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| Saturday 25-May-13 02:30pm |
 His Majesty's Theatre, AberdeenThe Pirates of Penzance |
Scottish Opera John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera |
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| His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB11 6HH, United Kingdom Saturday 25-May-13 02:30pm The Pirates of Penzance Gilbert and Sullivan as it's meant to be - pure, uncomplicated fun, performed to the highest standards. This new co-production with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - returning to the stage for the first time in over 10 years - is conducted by G&S expert and D'Oyly Carte Music Director John Owen Edwards. Director Martin Lloyd-Evans stages a vibrant, stylish, all singing, all dancing show. The fantastic ensemble cast includes celebrated G&S stalwarts Steven Page and Richard Suart as The Pirate King and Major-General Stanley. John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 03:00pm |
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm Britten: Spring Symphony |
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| Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 3, Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden Saturday 25-May-13 03:00pm Britten: Spring Symphony Tickets: 110-395 kr | ||
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Oslo Concert Hall (Konserthus) Saraste's farewell as chief conductor |
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| Oslo Concert Hall (Konserthus), Oslo 0250, Norway Saturday 25-May-13 03:00pm Saraste's farewell as chief conductor This is by no means a farewell concert as Saraste will be returning as guest conductor already in the 2013–2014 season. At the same time, these concerts mark the end of a seven-year engagement with us in Oslo as well as an extremely important chapter in the orchestra’s artistic history. It will be next to impossible to leave the concert hall unmoved when the final chorus of Mahler’s’ symphony no. 2 finishes with “Bereite dich zu leben”. | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 05:50pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Ariadne 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 Saturday 25-May-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 | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 06:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Götterdämmerung |
Opéra de Paris Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Yevgeny Nikitin, Baritone: Gunther Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünhilde Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano: First Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Edith Haller, Soprano: Third Norn/Soprano: Gutrune Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Second Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Caroline Stein, Soprano: Woglinde Louise Callinan, Soprano: Wellgunde |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Saturday 25-May-13 06:00pm Amongst the most monumental works in the history of music, The Twilight of the Gods presents us with Siegfried and Brünhilde’s march towards death, sweeping away with them the gods and the entire world of old; a parable for humanity sustained by sublime musical and theatrical inspiration. Performed in German. Philippe Jordan, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Torsten Kerl, Tenor: Siegfried Yevgeny Nikitin, Baritone: Gunther Peter Sidhom, Baritone: Alberich Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Janice Baird, Soprano: Brünhilde Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano: First Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Edith Haller, Soprano: Third Norn/Soprano: Gutrune Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Second Norn/Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Caroline Stein, Soprano: Woglinde Louise Callinan, Soprano: Wellgunde | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:00pm |
Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest Macbeth |
Hungarian State Opera Miklós Szinetár, Director Zsófia Nemes, Choreography János Kovács, Conductor Alexandru Agache, Bass: Macbeth Peter Fried, Bass: Banquo Gyöngyi Lukács, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Kiss B Attila, Tenor: Macduff Gergely Boncsér, Tenor: Malcolm |
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| Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Saturday 25-May-13 07:00pm Miklós Szinetár, Director Zsófia Nemes, Choreography János Kovács, Conductor Alexandru Agache, Bass: Macbeth Peter Fried, Bass: Banquo Gyöngyi Lukács, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Kiss B Attila, Tenor: Macduff Gergely Boncsér, Tenor: Malcolm | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:00pm |
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Albert Herring |
Opera North Josephine Barstow, Soprano: Lady Billows Alexander Sprague, Tenor: Albert Herring Mary Hegarty, Soprano: Miss Wordsworth Joe Shovelton, Tenor: Mr Upfold Justin Doyle, Conductor Giles Havergal, Director |
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| Howard Assembly Room, Leeds, Leeds Grand Theatre, , 46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU, United Kingdom Saturday 25-May-13 07:00pm Josephine Barstow, Soprano: Lady Billows Alexander Sprague, Tenor: Albert Herring Mary Hegarty, Soprano: Miss Wordsworth Joe Shovelton, Tenor: Mr Upfold Justin Doyle, Conductor Giles Havergal, Director | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm |
St John's Kirk, Perth Choral Pilgrimage - The Sixteen Perth Festival |
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| St John's Kirk, Perth, Perth PH1 5SH, United Kingdom Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm Choral Pilgrimage - The Sixteen | ||
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Swaffham Assembly rooms Mozart, Mendelssohn and Schubert |
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| Swaffham Assembly rooms, Market Place, Swaffham PE37 7QH, United Kingdom Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm Mozart, Mendelssohn and Schubert | ||
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The London Coliseum Wozzeck |
English National Opera Edward Gardner, Conductor Carrie Cracknell, Director Tom Scutt, Set Designer Jon Clark, Lighting Designer Leigh Melrose, Baritone: Wozzeck Tom Randle, Tenor: Captain James Morris, Bass: Doctor Bryan Register, Tenor: Drum major Adrian Dwyer, Tenor: Andres Andrew Greenan, Bass: First Apprentice James Cleverton, Baritone: Second Apprentice Sara Jakubiak, Soprano: Marie Clare Presland, Contralto: Margret |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm Wozzeck tells the story of a simple soldier, troubled by visions, who murders his unfaithful partner and dies, leaving behind an orphaned child. Berg’s early 20th-century masterpiece comes to ENO for the first time in 25 years.
This new production is by acclaimed director Carrie Cracknell. One of the most exciting young British directors of her generation, Carrie Cracknell is an Associate Director at the Young Vic, where her recent production of A Doll’s House was a critical success (‘If you ever see a production of a play, see this one’ Sunday Telegraph; ‘Carrie Cracknell ... set the Young Vic ablaze with her production over the summer ... Ibsen’s play reconsidered with fresh rabid emotion’ New York Times; ‘The best production of an Ibsen I’ve ever seen’ Kerry Shale, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Review).Tickets £16 - £99.Edward Gardner, Conductor Carrie Cracknell, Director Tom Scutt, Set Designer Jon Clark, Lighting Designer Leigh Melrose, Baritone: Wozzeck Tom Randle, Tenor: Captain James Morris, Bass: Doctor Bryan Register, Tenor: Drum major Adrian Dwyer, Tenor: Andres Andrew Greenan, Bass: First Apprentice James Cleverton, Baritone: Second Apprentice Sara Jakubiak, Soprano: Marie Clare Presland, Contralto: Margret | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm |
Auditorio Nacional de Musica: Sala Sinfónica, Madrid Orquesta Nacional de España |
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| Auditorio Nacional de Musica: Sala Sinfónica, Madrid, Calle del Príncipe de Vergara 146, Madrid, Spain Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm Orquesta Nacional de España | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm |
Komische Oper Berlin The Magic Flute |
Komische Oper Berlin Kristiina Poska, Conductor Ulrich Lenz, Stage Director David Cavelius, Chorus director Nicole Chevalier, Soprano: Pamina Peter Sonn, Tenor: Tamino Julia Novikova, Soprano: Queen of the Night |
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| Komische Oper Berlin, Behrenstraße 55-57, Berlin, Germany Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm Kristiina Poska, Conductor Ulrich Lenz, Stage Director David Cavelius, Chorus director Nicole Chevalier, Soprano: Pamina Peter Sonn, Tenor: Tamino Julia Novikova, Soprano: Queen of the Night | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm |
His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen The Pirates of Penzance |
Scottish Opera John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera |
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| His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB11 6HH, United Kingdom Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm The Pirates of Penzance Gilbert and Sullivan as it's meant to be - pure, uncomplicated fun, performed to the highest standards. This new co-production with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - returning to the stage for the first time in over 10 years - is conducted by G&S expert and D'Oyly Carte Music Director John Owen Edwards. Director Martin Lloyd-Evans stages a vibrant, stylish, all singing, all dancing show. The fantastic ensemble cast includes celebrated G&S stalwarts Steven Page and Richard Suart as The Pirate King and Major-General Stanley. John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm |
San Francisco Conservatory of Music: Concert Hall, San Francisco, CA Auerbach World Premiere |
Auerbach, Sinfonia for Strings "Primera Luz" (New Century Commission) |
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| San Francisco Conservatory of Music: Concert Hall, San Francisco, CA, 50 Oak St, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm Auerbach World Premiere Auerbach, Lera (b. 1973), Sinfonia for Strings "Primera Luz" (New Century Commission) | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm |
Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, CA Joshua Bell Plays Tchaikovsky |
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| Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, CA, 750 B Street, San Diego, 92101, United States Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm Joshua Bell Plays Tchaikovsky | ||
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Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Robertson leads Ravel and Gershwin |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm Robertson leads Ravel and Gershwin Ravel, who heard jazz in Harlem with Gershwin, was dumbfounded by the dazzling Rhapsody in Blue, which Gershwin played at a birthday party for the French composer. When Gershwin asked to study with him, Ravel said "It is better to write good Gershwin than bad Ravel." The jazz-influenced Concerto for the Left Hand was written for a pianist grievously injured during the First World War. The dark undertones of La Valse, an homage to Viennese waltz, suggest a furious farewell to gentility in post-war Europe. Elliott Carter's powerful Variations for Orchestra, another 20th-century masterwork, opens the program. | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm |
Tulane University: Dixon Hall, New Orleans, LA Birdfoot Festival Final Gala Concert |
Danny Driver, Piano Kristopher Tong, Violin Dimitri Murrath, Viola Alexander Fiterstein, Clarinet Jenna Sherry, Violin Prach Boondiskulchok, Piano Lisa Romain, Violin Ari Isaacman-Beck, Violin Alex Fortes, Violin Dash Nesbitt, Viola Daniel Arocha, Viola Gwen Krosnick, Cello Joann Whang, Cello Caleb van der Swaagh, Cello Jihyun Kim, Cello Jeran Philleo, Oboe |
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| Tulane University: Dixon Hall, New Orleans, LA, Tulane University, New Orleans, 70118, United States Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm Birdfoot Festival Final Gala Concert Danny Driver, Piano Kristopher Tong, Violin Dimitri Murrath, Viola Alexander Fiterstein, Clarinet Jenna Sherry, Violin Prach Boondiskulchok, Piano Lisa Romain, Violin Ari Isaacman-Beck, Violin Alex Fortes, Violin Dash Nesbitt, Viola Daniel Arocha, Viola Gwen Krosnick, Cello Joann Whang, Cello Caleb van der Swaagh, Cello Jihyun Kim, Cello Jeran Philleo, Oboe | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm |
Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, PA Gil Shaham Plays Brahms |
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| Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA 19102, United States Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm Gil Shaham Plays Brahms | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 11:00am |
Philharmonic Hall, Krakow HAYDN The Seasons - Great Oratorios with a lunch break |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Krakow, ul. Zwierzyniecka 1, Krakow 31-103, Poland Sunday 26-May-13 11:00am HAYDN The Seasons - Great Oratorios with a lunch break | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 11:00am |
The Forge, Camden, London Keys and Coffee Concert Series: Duo Teresa Carreno |
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| The Forge, Camden, London, 3-7 Delancey Street, London NW1 7NL, United Kingdom Sunday 26-May-13 11:00am Keys and Coffee Concert Series: Duo Teresa Carreno Works by Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Works by Popper, David (1843-1913) | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 11:30am |
Auditorio Nacional de Musica: Sala Sinfónica, Madrid Orquesta Nacional de España |
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| Auditorio Nacional de Musica: Sala Sinfónica, Madrid, Calle del Príncipe de Vergara 146, Madrid, Spain Sunday 26-May-13 11:30am Orquesta Nacional de España | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 01:15pm |
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Violin Recital |
Works by Brahms Works by Kreisler Works by Saint-Saëns Works by Sarasate Works by Bach J.S. Works by Bazzini |
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| Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom Sunday 26-May-13 01:15pm Violin Recital Works by Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Works by Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962) Works by Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) Works by Sarasate, Pablo de (1844-1908) Works by Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Works by Bazzini, Antonio (1818-1897) Price type: Free | ||
| Sunday 26-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 Sunday 26-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 | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 01:45pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (in concert) |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 26-May-13 01:45pm Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Image credit: Marco Borggreve | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 02:00pm |
Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, CA Joshua Bell Plays Tchaikovsky |
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| Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, CA, 750 B Street, San Diego, 92101, United States Sunday 26-May-13 02:00pm Joshua Bell Plays Tchaikovsky | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 02:30pm |
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 Sunday 26-May-13 02:30pm 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 | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 03:00pm |
La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels Così 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 Sunday 26-May-13 03:00pm 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 | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 04:00pm |
Opéra de Lille Il Barbiere di Siviglia |
Opéra de Lille Antonello Allemandi, Conductor Jean-François Sivadier, Director Taylor Stayton, Tenor: Count Almaviva Tiziano Bracci, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Eduarda Melo, Soprano: Rosina Amando Noguera, Baritone: Figaro |
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| Opéra de Lille, 2 Rue des Bons Enfants, 59800 Lille, France Sunday 26-May-13 04:00pm Il Barbiere di Siviglia Antonello Allemandi, Conductor Jean-François Sivadier, Director Taylor Stayton, Tenor: Count Almaviva Tiziano Bracci, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Eduarda Melo, Soprano: Rosina Amando Noguera, Baritone: Figaro | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 05:00pm |
Osher Marin JCC: Hoytt Theatre, San Rafael, CA Auerbach World Premiere |
Auerbach, Sinfonia for Strings "Primera Luz" (New Century Commission) |
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| Osher Marin JCC: Hoytt Theatre, San Rafael, CA, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, CA 94903, United States Sunday 26-May-13 05:00pm Auerbach World Premiere Auerbach, Lera (b. 1973), Sinfonia for Strings "Primera Luz" (New Century Commission) | ||
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Robert Schumann Haus, Zwickau Schumann Plus V - Märchenhaft |
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| Robert Schumann Haus, Zwickau, Hauptmarkt 5, 08056 Zwickau, Germany, Zwickau, Germany Sunday 26-May-13 05:00pm Schumann Plus V - Märchenhaft | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Don 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 Sunday 26-May-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 | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 07:30pm |
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds Julian Lloyd Webber and Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom Sunday 26-May-13 07:30pm Julian Lloyd Webber and Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
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Gewandhaus, Großer Saal, Leipzig MDR Zauber der Musik |
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| Gewandhaus, Großer Saal, Leipzig, D 04109 Leipzig, Germany Sunday 26-May-13 07:30pm MDR Zauber der Musik | ||
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Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin Caravaggio |
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| Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Sunday 26-May-13 07:30pm 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.
45 minutes before each performance (except premieres), there is an introduction in the opera house (in German).
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| Monday 27-May-13 07:00pm |
Volksoper Vienna Wagner's Ring in an Evening |
Wagner, Condensed version of The Ring with text by Loriot |
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| Volksoper Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria Monday 27-May-13 07:00pm Wagner's Ring in an Evening Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Condensed version of The Ring with text by Loriot | ||
| Monday 27-May-13 08:00pm |
Benslow Music, Hitchin Doric String Quartet - Benslow Music International Recital Series 2012 - 2013 |
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| Benslow Music, Hitchin, Peter Morrison Hall, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Hitchin SG4 9RB, United Kingdom Monday 27-May-13 08:00pm Doric String Quartet - Benslow Music International Recital Series 2012 - 2013 Tickets £10 (Free for all 8 - 25 yr olds supported by the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust) / Free Parking / Bar Opens 7.30pm | ||
| Monday 27-May-13 09:00pm |
Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi, Salerno Simon Boccanegra |
Teatro dell'Opera di Salerno Daniel Oren, Conductor Leo Nucci, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Eglise Gutiérrez, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Carlo Colombara, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno |
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| Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi, Salerno, Piazza Matteo Luciani 1, 84121 Salerno, Italy Monday 27-May-13 09:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Leo Nucci, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Eglise Gutiérrez, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Carlo Colombara, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm |
Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest Macbeth |
Hungarian State Opera Miklós Szinetár, Director Zsófia Nemes, Choreography János Kovács, Conductor Alexandru Agache, Bass: Macbeth Peter Fried, Bass: Banquo Gyöngyi Lukács, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Kiss B Attila, Tenor: Macduff Gergely Boncsér, Tenor: Malcolm |
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| Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm Miklós Szinetár, Director Zsófia Nemes, Choreography János Kovács, Conductor Alexandru Agache, Bass: Macbeth Peter Fried, Bass: Banquo Gyöngyi Lukács, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Kiss B Attila, Tenor: Macduff Gergely Boncsér, Tenor: Malcolm | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:00pm |
La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels Così 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 Tuesday 28-May-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 | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-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 28-May-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 28-May-13 07:15pm |
Edinburgh Festival Theatre The Pirates of Penzance |
Scottish Opera John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera |
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| Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh EH8 9FT, United Kingdom Tuesday 28-May-13 07:15pm The Pirates of Penzance Gilbert and Sullivan as it's meant to be - pure, uncomplicated fun, performed to the highest standards. This new co-production with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - returning to the stage for the first time in over 10 years - is conducted by G&S expert and D'Oyly Carte Music Director John Owen Edwards. Director Martin Lloyd-Evans stages a vibrant, stylish, all singing, all dancing show. The fantastic ensemble cast includes celebrated G&S stalwarts Steven Page and Richard Suart as The Pirate King and Major-General Stanley. John Owen Edwards, Conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director Steven Page, Voice: Pirate King Richard Suart, Baritone: Major General Rosie Aldridge, Mezzo-soprano: Ruth The Orchestra of Scottish Opera | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm |
Haakon's Hall (Håkonshallen), Bergen Freiburger Barockorchester: Bach’s Violin Concertos |
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| Haakon's Hall (Håkonshallen), Bergen, Bergenhus Festning, Bergen 5835, Norway Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm Freiburger Barockorchester: Bach’s Violin Concertos | ||
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Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna ensemble reconsil wien |
Schoenberg, Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op.19 (Bearbeitung von Alexander Wagendristel) Purgina, Euonymus 2-11-08 for Saxophon und Ensemble Strobl, Doppel für Kontrabass, Klavier und Ensemble Sterk, Notturno estinguendo für Viola, Klavier und Ensemble (Neufassung) |
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| Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna, Palais Fanto, Schwarzenbergplatz 6, 1030 Vienna, Austria Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm ensemble reconsil wien Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951), Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op.19 (Bearbeitung von Alexander Wagendristel) Purgina, Julia (b. 1980), Euonymus 2-11-08 for Saxophon und Ensemble Strobl, Bruno (b. 1949), Doppel für Kontrabass, Klavier und Ensemble Sterk, Norbert (b. 1968), Notturno estinguendo für Viola, Klavier und Ensemble (Neufassung) ensemble reconsil Thomas Schön, Saxophone Julia Purgina, Viola Caroline Wolf, Double Bass Kaori Nishii, Piano Margit Schoberleitner, Marimba Roland Freisitzer, Director Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm |
Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zürich Zürcher Kammerorchester |
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| Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zürich, Claridenstrasse 7, Zürich 8002, Switzerland Tuesday 28-May-13 07:30pm Zürcher Kammerorchester | ||
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Opéra de Lille Il Barbiere di Siviglia |
Opéra de Lille Antonello Allemandi, Conductor Jean-François Sivadier, Director Taylor Stayton, Tenor: Count Almaviva Tiziano Bracci, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Eduarda Melo, Soprano: Rosina Amando Noguera, Baritone: Figaro |
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| Opéra de Lille, 2 Rue des Bons Enfants, 59800 Lille, France Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm Il Barbiere di Siviglia Antonello Allemandi, Conductor Jean-François Sivadier, Director Taylor Stayton, Tenor: Count Almaviva Tiziano Bracci, Bass: Dr. Bartolo Eduarda Melo, Soprano: Rosina Amando Noguera, Baritone: Figaro | ||
| Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm |
La Maison Symphonique de Montréal, Montreal, QC Joan of Arc at the Stake |
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Kent Nagano, Conductor Marianne Fiset, Soprano Hélène Guilmette, Soprano Allyson McHardy, Mezzo-soprano Pascal Charbonneau, Tenor Alexandre Sylvestre, Bass-baritone Andrew Megill, Conductor Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus Choeur des Enfants de Montréal Andrew Gray, Chorus director Daniel Roussel, Director |
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| La Maison Symphonique de Montréal, Montreal, QC, 1600, rue Saint-Urbain, Montreal, QC, Canada Tuesday 28-May-13 08:00pm Joan of Arc at the Stake Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Kent Nagano, Conductor Marianne Fiset, Soprano Hélène Guilmette, Soprano Allyson McHardy, Mezzo-soprano Pascal Charbonneau, Tenor Alexandre Sylvestre, Bass-baritone Andrew Megill, Conductor Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus Choeur des Enfants de Montréal Andrew Gray, Chorus director Daniel Roussel, Director | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 10:00am |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon: Katharine Hanrahan Open Rehearsal |
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| Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States Wednesday 29-May-13 10:00am Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon: Katharine Hanrahan Open Rehearsal Music from three Eastern Europeans gives this program a delightfully colorful sound palette. Dvořák began his enticing concerto while living in New York, but upon returning to Europe, he learned that a woman he’d once loved had died. His youthful song to her permeates this work. Gramophone called Monsieur Capuçon’s recording of it “magical." Kodály’s Dances of Galánta is raucous yet vibrant, and Bartók’s ballet suite in one act features a huge orchestra playing music with dark and totally dramatic undertones. | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Don 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 Wednesday 29-May-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 | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:00pm |
Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest Simon Boccanegra |
Hungarian State Opera Ivan Stefanutti, Director György Vashegyi, Conductor Mihály Kálmándi, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Csilla Boross, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Giacomo Prestia, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Gaston Rivero, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Alik Abdukayumov, Baritone: Paolo Albiani |
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| Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Wednesday 29-May-13 07:00pm Ivan Stefanutti, Director György Vashegyi, Conductor Mihály Kálmándi, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Csilla Boross, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Giacomo Prestia, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Gaston Rivero, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Alik Abdukayumov, Baritone: Paolo Albiani | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm |
St George's Bristol Vladimir Ashkenazy & Southbank Sinfonia |
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| St George's Bristol, Great George Street, Off Park Street, Bristol BS1 5RR, United Kingdom Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm Vladimir Ashkenazy & Southbank Sinfonia One of the world’s great artists, Vladimir Ashkenazy comes to St George’s this May. In a programme featuring some of his personal favourite pieces, he is joined by the young stars of Southbank Sinfonia, the leading orchestral academy which brings together the very best young graduates from all over the world. ‘In such lively bands as Southbank Sinfonia, bright, open-minded young players are redefining everything about classical music concerts. Give this brilliant new breed of bands a try. You may be watching a revolution.’ The Times, 2012 | ||
