For 1 day from 15th October 2013| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:00pm |
 National Theatre, MunichRigoletto |
Bavarian State Opera Stefano Ranzani, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Alisa Kolosova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua George Petean, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
In Italian with German surtitles New production Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Stefano Ranzani, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Alisa Kolosova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua George Petean, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone | ||
| Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:15pm |
New Theatre, Oxford Tosca |
Welsh National Opera Lothar Koenigs, Conductor Michael Blakemore, Director Ashley Martin-Davis, Set Designer Mark Henderson, Lighting Designer Mary Elizabeth Williams, Soprano: Floria Tosca Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Claudio Otelli, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Daniel Grice, Bass: Cesare Angelotti William Robert Allenby, Bass: Sacristan |
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| New Theatre, Oxford, Oxford OX1 2AG, United Kingdom Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:15pm Lothar Koenigs, Conductor Michael Blakemore, Director Ashley Martin-Davis, Set Designer Mark Henderson, Lighting Designer Mary Elizabeth Williams, Soprano: Floria Tosca Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Claudio Otelli, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Daniel Grice, Bass: Cesare Angelotti William Robert Allenby, Bass: Sacristan | ||
| Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, London Bernard Haitink with Emanuel Ax - concert 2 |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:30pm Bernard Haitink with Emanuel Ax - concert 2 Tickets £10 - £37. | ||
| Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Don Quixote |
Royal Ballet |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:30pm Don Quixote Music by Minkus, Ludwig (1826-1917) Original choreography by Marius Petipa Choreography by Carlos Acosta (revisions) | ||
| Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury Albert Herring |
Mid Wales Opera |
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| Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury SY3 8FT, United Kingdom Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:30pm | ||
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The London Coliseum Die Fledermaus |
English National Opera Eun Sun Kim, Conductor Christopher Alden, Director Allen Moyer, Set Designer Tom Randle, Tenor: Baron von Eisenstein Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Rosalinde Andrew Shore, Baritone: Frank Jennifer Holloway, Mezzo-soprano: Prince Orlofsky Richard Burkhard, Baritone: Dr. Falke Simon Butteriss, Tenor: Dr Blind Rhian Lois, Soprano: Adele |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:30pm Co-produced by ENO and the Canadian Opera Company.In English with English surtitles. Johann Strauss's classic operetta Die Fledermaus,is a comic story of revenge, seduction and mistaken identity, centred on a high-society party thrown by Prince Orlofsky. Man-about-town Eisenstein is to be jailed, his wife is being seduced by an old flame, his friend Dr Falke has a plan to exact revenge for a past prank, and everybody wants to go to the party! Light-hearted and colourful, yet sophisticated, this new production from Olivier Award-winning director Christopher Alden is re-imagined in an Art Deco-inspired fantasy world influenced by Freud and dream analysis. The staging offers the perfect complement to Viennese waltz-king Strauss's sparkling melodies, including the joyous 'Laughing Song' and the memorable chorus in praise of champagne. The cast of Die Fledermaus includes ENO favourite Tom Randle as Eisenstein, ENO Harewood Artists Julia Sporsén (who returns to the company following her much-lauded performance in the title role of Julietta in 2012) and Rhian Lois, and Olivier Award-nominated baritone Andrew Shore. Eun Sun Kim, Conductor Christopher Alden, Director Allen Moyer, Set Designer Tom Randle, Tenor: Baron von Eisenstein Julia Sporsen, Soprano: Rosalinde Andrew Shore, Baritone: Frank Jennifer Holloway, Mezzo-soprano: Prince Orlofsky Richard Burkhard, Baritone: Dr. Falke Simon Butteriss, Tenor: Dr Blind Rhian Lois, Soprano: Adele | ||
| Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Jubilee Concert with Frans Brüggen's World-Famous Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:30pm Jubilee Concert with Frans Brüggen's World-Famous Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century Image credit: Frans Brüggen © nc | ||
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Opéra Bastille, Paris Aida |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Olivier Py, Director Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris Carlo Cigni, Bass: King of Egypt Luciana D'Intino, Mezzo-soprano: Amneris Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Aida Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Radamès Giacomo Prestia, Bass: Ramfis Sergey Murzaev, Baritone: Amonasro |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:30pm Commissioned to celebrate concord between the nations, Aida is essentially about conflict. Hieratic and flamboyant, spectacular and introspective, Verdi's masterpiece returns to the Paris Opera after an absence of more than half a century.Philippe Jordan, Conductor Olivier Py, Director Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris Carlo Cigni, Bass: King of Egypt Luciana D'Intino, Mezzo-soprano: Amneris Oksana Dyka, Soprano: Aida Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Radamès Giacomo Prestia, Bass: Ramfis Sergey Murzaev, Baritone: Amonasro | ||
| Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, NY A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Metropolitan Opera |
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| Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, NY, New York City, 10023, United States Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:30pm | ||
| Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NY New York Philharmonic |
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| Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NY, New York City, NY 10023, United States Tuesday 15-Oct-13 07:30pm New York Philharmonic | ||
| Tuesday 15-Oct-13 08:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Die Soldaten |
Zurich Opera Marc Albrecht, Conductor Calixto Bieito, Director Philharmonia Zürich Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Wesener Susanne Elmark, Soprano: Marie Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Charlotte Cornelia Kallisch, Mezzo-soprano: Wesener's Mother Michael Kraus, Baritone: Stolzius Hanna Schwarz, Mezzo-soprano: Stolzius' mother Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Obrist, Count of Spannheim Peter Hoare, Tenor: Desportes Michael Laurenz, Tenor: Pirzel |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Tuesday 15-Oct-13 08:00pm With German and English surtitles. Running time 2 hours. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Marc Albrecht, Conductor Calixto Bieito, Director Philharmonia Zürich Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Wesener Susanne Elmark, Soprano: Marie Julia Riley, Mezzo-soprano: Charlotte Cornelia Kallisch, Mezzo-soprano: Wesener's Mother Michael Kraus, Baritone: Stolzius Hanna Schwarz, Mezzo-soprano: Stolzius' mother Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Obrist, Count of Spannheim Peter Hoare, Tenor: Desportes Michael Laurenz, Tenor: Pirzel | ||
| Tuesday 15-Oct-13 08:00pm |
Salle Pleyel, Paris Russian National Orchestra - Mikhail Pletnev - Gidon Kremer |
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| Salle Pleyel, Paris, 252, rue du faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France Tuesday 15-Oct-13 08:00pm Russian National Orchestra - Mikhail Pletnev - Gidon Kremer | ||
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Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NY Mariinsky Orchestra |
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| Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Tuesday 15-Oct-13 08:00pm Mariinsky Orchestra Rachmaninoff was widely considered to be as fine a pianist as he was a composer, expanding the expressive possibilities of the instrument in music that require formidable technique. Acclaimed Russian pianist Denis Matsuev joins the Mariinsky Orchestra to tackle one of these works—the rapturous Third Piano Concerto, notorious among performers for its technical and musical demands. Under the baton of Valery Gergiev, the orchestra also performs Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, a glorious fusion of fatalism with rhythmic vivacity and lush melodies tinged with nostalgia for the composer’s native Russia. | ||
| Tuesday 15-Oct-13 08:00pm |
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse Manon |
Théâtre du Capitole Jesús López Cobos, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Chantal Thomas, Set Designer Natalie Dessay, Soprano: Manon Luca Lombardo, Tenor: Guillot de Morfontaine Charles Castronovo, Tenor: Le Chevalier Des Grieux Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Lescaut Marc Canturri, Baritone: Monsieur de Brétigny Robert Bork, Baritone: Le Comte Des Grieux Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse Chœur du Capitole |
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| Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, Place du Capitole, 31000 Toulouse, France Tuesday 15-Oct-13 08:00pm Coproduction Royal Opera House, Londres, Metropolitan Opera, New York, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Théâtre du Capitole. In French language with surtitles. Jesús López Cobos, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Chantal Thomas, Set Designer Natalie Dessay, Soprano: Manon Luca Lombardo, Tenor: Guillot de Morfontaine Charles Castronovo, Tenor: Le Chevalier Des Grieux Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Lescaut Marc Canturri, Baritone: Monsieur de Brétigny Robert Bork, Baritone: Le Comte Des Grieux Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse Chœur du Capitole | ||
| Tuesday 15-Oct-13 08:30pm |
Minimes | Miniemen Church, Brussels Vox Luminis |
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| Minimes | Miniemen Church, Brussels, rue des Minimes 62, Miniemenstraat, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Tuesday 15-Oct-13 08:30pm Vox Luminis Tickets 34 - 24 €. | ||
