Monthly Archives: February 2016

Madame Butterfly at the Los Angeles Opera

Production new to LA. A love that knows no boundaries goes horribly wrong in a fateful meeting of East and West. What begins as an idyllic liaison in an enchanting land of cherry blossoms turns into the wrenching tragedy of … Continue reading

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The Flying Dutchman in Poland

Romantic opera in three acts Libretto: Richard Wagner after Heinrich Heine’s From the Memoirs of Herr von Schnabelewopski World premiere: 2.01.1843, Semperoper, Dresden Polish premiere: 6.02.1902, Teatr Miejski, Lviv Premiere of this production: 16.03.2012, Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera In the original German … Continue reading

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International Competition “Riccardo Zandonai” for Young Opera Singers

                                       

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It’s Rossini’s Birthday! WORLD-WIDE CELEBRATIONS

It’s Rossini’s Birthday! Zedda conducts The barber of Seville in Pesaro…   The barber of Seville, Rossini’s most famous opera, was composed two hundred years ago, and on Monday 29th February, Gioachino Rossini’s birthday, Pesaro will be dedicating a concert … Continue reading

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The Magic Flute at the Komische Opera in Berlin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Magic Flute Grand opera in two acts (1791) Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder The Komische Oper Berlin’s production of The Magic Flute, »a deliciously absurd mixture of silent film and cartoon« [Berliner Morgenpost], has caused a furore, … Continue reading

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“Così fan tutte” in Vienna

Così fan tutte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 24. February 2016 19:00-22:30|1 Intermission Artistic team Tomáš Netopil | Conductor Roberto de Simone | Diretor Mauro Carosi | Stage Odette Nicoletti | Costumes CAST Caroline Wenborne | Fiordiligi Stephanie Houtzeel | Dorabella Markus … Continue reading

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Tannhäuser at the Estonian National Opera

Grosse romantische Oper in three acts by Richard Wagner World premiere in Dresden Hoftheater on October 19, 1845 Premiere at the Estonian National Opera on March 14, 2013 “Tannhäuser” is the best production of year 2014 in Estonia. The award … Continue reading

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Jules Massenet’s Manon at the Wiener Staatsoper in Vienna

Manon Jules Massenet 22. February 2016  | 19:00-22:15|1 Intermission 25. Feb. 2016 | 19.00 28. Feb. 2016 | 18.30   Massenet’s musical rendering of the story of the frivolous and charming Manon, to whom the young nobleman Des Grieux loses his … Continue reading

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Rigoletto in Zurich

GALLERY Photos Opernhaus Zurich

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Rusalka at the Wiener Staatsoper in Vienna

Rusalka Antonín Dvořák 21. Feb. 2016 This opera – the composer’s second last work – was written around 1900. Musically it is related both to the Czech national school and in individual aspects to the musical drama of Richard Wagner. … Continue reading

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