Category Archives: Music

VERDI’S 200TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: “Aida” at the Janacek Theathre in Brno

Aida What is more important – love or duty to the homeland? Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Janacek Theatre – Rooseveltova 1-7 | 2013: Saturday November 9, Sunday december 12 2014: Friday January 10, Friday February 21, Tuesday May 20 Libretto: Antonio … Continue reading

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Pier Francesco Cavalli’s “EGISTO” in Luxembourg

  EGISTO Pier Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) Favola Drammatica musicale with a prologue and three acts   Libretto by Giovanni Faustini Premiere in 1643 at the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice In Italian, with subtitles in French and German Pier Francesco Cavalli’s opera of love, intrigue and misadventure is … Continue reading

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Otello at the Lithuanian National Opera

Giuseppe Verdi OTELLO an opera in 4 acts (2 parts), sung in Italian with Lithuanian and English surtitles November 14, 2013 January 25, 2014 February 4, 2014 March 1, 2014 April 17, 2014 Music Director and Conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius Conductor … Continue reading

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“AIDA” at San Carlo Theater in Naples

The San Carlo entrust itself to the ‘pyrotechnics’ of Franco Dragone to open the opera and ballet season with Aida, which is chosen to celebrate, in 2013, the bicentenary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth. The director,  inventor of the magical universe … Continue reading

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La bohème in Estonia…

  La bohème Opera by Giacomo Puccini in four acts Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa based on Henri Murger’s novel Scènes de la vie de bohème World premiere February 1, 1896 Teatro Regio (Turin) Premiere at the Estonian … Continue reading

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“Prometeo, Tragedia dell’Ascolto” in Argentina

  Prometeo, Tragedia dell’Ascolto – Prometeo, Tragedia dell’Ascolto, by Luigi Nono (1985, 150 minutes-long, for 11 soloists, chorus, ensemble, and real-time processing) Teatro Colón Main Hall London Sinfonietta (United Kingdom) Orquesta Juvenil del Bicentenario Coro Diapasón Sur Music Director Baldur … Continue reading

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“The Bartered Bride”, the most famous Czech opera, performed in Brno

The Bartered Bride The most famous Czech opera about a beau who sold his sweetheart Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) Janacek Theatre – Rooseveltova 1-7 | 2013: Wednesday November 6, Thursday December 19 2014: Tuesday February 11, Tuesday April 1, Tuesday June … Continue reading

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Rossini’s Cinderella in Greece

 Presents: Gioachino Rossini’s Cinderella Conductors: George Petrou (25, 26, 30/10, 1, 3, 10, 13/11)                     Konstantinos Diminakis (2/11) Director: Rodula Gaitanou PREMIERE 25 OCTOBER 2013 25, 26, 30 October 2013 1, 2, 3, 10, 13 November 2013 Olympia … Continue reading

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“The tales of Hoffmann” at the Oslo Opera House

December 4, 2013 to December 31, 2013 The tales of Hoffmann Jacques Offenbach   The author and poet Hoffmann sits in a pub, quite inebriated, and telling stories from his life. So starts Jacques Offenbach’s only opera, The Tales of … Continue reading

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“Turandot” at the Czech State Opera

 Národní divadlo [The Czech State Opera] Presents Turandot Giacomo Puccini November 24, 2013 December 14, 2013 February 22, 2014   stage director Václav Věžník Libretto: Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni Conductor: Enrico Dovico, Richard Hein, Jaroslav Kyzlink, Rastislav Štúr Stage director: … Continue reading

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