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| Sunday 23-Jun-13 07:00pm |
 Opernhaus, ZürichLa Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 23-Jun-13 07:00pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Friday 28-Jun-13 07:30pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
| Tuesday 2-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Tuesday 2-Jul-13 07:00pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
| Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:00pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm Libretto by Felice Romani after the novel L’Etrangère
By Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte d’Arlincourt
Vincenzo Bellini’s operas La sonnambula and Norma have become classics of the bel canto repertoire. La straniera, on the other hand, which Bellini wrote at the age of 27, is rarely seen on the operatic stage, although the highly romantic melodramma moved the audience to veritable raptures during its 1829 première performance at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. To a libretto by Felice Romani, the opera revolves around a heavily veiled, mysterious stranger who passes through the country. The local inhabitants are afraid of her and believe that she is possessed by the devil. By contrast, Count Arturo, who is just about to marry Isoletta, finds her irresistibly attractive. He has no idea that the stranger is the banished wife of the King of France.
La straniera marks Bellini’s renunciation of Rossini’s opulent style in favour of pure, expressive melody, as Verdi praised in Bellini’s work: “Vi sono melodie lunghe lunghe lunghe, come nessuno ha fatto prima di lui” (There are long, long, melodies like no-one has ever written before him). Richard Wagner was also full of admiration for Bellini’s melodic invention and “genuine passion and sentiment”, and declared that the right singer need only stand up and sing, “and the audience will be in raptures.”
In Zurich’s new production of La straniera, the stage will be graced by Edita Gruberova, the prima donna assoluta of bel canto par excellence. She will be giving her stage début as Alaide at Zurich Opera House, and will continue her successful collaboration with the director Christof Loy in Zurich after productions of Lucrezia Borgia and Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera. Fabio Luisi, who has frequently championed rarely performed bel canto works, will conduct the production.In Italian with German and English surtitles.Co-production with Theater an der Wien.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Annette Kurz, Set Designer Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino | ||
| Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patricia Petibon, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
New productionIn Italian with German surtitles.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patricia Petibon, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena | ||
| Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
New productionIn Italian with German surtitles.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena | ||
| Wednesday 24-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 24-Jul-13 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
New productionIn Italian with German surtitles.Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena | ||
| Saturday 28-Sep-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Mezzo-soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Hospital prior Philharmonia Zürich |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 28-Sep-13 07:00pm Co-production with Theater an der Wien. In Italian with German and English surtitles. Running time 2 hours 30 mins. Tickets 320 - 38 CHF.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Mezzo-soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Hospital prior Philharmonia Zürich | ||
| Wednesday 2-Oct-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Mezzo-soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Hospital prior Philharmonia Zürich |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Wednesday 2-Oct-13 07:00pm Co-production with Theater an der Wien. In Italian with German and English surtitles. Running time 2 hours 30 mins. Tickets 320 - 38 CHF.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Mezzo-soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Hospital prior Philharmonia Zürich | ||
| Sunday 6-Oct-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Mezzo-soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Hospital prior Philharmonia Zürich |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 6-Oct-13 07:00pm Co-production with Theater an der Wien. In Italian with German and English surtitles. Running time 2 hours 30 mins. Tickets 320 - 38 CHF.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Mezzo-soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Hospital prior Philharmonia Zürich | ||
| Sunday 13-Oct-13 08:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Mezzo-soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Hospital prior Philharmonia Zürich |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 13-Oct-13 08:00pm Co-production with Theater an der Wien. In Italian with German and English surtitles. Running time 2 hours 30 mins. Tickets 320 - 38 CHF.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Mezzo-soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Hospital prior Philharmonia Zürich | ||
| Thursday 17-Oct-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Mezzo-soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Hospital prior Philharmonia Zürich |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Thursday 17-Oct-13 07:00pm Co-production with Theater an der Wien. In Italian with German and English surtitles. Running time 2 hours 30 mins. Tickets 320 - 38 CHF.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Mezzo-soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Hospital prior Philharmonia Zürich | ||
| Tuesday 22-Oct-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich La Straniera |
Zurich Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Mezzo-soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Hospital prior Philharmonia Zürich |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Tuesday 22-Oct-13 07:00pm Co-production with Theater an der Wien. In Italian with German and English surtitles. Running time 2 hours 30 mins. Tickets 320 - 38 CHF.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Christof Loy, Director Edita Gruberová, Soprano: Alaide Véronica Simeoni, Mezzo-soprano: Isoletta Gregory Kunde, Tenor: Count Arturo of Ravenstel Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Baron Valdeburgo Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor: Osburgo Pavel Daniluk, Bass: Signore di Montolino Reinhard Mayr, Bass: Hospital prior Philharmonia Zürich | ||
| Friday 6-Dec-13 08:00pm |
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 Friday 6-Dec-13 08:00pm 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 | ||
| Monday 9-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 Monday 9-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 | ||
| Saturday 14-Dec-13 01:00pm |
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 Saturday 14-Dec-13 01:00pm 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Saturday 21-Dec-13 12:30pm |
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 Saturday 21-Dec-13 12:30pm 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 | ||
| Friday 27-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 Friday 27-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 | ||
| Monday 30-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 Monday 30-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 | ||
| Friday 3-Jan-14 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 Friday 3-Jan-14 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 | ||
| Monday 6-Jan-14 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 Monday 6-Jan-14 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 | ||
| Saturday 11-Jan-14 08:00pm |
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 Saturday 11-Jan-14 08:00pm 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 | ||
| Saturday 15-Feb-14 07:30pm |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin Aida |
Staatsoper Berlin Zubin Mehta, Conductor Pet Halmen, Director/Set Designer Liudmyla Monastyrska, Soprano: Aida Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Amneris Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Radamès Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Amonasro Evelin Novak, Mezzo-soprano: Priestess Stephen Chambers, Tenor: A messenger Jan Martinik, Bass: King of Egypt Alexey Tikhomirov, Bass-baritone: Ramfis Staatsopernchor Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin |
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| Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Saturday 15-Feb-14 07:30pm Sung in Italian with German surtitles3:00 h | including 1 interval Prices from 20 to 84 EUR Image credit: Staatsoper Berlin Zubin Mehta, Conductor Pet Halmen, Director/Set Designer Liudmyla Monastyrska, Soprano: Aida Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Amneris Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Radamès Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Amonasro Evelin Novak, Mezzo-soprano: Priestess Stephen Chambers, Tenor: A messenger Jan Martinik, Bass: King of Egypt Alexey Tikhomirov, Bass-baritone: Ramfis Staatsopernchor Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin | ||
| Wednesday 19-Feb-14 07:30pm |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin Aida |
Staatsoper Berlin Zubin Mehta, Conductor Pet Halmen, Director/Set Designer Liudmyla Monastyrska, Soprano: Aida Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Amneris Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Radamès Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Amonasro Evelin Novak, Mezzo-soprano: Priestess Stephen Chambers, Tenor: A messenger Jan Martinik, Bass: King of Egypt Alexey Tikhomirov, Bass-baritone: Ramfis Staatsopernchor Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin |
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| Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Wednesday 19-Feb-14 07:30pm Sung in Italian with German surtitles3:00 h | including 1 interval Prices from 20 to 84 EUR Image credit: Staatsoper Berlin Zubin Mehta, Conductor Pet Halmen, Director/Set Designer Liudmyla Monastyrska, Soprano: Aida Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Amneris Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Radamès Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Amonasro Evelin Novak, Mezzo-soprano: Priestess Stephen Chambers, Tenor: A messenger Jan Martinik, Bass: King of Egypt Alexey Tikhomirov, Bass-baritone: Ramfis Staatsopernchor Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin | ||
| Saturday 22-Feb-14 07:30pm |
Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin Aida |
Staatsoper Berlin Zubin Mehta, Conductor Pet Halmen, Director/Set Designer Liudmyla Monastyrska, Soprano: Aida Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Amneris Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Radamès Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Amonasro Evelin Novak, Mezzo-soprano: Priestess Stephen Chambers, Tenor: A messenger Jan Martinik, Bass: King of Egypt Alexey Tikhomirov, Bass-baritone: Ramfis Staatsopernchor Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin |
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| Staatsoper at Schiller Theater, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin, Germany Saturday 22-Feb-14 07:30pm Sung in Italian with German surtitles3:00 h | including 1 interval Prices from 20 to 84 EUR Image credit: Staatsoper Berlin Zubin Mehta, Conductor Pet Halmen, Director/Set Designer Liudmyla Monastyrska, Soprano: Aida Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Amneris Fabio Sartori, Tenor: Radamès Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Amonasro Evelin Novak, Mezzo-soprano: Priestess Stephen Chambers, Tenor: A messenger Jan Martinik, Bass: King of Egypt Alexey Tikhomirov, Bass-baritone: Ramfis Staatsopernchor Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin | ||
| Saturday 26-Apr-14 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto |
Bavarian State Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Piero Pretti, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 26-Apr-14 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
In Italian with German surtitles New production Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Piero Pretti, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone | ||
| Wednesday 30-Apr-14 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto |
Bavarian State Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Piero Pretti, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 30-Apr-14 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
In Italian with German surtitles New production Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Piero Pretti, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone | ||
| Saturday 3-May-14 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto |
Bavarian State Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 3-May-14 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
In Italian with German surtitles New production Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone | ||
| Tuesday 6-May-14 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto |
Bavarian State Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Tuesday 6-May-14 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
In Italian with German surtitles New production Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone | ||
| Friday 9-May-14 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto |
Bavarian State Opera Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Friday 9-May-14 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
In Italian with German surtitles New production Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Marco Armiliato, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Márton Ágh, Set Designer Erin Morley, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Rafal Siwek, Bass: Sparafucile/Bass: Monterone | ||
