Monthly Archives: January 2015

Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice in Warsaw

ORFEO ED EURIDICE Christoph Willibald Gluck Sun  6:00pm  January 25, 2015 Moniuszko Auditorium Opera in three acts (Vienna version) Libretto: Ranieri de’ Calzabigi World premiere: Vienna, 5/10/1762 Polish premiere: Warsaw, 1776 Bratislava premiere: 5/12/2008 Premiere of this production: 23/05/2009 Co-production … Continue reading

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Rusalka at the Oper Frankfurt

RUSALKA Antonin Dvorak 1841 – 1904 Lyric Fairy Tale in three acts Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil based on: Udine, by Friedrich de la Motte Fougué, The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen and Die Versunkene Glocke/The Sunken Bell by Gerhart … Continue reading

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Monteverdi’s Orfeo in London

Orfeo The Roundhouse 13-24 January 2015 Michael Boyd directs a new production of Monteverdi’s masterpiece in a collaboration between The Royal Opera and the Roundhouse in Camden. The Story On her wedding day Euridice is bitten by a snake and … Continue reading

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Rigoletto at the Czech National Theatre

Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave Conductor: Richard Hein Stage director: Karel Jernek Sets: Zbyněk Kolář Costumes: Olga Filipi Chorus master: Adolf Melichar Choreography: Daniel Wiesner State Opera Orchestra State Opera Chorus Premiere: January 14, 1988 Together with La traviata and Il … Continue reading

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Onegin in Poland

ONEGIN Pyotr Tchaikovsky Wed 7:00pm January 15, 2015 Moniuszko Auditorium Lyrical scenes in three acts and seven scenes Libretto by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky after Alexander Pushkin World premiere: Maly Theatre, Moscow, 29 March 1879 Polish premiere: Teatr Wielki, … Continue reading

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