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Triumphant AIDA at the Opera Narodowa

AIDA Opera in four acts Libretto: Antonio Ghislanzoni after an outline by Auguste Mariette World premiere: Cairo, 24 December 1871 Polish premiere: Warsaw, 23 November 1875 Premiere of this production: 24 April 2005 In the original Italian with Polish surtitles … Continue reading

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Aida triumphant in Germany

n Opera in four acts Composer Giuseppe Verdi · Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni after Auguste Mariette Bey and Camille du Locle Friday, 25. September 2015 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm Nationaltheater Duration est. 3 hours · 1 Interval between 1. … Continue reading

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Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci in Berlin

Pietro Mascagni (1863 – 1945) / Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 – 1919) “Cavalleria Rusticana” Melodramma in one act by Pietro Mascagni Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, based on an novel by Giovanni Verga First performance on 17. May 1890 … Continue reading

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Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in Sidney

Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis 14 October 2015– 17 October 2015 Experience Beethoven at his most visionary and inspirational with solo voices, a grand choir and full orchestra. Magnificent, ambitious, glorious! Description Beethoven said his Missa Solemnis was ‘my greatest work’. He … Continue reading

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ANNA BOLENA AT THE MET

SEP 26 – JAN 9 Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky embarks on her quest to vocally conquer all three of Donizetti’s historic Tudor queen operas in the same season, here as a young royal grasping at power and paying a terrible price. … Continue reading

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Il barbiere di Siviglia at the National Theatre in Prague

   Il barbiere di Siviglia Gioachino Rossini OCTOBER 10 & 16, NOVEMBER 6   Libretto: Cesare Sterbini Musical preparation: Enrico Dovico Conductor: Enrico Dovico, Tomáš Brauner Stage director: Martin Otava Sets: Ján Zavarský Costumes: Bettine Kirste Chorus master: Adolf Melichar … Continue reading

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Madama Butterfly in Munich

Japanese tragedy in three acts Composer Giacomo Puccini · Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa In Italian with German surtitles Saturday, 19. September 2015 07:00 pm – 09:55 pm Nationaltheater Duration est. 2 hours 55 minutes · 1 Interval … Continue reading

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The Salzburg Festival continues with Riccardo Muti and Ernani

After directing the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival on August 14, 15 and 16: PYOTR I. TCHAIKOVSKY • Concert for Violin and Orchestra in D, Op. 35 JOHANNES BRAHMS • Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73 Riccardo Muti directs … Continue reading

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Vincenzo Bellini: a true Sicilian

As a true Sicilian man, I would like to explain the personality of Vincenzo Bellini (1801 – 1835) in a different point of view from the routine of music and historical criticism that you are used to read in magazines. To date, in … Continue reading

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Verdi’s Requiem in Adelaide

Verdi Requiem Presented by State Opera of South Australia 7:30pm: 26, 28 August 2015 Verdi’s mighty Requiem stands as one of the greatest choral masterpieces in the repertoire – part oratorio, part opera, and dramatic from beginning to end. It’s … Continue reading

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