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| Tuesday 21-May-13 |
 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonDon Carlo |
Royal Opera Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Nicholas Hytner, Director Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor: Don Carlos Anja Harteros, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Tuesday 21-May-13 Sung in Italian. Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor Nicholas Hytner, Director Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor: Don Carlos Anja Harteros, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Grand Inquisitor | ||
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Staatsoper, Vienna Andrea Chénier |
Vienna State Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Otto Schenk, Director José Cura, Tenor: Andrea Chénier Marco Vratogna, Baritone: Charles Gérard Martina Serafin, Soprano: Madeleine de Coigny |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Tuesday 21-May-13 Check start time of performance. Marco Armiliato, Conductor Otto Schenk, Director José Cura, Tenor: Andrea Chénier Marco Vratogna, Baritone: Charles Gérard Martina Serafin, Soprano: Madeleine de Coigny | ||
| Tuesday 21-May-13 01:00pm |
St Stephen Walbrook, London The Handel Collection perform Shostakovich 14 |
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| St Stephen Walbrook, London, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom Tuesday 21-May-13 01:00pm The Handel Collection perform Shostakovich 14 The Handel Collection Orchestra Edward Adams, Conductor Shuna Scott Sendall, Soprano Ross McInroy, Bass Price type: Free | ||
| Tuesday 21-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 Tuesday 21-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 | ||
| Tuesday 21-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 Petra Lang, 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 Tuesday 21-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 Petra Lang, 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 | ||
| Tuesday 21-May-13 06:30pm |
Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House, Paris Louis Dietsch : Le Vaisseau Fantôme and Der Fliegende Holländer - in concert |
Sonya Yoncheva, Soprano Bernard Richter, Tenor Eric Cutler, Tenor Mika Kares, Bass Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble Marc Minkowski, Conductor Yevgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone: Dutchman Ingela Brimberg, Soprano: Senta Mika Kares, Bass: Daland Eric Cutler, Tenor: Erik Helene Schneiderman, Mezzo-soprano: Mary Bernard Richter, Tenor |
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| Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House, Paris, Place d’Armes, Entrance at the Gate of Honour, 78000 Paris, France Tuesday 21-May-13 06:30pm Louis Dietsch : Le Vaisseau Fantôme and Der Fliegende Holländer - in concert Louis Dietsch composed "Le Vaisseau Fantôme" (The Phantom Ship) the year before Wagner's "Der Fliegende Holländer" and unusually they will be played on the same evening. The first opera will last about 1 hour 40 minutes, and after an interval the second will last 2 hours.Tickets €35 - 120.Sonya Yoncheva, Soprano Bernard Richter, Tenor Eric Cutler, Tenor Mika Kares, Bass Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble Marc Minkowski, Conductor Yevgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone: Dutchman Ingela Brimberg, Soprano: Senta Mika Kares, Bass: Daland Eric Cutler, Tenor: Erik Helene Schneiderman, Mezzo-soprano: Mary Bernard Richter, Tenor | ||
| Tuesday 21-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 Tuesday 21-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 | ||
| Tuesday 21-May-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Freiburger Barockorchester: Stabat Mater |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Tuesday 21-May-13 08:15pm Freiburger Barockorchester: Stabat Mater | ||
| Tuesday 21-May-13 08:30pm |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples Verdi, Rigoletto |
San Carlo Theatre Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor Arnaud Bernard, Director Celso Albelo, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Desirée Rancatore, Soprano: Gilda Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone: Rigoletto Michail Ryssov, Bass: Sparafucile Daniela Innamorati, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Christopher Magiera, Baritone: Marullo |
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| Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, 80132 Naples, Italy Tuesday 21-May-13 08:30pm Verdi, Rigoletto Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor Arnaud Bernard, Director Celso Albelo, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Desirée Rancatore, Soprano: Gilda Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone: Rigoletto Michail Ryssov, Bass: Sparafucile Daniela Innamorati, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Christopher Magiera, Baritone: Marullo | ||
| Tuesday 21-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 Tuesday 21-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 | ||
| Wednesday 22-May-13 |
Staatsoper, Vienna Götterdämmerung |
Vienna State Opera Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Stephen Gould, Tenor: Siegfried Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünnhilde John Tomlinson, Bass: Hagen |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Wednesday 22-May-13 Check start time of performance. Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director Stephen Gould, Tenor: Siegfried Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünnhilde John Tomlinson, Bass: Hagen | ||
| Wednesday 22-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 Wednesday 22-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 | ||
| Wednesday 22-May-13 07:30pm |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin Der Fliegende Hollander |
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| Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Wednesday 22-May-13 07:30pm Der Fliegende Hollander A stormy sea voyage to Riga and the "Memoirs of the Lord of Schnabelewopski" by Heinrich Heine, inspired the 28-year-old Richard Wagner to write one of his most colorful orchestral operas. Pre-performance lecture, 45 minutes prior to each performance (in German).Image credit: (c) Tanja Dorendorf | ||
| Wednesday 22-May-13 07:30pm |
The Hexagon, Reading Classical Music Alive in Reading |
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| The Hexagon, Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Wednesday 22-May-13 07:30pm Classical Music Alive in Reading Tickets: £32 - £16 (Subscriptions also available). Concessions: £2 off. Pre-booked children & students: £10. Schools: £5. Student Standby: £5 (Available one hour before advertised performance start time. NUS card/proof of status/age is required.) Promoted by Reading Arts. | ||
| Wednesday 22-May-13 07:30pm |
Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna ensemble reconsil wien |
Schoenberg, Two Songs, Op.14 (Bearbeitung für Sopran und Ensemble von Alexander Wagendristel; world premiere) Wiede, Neues Werk für Klavier und Ensemble (world premiere) Heher, Neues Werk für Sopran und Ensemble (world premiere) Beslic-Gal, Neues Werk für Ensemble (world premiere) Wagendristel, The Wormwood and the Gall for Violin and Ensemble (world premiere) Wagner, Piano Sonata in A sharp major "Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwänen", WWV 95 (Bearbeitung für Ensemble von Alexander Wagendristel; world premiere) |
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| Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna, Palais Fanto, Schwarzenbergplatz 6, 1030 Vienna, Austria Wednesday 22-May-13 07:30pm ensemble reconsil wien Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951), Two Songs, Op.14 (Bearbeitung für Sopran und Ensemble von Alexander Wagendristel; world premiere) Wiede, Klaus, Neues Werk für Klavier und Ensemble (world premiere) Heher, Hannes (b. 1964), Neues Werk für Sopran und Ensemble (world premiere) Beslic-Gal, Belma (b. 1978), Neues Werk für Ensemble (world premiere) Wagendristel, Alexander (b. 1965), The Wormwood and the Gall for Violin and Ensemble (world premiere) Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Piano Sonata in A sharp major "Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwänen", WWV 95 (Bearbeitung für Ensemble von Alexander Wagendristel; world premiere) ensemble reconsil Bojidara Kouzmanova-Vladar, Violin Kaori Nishii, Piano Roland Freisitzer, Director Anna Maria Pammer, Soprano Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Wednesday 22-May-13 07:30pm |
Kings Place: Hall One, London Talk and Concert: Orient in Song |
Strauss R., Gesänge des Orients, Op.77 (excerpts) Ravel, Shéhérazade (excerpts) Saint-Saëns, Mélodies Persanes, Op.26 (excerpts) |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Wednesday 22-May-13 07:30pm Talk and Concert: Orient in Song The great Goethe, when in his sixties, fell under the spell of Hafiz, the 14th century Persian poet. Hafiz’s poetry inspired Goethe to create the ‘West-Östlicher Divan’ – a collection of love poems, epigrams and drinking songs. Goethe’s verses in turn inspired composers such as Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn, while poems of Hafiz were set to music by Hugo Wolf and Richard Strauss. Join us as we explore Europe’s century-long love affair with the Orient through poetry, painting and song. Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937), Shéhérazade (excerpts) | ||
| Wednesday 22-May-13 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London Sir Andrew Davis conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in London |
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor David Edwards, Stage Director Giselle Allen, Soprano Susan Bullock, Soprano James Rutherford, Bass Katherine Broderick, Soprano Elaine McKrill, Soprano Kimberly Myers, Soprano Jennifer Johnston, Mezzo-soprano Miriam Sharrad, Mezzo-soprano Antonia Sotgiu, Mezzo-soprano Harriet Williams, Mezzo-soprano Julianne Young, Mezzo-soprano Philharmonia Orchestra |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Wednesday 22-May-13 07:30pm Sir Andrew Davis conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in London Sir Andrew Davis conducts a concert celebrating the exact 200th anniversary of Wagner’s birth, showcasing the British Wagner tradition and featuring one of the composer’s finest achievements. The Walküren (or Valkyries) of the title are an army of maidens who ride through the air on horseback. We see twin brother and sister, Siegmund and Sieglinde, fall in love, thereby committing both adultery and (unwittingly) incest. The former is subsequently killed by Wotan, although Brünnhilde (Wotan's warrior Valkyrie daughter) saves Sieglinde in the nick of time. The opera reaches a blazing climax during the unforgettable Third Act, when Brünnhilde is punished by Wotan, who surrounds her with a ring of fire that can only be crossed by a fearless hero destined to be none other than Sieglinde's eventual son, Siegfried. This concert also launches Wagner 200, a wideranging, London-based festival to celebrate the bicentenary of Richard Wagner’s birth, featuring events from May to November 2013 in association with leading venues and producers. It is the culmination of a day of activity at Southbank Centre, including pop up open-air performances on the riverside terraces and balconies featuring young singers and performers. Semi-staged performance in German with English surtitles Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor David Edwards, Stage Director Giselle Allen, Soprano Susan Bullock, Soprano James Rutherford, Bass Katherine Broderick, Soprano Elaine McKrill, Soprano Kimberly Myers, Soprano Jennifer Johnston, Mezzo-soprano Miriam Sharrad, Mezzo-soprano Antonia Sotgiu, Mezzo-soprano Harriet Williams, Mezzo-soprano Julianne Young, Mezzo-soprano Philharmonia Orchestra | ||
| Wednesday 22-May-13 08:00pm |
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON Brahms German Requiem |
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| Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON, Toronto M5J 2H5, Canada Wednesday 22-May-13 08:00pm Brahms German Requiem | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 |
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 Thursday 23-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 | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London La 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 Thursday 23-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 | ||
| Thursday 23-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 Thursday 23-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 | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 05:30pm |
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Lohengrin |
Welsh National Opera Peter Wedd, Tenor: Lohengrin Emma Bell, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Claudio Otelli, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Matthew Best, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Simon Thorpe, Baritone: The King's Herald |
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| Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Bute Place, Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 5AL, United Kingdom Thursday 23-May-13 05:30pm Image credit: David Massey Peter Wedd, Tenor: Lohengrin Emma Bell, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Claudio Otelli, Baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Matthew Best, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Simon Thorpe, Baritone: The King's Herald | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 07:00pm |
St Paul's Cathedral, London Beethoven 9 in St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| St Paul's Cathedral, London, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom Thursday 23-May-13 07:00pm Beethoven 9 in St. Paul's Cathedral An unmissable performance of Beethoven's monumental 'Choral Symphony' with its climactic 'Ode to Joy' performed in the awe-inspiring dome of St Paul's Cathedral. Featuring a star line-up of singers, joint choirs and the English Chamber Orchestra under the expert baton of Howard Williams, it promises to be the event of the century. | ||
| Thursday 23-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 Thursday 23-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 | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 07:00pm |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples Verdi, Rigoletto |
San Carlo Theatre Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor Arnaud Bernard, Director Celso Albelo, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Desirée Rancatore, Soprano: Gilda Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone: Rigoletto Michail Ryssov, Bass: Sparafucile Daniela Innamorati, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Christopher Magiera, Baritone: Marullo |
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| Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, 80132 Naples, Italy Thursday 23-May-13 07:00pm Verdi, Rigoletto Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor Arnaud Bernard, Director Celso Albelo, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Desirée Rancatore, Soprano: Gilda Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone: Rigoletto Michail Ryssov, Bass: Sparafucile Daniela Innamorati, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Christopher Magiera, Baritone: Marullo | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 07:00pm |
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 Thursday 23-May-13 07:00pm 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 | ||
| Thursday 23-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 Thursday 23-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 | ||
| Thursday 23-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 Thursday 23-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 | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 07:30pm |
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 Thursday 23-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 | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 07:30pm |
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA The Marriage of Figaro |
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor Los Angeles Master Chorale Christopher Maltman, Baritone: Count Almaviva Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Baritone: Figaro Malin Christensson, Soprano: Susanna James Darrah, Director Rafael Payare, Conductor |
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| Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States Thursday 23-May-13 07:30pm Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor Los Angeles Master Chorale Christopher Maltman, Baritone: Count Almaviva Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano: Rosina (Countess Almaviva) Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Baritone: Figaro Malin Christensson, Soprano: Susanna James Darrah, Director Rafael Payare, Conductor | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 07:30pm |
St John's Smith Square, London French Choral Classics |
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| St John's Smith Square, London, Smith Square, London, London SW1P 3HA, United Kingdom Thursday 23-May-13 07:30pm French Choral Classics | ||
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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 Thursday 23-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 | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 07:30pm |
Oslo Concert Hall (Konserthus) Saraste's farewell as chief conductor |
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| Oslo Concert Hall (Konserthus), Oslo 0250, Norway Thursday 23-May-13 07:30pm 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”. | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 08:00pm |
Palais Montcalm: Salle Raoul-Jobin, Quebec, QC Theodora |
Bernard Labadie, Conductor Karina Gauvin, Soprano: Theodora Iestyn Davies, Countertenor: Didymus Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Mezzo-soprano: Irene Allan Clayton, Tenor: Septimius Andrew Foster-Williams, Bass: Valens La Chapelle de Québec Les Violons du Roy |
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| Palais Montcalm: Salle Raoul-Jobin, Quebec, QC, 95, place D’Youville, Quebec, QC, Canada Thursday 23-May-13 08:00pm Theodora For the grand season finale, Bernard Labadie will conduct for the first time one of Handel’s greatest oratorios, featuring five of the Baroque world’s brightest stars. Bernard Labadie, Conductor Karina Gauvin, Soprano: Theodora Iestyn Davies, Countertenor: Didymus Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Mezzo-soprano: Irene Allan Clayton, Tenor: Septimius Andrew Foster-Williams, Bass: Valens La Chapelle de Québec Les Violons du Roy | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 08:00pm |
Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp Messa da requiem |
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| Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Frankrijklei 3, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Thursday 23-May-13 08:00pm Messa da requiem Image credit: Pavel Cernoch | ||
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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 Thursday 23-May-13 08:00pm 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 | ||
| Thursday 23-May-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam Anniversary Concert: Lenneke Ruiten |
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| Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Thursday 23-May-13 08:15pm Anniversary Concert: Lenneke Ruiten Image credit: Gary Mulcahey | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 |
Staatsoper, Vienna Andrea Chénier |
Vienna State Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Otto Schenk, Director José Cura, Tenor: Andrea Chénier Marco Vratogna, Baritone: Charles Gérard Martina Serafin, Soprano: Madeleine de Coigny |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Friday 24-May-13 Check start time of performance. Marco Armiliato, Conductor Otto Schenk, Director José Cura, Tenor: Andrea Chénier Marco Vratogna, Baritone: Charles Gérard Martina Serafin, Soprano: Madeleine de Coigny | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 05:45pm |
Glyndebourne Opera House Falstaff Glyndebourne |
Glyndebourne Opera Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol |
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| Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne BN8 5UU, United Kingdom Friday 24-May-13 05:45pm Sir Mark Elder, Conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Richard Jones, Director Sarah Fahie, Revival Director Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Ailyn Pérez, Soprano: Alice Ford Roman Burdenko, Baritone: Ford Lucia Cirillo, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page Susanne Resmark, Mezzo-soprano: Mistress Quickly Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Nannetta Antonio Poli, Tenor: Fenton Graham Clark, Tenor: Dr Caius Colin Judson, Tenor: Bardolph Paolo Battaglia, Bass: Pistol | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Les Contes d'Hoffmann |
Bavarian State Opera Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Friday 24-May-13 07:00pm Les Contes d'Hoffmann The protagonist of the opera is E.T.A. Hoffmann, the prototype of the German romantic period artist: his life is an artwork, his lower depths, his doubts, his grand inspirations – his crises. And all of these are connected with: women. Hoffmann in the opera tells of three types of woman in his tales, the “lifeless doll with a heart of ice”, the “virtuoso”, ill and destined to die, as well as the “shameless courtesan”.
Jacques Offenbach’s opera fantastique, premièred in 1881, is based on the play of the same name by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, who drew from the biographies and works of E.T.A. Hoffmann, Adelbert von Chamisso and Alfred de Musset to create their own artist’s drama. It is not a literature opera – the protagonists from different romantic tales are connected to one another by a fictitious Hoffmann – but rather more of a message to the writer, telling him to make art his matter of the heart, or perhaps even open up his heart with brutal frankness.
Co-production with the English National Opera, London.
In French with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann | ||
| Friday 24-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 Friday 24-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 | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (in concert) |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Image credit: Marco Borggreve | ||
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Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, IL Chicago Philharmonic Presents Bernstein and Schubert |
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| Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, IL, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, 60208, United States Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm Chicago Philharmonic Presents Bernstein and Schubert Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
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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 Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm 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”. | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm |
Residenz: Kaisersaal, Würzburg Philharmonisches Orchester Würzburg Mozartfest Würzburg |
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| Residenz: Kaisersaal, Würzburg, Residenzplatz 2, 97090 Würzburg, Germany Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm Philharmonisches Orchester Würzburg Image credit: Oliver Lang | ||
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St David's Hall, Cardiff BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra |
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| St David's Hall, Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 2DP, United Kingdom Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra) is one of Strauss's most audacious masterpieces, opening with its iconic sunrise over a black world, moving through the tempestuous joys and passions of life and culminating in the serene fulfilment of its closing pages. François-Xavier Roth conducts this spectacular orchestral showpiece alongside Webern's youthful traditional romantic tone poem and music by Mozart. Works by Mozart, Franz Xaver (1791-1844) | ||
| Friday 24-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 Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm Orquesta Nacional de España | ||
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The London Coliseum La Bohème |
English National Opera Jonathan Miller, Director Natascha Metherell, Revival Director Isabella Bywater, Set Designer Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Rodolfo Kate Valentine, Soprano: Mimì Richard Burkhard, Baritone: Marcello Angel Blue, Soprano: Musetta Andrew Craig Brown, Bass: Colline Duncan Rock, Baritone: Schaunard Simon Butteriss, Bass: Benoît |
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| The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm Puccini’s gift for writing emotional music is brought to the fore in La bohème’s tale of doomed love in poverty-stricken Paris. One of the world’s most recognised and widely performed operas, it focuses on two central relationships: that of the poet Rodolfo, who falls in love with the pretty but consumptive seamstress Mimì; and the painter Marcello, who has a glamorous and popular on-off mistress, Musetta.
Jonathan Miller’s production for ENO has quickly become a company classic and here receives its second revival since its 2009 premiere. Inspired by Brassaï’s photographs of the Paris Left Bank in the 1930s, Miller modernises the original bohemian setting to evoke the stark poverty of the day, creating a highly effective contemporary resonance, citing the film Withnail and I as an inspiration. Playing Mimì is Kate Valentine, who in recent seasons has played the Countess in Fiona Shaw’s production of The Marriage of Figaro and an ‘excellent’ (The Times) Helena in Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-nominated A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Gwyn Hughes Jones returns to the role of Rodolfo following his great success in ENO’s 2010 production, and recent acclaimed Pinkerton in Madam Butterfly.Jonathan Miller, Director Natascha Metherell, Revival Director Isabella Bywater, Set Designer Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor: Rodolfo Kate Valentine, Soprano: Mimì Richard Burkhard, Baritone: Marcello Angel Blue, Soprano: Musetta Andrew Craig Brown, Bass: Colline Duncan Rock, Baritone: Schaunard Simon Butteriss, Bass: Benoît | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm |
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm Britten: Spring Symphony |
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| Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 3, Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm Britten: Spring Symphony Tickets: 110-395 kr | ||
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Gewandhaus, Großer Saal, Leipzig MDR special concert to Wagner |
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| Gewandhaus, Großer Saal, Leipzig, D 04109 Leipzig, Germany Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm MDR special concert to Wagner | ||
