Category Archives: OPera

Carmen at the Oper Frankfurt

Carmen Georges Bizet 1838 – 1875 Opéra-comique in three acts Libretto by Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy after a novel by Prosper Mérimée (1845) First performed March 3rd 1875, Opéra Comique, Paris Special Frankfurt edition, based on Michael Rot’s edition, … Continue reading

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La Traviata at the National Theatre in Prague

Information Conductor: Jaroslav Kyzlink Stage director: Jana Kališová Sets: Miloň Kališ Costumes: Jan Růžička Chorus master: Pavel Vaněk Choreography: Jaroslava Leufenová Please accept our sincere apologies for the cancellation of the performance. We will, of course, return to you the … Continue reading

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Le Nozze di Figaro in Norway

JUNE 11,-26 2016 The Marriage of Figaro has entertained audiences for well over 200 years. Mozart’s melodic inventiveness is limitless, the comedy is excellent and the strong emotions in the opera are still painfully recognizable. From the energetic overture to … Continue reading

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“Le Nozze di Figaro” at the Bayerische Staatsoper

Opera buffa in four acts Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte In Italian with German surtitles Saturday, 11. June 2016 07:00 pm – 10:40 pm Nationaltheater Duration est. 3 hours 40 minutes · 1 Interval between … Continue reading

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Les Pecheurs de Perles in Tel Aviv

Les Pecheurs de Perles Georges Bizet Passionate love and true friendship are juxtaposed as Nadir and Zurga fight for the love of the priestess Leila. Bizet’s exotic opera, set in Sri Lanka, is full with beguiling arias, duets and chorus … Continue reading

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Thomas Adès’ THE TEMPEST at the Hungarian State Opera

Opera in two parts, three acts in English, with Hungarian and English surtitles Hungarian premiere Heralded by the New York Times as “one of the most inspired, audacious and personal operas to have come along in years”, Thomas Adès’s 2004 … Continue reading

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Macbeth in Marseille

Macbeth GIUSEPPE VERDI Tuesday June 7th, 2016 > 8:00PM Friday June 10th, 2016 > 8:00PM Sunday June 12th, 2016 > 2:30PM Wednesday June 15th, 2016 > 8:00PM Opulent orchestral work with sometimes murderous arias take this opera to a paroxysm … Continue reading

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Boismortier : “Don Quixote visits the Duchess” at the Chateau de Versailles

In 1743, two years before Rameau imagined Platée, Boismortier had an extraordinarily modern and preposterous « comic ballet » performed at the Académie royale de musique : Don Quixote visits the Duchess. In the course of a totally hysterical plot, the hero encounters monsters, magicians, … Continue reading

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La Fanciulla Del West at La Scala di Milano

LIBRETTO OF THE OPERA

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Don Carlo at the San Francisco Opera

At the time of Spain’s brutal Inquisition, the king of Spain marries the woman his son loves and sets into motion a tension-filled chain of events. Music Director Nicola Luisotti conducts this magnificent tale of romantic triangles, political idealism and … Continue reading

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