Category Archives: Music

Madama Butterfly in Kiev at the Ukranian National Opera

UKRAINE NATIONAL OPERA PRESENTS: Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (Сіо-Cio-San) Tragedy in 3 acts Tuesday, October 8, 2013

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Orpheus and Eurydice at the Oslo Opera House

  The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet presents Orpheus and Eurydice at the Oslo Opera House Christoph Willibald Gluck has gone down in music history as one of opera’s great reformers. Gluck felt that music theatre in his day had … Continue reading

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VERDI’S 200th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: “RIGOLETTO” premieres in Slovenia

The Opera Balet Ljubljana Presents: Giuseppe Verdi’s RIGOLETTO An Opera in Three Acts  Premiere: 26 September 2013 3 October 2013 19:30 SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana 15 November 2013 19:30 SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana 27 November 2013 19:30 SNG Opera … Continue reading

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Richard Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer”, The Flying Dutchman, at the Bolshoi in Moskow

Richard Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer” Opera in three acts Premiered on June 20, 2004 Revival: October 16, 2013 Coproduction with Bavarian State Opera Libretto by Richard Wagner based on the popular legend and a novel by Heinrich Heine Performance dates: October 16, 2013 October 17, 2013 October 18, … Continue reading

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Boris Godunov” at The Bolshoi in Moskow

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Modest Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” Opera in four acts Premiered on October 16, 1948. Sung in Russian. Presented with three intervals. Running time: 4 hours 7 minutes.   Libretto by Modest Mussorgsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s play of the same name Version and orchestration by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov … Continue reading

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“Un ballo in maschera” at the Swedish Royal Opera

“Un ballo in maschera” at the Swedish Royal Opera Passion on the edge of disaster At the castle an attack on Gustav, the king, is planned. But he ignores the warnings about a conspiracy. The king is possessed by a … Continue reading

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“Cosi` fan tutte” at the Opera de Paris

COSI` FAN TUTTE OPERA BUFFA in two acts (1790) Music by WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) Libretto by LORENZO DA PONTE Performed in Italian From October 22 to November 13, 2013 Thus Do They All , or The School for Lovers … Continue reading

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Wagner’s final masterpiece, “PARSIFAL”, at the Swedish Royal Theatre in Stockholm

ROYAL THEATRE, STOCKHOLM Wagner’s final masterpiece: PARSIFAL Young Parsifal wanders the earth. He meets Grail knight Amfortas whose bleeding wound no one can heal. He meets Kundry whose kiss opens his eyes to man’s desire and misfortune. Guardian angels descend … Continue reading

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DONIZETTI’S “L’ELISIR D’AMORE” TOURS NORTHERN IRELAND!

L’ELISIR D’AMORE TOURS NORTHERN IRELAND!   Newtownabbey, Belfast, Omagh, Enniskillen and Armagh in the tour. Anna Patalong and John Molloy in rehearsal Anthony Flaum and members of the female chorus in rehearsal NI Opera’s tour of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore opened … Continue reading

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Bizet’s Carmen on tour in Ireland

Bizet’s Carmen The initial success of Bizet’s Carmen depended more on people’s curiosity to see a piece that had been described as “immoral”, than on a public appreciation for the music and libretto. The first opera to have a working … Continue reading

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