Category Archives: OPera

La Boheme at the Bolshoi in Moscow.

Premiered on February 20, 1996. 28 January 2016 29 January 2016 30 January 2016 31 January 2016   Sung in Italian with Russian surtitles. Presented with one interval. Running time: 2 hours 45 minutes.   Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica based on Henry Murger’s novel … Continue reading

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Il Trittico in Denmark

Puccini is the maestro of emotion, and in Il trittico we explore the whole register of the soul. Il trittico begins with red-hot jealousy in Il tabarro in which Michele and Giorgetta lead an unhappy shared life after the loss … Continue reading

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Die Diegroschenopener at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna…

 

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Strauss’ Salome in Berlin

Salome Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949) A music drama in one act Music and libretto by Richard Strauss after the play SALOME by Oscar Wilde Translation by Hedwig Lachmann World premiere 9th December 1905 in Dresden Premiere at the Deutsche … Continue reading

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Opera de Paris present “Capriccio” at the Palais Garnier

Opening night Tuesday 19 January 2016 2h30 no interval Palais Garnier from 19 January to 14 February 2016 Capriccio Conversation in music in one act (1942) Music Richard Strauss Libretto Clemens Krauss Richard Strauss (1864-1949) In German CAST Conductor Ingo … Continue reading

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The Magic Flute in Munich.

A German Opera in two acts Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder In German without surtitles   Saturday, 02. January 2016 06:00 pm – 09:15 pm Nationaltheater Duration est. 3 hours 15 minutes · 1 Interval between … Continue reading

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Die Fledermaus in Munich

Operetta in three acts Composer Johann Strauß · Libretto by Richard Genée after the comedy “Le Réveillon” by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy in the German adaption by Karl Haffner In German Thursday, December 31, 2015; Friday, January 1, 2016 Wednesday, … Continue reading

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La Boheme in Belgium

‘La jeunesse n’a qu’un temps (youth comes only once)’ wrote the poet Henri Murger in 1862. Thirty-four years later, Puccini took his inspiration from Murger’s Scènes de la vie de bohème in composing La Bohème. The story of the four … Continue reading

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The Magic Flute in Slovenia.

 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Magic Flute Die Zauberflöte Conductor: Robert Houlihan, Simon Robinson Director: Bruno Berger-Gorski Schedule 06.01.2016 at 10:00 Grand Hall 06.01.2016 at 12:00 Grand Hall 07.01.2016 at 10:00 Grand Hall 07.01.2016 at 12:00 Grand Hall Premiere: 3 October … Continue reading

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Lucia di Lammermoor at the Royal Opera House Muscat with Dario Argento’s direction

Lucia di Lammermoor Opera by Gaetano Donizetti JANUARY 14 7 PM JANUARY 15 7 PM JANUARY 16 7 PM This famous opera tells a story of Lucia who is driven mad, unable to fulfil her dream of love. This stunning … Continue reading

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