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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 Monday 20-May-13 Michele Mariotti, Conductor John Fulljames, Director Joyce DiDonato, Soprano: Elena Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor: King James V / Uberto Daniela Barcellona, Mezzo-soprano: Malcolm Simon Orfila, Bass: Douglas Colin Lee, Tenor: Rodrigo | ||
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Staatsoper, Vienna Carmen |
Vienna State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Franco Zeffirelli, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Ludovic Tézier, Baritone: Escamillo Anita Hartig, Soprano: Micaela |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Monday 20-May-13 Check start time of performance. Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Franco Zeffirelli, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Ludovic Tézier, Baritone: Escamillo Anita Hartig, Soprano: Micaela | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 01:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam La Traviata |
De Nederlandse Opera Giuliano Carella, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Marina Poplavskaya, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Karin Strobos, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Ismael Jordi, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Dimitris Tiliakos, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Koor van De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday 20-May-13 01:30pm Giuliano Carella, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Marina Poplavskaya, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Karin Strobos, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Ismael Jordi, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Dimitris Tiliakos, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Koor van De Nederlandse Opera | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 02:00pm |
Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church, New York City, NY Titans |
Beethoven, String Quintet in E flat major, Op.4 (arranged for clarinet quintet) |
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| Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church, New York City, NY, 152 West 66th Street, New York City, NY 10023, United States Monday 20-May-13 02:00pm Titans Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), String Quintet in E flat major, Op.4 (arranged for clarinet quintet) Adam Neiman, Piano Stefan Jackiw, Violin Emily Daggett Smith, Violin Born Lau, Viola David Requiro, Cello Vadim Lando, Clarinet Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 02:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Die Schatzinsel |
Zurich Opera Thomas Rösner, Conductor Nadja Loschky, Director Henrik Ahr, Set Designer Fabio Trümpy, Tenor: Jim Hawkins Oliver Widmer, Baritone: John Silver Ivana Rusko, Soprano: Lily Irène Friedli, Soprano: Baroness Trelawney Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Captain Smolett Martin Zysset, Tenor: Bill Bones / Ben Gunn |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Monday 20-May-13 02:00pm Jim Hawkins dreams of one day being master of the seas and visiting far-off lands. Instead, he is forced to help his mother at the Golden Anchor tavern – day in, day out. When a guest dies, Jim finds a treasure map in his seaman’s chest – the treasure map of the late pirate Captain Flint. And Jim already finds himself embarking on the most exciting adventure of his life. An expedition to Treasure Island is organised, and Jim is allowed to sail on the Hispaniola together with Captain Smollett, Doctor Livesey, Baroness Trelawney, Lily and Scarlett. On the high seas, however, it transpires that Captain Flint’s former comrades have been hired to crew the ship, including the one-legged ship’s cook, Long John Silver. The pirates are also in search of treasure, and they succeed in snatching one half of the treasure map. Once they arrive on the island, a feverish search for the gold begins, during which the protagonists’ luck changes several times.
Treasure Island, by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, is a classic of the adventure genre and has kept generations of young readers on tenterhooks. The composer Frank Schwemmer and his librettist Michael Frowin – both already successful with their opera for children, Robin Hood – have allowed themselves to be gripped by Stevenson’s thrilling story, and have adapted it for the stage. Their full-length opera is suitable for all pirate lovers from the age of six.In German.Thomas Rösner, Conductor Nadja Loschky, Director Henrik Ahr, Set Designer Fabio Trümpy, Tenor: Jim Hawkins Oliver Widmer, Baritone: John Silver Ivana Rusko, Soprano: Lily Irène Friedli, Soprano: Baroness Trelawney Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Captain Smolett Martin Zysset, Tenor: Bill Bones / Ben Gunn | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 04:00pm |
Oper Leipzig Parsifal |
Oper Leipzig Ulf Schirmer, Conductor Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig Roland Aeschlimann, Director Lucinda Childs, Choreography Thomas Pursio, Baritone: Amfortas Milcho Borovinov, Bass: Titurel Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Bass: Gurnemanz Christian Elsner, Tenor: Parsifal Jürgen Kurth, Baritone: Klingsor Lioba Braun, Soprano: Kundry |
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| Oper Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Monday 20-May-13 04:00pm Ulf Schirmer, Conductor Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig Roland Aeschlimann, Director Lucinda Childs, Choreography Thomas Pursio, Baritone: Amfortas Milcho Borovinov, Bass: Titurel Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Bass: Gurnemanz Christian Elsner, Tenor: Parsifal Jürgen Kurth, Baritone: Klingsor Lioba Braun, Soprano: Kundry | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 06:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich La Traviata |
Bavarian State Opera Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Ermonela Jaho, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Baritone: Giorgio Germont |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Monday 20-May-13 06:00pm Men don't fall in love with courtesans! That's the opinion of Alfredo's father after his son moves in with the mortally ill Violetta Valéry. In her love for Alfredo Violetta even agrees. She leaves him, dies poor, ill – still dreaming of the happiness of true love. One of Verdi's most beloved operas continues to hold the mirror up to society and its hypocritical morality. An exemplary production! See it!
In Italian with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Ermonela Jaho, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Baritone: Giorgio Germont | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 06:00pm |
Royal College of Music: Recital Hall, London The Young Debussy |
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| Royal College of Music: Recital Hall, London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BS, United Kingdom Monday 20-May-13 06:00pm The Young Debussy In his early 20s Debussy poured out a wealth of songs, mostly written for Mme Vasnier, a talented singer with whom he was in love. This concert - introduced by Royal College of Music Debussy expert Professor Richard Langham Smith - includes the first public performance of the Chanson des brises, written for Mme Vasnier to sing with a female chorus and a piano duet. Debussy, Claude (1862-1918), Préludes, Bk 1 no. 8: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) Price type: Free | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 06:00pm |
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem |
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| Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria Monday 20-May-13 06:00pm Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 07:00pm |
Deutsches Theater, Göttingen Siroe, Re di Persia Göttingen International Handel Festival |
Immo Karaman, Director Laurence Cummings, Conductor/Harpsichord Yosemeh Adjei, Countertenor: Siroe Kirsten Blaise, Soprano: Emira Elizabeth Atherton, Soprano: Laodice Antonio Giovannini, Countertenor: Medarse Lisandro Abadie, Bass: Cosroe Ross Ramgobin, Bass: Arasse FestspielOrchester Göttingen Fabian Posca, Choreography Timo Dentler, Set Designer Okarina Peter, Set Designer |
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| Deutsches Theater, Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany Monday 20-May-13 07:00pm Pre-performance talks:10.5., 5 pm Graham Cummings 12.5., 2 pm Graham Cummings 19.5., 2 pm David Vickers Betrayal, revenge, inheritance conflicts and forbidden love at the Persian court – in 1728 this explosive mixture inspired Handel to compose the successful opera Siroe, Re di Persia, one of his last compositions for the Royal Academy of Music at the King’s Theatre. Handel based his work on the libretto by the famous poet Pietro Metastasio. In its first season Siroe was performed on 18 successive evenings, but it was never subsequently revived in Handel’s lifetime. The opera now receives its first performance in Göttingen with a top-rank cast performing under the musical direction of Laurence Cummings. In Immo Karaman, the Festival has won a young-generation stage director who has made a strong name for himself internationally for his much-noted productions. Immo Karaman, Director Laurence Cummings, Conductor/Harpsichord Yosemeh Adjei, Countertenor: Siroe Kirsten Blaise, Soprano: Emira Elizabeth Atherton, Soprano: Laodice Antonio Giovannini, Countertenor: Medarse Lisandro Abadie, Bass: Cosroe Ross Ramgobin, Bass: Arasse FestspielOrchester Göttingen Fabian Posca, Choreography Timo Dentler, Set Designer Okarina Peter, Set Designer | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 07:00pm |
Rittergut Besenhausen, Friedland Die kleine Kammermusik Göttingen International Handel Festival |
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| Rittergut Besenhausen, Friedland, 37133 Friedland, Germany Monday 20-May-13 07:00pm Die kleine Kammermusik Coach transfer from the Göttingen StadthalleGuided tours of the hand-weaving mill: 5.30 pm and 6 pm For many years now, Kulturring Friedland’s Whitsun concerts have been attracting music fans to Gut Besenhausen. And over this period a close friendship has developed with artists from the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. At this evening’s concert, which takes place in the atmospheric setting of a building that used to shelter sheep, three Frankfurt professors – all of them acclaimed soloists on the Baroque music scene – appear in the formation ‘Die kleine Kammermusik’. They will be joined by one of Germany's most sought-after dulcimer players. Works by Babell, William (1690-1723) | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 07:00pm |
1901 Arts Club, London Hattori Foundation Rush-Hour Recital Series - Catherine Beynon harp & Emily Beynon flute |
Saint-Saëns, Fantaisie in A major, for violin and harp, Op.124 (Arr. Catherine Beynon) |
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| 1901 Arts Club, London, 7 Exton Street,, Waterloo, London SE1 8UE, United Kingdom Monday 20-May-13 07:00pm Hattori Foundation Rush-Hour Recital Series - Catherine Beynon harp & Emily Beynon flute The Hattori Foundation was established as an Educational Trust by the Hattori Family and granted charity status in 1992. The aim of the Foundation in the field of music is to encourage and assist exceptionally talented young instrumental soloists or chamber ensembles who are British Nationals or resident in the UK and whose talent and achievements give promise of an international career. This is the fifth season of rush-hour recitals featuring some of the outstanding award recipients of the last 20 years. After the concert ticketholders are invited to join the artists in the Club's exclusive bar. Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921), Fantaisie in A major, for violin and harp, Op.124 (Arr. Catherine Beynon) Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 07:30pm |
Stiftskirche (Melk Abbey) Gesualdo: Responsories |
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| Stiftskirche (Melk Abbey), Abt-Berthold-Dietmayr-Straße 1,, A - 3390 Melk, Austria Monday 20-May-13 07:30pm Gesualdo: Responsories | ||
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Wigmore Hall, London Tales from Ovid |
Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice (Scene) Haydn, Philemon und Baucis (Scene) Mozart, Apollo et Hyacinthus, K38 (Scene) |
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| Wigmore Hall, London, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP, United Kingdom Monday 20-May-13 07:30pm Tales from Ovid The fifteen books of Ovid’s famous Metamorphoses have provided extensive material and inspiration for composers from Cavalli and Monteverdi to Britten and beyond. In Classical Opera’s captivating programme, one of Dittersdorf’s descriptive Symphonies after the Metamorphoses of Ovid is followed by enchanting transformation scenes from operas by the three greatest composers of the Classical era. | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 07:30pm |
Konzerthalle, Bad Salzuflen Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie |
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| Konzerthalle, Bad Salzuflen, Parkstraße 20, 32105 Bad Salzuflen, Germany Monday 20-May-13 07:30pm Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie | ||
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Sadler's Wells, London Sylvie Guillem — 6000 miles away |
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| Sadler's Wells, London, Rosebery Avenue,, London EC1R 4TN, United Kingdom Monday 20-May-13 07:30pm Sylvie Guillem — 6000 miles away Following its successful international tour, Sadler’s Wells is delighted to present the return of 6000 miles away, devised and performed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Sylvie Guillem.Widely recognised as one of the world’s greatest dancers, Guillem stars in this critically lauded evening of work by three of today’s most important choreographers: Mats Ek, William Forsythe and Jiří Kylián.The evening features William Forsythe’s “profoundly beautiful” duet (The Observer), Rearray and acclaimed Swedish choreographer Mats Ek’s solo for Guillem, Bye. Jiří Kylián’s duet 27’52” completes the bill, performed by Aurélie Cayla and Lukas Timulak.In 2012, Sylvie Guillem won the Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Outstanding Female Performance (Modern) and was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance for 6000 miles away. | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 07:30pm |
Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church, New York City, NY Titans |
Beethoven, String Quintet in E flat major, Op.4 (arranged for clarinet quintet) |
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| Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church, New York City, NY, 152 West 66th Street, New York City, NY 10023, United States Monday 20-May-13 07:30pm Titans Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), String Quintet in E flat major, Op.4 (arranged for clarinet quintet) Adam Neiman, Piano Stefan Jackiw, Violin Emily Daggett Smith, Violin Born Lau, Viola David Requiro, Cello Vadim Lando, Clarinet Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
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Cadogan Hall, London Moscow State Symphony Orchestra |
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| Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Monday 20-May-13 07:30pm Moscow State Symphony Orchestra Tchaikovsky Cycle 3 Part of the Zurich International Concert Series 2012-13. Series discounts of up to 30% available. | ||
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Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin Tschaikowsky |
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| Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Monday 20-May-13 07:30pm Tschaikowsky Boris Eifman is considered one of the most high profile and interesting contemporary Russian choreographers. He is famous for his biographical and lengthy narrative ballets, which he usually presents with his own company, the Eifman Ballet St. Petersburg, on extended guest performance trips. He has long since taken the American theatre public by storm, and Boris Eifman rarely lets one of his choreographies out of his grasp.
His ballets are distinguished by their psychological persona studies, which are embedded in dramatic and emotionally charged scenes. In „Tschaikowsky“, the multi-faceted personality of the great composer provides the focus. Peter I. Tchaikovsky decided to give up his secure, bourgeois position in order to dedicate himself entirely to the creation of the music by which he was so passionately driven. However, a feeling of deeply felt internal unrest and homelessness haunted him for the rest of his life. His emotional strife finds expression in his compositions; reason enough for Boris Eifman to trace the emotional world of the great Russian composer in choreography.
Boris Eifman is dedicated to a passionate „ballet theatre“, in which the dramatic will to expression forms the basis for the dancing. Eifman thereby remains committed to classical dance, but with his choreographies he pursues the goal of „not only presenting people with a feast for the eyes, but much more than this, addressing their impressions and feelings in order to initiate a shared and living ritual.“
45 minutes before each performance (except premieres), there is an introduction in the opera house (in German).
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| Monday 20-May-13 07:30pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Leonce and Lena |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Monday 20-May-13 07:30pm 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. | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 07:30pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris La Gioconda |
Opéra de Paris Daniel Oren, Conductor Pier Luigi Pizzi, Director Violeta Urmana, Soprano: La Gioconda Elena Bocharova, Mezzo-soprano: Laura Adorno Orlin Anastassov, Bass: Alvise Badoero Maria Jos Montiel, Contralto: La Cieca Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Enzo Grimaldo Sergey Murzaev, Baritone: Barnaba |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Monday 20-May-13 07:30pm Hearts are broken and destinies shattered in 17th century Venice: Violeta Urmana, Lucianan D’Intino, Marcelo Alvarez and Sergey Murzaev appear together in this rare and spectacular masterpiece. Performed in Italian. Daniel Oren, Conductor Pier Luigi Pizzi, Director Violeta Urmana, Soprano: La Gioconda Elena Bocharova, Mezzo-soprano: Laura Adorno Orlin Anastassov, Bass: Alvise Badoero Maria Jos Montiel, Contralto: La Cieca Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor: Enzo Grimaldo Sergey Murzaev, Baritone: Barnaba | ||
| Monday 20-May-13 08:00pm |
Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastián Russian National Orchestra in Concert |
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| Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastián, S.A.- Avda. de Zurriola, 1, San Sebastián, Spain Monday 20-May-13 08:00pm Russian National Orchestra in Concert | ||
