For 1 day from 20th October 2013| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Sunday 20-Oct-13 11:00am |
 Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, BrusselsRising Star (Cité de la Musique, Paris) |
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| Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, Brussels, Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, B1000 Brussels, Belgium Sunday 20-Oct-13 11:00am Rising Star (Cité de la Musique, Paris) Tickets 10 €. | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 11:00am |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Dvorak's Serenade for Strings and Mozart |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 20-Oct-13 11:00am Dvorak's Serenade for Strings and Mozart Image credit: Liza Ferschtman © Marco Borggreve | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 11:30am |
Kings Place: Hall One, London Ashley Solomon: The Complete Flute Sonatas Bach Unwrapped |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Sunday 20-Oct-13 11:30am Ashley Solomon: The Complete Flute Sonatas | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 02:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Otello |
Zurich Opera Paolo Carignani, Conductor Graham Vick, Director Philharmonia Zürich Peter Seiffert, Tenor: Otello Maria Agresta, Soprano: Desdemona Željko Lučić, Baritone: Iago Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Cassio Judith Schmid, Mezzo-soprano: Emilia Dmitry Ivanchey, Tenor: Roderigo Dmitri Pkhaladze, Bass: Lodovico Tomasz Slawinski, Bass: Montano |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 20-Oct-13 02:00pm In Italian with German and English surtitles. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Paolo Carignani, Conductor Graham Vick, Director Philharmonia Zürich Peter Seiffert, Tenor: Otello Maria Agresta, Soprano: Desdemona Željko Lučić, Baritone: Iago Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Cassio Judith Schmid, Mezzo-soprano: Emilia Dmitry Ivanchey, Tenor: Roderigo Dmitri Pkhaladze, Bass: Lodovico Tomasz Slawinski, Bass: Montano | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 02:30pm |
The Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC ACO - Brahms 4 & Steven Isserlis |
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| The Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Hamer Hall, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne Melbourne Vic 3004, Australia Sunday 20-Oct-13 02:30pm ACO - Brahms 4 & Steven Isserlis | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 02:30pm |
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 Elena Bocharova, Mezzo-soprano: Amneris Lucrezia Garcia, Soprano: Aida Robert Dean Smith, Tenor: Radamès Giacomo Prestia, Bass: Ramfis Sergey Murzaev, Baritone: Amonasro |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Sunday 20-Oct-13 02:30pm 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 Elena Bocharova, Mezzo-soprano: Amneris Lucrezia Garcia, Soprano: Aida Robert Dean Smith, Tenor: Radamès Giacomo Prestia, Bass: Ramfis Sergey Murzaev, Baritone: Amonasro | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 03:00pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonia: Ashkenazy and Alice Sara Ott |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Sunday 20-Oct-13 03:00pm Philharmonia: Ashkenazy and Alice Sara Ott | ||
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Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Borodin Quartet |
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| Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Sunday 20-Oct-13 03:00pm Borodin Quartet | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 03:30pm |
Fairfield, Croydon, London Adventure Concert Series - Myths & Legends |
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| Fairfield, Croydon, London, Park Ln, Croydon, London CR9 1DG, United Kingdom Sunday 20-Oct-13 03:30pm Adventure Concert Series - Myths & Legends Meet heroes, monsters, princesses and villains of the past including: Romeo and Juliet, Beauty and the Beast, The Flying Dutchman, Baba Yaga and the Gargoyle, Lord of the Rings and the exciting Russian tale of The Firebird. | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 04:00pm |
Salle Pleyel, Paris Evgeny Kissin |
Scriabin, 12 Études, Op.8 (nos 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 12) |
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| Salle Pleyel, Paris, 252, rue du faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France Sunday 20-Oct-13 04:00pm Evgeny Kissin Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915), 12 Études, Op.8 (nos 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 12) | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 04:30pm |
Cité de la Musique, Amphithéâtre, Paris Turbulences - week-end Ensemble intercontemporain - Pascal Dusapin - Chemins de traverse |
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| Cité de la Musique, Amphithéâtre, Paris, 75019 Paris, France Sunday 20-Oct-13 04:30pm Turbulences - week-end Ensemble intercontemporain - Pascal Dusapin - Chemins de traverse Around Samuel Beckett | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 05:00pm |
Konzerthalle Bamberg Bamberg Symphony Orchestra: Haydn Symphonies & Bartok |
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| Konzerthalle Bamberg, Mußstraße 1,, 96047 Bamberg, Germany Sunday 20-Oct-13 05:00pm Bamberg Symphony Orchestra: Haydn Symphonies & Bartok | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 05:30pm |
Kloster Loccum (Loccum Abbey) Bach Mass in B minor with the Young Hannover Vocal Ensemble |
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| Kloster Loccum (Loccum Abbey), Kloster 2, 31547 Rehburg-Loccum Loccum, Germany Sunday 20-Oct-13 05:30pm Bach Mass in B minor with the Young Hannover Vocal Ensemble | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 06:00pm |
Deutsche Oper, Berlin La Traviata |
Deutsche Oper Berlin Gérard Korsten, Conductor Götz Friedrich, Director Frank Philipp Schlössmann, Set Designer Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Georgy Vasiliev, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Étienne Dupuis, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Alexandra Hutton, Soprano: Annina Annie Rosen, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Alvaro Zambrano, Tenor: Gaston Stephen Bronk, Bass: Baron Douphol |
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| Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 35, Berlin, Germany Sunday 20-Oct-13 06:00pm In Italian with German surtitles.
Violetta Valery is kept in luxury by her admirer Baron Douphol. Seemingly recovered from a serious illness, she hosts a glittering party at which she meets and falls in love with Alfredo Germont. The world in which Violetta lives cannot countenance such a love affair and so she abandons her old existence and seeks happiness with Alfredo in the countryside. Soon, however, Alfredo's father Giorgio beseeches Violetta to end the relationship, fearing that Violetta's dubious reputation will jeopardise the wedding of Alfredo's younger sister. In despair, Violetta concedes and writes a farewell letter to Alfredo. At a ball given by her friend Flora Alfredo and Violetta clash: Violetta has taken it upon herself to convince Alfredo that she is in love with Baron Douphol. Alfredo has won a large sum of money at the gambling tables. Overcome by jealousy, he hurls his winnings at Violetta's feet, publicly declaring this to be the "fee" for her "favours". One month later, with Paris in the grip of carnival fever, Violetta is at death's door, having suffered a relapse. Now that his father has revealed the true reasons for her actions, Alfredo hurries back. Violetta forgives Alfredo for his conduct, releases him and dies. La Traviata was Verdi's only opera to be set among the Parisian middle classes of the day. It is based on the acclaimed novel The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils, which is a critical portrayal of the Parisian demi-monde and charts the story of Marie Duplessis, a noble courtesan who died from consumption in 1847 at the age of 23. While Dumas paid considerable attention to social networks and relationships, Verdi and his librettist Francesco Maria Piave focused entirely on the conflict between Violetta, Alfredo and his father Giorgio. Their drama concerns itself only with internal conflicts and focuses on the three phases in the fortunes of Violetta Valery - love, renunciation and death. By presenting Violetta's tribulations in the form of a retrospective narrative Götz Friedrich has given his tragedy the atmosphere of a requiem. No sooner has the opera begun than we see the protagonist on her deathbed, surrounded by the dark vastness of the stage, which resembles a gigantic tomb. As the ball begins Violetta, now in ballroom attire, rises from the bed, which has become a divan. Suddenly the doors burst open and in pours the frolicking Parisian crowd, intent on its frivolous entertainment. The flashback begins. Shunning sentimentality and trivial frankness, Friedrich's production reaches deep into the characters, laying bare the inner drama and bringing the gloom and fatalism of the piece to the fore. Image credit: Marcus Lieberenz Gérard Korsten, Conductor Götz Friedrich, Director Frank Philipp Schlössmann, Set Designer Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Georgy Vasiliev, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Étienne Dupuis, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Alexandra Hutton, Soprano: Annina Annie Rosen, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Alvaro Zambrano, Tenor: Gaston Stephen Bronk, Bass: Baron Douphol | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 06:00pm |
Konserthuset (Concert Hall): Stenhammarsalen, Gothenburg Chamber Series: Portrait of Kaija Saariaho and Anders Hultqvist |
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| Konserthuset (Concert Hall): Stenhammarsalen, Gothenburg, Kungsportsavenyn, Gothenburg, Sweden Sunday 20-Oct-13 06:00pm Chamber Series: Portrait of Kaija Saariaho and Anders Hultqvist Works by Saariaho, Kaija (b. 1952) Works by Hultqvist, Anders (b. 1955) | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 06:00pm |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin Caravaggio |
Staatsballett Berlin |
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| Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Sunday 20-Oct-13 06:00pm Caravaggio Music by Moretti, Bruno (b. 1960)/Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643) Choreography by Mauro Bigonzetti Caravaggio, born Michelangelo Merisi, has entered history due to his paintings of dramatic intensity. Caravaggio used to venture the threshold beyond the pale throughout his life. He was seen for admiration of his work and harsh opposition towards his extraordinary realism in painting human beings. Due to his passionate personality, he encountered more than several conflicts with people around him, sponsors, and the law. One of his foremost artistic twists was the extreme contrast between brightness and darkness, light and shadow.
Mauro Bigonzetti is one of the leading choreographers of the Italian ballet which freed itself from the predominance of mainly classical opera companies in the 80’s. He created his choreographies mainly for the Aterballetto in Reggio Emilia that helped him to fame and worldwide attention. “When I think of Caravaggio, I think of the artist and the human being at the same time. These are the two sides of the human existence that interest me in particular. The relations of these two worlds are the inspiration for this work: the inner world on the one hand – and how it evolves artistically on the other.” Mauro Bigonzetti has developed the piece CARAVAGGIO in collaboration with the Staatsballett Berlin. Image credit: Staatsballet Berlin | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich L'enfant et les sortilèges, Der Zwerg (The Dwarf) |
Bavarian State Opera Martyn Brabbins, Conductor Grzegorz Jarzyna, Director Magdalena Maria Maciejewska, Set Designer Mélody Louledjian, Soprano: Fire Eri Nakamura, Soprano: Mouse Mélody Louledjian, Soprano: Nightingale Iulia Maria Dan, Soprano: Owl Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano: Princess Eri Nakamura, Soprano: Shepherdess Yulia Sokolik, Mezzo-soprano: Cat (female) Okka von der Damerau, Mezzo-soprano: China Cup/Mezzo-soprano: Mother Laura Tatulescu, Soprano: The Child Kevin Conners, Tenor: Wedgwood teapot Christian Rieger, Bass: Tree Jennifer Borghi, Mezzo-soprano: Clock Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano: Donna Clara Irmgard Vilsmaier, Soprano: Ghita John Daszak, Tenor: Dwarf Paul Gay, Bass-baritone: Don Estoban |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 20-Oct-13 07:00pm L'enfant et les sortilèges, Der Zwerg (The Dwarf) In the first opera: the child who stubbornly refuses to do his homework and spitefully trashes his room suddenly watches objects come to life, inimically turned against him because of his hostility toward them. The furniture dances, the fire in the fireplace chases the child around, the numbers from his arithmetic book swirl about. Not until the child lovingly bandages the wounds of an injured squirrel on the lawn do the objects forgive him.
In the second: a dwarf looks forward to being allowed to congratulate the princess personally on her birthday, not suspecting that his function is simply to display his ugliness for the amusement of the party guests. Until now, he had never seen himself in the mirror, which is why he was captivated by his love for the princess. As he finally catches a glimpse of his mirror image, he suddenly becomes aware of the dirty trick that was played on him and sinks down dead. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette and Oscar Wilde wrote two totally different stories, both of which reveal how brutally people can treat one another. In Maurice Ravel’s score, jazz, operetta tunes and exotic themes blend together to form an enchanting fantasy world. The Viennese composer Alexander Zemlinsky had a close personal and artistic connection with Gustav Mahler, to whom he ultimately lost his lover Alma Schindler, who later described him as a “short, ugly gnome.” Sung in French and German with German surtitles Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Martyn Brabbins, Conductor Grzegorz Jarzyna, Director Magdalena Maria Maciejewska, Set Designer Mélody Louledjian, Soprano: Fire Eri Nakamura, Soprano: Mouse Mélody Louledjian, Soprano: Nightingale Iulia Maria Dan, Soprano: Owl Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano: Princess Eri Nakamura, Soprano: Shepherdess Yulia Sokolik, Mezzo-soprano: Cat (female) Okka von der Damerau, Mezzo-soprano: China Cup/Mezzo-soprano: Mother Laura Tatulescu, Soprano: The Child Kevin Conners, Tenor: Wedgwood teapot Christian Rieger, Bass: Tree Jennifer Borghi, Mezzo-soprano: Clock Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano: Donna Clara Irmgard Vilsmaier, Soprano: Ghita John Daszak, Tenor: Dwarf Paul Gay, Bass-baritone: Don Estoban | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna Michael Volle, Wiener Symphoniker |
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| Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna, Vienna, Austria Sunday 20-Oct-13 07:30pm Michael Volle, Wiener Symphoniker | ||
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Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, New York City, NY Ian Bostridge Iestyn Davies Joshua Hopkins Julius Drake. Britten: The Canticles |
Purcell, Selected songs for Voice and Piano (Realised Britten. Tippett and Adès) |
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| Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Sunday 20-Oct-13 07:30pm Ian Bostridge Iestyn Davies Joshua Hopkins Julius Drake. Britten: The Canticles Benjamin Britten is usually thought of as a musical dramatist on a large, operatic scale, but the instinct to capture psychological conflict in music burst through in his smaller musical forms as well. Written throughout his career, Britten's five Canticles chart the personal and creative relationship between the revered composer and his most important muse, tenor Peter Pears, drawing on varied subject matter from biblical stories to meditations on love and loss. Renowned tenor Ian Bostridge is joined by countertenor Iestyn Davies, baritone Joshua Hopkins, and pianist Julius Drake to perform the entire sequence of these mysterious pieces, as well as some of his realizations of songs by Henry Purcell, all in celebration of the centenary of Britten’s birth. Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), Selected songs for Voice and Piano (Realised Britten. Tippett and Adès) | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Artrix, Bromsgrove Albert Herring |
Mid Wales Opera |
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| Artrix, Bromsgrove, School Drive, Bromsgrove B60 1AX, United Kingdom Sunday 20-Oct-13 07:30pm | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 08:00pm |
Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin Berliner Philharmoniker |
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| Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin, D10785 Berlin, Germany Sunday 20-Oct-13 08:00pm Berliner Philharmoniker Works by Gabrieli, Giovanni (1554-1612) Rihm, Wolfgang (b. 1952), Première of a work commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Jaroussky in "Farinelli!" with Venice Baroque Orchestra |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 20-Oct-13 08:15pm Jaroussky in "Farinelli!" with Venice Baroque Orchestra Image credit: Philippe Jaroussky © Simon Fowler licensed to Virgin Classics | ||
| Sunday 20-Oct-13 08:30pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Woyzeck |
Ballett Zürich |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 20-Oct-13 08:30pm Woyzeck Music by Donner, Martin / Glass, Philip (b. 1937) / Kurtág, György (b. 1926) / Schnittke, Alfred (1934-1998) Choreography by Christian Spuck Running time 1 hour 30 mins. Tickets 169 - 20 CHF. | ||
