whose heart has been overcome with compassion. However, the price to be paid for disobedience is high…
“In his passionate musical drama Die Walküre, Wagner confronts issues such as adultery, incest, betrayal and murder. Almost all of these, however, are motivated by love. In his production, Viestur Kairish focuses on the existential conflict between love and politics. The battle is fought, won and lost in the privacy of Hunding’s house as much as it is publically in an arena. It’s a timeless conflict, as old as mankind itself, wrapped in the hypnotic beauty of Wagner’s music,” says dramaturge of the LNO production Jochen Breiholz.Image credit: (c) Andris Krieviņš | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 06:30pm |
Cottier Theatre, GlasgowEnterprise Music Scotland Residency Project Cottier Chamber Project |
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| Cottier Theatre, Glasgow, 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU, United Kingdom Wednesday 5-Jun-13 06:30pm Enterprise Music Scotland Residency Project Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, MunichLes Contes d'Hoffmann |
Bavarian State Opera Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm Les Contes d'Hoffmann The protagonist of the opera is E.T.A. Hoffmann, the prototype of the German romantic period artist: his life is an artwork, his lower depths, his doubts, his grand inspirations – his crises. And all of these are connected with: women. Hoffmann in the opera tells of three types of woman in his tales, the “lifeless doll with a heart of ice”, the “virtuoso”, ill and destined to die, as well as the “shameless courtesan”.
Jacques Offenbach’s opera fantastique, premièred in 1881, is based on the play of the same name by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, who drew from the biographies and works of E.T.A. Hoffmann, Adelbert von Chamisso and Alfred de Musset to create their own artist’s drama. It is not a literature opera – the protagonists from different romantic tales are connected to one another by a fictitious Hoffmann – but rather more of a message to the writer, telling him to make art his matter of the heart, or perhaps even open up his heart with brutal frankness.
Co-production with the English National Opera, London.
In French with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Guildhall School Theatre, LondonBritten: Owen Wingrave |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
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| Guildhall School Theatre, London, Silk Street,, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DT, United Kingdom Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm Britten: Owen Wingrave | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm |
La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, BrusselsCosì 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 Wednesday 5-Jun-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 | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, ZürichLeonce and Lena |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm Leonce and Lena Leonce und Lena Music by Strauss II, Johann (1825-1899) / Zimmermann, Bernd Alois (1918-1970) / Donner, Martin / Schnittke, Alfred (1934-1998) Choreography by Christian Spuck BALLET by CHRISTIAN SPUCK
After the comedy by Georg Büchner
Music by Johann Strauss, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Amilcare Ponchielli,
Alfred Schnittke and Martin Donner
Swiss première
Christian Spuck has long been fascinated by the works of the German playwright Georg Büchner, whose work stands between German Romanticism and the emerging Modern Age. Taking a coolly analytical view, the author performed autopsies of the human soul, as it were, and as the poet Durs Grünbein put it, “registered the fissures that pass through the individual at an early stage, and certainly not coldly.” From 1836, Georg Büchner lectured in medicine in Zurich, and died here at the age of only 23. Christian Spuck created the full-length narrative ballet Leonce and Lena for the Aalto Ballet Essen in 2008. Zurich Ballet will now perform the piece for the first time in Switzerland – only a few weeks before Büchner’s 200th birthday.
The royal children Leonce and Lena have been betrothed without knowing one another. Both decide to escape the wedding. Leonce, who is tormented by boredom, intends to go to Italy with his companion Valerio and live there in indolence; Lena is persuaded to escape by her governess. The two encounter one another en route – and fall in love. Ignorant of one another’s identity, they appear masked at the court of Leonce’s father and are married.
Christian Spuck transforms Büchner’s subtly sarcastic comedy into a high-spirited, fast-paced and imaginative farce of automata, at the same time providing the danced caricature of the small German state. The airy, at times grotesque pieces of the king of waltz, Johann Strauss, inspire the tragicomic story and underline its burlesque elements, as do the modern sounds of Alfred Schnittke and Bernd Alois Zimmermann. | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Queensland Conservatorium, Queensland, WA Tokyo String Quartet |
Works by Sculthorpe |
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| Queensland Conservatorium, Queensland, WA, Queensland, WA, Australia Wednesday 5-Jun-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) | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, ZürichZürcher Kammerorchester |
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| Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zürich, Claridenstrasse 7, Zürich 8002, Switzerland Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm Zürcher Kammerorchester Aleluya Mexico! The ZKO and the Hilliard Music Ensemble play music by Gaspar Fernandez, which was specially written for the cathedral in Oaxaca. Ruben Dubrovsky and Aurelio Tello, a specialist in Mexican polyphonics and the Latin-American baroque, have put together a programme of works rarely if ever heard in Europe before now.Aleluya México! Das ZKO spielt zusammen mit dem Hilliard Ensemble Musik von Gaspar Fernandes
(1565–1629), die speziell für die Kathedrale von Oaxaca geschrieben wurde. Rubén Dubrovsky
stellt gemeinsam mit dem Spezialisten für mexikanische Polyphonie und lateinamerikanische
Barockmusik, Aurelio Tello, ein Programm zusammen mit Werken, von denen viele zum ersten Mal
in Europa zu hören sind. | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CATales of Hoffmann |
San Francisco Opera Company Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Matthew Polenzani, Tenor: Hoffmann Natalie Dessay, Soprano: Antonia Hye Jung Lee, Soprano: Olympia Irene Roberts, Mezzo-soprano: Giulietta Jennifer Cherest, Soprano: Stella Alice Coote, Mezzo-soprano: Nicklausse Christian Van Horn, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Steven Cole, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz |
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| War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, 94102, United States Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm Sung in French with English supertitles. Approximate running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes including two intermissions. Co-production with Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Matthew Polenzani, Tenor: Hoffmann Natalie Dessay, Soprano: Antonia Hye Jung Lee, Soprano: Olympia Irene Roberts, Mezzo-soprano: Giulietta Jennifer Cherest, Soprano: Stella Alice Coote, Mezzo-soprano: Nicklausse Christian Van Horn, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Steven Cole, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz | ||