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| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 05:00pm |
 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonParsifal |
Royal Opera Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Stephen Langridge, Director Simon O'Neill, Tenor: Parsifal Angela Denoke, Soprano: Kundry René Pape, Bass: Gurnemanz Gerald Finley, Baritone: Amfortas Sir Willard White, Baritone: Klingsor |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Wednesday 18-Dec-13 05:00pm Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Stephen Langridge, Director Simon O'Neill, Tenor: Parsifal Angela Denoke, Soprano: Kundry René Pape, Bass: Gurnemanz Gerald Finley, Baritone: Amfortas Sir Willard White, Baritone: Klingsor | ||
| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 06:00pm |
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm Christmas Concert |
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| Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 3, Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden Wednesday 18-Dec-13 06:00pm Christmas Concert Tickets: 110-395 kr | ||
| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Tosca |
Bavarian State Opera Kirill Petrenko, Conductor Luc Bondy, Director Richard Peduzzi, Set Designer Catherine Naglestad, Soprano: Floria Tosca Massimo Giordano, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: Spoletta Scott Hendricks, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Goran Juric, Bass: Cesare Angelotti Christoph Stephinger, Bass: Sacristan |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:00pm They are two artists in love: Mario Cavaradossi paints pictures for the Roman clergy but sympathizes with the “repubblica romana” and hides an escaped supporter of that republic in his garden. Floria Tosca makes glowing appearances as a singer at celebrations for opponents of the republic. But her love for Mario is the driving force of her life. He falls victim to the brutal cruelty of the state. Its enforcer, Baron Scarpia, may be driven by political zeal. In the case of Tosca and Mario, though, his motive is jealous lechery. To save Mario’s life, Tosca gives in to Scarpia’s extortive deal.
According to legend, Verdi had wanted to set the sensationalistic French play by Victorien Sardou, with some borrowings from political history, to music, but considered himself too old for the task. Then Puccini couldn’t resist the temptation to take Tosca as an opera plot. He created a music drama all’italiana, a veritable drama of voices and orchestra, which places the inner motivations and acts of the pragmatists, their hopeless entanglements in the machinery of subjugation in stark contrast to the musical naturalism of banal everyday life all around them. Above it all, however, stand the beauty, power and loneliness of the voice, her voice, the voice of Tosca. In Italian with German surtitles Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Kirill Petrenko, Conductor Luc Bondy, Director Richard Peduzzi, Set Designer Catherine Naglestad, Soprano: Floria Tosca Massimo Giordano, Tenor: Mario Cavaradossi Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: Spoletta Scott Hendricks, Baritone: Baron Scarpia Goran Juric, Bass: Cesare Angelotti Christoph Stephinger, Bass: Sacristan | ||
| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:00pm |
Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset): Stora Salen Konserthuset's Big Christmas Concert |
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| Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset): Stora Salen, Hötorget 8, Stockholm 10387, Sweden Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:00pm Konserthuset's Big Christmas Concert The orchestra, a magnificent choir with 200 singers, and a range of great artists. In a festive concert we present newly written arrangements of the most beloved Christmas classics alongside popular favourites from the American tradition. Mark Levengood leads the audience to a lovely Christmas atmostphere. | ||
| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Fidelio |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Philharmonia Zürich Ruben Drole, Baritone: Don Fernando Martin Gantner, Baritone: Don Pizarro Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Florestan Anja Kampe, Soprano: Leonore Christof Fischesser, Bass: Rocco Julie Fuchs, Soprano: Marzelline Mauro Peter, Tenor: Jaquino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:00pm With German and English surtitles. Running time 3 hours.Tickets 270 - 38 CHF.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Director Philharmonia Zürich Ruben Drole, Baritone: Don Fernando Martin Gantner, Baritone: Don Pizarro Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Florestan Anja Kampe, Soprano: Leonore Christof Fischesser, Bass: Rocco Julie Fuchs, Soprano: Marzelline Mauro Peter, Tenor: Jaquino | ||
| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin Der fliegende Holländer |
Staatsoper Berlin Daniel Harding, Conductor Philipp Stölzl, Director/Set Designer Emma Vetter, Soprano: Senta Stephan Rügamer, Tenor: Erik Michael Volle, Baritone: Dutchman Tobias Schabel, Bass: Daland Simone Schröder, Contralto: Mary Florian Hoffmann, Tenor: The Steersman Staatskapelle Berlin Staatsopernchor Berlin |
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| Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm A stormy journey at sea to Riga and the »Memoirs of Herr Schnabelewopski« by Heinrich Heine inspired 28 year old Richard Wagner to one of his most colourfully orchestrated operas. The direction of »Der fliegende Holländer« (»The Flying Dutchman«) is Philipp Stölzl's second work at Staatsoper Berlin after »Orphée aux enfers«.2:15 h | no interval A Theater Basel production. Prices 20 to 84 EUR Daniel Harding, Conductor Philipp Stölzl, Director/Set Designer Emma Vetter, Soprano: Senta Stephan Rügamer, Tenor: Erik Michael Volle, Baritone: Dutchman Tobias Schabel, Bass: Daland Simone Schröder, Contralto: Mary Florian Hoffmann, Tenor: The Steersman Staatskapelle Berlin Staatsopernchor Berlin | ||
| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm |
Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris) Le Parc |
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| Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris), 75009 Paris, France Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm Le Parc follows its course through the codes of seduction, from initial encounters through to total self-surrender. To music by Mozart, Angelin Preljocaj questions the relationship with the other, and subtly blends the classical with the modern. | ||
| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm |
Lighthouse, Poole Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Handel's Messiah |
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| Lighthouse, Poole, Poole BH15 1UG, United Kingdom Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Handel's Messiah | ||
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Barbican Centre: Hall, London Simon Keenlyside |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm Simon Keenlyside Simon Keenlyside is one of the opera world’s most treasured and active talents, a singer who brings dramatic precision and human insight to all he touches – whether main-stage operatic roles or intimate song recitals. Here Keenlyside brings his robust but lyrical voice to works by three masters of psychological song: Britten, Schubert and Strauss. He is joined by master accompanist Malcolm Martineau for what will doubtless prove a moving and artful evening of music.
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| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm |
Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam Choir of the New College Oxford - Noël Noël! |
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| Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Piet Heinkade 1, Amsterdam 1019 BR, Netherlands Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm Choir of the New College Oxford - Noël Noël! Kerst is niet compleet zonder Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, Holly and Ivy, The Three Kings en andere prachtige kerstmuziek. Behalve klassieke Christmas Carols en liederen uit de renaissance en barok, klinken ook enkele sfeervolle koorwerken van nieuwer datum. Op en top Engelse koormuziek. Direct voorafgaand aan het concert een lezing i.s.m. De Groene Amsterdammer rondom een thema uit de barok.
Het koor van New College uit Oxford is een van de beroemdste symbolen van de Anglicaanse traditie, met een geschiedenis die teruggaat tot in de 14e eeuw. In dit unieke Nederlandse kerstconcert zingt het koor, bestaande uit jongens en een aantal volwassenen, traditionele Engelse carols, en kerstmotetten van Tallis, Praetorius, Sweelinck en vele anderen.
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| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm |
Pump Room, Bath Carols by Candlelight |
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| Pump Room, Bath, Abbey Church yard, Bath BA1 1LZ, United Kingdom Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm Carols by Candlelight | ||
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Deutsche Oper, Berlin La Bohème |
Deutsche Oper Berlin Karel Mark Chichon, Conductor Götz Friedrich, Director Peter Sykora, Set Designer Anita Hartig, Soprano: Mimì Martina Welschenbach, Soprano: Musetta Teodor Ilincai, Tenor: Rodolfo Markus Brück, Baritone: Marcello Matthew Newlin, Tenor: Parpignol Simon Pauly, Baritone: Schaunard Jörg Schörner, Tenor: Benoît Tobias Kehrer, Bass: Colline |
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| Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 35, Berlin, Germany Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm In Italian with German surtitles.
Puccini had already proved his ability as a brilliant musical colourist with EDGAR (1889) and MANON LESCAUT, but it was only with LA BOHÈME that a perfect marriage of subject matter and musical interpretation was finally achieved: Claude Debussy enthusiastically commented, "no one has described the Paris of these days as aptly as Puccini in his LA BOHÈME". Puccini's impressionistic sound artistry combines subjective emotion with objective tone painting. His tonal elements, his musical descriptions of the ambience and the local colour of his aural tapestry begin to work their magic from the very first scene, when Rodolfo and Marcello set fire to their manuscript and the poet sprinkles drops of water on the face of the unconscious Mimi, and in the second scene, when the chorus, in its role as crowd, is contrasted with the stage orchestra as military parade, and also in the third scene, when economical use is made of carefully selected musical elements to create the atmosphere of a cold winter's morning. A frosty winter´s day in a Paris garret. Rodolfo, the writer, and Marcello, the painter, are trying to work. They are hungry and without fuel for heating or money to pay their rent. Colline, the philosopher has tried and failed to pawn some books. The musician Schaunard has been more fortunate; he arrives with food, firewood, cigarettes and money. Rodolfo wants to work and his friends depart for Café Momus. His work is interrupted by a neighbour, who is searching for a means to light her dwelling. While making her request she faints and loses the keys to her lodgings. So it is that Rodolfo falls in love with Mimi, the embroiderer who is hopelessly ill with tuberculosis. Two months later he deserts her, unable to look helplessly on while Mimi's illness worsens in his poor, cold hovel. Six months later Musetta, the former mistress of Marcello, brings back the dying Mimi. Musetta sacrifices her earrings for the purchase of medicine, Colline donates his coat. Mimi is grateful and happy. Rodolfo believes that she has fallen into a curative sleep, but Mimi is dead. From a dramaturgical viewpoint LA BOHÈME retains the strands of an experiment that has remained unique in Puccini's body of work. Libretto authors Ilica and Giacose formed a libretto out of a loose sequence of episodes from Louis Henri Murger's novel. Their artistic maxim consisted in preserving the protagonists and ambience of the novel while allowing a degree of flexibility in the selection and treatment of episodes. They structured their sourcebook into "quadri", images that are held together only by the love story between Rodolfo and Mimi. The relationship between Musetta and Marcello serves as counterpoint. "LA BOHÈME always addresses and challenges our innermost private feelings - intellectual snobs and frustrated, sniping critics should stay at home! I can only say from my personal point of view: I'm 30 years older now and I have an even stronger desire now to explore hope and despair, the dreams and pain of youth, and to reflect them on stage, in the form of images, action and sound. Coming to this work afresh reflects a kind of pining for one's own youth. I think this is the open secret of Puccini's LA BOHÈME, why it is still so vibrant and topical today." (Götz Friedrich in 1988) Image credit: Bettina-Stöß Karel Mark Chichon, Conductor Götz Friedrich, Director Peter Sykora, Set Designer Anita Hartig, Soprano: Mimì Martina Welschenbach, Soprano: Musetta Teodor Ilincai, Tenor: Rodolfo Markus Brück, Baritone: Marcello Matthew Newlin, Tenor: Parpignol Simon Pauly, Baritone: Schaunard Jörg Schörner, Tenor: Benoît Tobias Kehrer, Bass: Colline | ||
| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm |
Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, NY Falstaff |
Metropolitan Opera James Levine, Conductor Robert Carsen, Director Lisette Oropesa, Soprano: Nannetta Angela Meade, Soprano: Alice Ford Stephanie Blythe, Contralto: Mistress Quickly Jennifer Johnson-Cano, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Paolo Fanale, Tenor Ambrogio Maestri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Ford |
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| Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, NY, New York City, 10023, United States Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm James Levine, Conductor Robert Carsen, Director Lisette Oropesa, Soprano: Nannetta Angela Meade, Soprano: Alice Ford Stephanie Blythe, Contralto: Mistress Quickly Jennifer Johnson-Cano, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Paolo Fanale, Tenor Ambrogio Maestri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Ford | ||
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Kings Place: Hall One, London Rachel Podger & Marcin Swiatkiewicz: Bach Violin Sonatas And Partitas Bach Unwrapped |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Wednesday 18-Dec-13 07:30pm Rachel Podger & Marcin Swiatkiewicz: Bach Violin Sonatas And Partitas Dr Warwick Cole (Harpsichordist and Cellist) Bach experts Simon Heighes and Warwick Cole will unwrap Bach from both ends: contrasting 18th-century and modern-day perspectives to bring us closer to the composer and his music. | ||
| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 08:00pm |
Konzerthaus: Rolf Böhme Saal, Freiburg Freiburger Barockorchester: Mozart and Mendelssohn |
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| Konzerthaus: Rolf Böhme Saal, Freiburg, Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1, 79098 Freiburg, Germany Wednesday 18-Dec-13 08:00pm Freiburger Barockorchester: Mozart and Mendelssohn | ||
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De Singel, Blue Hall, Antwerp Hitchcock: Blackmail |
Brand, New music, 2008 |
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| De Singel, Blue Hall, Antwerp, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium Wednesday 18-Dec-13 08:00pm Hitchcock: Blackmail Brand, Neil (d. 1958), New music, 2008 | ||
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Bethaniënhuis, Zoersel, Antwerp A Ceremony of Carols |
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| Bethaniënhuis, Zoersel, Antwerp, Handelslei 167 | 2980 Zoersel, Antwerp, Belgium Wednesday 18-Dec-13 08:00pm A Ceremony of Carols | ||
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Salle Pleyel, Paris Isabelle Faust plays the Concerto "A la mémoire d'un ange" |
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| Salle Pleyel, Paris, 252, rue du faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France Wednesday 18-Dec-13 08:00pm Isabelle Faust plays the Concerto "A la mémoire d'un ange" | ||
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La Scala, Milan La Traviata |
Teatro alla Scala Daniele Gatti, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Diana Damrau, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Željko Lučić, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Mara Zampieri, Mezzo-soprano: Annina Giuseppina Piunti, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Antonio Coriano, Tenor: Gaston Roberto Accurso, Baritone: Baron Douphol Andrea Mastroni, Bass: Dr Grenville |
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| La Scala, Milan, 20121 Milan, Italy Wednesday 18-Dec-13 08:00pm Daniele Gatti, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Diana Damrau, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Željko Lučić, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Mara Zampieri, Mezzo-soprano: Annina Giuseppina Piunti, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Antonio Coriano, Tenor: Gaston Roberto Accurso, Baritone: Baron Douphol Andrea Mastroni, Bass: Dr Grenville | ||
| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 08:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Varèse / Prokofiev / Tchaikovsky |
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Suite no. 1, Op.64bis (excerpts) Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Suite no. 2, Op.64ter (excerpts) |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Wednesday 18-Dec-13 08:00pm Varèse / Prokofiev / Tchaikovsky | ||
| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Menahem Pressler and Mozart |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Wednesday 18-Dec-13 08:15pm Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Menahem Pressler and Mozart Image credit: Menahem Pressler | ||
| Thursday 19-Dec-13 10:00am |
Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna School Concert, Vienna Symphony Orchestra |
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| Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna, Vienna, Austria Thursday 19-Dec-13 10:00am School Concert, Vienna Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Thursday 19-Dec-13 06:00pm |
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm Christmas Concert |
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| Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 3, Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden Thursday 19-Dec-13 06:00pm Christmas Concert Tickets: 110-395 kr | ||
| Thursday 19-Dec-13 06:30pm |
The Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC ACO - Christmas Oratorio |
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| The Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Hamer Hall, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne Melbourne Vic 3004, Australia Thursday 19-Dec-13 06:30pm ACO - Christmas Oratorio | ||
| Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:00pm |
Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset): Stora Salen Konserthuset's Big Christmas Concert |
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| Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset): Stora Salen, Hötorget 8, Stockholm 10387, Sweden Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:00pm Konserthuset's Big Christmas Concert The orchestra, a magnificent choir with 200 singers, and a range of great artists. In a festive concert we present newly written arrangements of the most beloved Christmas classics alongside popular favourites from the American tradition. Mark Levengood leads the audience to a lovely Christmas atmostphere. | ||
| Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:00pm |
Tapiola Church, Espoo Christmas Oratorio |
Bach J.S., Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachtsoratorium), BWV248 (Cantatas 4-6) |
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| Tapiola Church, Espoo, Kirkkopolku 6,, Espoo 02100, Finland Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:00pm Christmas Oratorio | ||
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Opernhaus, Zürich Woyzeck |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:00pm 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. | ||
| Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Carmen |
Royal Opera Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Vito Priante, Baritone: Escamillo Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Micaela |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Vito Priante, Baritone: Escamillo Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Micaela | ||
| Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:30pm |
Fraumünster, Zürich Zurich Chamber Orchestra: Christmas Concert |
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| Fraumünster, Zürich, Münsterhof, Zürich 8001, Switzerland Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:30pm Zurich Chamber Orchestra: Christmas Concert Tickets: CHF 90 / 80 / 60 / 35 / 20 | ||
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Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin Il Trovatore |
Staatsoper Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Philipp Stölzl, Director Conrad Moritz Reinhardt, Set Designer Anna Netrebko, Soprano: Leonora Marina Prudenskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Azucena Aleksandrs Antonenko, Tenor: Manrico Plácido Domingo, Baritone: The Count Di Luna Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Ines Florian Hoffmann, Tenor: Ruiz Adrian Sâmpetrean, Bass: Ferrando Staatskapelle Berlin Staatsopernchor Berlin |
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| Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:30pm Sung in Italian with German surtitlesA co-production of Staatsoper Unter den Linden with the Wiener Festwochen Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Philipp Stölzl, Director Conrad Moritz Reinhardt, Set Designer Anna Netrebko, Soprano: Leonora Marina Prudenskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Azucena Aleksandrs Antonenko, Tenor: Manrico Plácido Domingo, Baritone: The Count Di Luna Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Ines Florian Hoffmann, Tenor: Ruiz Adrian Sâmpetrean, Bass: Ferrando Staatskapelle Berlin Staatsopernchor Berlin | ||
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Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris) La clemenza di Tito |
Opéra de Paris Tomáš Netopil, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Saimir Pirgu, Tenor: Tito Tamar Iveri, Soprano: Vitellia Maria Virginia Savastano, Soprano: Servilia Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Mezzo-soprano: Sesto Hannah-Esther Minutillo, Mezzo-soprano: Annio Balint Szabo, Bass: Publio Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris |
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| Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris), 75009 Paris, France Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:30pm Is there any virtue more admirable than mercy? In La Clemenza di Tito, pity, like passion, is subjected to the imperious laws of beauty. Mozart's return to opera seria was also the testament of an aesthete and a humanist.Tomáš Netopil, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Saimir Pirgu, Tenor: Tito Tamar Iveri, Soprano: Vitellia Maria Virginia Savastano, Soprano: Servilia Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Mezzo-soprano: Sesto Hannah-Esther Minutillo, Mezzo-soprano: Annio Balint Szabo, Bass: Publio Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris | ||
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Deutsche Oper, Berlin Nabucco |
Deutsche Oper Berlin Andrea Battistoni, Conductor Keith Warner, Director Tilo Steffens, Set Designer Anna Smirnova, Mezzo-soprano: Abigaille Ronnita Miller, Mezzo-soprano: Fenena Yosep Kang, Tenor: Ismaele Johan Reuter, Baritone: Nabucco Orlin Anastassov, Bass: Zaccaria |
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| Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 35, Berlin, Germany Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:30pm In Italian language with German Surtitles.
“Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” – Take flight, thought, on golden wings”. When those words first rang out in the Milan Scala on 9th March 1842, sung by the Hebrew slaves chorus in the third act of NABUCCO, Giuseppe Verdi's new opera, the master was making history. The “Slaves Chorus” was quickly adopted as the unofficial national anthem of a not-yet-unified Italy and the hopes of a generation of opera-goers were suddenly vested in the young composer. The dramatic tale of Israelite subjugation under the Babylonian yoke of King Nebuchadnezzar remains one of Verdi's best-known operas and was last staged at the Deutsche Oper Berlin by Hans Neuenfels 13 years ago. In Verdi's anniversary year the material is now being rendered by Keith Warner, one of the big names in international opera. The Englishman has directed LOHENGRIN at the Bayreuth Festival and THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG at Covent Garden and more recently for the Copenhagen Opera. Set in the same period that the piece was written, a time of transition from feudalism to a bourgeois, industrialising society, Warner's NABUCCO focuses on the opposing natures of two nations – the modern Hebrews, whose culture is informed by a script and by education as a democratic ideal, and the militaristic Babylonians, whose concept of a state is founded in autocratic rule. Image credit: Miklos Szabo Andrea Battistoni, Conductor Keith Warner, Director Tilo Steffens, Set Designer Anna Smirnova, Mezzo-soprano: Abigaille Ronnita Miller, Mezzo-soprano: Fenena Yosep Kang, Tenor: Ismaele Johan Reuter, Baritone: Nabucco Orlin Anastassov, Bass: Zaccaria | ||
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Barbican Centre: Hall, London Michael Tilson Thomas conducts with Evgeny Kissin, piano |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:30pm Michael Tilson Thomas conducts with Evgeny Kissin, piano Tickets £10 - £37. | ||
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Kings Place: Hall One, London OAE Bach Christmas Oratorio Bach Unwrapped |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:30pm OAE Bach Christmas Oratorio | ||
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Pump Room, Bath Carols by Candlelight |
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| Pump Room, Bath, Abbey Church yard, Bath BA1 1LZ, United Kingdom Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:30pm Carols by Candlelight | ||
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Opéra Bastille, Paris I Puritani |
Opéra de Paris Michele Mariotti, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris Wojtek Smilek, Baritone: Gualtiero Valton Michele Pertusi, Bass: Giorgio Valton Rene Barbera, Tenor: Arturo Talbo Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Riccardo Luca Lombardo, Tenor: Sir Bruno Robertson Andreea Soare, Soprano: Enrichetta Maria Agresta, Soprano: Elvira |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:30pm In 1835, when all Europe was obsessed by Romanticism, the vogue for Bellini's final masterpiece, I Puritani, a tale of impossible love and vengeance set in 17th century England swept all before it, including the composer himself.Michele Mariotti, Conductor Laurent Pelly, Director Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris Wojtek Smilek, Baritone: Gualtiero Valton Michele Pertusi, Bass: Giorgio Valton Rene Barbera, Tenor: Arturo Talbo Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Riccardo Luca Lombardo, Tenor: Sir Bruno Robertson Andreea Soare, Soprano: Enrichetta Maria Agresta, Soprano: Elvira | ||
| Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:30pm |
Community Hall, Hailsham Christmas Concert |
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| Community Hall, Hailsham, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham BN27 2AX, United Kingdom Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:30pm Christmas Concert Programme not known Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
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University Great Hall, Exeter Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Handel's Messiah |
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| University Great Hall, Exeter, Exeter EX4 4PZ, United Kingdom Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:30pm Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Handel's Messiah | ||
| Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:30pm |
Konserthuset (Concert Hall): Stora Salen, Gothenburg Göteborgs Symfoniker |
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| Konserthuset (Concert Hall): Stora Salen, Gothenburg, Götaplatsen, Gothenburg, Sweden Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:30pm Göteborgs Symfoniker | ||
| Thursday 19-Dec-13 08:00pm |
Brooklyn College, Conservatory of Music, New York City, NY Computer Music Showcase |
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| Brooklyn College, Conservatory of Music, New York City, NY, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, New York City, NY 11210, United States Thursday 19-Dec-13 08:00pm Computer Music Showcase Programme not known | ||
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Cité de la Musique, Concert Hall (Salle des Concerts), Paris Les Dissonances - David Grimal |
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| Cité de la Musique, Concert Hall (Salle des Concerts), Paris, 221, avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France Thursday 19-Dec-13 08:00pm Les Dissonances - David Grimal | ||
| Thursday 19-Dec-13 08:00pm |
Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NY The New York Pops: Under the Mistletoe with Ashley Brown |
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| Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Thursday 19-Dec-13 08:00pm The New York Pops: Under the Mistletoe with Ashley Brown Broadway’s original Mary Poppins reunites with the orchestra in a festive program of traditional favorites and new holiday hits | ||
| Thursday 19-Dec-13 08:00pm |
New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA A Bach Christmas |
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| New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA, Boston, MA 02115, United States Thursday 19-Dec-13 08:00pm A Bach Christmas | ||
| Thursday 19-Dec-13 08:15pm |
Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam Atlas Ensemble |
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| Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Piet Heinkade 1, Amsterdam 1019 BR, Netherlands Thursday 19-Dec-13 08:15pm Atlas Ensemble Het Atlas Festival in de zomer van 2012 was een groot succes. Het unieke ensemble presenteerde een ongehoord klankpalet van Europese en Aziatische instrumenten. Dit keer treedt het Atlas Ensemble aan in kamermuziekformatie, met musici uit China, Centraal-Azië, het Midden-Oosten en Europa. Het programma zal bestaan uit speciaal voor het ensemble geschreven werken.
Is in het hedendaags westerse ensemble van elke instrumentenfamilie één instrument vertegenwoordigd, het Atlas Ensemble brengt instrumenten uit verschillende culturen samen die oorspronkelijk afstammen van dezelfde ‘voorvader’. Deze muziekinstrumenten zijn door de eeuwen heen in diverse culturen verspreid en verder ontwikkeld. Zo is een enorme verscheidenheid ontstaan. Door deze afstammelingen te verenigen en hun timbres te combineren in één ensemble, kan een letterlijk ongehoorde klankpracht worden bereikt.
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Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam Graindelavoix presents Cypriotic Christmas Concert |
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| Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Thursday 19-Dec-13 08:15pm Graindelavoix presents Cypriotic Christmas Concert Image credit: © Graindelavoix | ||
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Vondelkerk, Amsterdam De Jonge Stukken |
Various, Great Opera Works written at the age < 30 Opera per Tutti |
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| Vondelkerk, Amsterdam, Vondelstraat 120d, Amsterdam 1054 GS, Netherlands Thursday 19-Dec-13 08:15pm De Jonge Stukken Various, Great Opera Works written at the age < 30 | ||
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Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Menahem Pressler and Mozart |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Thursday 19-Dec-13 08:15pm Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Menahem Pressler and Mozart Image credit: Menahem Pressler | ||
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Liers Cultuurcentrum, Antwerp A Ceremony of Carols |
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| Liers Cultuurcentrum, Antwerp, Aarschotsesteenweg 3 , 2500 Lier, Antwerp, Belgium Thursday 19-Dec-13 08:15pm A Ceremony of Carols | ||
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Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte Orchestra Filarmonica de Minas Gerais |
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| Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, 1537 Afonso Pena Avenue, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Thursday 19-Dec-13 08:30pm Orchestra Filarmonica de Minas Gerais | ||
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Philharmonie, Köln Gürzenich-Orchester - ohrenauf!-Schulkonzert01 |
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| Philharmonie, Köln, Bischofsgartenstraße 1, 50667 Köln, Germany Friday 20-Dec-13 10:00am Gürzenich-Orchester - ohrenauf!-Schulkonzert01 In den ohrenauf!-Schulkonzerten steht dieses Jahr Igor Strawinskys Suite »Der Feuervogel« auf dem Programm. In den moderierten Schulkonzerten geben Gürzenich-Kapellmeister Markus Stenz und das Gürzenich-Orchester Einblicke in das Musikstück. Die Konzerttermine sind speziell auf die angegebene Altersgruppe ausgerichtet.Image credit: Ernst Dörfler | ||
