Category Archives: OPera

ALCINA in Zurich on New Years’ Eve with Cecilia Bartoli

Dramma per musica in three acts, libretto by an unknown writer after the libretto by Antonio Fanzaglia for the opera “L’isola di Alcina” by Riccardo Broschi The seductive enchantress Alcina has already lured many men to her island kingdom, making … Continue reading

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Carmen at the Estonian National Opera

Georges Bizet’s opera to Henri Meilhac’s and Ludovic Halévy’s libretto, based on the eponymous novelette by Prosper Mérimée World premiere: March 3rd, 1875 at Parise Opéra Comique Premiere on May 26th, 2011 in the Estonian National Opera S, 3 December … Continue reading

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Here’s the full program of the 2017 Rossini Opera Festival

XXXVIII ROSSINI OPERA FESTIVAL Pesaro, 10-22 August 2017 Stage direction will be a leading feature of the XXXVIII edition of the Rossini Opera Festival, which will be inaugurated on the 10th August 2017. The first production will be by the … Continue reading

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Daral Shaga retraces the parallel destinies of emigrants at La Monnaie in Belgium

11.01.2017 – 15.01.2017 DEFYING DEATH FOR A FINAL REFUGE ‘All our journeys, all our efforts will lead us to this point: the fence, which lets no one pass without making them bleed.’ A modern tragedy, Daral Shaga retraces the parallel destinies of … Continue reading

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Capriccio at La Monnaie…

An opera by Richard Strauss 03.11.2016 – 16.11.2016 OPERA AND LOVE: SAME RULES APPLY ‘An opera is an absurd thing. Orders are given in song; politics is discussed in a duet. One danses around a grave, and dagger thrusts are dealt out … Continue reading

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San Francisco Opera presents AIDA

Aida Music by Giuseppe Verdi | Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni Verdi’s grand Egyptian epic returns in a bold new production inspired by contemporary artist RETNA. This intimate love story of an Egyptian military hero, Radames, and a captured Ethiopian princess, … Continue reading

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Madame Butterfly at the San Francisco Opera

Madame Butterfly Cultures clash when a trusting young woman marries an American naval officer stationed in Nagasaki. Puccini’s gut-wrenching music takes the audience on an emotionally charged journey through innocence, betrayal and sacrifice towards a heartbreaking finale. Music by Giacomo Puccini … Continue reading

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A great Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci at the Zurich Opernhaus with Roberto Alagna

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci Short operas by Pietro Mascagni and Ruggero Leoncavallo Cast, dates Conductor Daniele Rustioni Production Grischa Asagaroff Sets and Costumes Luigi Perego Lights Hans-Rudolf Kunz Choir DirectorJürg Hämmerli   CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Santuzza Catherine Naglestad Turiddu Roberto Alagna … Continue reading

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Don Giovanni at the Met

Three charismatic singers, Simon Keenlyside, Ildar Abdrazakov, and Mariusz Kwiecien, share the role of the title hero, who goes to hell in a dazzling coup de théâtre. The ensemble of great Mozartean singers includes Angela Meade, Marina Rebeka, Isabel Leonard, Matthew … Continue reading

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GUILLAUME TELL at the Met in NYC

Rossini’s epic telling of the William Tell fable returns to the Met stage after an absence of more than 80 years, in a new production by Pierre Audi. Gerald Finley sings one of his signature roles as Tell, the revolutionary … Continue reading

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