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 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonGloriana |
Royal Opera Paul Daniel, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Susan Bullock, Soprano: Elizabeth I Toby Spence, Tenor: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Patricia Bardon, Mezzo-soprano: Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex Mark Stone, Baritone: Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy Kate Royal, Soprano: Penelope, Lady Rich Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Sir Robert Cecil Clive Bayley, Bass: Sir Walter Raleigh Benjamin Bevan, Baritone: Henry Cuffe Brindley Sherratt, Bass: A blind ballad singer |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 Paul Daniel, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Susan Bullock, Soprano: Elizabeth I Toby Spence, Tenor: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Patricia Bardon, Mezzo-soprano: Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex Mark Stone, Baritone: Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy Kate Royal, Soprano: Penelope, Lady Rich Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Sir Robert Cecil Clive Bayley, Bass: Sir Walter Raleigh Benjamin Bevan, Baritone: Henry Cuffe Brindley Sherratt, Bass: A blind ballad singer | ||
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Château de Versailles: Galerie des Glaces, Paris The Royal Serenade Versailles Festival |
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| Château de Versailles: Galerie des Glaces, Paris, Place d'Armes, Paris, France Saturday 6-Jul-13 The Royal Serenade Just before the Night Fountains show, relive the flamboyant days of the reign of Louis XIV by viewing the apartments of the king to the sound of a serenade. Under the gold and reflections of the Hall of Mirrors, as the sun sets, cross the Palace Of Versailles and join the dance! You will be accompanied by the music of a group of baroque musicians and dancers of La Compagnie Baroque for a grand French ball. Please check website for times | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 11:00am |
Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham Schubert & Britten Songs Cheltenham Music Festival |
Britten, Winter Words for soprano or tenor and piano, Op.52 (Version Première - arrangement for mezzo-soprano) |
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| Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, Cheltenham GL52 3JE, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 11:00am Schubert & Britten Songs Life at the Outset and Life Towards the End. In this recital, two Britten cycles – one relating to childhood and the other about life’s experience – balance beautifully with Mussorgsky’s own take on nursery songs and some reflections on life-lived by Schubert. Imogen Cooper, a longstanding favourite with Cheltenham audiences, joins one of the world’s most esteemed singers of her generation, Dutch mezzo Christianne Stotijn, Her one-time teacher, Janet Baker, has passed on to her a score of Winter Words given to her especially by Benjamin Britten, and to be heard for the first time in this concert from a mezzo. Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Winter Words for soprano or tenor and piano, Op.52 (Version Première - arrangement for mezzo-soprano) | ||
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Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna Timo Mustakallio Competition, first round Savonlinna Opera Festival |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Saturday 6-Jul-13 11:00am Timo Mustakallio Competition, first round Programme not known | ||
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Cathedral: Lady Chapel, Lichfield Aisa Ijiri, Lichfield Festival |
Works by Prokofiev |
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| Cathedral: Lady Chapel, Lichfield, 19A The Close, Lichfield WS13 7LD, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 11:00am Aisa Ijiri, Lichfield Festival Works by Prokofiev, Gabriel | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 02:00pm |
Ravinia Festival: Bennett Gordon Hall, Highland Park, IL RSMI 25th Anniversary Piano and Strings Concert Ravinia Festival |
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| Ravinia Festival: Bennett Gordon Hall, Highland Park, IL, Highland Park, IL, United States Saturday 6-Jul-13 02:00pm RSMI 25th Anniversary Piano and Strings Concert Programme not known Price type: Free | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 02:00pm |
Cheltenham Town Hall The Young Person's (painted) Guide to the Orchestra Cheltenham Music Festival |
Britten, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 (Features author and illustrator James Mayehw)  |
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| Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham GL50 1QA, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 02:00pm The Young Person's (painted) Guide to the Orchestra Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra shows off all the colours and sounds of a modern orchestra instrument by instrument. This special performance features James Mayhew describing and painting the special characters of flutes, violins, trumpets, drums and more. What a magnificent riot of sound and colour when the whole orchestra plays the final part together and James paints them into one big picture – all projected onto a big screen! Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 (Features author and illustrator James Mayehw) | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 02:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Lieder and Lyricism: The Concertgebouw's Majestic Organ Robeco Summer Nights |
Wolf, Morike Lieder: Charwoche, no.26 (arr. Reger) |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Saturday 6-Jul-13 02:15pm Lieder and Lyricism: The Concertgebouw's Majestic Organ Tickets €33Image credit: Leo van Doeselaar © Marco Borggreve Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903), Morike Lieder: Charwoche, no.26 (arr. Reger) Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903), Gebet (arr. Reger) | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 03:00pm |
St John the Evangelist Church, Derby Summer Song |
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| St John the Evangelist Church, Derby, Bridge Street, Derby DE1 4DH, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 03:00pm Summer Song | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 04:30pm |
Lowry, Manchester Siegfried |
Opera North Annalena Persson, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mati Turi, Tenor: Siegfried Richard Roberts, Tenor: Mime Michael Druiett, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Jo Polheim, Baritone: Alberich Mats Almgren, Bass-baritone: Fafner Fflur Wyn, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Andrea Baker, Contralto: Erda Richard Farnes, Conductor |
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| Lowry, Manchester, Manchester M50 3AZ, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 04:30pm Annalena Persson, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mati Turi, Tenor: Siegfried Richard Roberts, Tenor: Mime Michael Druiett, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Jo Polheim, Baritone: Alberich Mats Almgren, Bass-baritone: Fafner Fflur Wyn, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Andrea Baker, Contralto: Erda Richard Farnes, Conductor | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 04:30pm |
Burghley House, Stamford Burghley House Battle Proms Picnic Concert |
Elgar, Symphony no. 1 in A flat major, Op.55 (Opening) Suppe, Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry): overture (With musical ride) Tchaikovsky, 1812 Festival overture in E flat major, Op.49 (With live cannons and fireworks) Beethoven, Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (With live cannons and fireworks) |
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| Burghley House, Stamford, Stamford PE9 3 JY, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 04:30pm Burghley House Battle Proms Picnic Concert Suppe, Franz von (1819-1895), Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry): overture (With musical ride) Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893), 1812 Festival overture in E flat major, Op.49 (With live cannons and fireworks) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria (Wellington's Victory, or The Battle of Vitoria, Op.91 (With live cannons and fireworks) Open air: Outdoors | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 05:10pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Le nozze di Figaro Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Grandage, Director Christopher Oram, Set Designer Adam Plachetka, Bass-baritone: Figaro Laura Tatulescu, Soprano: Susanna Amanda Majeski, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Joshua Hopkins, Baritone: Count Almaviva Luciano di Pasquale, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Anne Mason, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Lydia Teuscher, Soprano: Cherubino Timothy Robinson, Tenor: Don Basilio |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 05:10pm Le nozze di Figaro Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Grandage, Director Christopher Oram, Set Designer Adam Plachetka, Bass-baritone: Figaro Laura Tatulescu, Soprano: Susanna Amanda Majeski, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Joshua Hopkins, Baritone: Count Almaviva Luciano di Pasquale, Bass: Doctor Bartolo Anne Mason, Mezzo-soprano: Marcellina Lydia Teuscher, Soprano: Cherubino Timothy Robinson, Tenor: Don Basilio | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 05:20pm |
Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester Poulenc's Les Carmélites Grange Park Opera |
Grange Park Opera Matthew Stiff, Baritone: Marquis de la Force Hye-Youn Lee, Soprano: Blanche de la Force Nicky Spence, Tenor: Chevalier de la Force Anne-Marie Owens, Contralto: Madame de Croissy, the prioress Fiona Murphy, Soprano: Madame Lidoine, the new prioress Sara Fulgoni , Mezzo-soprano: Mother Marie Kathleen Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano: Mother Jeanne Rosie Bell, Soprano: Sister Constance Olivia Ray, Soprano: Sister Mathilde |
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| Grange Park Opera, Northington, Winchester, Winchester SO24 9TG, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 05:20pm Poulenc's Les Carmélites Public booking opens in FebruaryMatthew Stiff, Baritone: Marquis de la Force Hye-Youn Lee, Soprano: Blanche de la Force Nicky Spence, Tenor: Chevalier de la Force Anne-Marie Owens, Contralto: Madame de Croissy, the prioress Fiona Murphy, Soprano: Madame Lidoine, the new prioress Sara Fulgoni , Mezzo-soprano: Mother Marie Kathleen Wilkinson, Mezzo-soprano: Mother Jeanne Rosie Bell, Soprano: Sister Constance Olivia Ray, Soprano: Sister Mathilde | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 05:30pm |
Cheltenham Ladies College: Parabola Arts Centre Greek Piano Odyssey Cheltenham Music Festival |
Hesketh, Horae (pro Clara) (Complete Set Première) |
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| Cheltenham Ladies College: Parabola Arts Centre, Bayshill Road, Cheltenham GL50 3EP, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 05:30pm Greek Piano Odyssey Critically acclaimed young pianist Clare Hammond presents a programme inspired by Ancient Greek Mythology. Symanowski's Me[acute]topes chart Odysseus's trials as he resists the Sirens, spurns the affections of the Nymph Calypso and meets Princess Nausicca on the isle of Scherie, while Satie's Gnossiennes evoke the Minoan Palace in Creta and the defeat of the Minotaur. Woven throughout these tableaus are a set of 12 minatures from Kenneth Hesketh--written for Clare and premiered here in their entirety--which depict the twelve goddesses of the Horae (the Hours) who personify the time between sunrise and sunset. A vivid and enchanting programme. Hesketh, Kenneth (b. 1968), Horae (pro Clara) (Complete Set Première) | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 06:00pm |
Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum ExtraSchicht: The night of industrial heritage – Transcriptions and Paraphrases Ruhr Piano Festival |
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| Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum, An der Jahrhunderthalle 1, 44793 Bochum, Germany Saturday 6-Jul-13 06:00pm ExtraSchicht: The night of industrial heritage – Transcriptions and Paraphrases Prices Early Bird € 12 | € 15 presale | four-person ticket € 50 |
Ticket office € 18 | 12 (concessions)The ticket is valid for all events of ExtraSchicht and applies as a ticket for the ExtraSchicht shuttle lines and public transport in the VRR at the indicated times. The Ruhr Piano Festival is contributing to ExtraSchicht, The Night of Industrial Heritage. And this year, thousands of visitors will flock to the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum for a spectacular six-hour marathon, featuring the piano prodigies of the North Rhine-Westphalia conservatories. Collieries and coking plants, dumps and blast furnaces, machines and blower halls become the scene for a variety of artistic productions. A great opportunity to offer the stars of tomorrow a stage. This year, the young pianists will focus especially on transcriptions and paraphrases of Wagner and Verdi, following the Ruhr Piano Festival's theme. | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 06:00pm |
Daniel Arts Center: Simon's Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington, MA Vocal fireworks: Shades of Love Lost Madrigals of Jacques de Wert and Claudio Monteverdi Aston Magna Music Festival |
de Wert, Questi odorati fiori (Book 8, No. 19) de Wert, Forsenata gridava (Book 8, No. 17) de Wert, Sovente allor che sugl’estivi ardor (Book 8, No. ?) Monteverdi, Fumia la Pastorella (Book 1, Nos. 9-11) Monteverdi, S’andasse amor a caccia (Book 2, No. 11) Monteverdi, Crudel perchè mi fuggi (Book 1, No. 8) Monteverdi, Ardo si ma non t’amo (Book 1, No. 19-21) Monteverdi, Poi che del mio dolore (Book 1, No. 8) Monteverdi, Amor per tua merce (Book 1, No. 4) Monteverdi, Luci Serene (Book 4, No. 8) Monteverdi, me partite (Book 4, No. 10) Monteverdi, Canzonetta (:) Non Partir, ritrosetta (Book 8, No, 37) Gabrieli, Sonata for Cello and Continuo Monteverdi, Sfogava con le stelle (Book 4, No. 4) Monteverdi, (Canzonetta:) Voglio di vita uscir Monteverdi, Al lume delle stelle |
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| Daniel Arts Center: Simon's Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington, MA, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, 01230, United States Saturday 6-Jul-13 06:00pm Vocal fireworks: Shades of Love Lost Madrigals of Jacques de Wert and Claudio Monteverdi Shades of Love Lost: Madrigals by de Wert and Monteverdi
Monteverdi madrigals will be performed on July 4, 5, and 6, together with those of one of his
predecessors, Giaches de Wert. Masterful and imaginative musical settings from the 16th and early
17th century will be the fare with Aston Magna’s Madrigal Singers performing. de Wert, Giaches (c1535-1596), Questi odorati fiori (Book 8, No. 19) de Wert, Giaches (c1535-1596), Forsenata gridava (Book 8, No. 17) de Wert, Giaches (c1535-1596), Sovente allor che sugl’estivi ardor (Book 8, No. ?) Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643), Fumia la Pastorella (Book 1, Nos. 9-11) Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643), S’andasse amor a caccia (Book 2, No. 11) Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643), Crudel perchè mi fuggi (Book 1, No. 8) Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643), Ardo si ma non t’amo (Book 1, No. 19-21) Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643), Poi che del mio dolore (Book 1, No. 8) Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643), Amor per tua merce (Book 1, No. 4) Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643), Luci Serene (Book 4, No. 8) Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643), me partite (Book 4, No. 10) Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643), Canzonetta (:) Non Partir, ritrosetta (Book 8, No, 37) Gabrieli, Domenico (1651-1690), Sonata for Cello and Continuo Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643), Sfogava con le stelle (Book 4, No. 4) Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643), (Canzonetta:) Voglio di vita uscir Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643), Al lume delle stelle | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 06:00pm |
St Florian Abbey, Linz Bruckner Orchestra Linz |
Kropfreiter, Introduktion, Meditation und Finale |
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| St Florian Abbey, Linz, Linz, Austria Saturday 6-Jul-13 06:00pm Bruckner Orchestra Linz Kropfreiter, Augustinus Franz (1936-2003), Introduktion, Meditation und Finale | ||
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Schloss Johannisberg: Cuvéehof, Geisenheim-Johannisberg Rheingau meets Hollywood Rheingau Music Festival |
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| Schloss Johannisberg: Cuvéehof, Geisenheim-Johannisberg, 65366 Geisenheim-Johannisberg, Germany Saturday 6-Jul-13 06:00pm Rheingau meets Hollywood Film music gala from Vertigo to Star Wars. | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 06:20pm |
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Garsington Opera |
Garsington Opera Company William Lacey, Conductor Daniel Slater, Director Francis O'Connor, Set Designer Rebecca Nelsen, Soprano: Konstanze Norman Reinhardt, Tenor: Belmonte Susanna Andersson, Soprano: Blondchen Matthew Rose, Baritone: Osmin Mark Wilde, Tenor: Pedrillo |
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| Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, The Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe HP14 3YE, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 06:20pm Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem), K384 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)) William Lacey, Conductor Daniel Slater, Director Francis O'Connor, Set Designer Rebecca Nelsen, Soprano: Konstanze Norman Reinhardt, Tenor: Belmonte Susanna Andersson, Soprano: Blondchen Matthew Rose, Baritone: Osmin Mark Wilde, Tenor: Pedrillo | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 06:30pm |
Gresham's School: Auden Theatre, Holt A Summer Concert for St Cecilia |
Saint-Saëns, Symphony no. 3 in C minor "Organ Symphony", Op.78 (Final movt) |
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| Gresham's School: Auden Theatre, Holt, Holt, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 06:30pm A Summer Concert for St Cecilia Gounod’s Messe solennelle de Sainte-Cécile was premiered on St Cecilia’s Day in 1855, 58 years before Benjamin Britten was born. At its first performance, Camille Saint-Säens wrote that "luminous light streamed forth from this Mass... at first one was dazzled, then charmed, then conquered." The 100-strong choir, accompanied by the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra and soloists, will perform this magnificent and often over-looked work. The concert will include an extended interval so that the audience can enjoy a summer picnic on the lawns outside the theatre. | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna La traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra |
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| Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Savonlinna 57150, Finland Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm In honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Savonlinna Opera Festival is adding to its repertoire one of the best-loved and most frequently-performed operas of all time. For many an opera lover this will mean a long-cherished dream come true: La traviata at last in Savonlinna!
Can a flighty courtesan accustomed to a life of pleasure genuinely fall in love, and does she deserve true happiness? Verdi was clearly inspired by this tragic, beautiful love story about Violetta and Alfredo, built round these fundamental questions. The music of La traviata is some of his very finest: coloratura arias that bubble like champagne, and melodies that play exquisitely on the ear follow one upon the other like a row of sparkling gems, pampering the listener again and again. Paolo Olmi, Conductor Stefano Romano, Conductor Mariusz Treliński, Director Boris Kudlicka, Set Designer Jennifer Rowley, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Nadja Stefanoff, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Maxim Axenov, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Andrzej Dobber, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm |
St Peter's Church, Old Woking Summer Concert at St. Peter's, Old Woking |
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| St Peter's Church, Old Woking, Church Street, Old Woking GU22 9JE, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm Summer Concert at St. Peter's, Old Woking Free car parking available in the St. Peter's Church Centre car park Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Southwark Cathedral, London Britten Church Parables: The Prodigal Son City of London Festival |
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| Southwark Cathedral, London, Chapter House,, Montague Close,, London SE1 9DA, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm Britten Church Parables: The Prodigal Son Celebrating Benjamin Britten’s centenary, Mahogany Opera joins forces with principal players from Aurora Orchestra to present his Church Parables at Southwark Cathedral where they were first seen in London under the direction of the composer. These new productions merge East with West: Japanese Noh with Medieval Western iconography (Curlew River), Balinese dance drama with stained glass (The Burning Fiery Furnace) and Middle Eastern Sufism juxtaposed with the work of Rembrandt and Bosch (The Prodigal Son).
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| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Falstaff Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Paolo Carignani, Conductor Eike Gramss, Director Nico Trees, Revival Director Ambrogio Maestri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Levente Molnár, Baritone: Ford Javier Camarena, Tenor: Fenton Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Dr Caius Kenneth Roberson, Tenor: Bardolph Diogenes Randes, Bass: Pistol Véronique Gens, Soprano: Alice Ford Adriana Kučerová, Soprano: Nannetta Ewa Podleś, Contralto: Mistress Quickly Angela Brower, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm Verdi's final opera – a grandiose comedy: the roly-poly roué Sir John writes the same love letter to two different women. Logically, this leads to plenty of turbulence on the stage. This jolly work of Verdi's old age reaches its high point in the recognition: "Everything on earth is a joke!" Ambrogio Maestri as Falstaff! A subtle production. Oh, Verdi lover, what more could you ask?
In Italian with German surtitles.Paolo Carignani, Conductor Eike Gramss, Director Nico Trees, Revival Director Ambrogio Maestri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Levente Molnár, Baritone: Ford Javier Camarena, Tenor: Fenton Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Dr Caius Kenneth Roberson, Tenor: Bardolph Diogenes Randes, Bass: Pistol Véronique Gens, Soprano: Alice Ford Adriana Kučerová, Soprano: Nannetta Ewa Podleś, Contralto: Mistress Quickly Angela Brower, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:15pm |
Buxton Opera House Finta giardiniera, La |
Buxton Festival Opera |
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| Buxton Opera House, Buxton SK17 6XN, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:15pm Finta giardiniera, La | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm |
St James's Church, Piccadilly, London West London Sinfonia |
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| St James's Church, Piccadilly, London, London, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm West London Sinfonia | ||
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St Leonard's Church, Hythe, Kent Paul Mealor and BBC Singers, The Farthest Shore. JAM |
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| St Leonard's Church, Hythe, Kent, Oak Walk, Hythe, Kent CT21 5DN, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Paul Mealor and BBC Singers, The Farthest Shore. JAM BBC Singers Onyx Brass Daniel Cook, Organ Claire Seaton, Soprano Giles Underwood, Bass Nicholas Cleobury, Conductor Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm |
St John the Baptist, Plush Plush 5 Plush Festival |
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| St John the Baptist, Plush, Dorset, UK, Plush DT2 7RJ, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Plush 5 Open Rehearsal
Saturday 6 July 2013
3-5pm Free
3pm Beethoven String Quartet
4pm Klein Trio
Pre-concert Talk
Hosted by pianist Stephen Perry
Saturday 6 July 2013
6.15pm Free
We celebrate the 200th anniversary of French composer Charles Valentin Alkan with a performance of his lushly romantic Grand Duo Concertante. Klein’s folk-inspired String Trio and Kurtag’s ‘Aus der Ferne’ precede Beethoven’s towering Op.132 quartet. | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Les pêcheurs de perles Opera Holland Park |
Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Signes |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm An affirmation of the close-knit relationship between painting, music and dance, the origins of Signes lie in artist Olivier Debré’s desire to translate into a series of paintings the feeling elicited in him by a smile. Inspired by these flamboyant paintings, Carolyn Carlson sets her dancers in motion to an original score by Réné Aubry | ||
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St Andrew's Church, Barnt Green Sinfonia of Birmingham Summer Concert |
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| St Andrew's Church, Barnt Green, Sandhills Road, Barnt Green B45 8NR, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Sinfonia of Birmingham Summer Concert Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
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Framlingham College: Headmaster Porter Theatre Midsummer Mozart |
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| Framlingham College: Headmaster Porter Theatre, College Road, Framlingham IP13 9EY, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Midsummer Mozart Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
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Portsmouth Guildhall Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Classical Extravaganza |
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| Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth PO1 2AB, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Classical Extravaganza | ||
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Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris) La Sylphide |
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| Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris), 75009 Paris, France Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Philippe Taglioni’s La Sylphide heralded the advent of romanticism. Pierre Lacotte presents this emblematic ballet, lost to the repertoire for a long time, in a faithful recreation. | ||
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Ferneham Hall, Fareham Havant Symphony Orchestra |
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| Ferneham Hall, Fareham, Fareham PO16 7DB, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Havant Symphony Orchestra | ||
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Embarcadero Marina Park South, San Diego, CA Star Spangled Pops with Bill Conti |
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| Embarcadero Marina Park South, San Diego, CA, 206 Marina Park Way, San Diego, 92101, United States Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Star Spangled Pops with Bill Conti Celebrate the Fourth of July at San Diego’s favorite holiday salute. Bill Conti, our new principal pops conductor, famed Rocky composer and Oscar® and five-time Emmy® Award-winner, leads the way. It’ll be a patriotic extravaganza with all-American hits from Main Street to Broadway, complete with John Philip Sousa marches, a tribute to the military and a spectacular fireworks display to light up the sky! | ||
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Harrow School: Speech Room St Luke’s Summer Proms: The London Welsh Male Voice Choir |
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| Harrow School: Speech Room, High Street, Harrow HA1 3HP, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm St Luke’s Summer Proms: The London Welsh Male Voice Choir Programme not known | ||
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Cheltenham Town Hall A Britten Double Bill & Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony Cheltenham Music Festival |
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| Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham GL50 1QA, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm A Britten Double Bill & Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony Chetham’s, in Manchester, is one of the world’s finest specialist music schools—and so it may easily lay claim to having the best school orchestra in the world. In this concert, they bring together two composers who, for the final decade and a half of their lives at least, became great friends and musical confederates. Years before they did meet, in 1959, they wrote these three very different pieces—two of which at least, Shostakovich’s 5th symphony from 1937 and Britten’s Young Person’s Guide from 1946, have become firm fixtures of the orchestral repertory. Britten’s Violin Concerto, premiered in New York in 1940, is performed here by the hugely-talented 16 year-old, Callum Smart—a Chetham’s student and winner of the strings category of BBC Young Musician in 2010. | ||
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St Saviour's Church, St Albans London Lawyers' Symphony Orchestra and Chorus: Wagner, Britten and Mozart |
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| St Saviour's Church, St Albans, 25 Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm London Lawyers' Symphony Orchestra and Chorus: Wagner, Britten and Mozart | ||
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Hatch End High School: The Great Hall, Harrow Three Choirs |
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| Hatch End High School: The Great Hall, Harrow, Harrow, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Three Choirs | ||
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Church of the Holy Spirit, Southsea Striggio and Tallis |
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| Church of the Holy Spirit, Southsea, Fawcett Road, Southsea PO4 0DY, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Striggio and Tallis | ||
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St John's Smith Square, London London Piano Trio & Friends in association with the Inter-Cultural Society of London |
Balsamo, Piano Trio no. 2 (First performance) |
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| St John's Smith Square, London, Smith Square, London, London SW1P 3HA, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm London Piano Trio & Friends in association with the Inter-Cultural Society of London Balsamo, Jed, Piano Trio no. 2 (First performance) | ||
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St Thomas of Canterbury, Goring on Thames From Tallis to Tormis |
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| St Thomas of Canterbury, Goring on Thames, Goring on Thames RG8 9AD, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm From Tallis to Tormis Contemporary music from the Baltic states plus music from the Fayrfax collection and the Eton Choirbook. Tickets: £12, concessioins £10, NUS £8, under 16 £5 | ||
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Hult Center for the Performing Arts: Silva Concert Hall, Eugene, OR Rilling and Halls: Passing of the Baton Oregon Bach Festival |
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| Hult Center for the Performing Arts: Silva Concert Hall, Eugene, OR, 1 Eugene Center, Eugene, 97401, United States Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Rilling and Halls: Passing of the Baton Join a family of more than 200 OBF musicians as we cross a symbolic bridge into the future. Helmuth Rilling begins by conducting his daughter and son-in-law in Brahms’s darkly lyrical, profoundly symphonic Double Concerto. He will then hand the baton on to his successor Matthew Halls, who leads the chorus and soloists in the vividly contrasting worlds of Brahms’s “Song of Destiny” and Mendelssohn’s joyous Psalm 95, “Come let us sing.” Works by Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) | ||
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Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan |
Programme to include: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Sarah Fox, Soprano: The Plantiff Simon Butteriss, Baritone: The Learned Judge Ben Johnson, Tenor: The Defendant John Wilson, Conductor Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan Programme to include: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Sarah Fox, Soprano: The Plantiff Simon Butteriss, Baritone: The Learned Judge Ben Johnson, Tenor: The Defendant John Wilson, Conductor Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir | ||
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University of Wisconsin, Madison: Mills Concert Hall, Madison, WI Pfeiffern! Music for Renaissance Towns, Courts, and Cathedrals Madison Early Music Festival |
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| University of Wisconsin, Madison: Mills Concert Hall, Madison, WI, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St., Madison, 53706, United States Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Pfeiffern! Music for Renaissance Towns, Courts, and Cathedrals Programme not known | ||
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Sadler's Wells, London Hofesh Shechter Company — Political Mother: The Choreographer's Cut |
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| Sadler's Wells, London, Rosebery Avenue,, London EC1R 4TN, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Hofesh Shechter Company — Political Mother: The Choreographer's Cut Hofesh Shechter’s electrifying Political Mother: The Choreographer’s Cut makes a welcome return to close the first ever Sadler’s Sampled season after shaking up the main house in 2011. Political Mother was declared “an audio-visual marvel” when it first appeared at Sadler’s Wells in 2010 and was described as “mind-blowing” (The Daily Telegraph) when it was redeveloped for 16 dancers and 24 musicians as The Choreographer’s Cut the following year. Celebrated for its unforgettable rock gig atmosphere, Shechter’s breathtaking ensemble sequences and ground-shaking score create a poweful, energetic experience. Continuing Shechter’s revolutionary take on the experience of contemporary dance, audience members with standing tickets will be able to get close to the action to experience the full intensity of this “work of galvanising, challenging power” (The Guardian). | ||
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St Mary's Church, Wendover The Hilliard Ensemble |
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| St Mary's Church, Wendover, 11 High Street, Wendover HP22 6DU, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm The Hilliard Ensemble Programme not known | ||
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Cadogan Hall, London Awake the Psaltery and Harp! 20th Century Choral Masterpieces |
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| Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Awake the Psaltery and Harp! 20th Century Choral Masterpieces | ||
