Category Archives: OPera

Il Barbiere di Siviglia now in Munich

Melodramma buffo in two acts Composer Gioachino Rossini · Libretto by Cesare Sterbini In Italian with German surtitles Saturday, 10. October 2015 06:00 pm – 09:10 pm Nationaltheater Duration est. 3 hours 10 minutes · 1 Interval between 1. Akt … Continue reading

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ROSSINI “LA CAMBIALE DI MATRIMONIO” at La Fenice Opera House in Venice

ROSSINI “LA CAMBIALE DI MATRIMONIO” Venice: La Fenice Opera House NEXT show:2015-09-17    LAST show:2015-09-26 Artistic Team Conductor: Lorenzo Viotti Director: Enzo Dara Sets: Stefano Crivellari Costumes: Federica Miani lighting: Elisa Ottogalli CAST Tobia | Omar Montanari Fanny | Marina Bucciarelli … Continue reading

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A father’s deceit. A daughter’s sacrifice: Luisa Miller in San Francisco

Wed 09/16/15 7:30pm Sat 09/19/15 7:30pm Tue 09/22/15 7:30pm Fri 09/25/15 7:30pm Sun 09/27/15 2:00pm   Luisa Miller William Berger Verdi’s career was so remarkable that it works against a proper appreciation of his genius—there’s almost too much great Verdi … Continue reading

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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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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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Faust in Adelaide

Faust Presented by State Opera of South Australia 7:30pm: 22, 25, 27, 29 August 2015 Faust, disillusioned with a life of study, laments the life and love that has passed him by. In vain, he tries to end it, but … Continue reading

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