Category Archives: OPera

Vincenzo Bellini’s “La Straniera” in Vienna

La straniera Melodramma in two acts (1829) Music by Vincenzo Bellini Libretto by Felice Romani based on the novel “L´étrangère” by Charles-Victor Prévost Vicomte D´Arlincourt In Italian with German surtitles An enthusiastic Vincenzo Bellini wrote of Victor d’Arlincourt’s successful novel … Continue reading

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DON CARLO at the New National Theatre in Tokyo

DON CARLO Music by Giuseppe VERDI Opera in 4 acts Sung in Italian with Japanese surtitles Opera Palace 27 Nov. – 9 Dec., 2014 This is a masterwork from VERDI’s mature period. At the centre of this massive historic drama … Continue reading

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Rigoletto at the Bolshoi

Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto Opera in three acts Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Opéra national du Rhin (Strasburg), Théâtre Royale de la Monnaie (Belgium), Grand Théâtre de Genève and Bolshoi Theatre of Russia Coproduction Will be premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre on 14 December … Continue reading

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Der Rosenkavalier in Copenhagen

Performance period: 12. Sep. – 24. Jan. 2015 at the Royal Danish Thatre in Copenhagen Scathing satire, captivating romance and worldly melancholy, Richard Strauss’s masterstroke Der Rosenkavalier was created in partnership with librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal in 1911, bridging comedy and … Continue reading

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Placido Domingo in Valencia, Spain, directs Manon and sings in Luisa Fernanda

 Palau de Les Arts de Valencia Presents: 9th, 12th, 16th, 19th, 21st, 27th December 2014 – The performances start at 8:00 pm. Sundays and holidays, at 7:00 pm Sala Principal Lyric drama in three acts · Music by Giacomo Puccini … Continue reading

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Le Nozze di Figaro at the Met in NYC

    Le Nozze di Figaro Approximate running time 3 hrs. 34 min. Richard Eyre’s season-opening new production of Mozart’s eternal masterpiece is set in an 18th-century manor house in Seville during the 1930s. Erwin Schrott in the title role … Continue reading

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La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein in Geneve

La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein Opéra-bouffe in 3 acts and 4 tableaux by Jacques Offenbach Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. First performed at Théâtre des Variétés in Paris on 12 April 1867. Production of the Grand Théâtre de Genève … Continue reading

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La Boheme directed By Zeffirelli at the MET

La Bohème Metropolitan Opera, NYC Thursday, November 20, 20147:30 pm Approximate running time 2 hrs. 55 min.Franco Zeffirelli’s classic take on Puccini’s most popular opera, the immortal tale of tragic young love, is set among the rooftops of bohemian Paris. … Continue reading

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AIDA at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC

Aida Metropolitan Opera, NYC Wednesday, November 19, 2014   7:30 pm Approximate running time 3 hrs. 40 min. Grand opera at its grandest: the splendors of ancient Egypt return to the stage of the Met. Verdi’s mythic love triangle features Liudmyla … Continue reading

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Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Metropolitan Opera in New York

Il Barbiere di Siviglia Metropolitan Opera, NYC Tuesday, November 18, 2014   7:30 pm Approximate running time 3 hrs. 0 min. In Bartlett Sher’s effervescent production of Rossini’s most popular opera, Isabel Leonard is the beautiful and feisty Rosina, who won’t … Continue reading

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