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Royal Danish Theatre, The Opera House - Main Stage
9 Feb 2025, Sun
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3 PM
An electrifying cinematic adaptation of Rossini's classic about a quick-witted barber.
Composer:
Gioachino Rossini
Cast:
Dean Murphy,
Liam Bonthrone,
.... + 4
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Premiere of this production:
20 February 1816,
Teatro Argentina, Rome
Place: Seville, Spain
Time: 18th century
Act 1
The square in front of Bartolo's house
In a public square outside Bartolo's house a band of musicians and a poor student named Lindoro are serenading, to no avail, the window of Rosina ("Ecco, ridente in cielo"; "There, laughing in the sky"). Lindoro, who is really the young Count Almaviva in disguise, hopes to make the b ... Read More
Opera
Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Main Stage
9 Feb 2025, Sun
•
3 PM
Love and duty collide in Verdi’s powerful and seductive opera.Love and duty collide in Verdi’s powerful and seductive opera. Verdi’s sharply relevant opera of love and war retur...
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Anna Pirozzi,
Ekaterina Semenchuk,
.... + 6
Aida
Premiere of this production:
24 December 1871,
Khedivial Opera House in Cairo
Backstory: The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the King of Egypt. To complicate the story further, the King's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.
Act 1
Scene 1: A hall in the King's palace; ... Read More
Opera
Teatro La Fenice, La Fenice Opera House
9 Feb 2025, Sun
•
3:30 PM
One of the most stimulating works of the mid-nineteenth century, Rigoletto was initially fought by the censorship of the time, which for aesthetic and political reasons had much to object to its conte...
Cast:
Dalibor Jenis,
Daniele Callegari,
.... + 6
Rigoletto
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1851,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Place: Mantua
Time: the sixteenth century
Act 1
Scene 1: Mantua. A magnificent hall in the ducal palace. Doors at the back open into other rooms, splendidly lit up. A crowd of lords and ladies in grand costumes are seen walking about in the rear rooms; page boys come and go. The festivities are at their height. Music is heard from offstage. The Duke and Borsa enter from a door in the back.
At a ... Read More
Opera
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Main Stage
9 Feb 2025, Sun
•
4 PM
Mozart's MAGIC FLUTE is the most frequently performed opera in the German-speaking world.
Cast:
Artur Garbas,
Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin,
.... + 6
The Magic Flute
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
The opera begins with the overture, which Mozart composed last.
Act 1
Scene 1: A rough, rocky landscape
Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is pursued by a serpent and asks the gods to save him (aria: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!" segued into trio: "Stirb, Ungeheuer, durch uns're Macht!"). He faints, and three ladies, attendants of the Queen of the Night, appear an ... Read More
Opera
Teatro Real, Main Auditorium
9 Feb 2025, Sun
•
6 PM
After almost 15 years, this opera that explores themes of unrequited love returns to the Teatro Real in a new production by Christof Loy commemorating the 225th anniversary of the birth of A...
Composer:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Cast:
Bogdan Volkov,
Choir of the Teatro Real Madrid,
.... + 6
Eugene Onegin
Premiere of this production:
29 March 1879,
Maly Theatre, Moscow
Time: The 1820s
Place: St Petersburg and surrounding countryside
Act 1
Scene 1: The garden of the Larin country estate
Madame Larina and the nurse Filippyevna are sitting outside in the garden. They can hear Madame Larina's two daughters, Tatyana and her younger sister Olga, singing a love song. Madame Larina begins to reminisce about her own courtship and marriage. A group of peasants ent ... Read More
Opera
Vienna State Opera, Main Stage
9 Feb 2025, Sun
•
7 PM
For many viewers, Margarethe Wallmann's Tosca production is a particularly successful and atmospheric production. It is the oldest directorial work in the Haus am Ring (premiere in 1958)...
Cast:
Sonya Yoncheva,
Ambrogio Maestri,
.... + 2
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Opera
Bavarian State Opera, National Theatre
10 Feb 2025, Mon
•
7 PM
All of Paris is magically transported onto the stage here. So beautiful you could cry!
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Angel Blue,
Carlo Rizzi,
.... + 6
La Bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Act I
Poet Rodolfo and painter Marcello are sitting in their cold garret on Christmas Eve, freezing, hungry and flat broke as usual. To warm up the room just a little, Rodolfo burns a play script he had been working on. Downtrodden, Colline the philosopher returns home after finding the pawnshop closed for the holidays. Musician Schaunard, the final member of this quartet of friends, has been a bi ... Read More
Opera
Vienna State Opera, Main Stage
10 Feb 2025, Mon
•
7 PM
The young Prince Tamino is commissioned by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina - with whom he falls in love at the sight of a portrait - from the hands of Sarastro.
Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cast:
Franz Welser-Möst,
Georg Zeppenfeld,
.... + 4
Die Zauberflöte
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
The opera begins with the overture, which Mozart composed last.
Act 1
Scene 1: A rough, rocky landscape
Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is pursued by a serpent and asks the gods to save him (aria: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!" segued into trio: "Stirb, Ungeheuer, durch uns're Macht!"). He faints, and three ladies, attendants of the Queen of the Night, appear an ... Read More
Opera
Royal Theatre of La Monnaie, Main Auditorium
11 Feb 2025, Tue
•
4 PM
Der Ring des nibelungen reaches its apotheosis.
Cast:
Alain Altinoglu,
Ingela Brimberg,
.... + 7
Götterdämmerung
Premiere of this production:
17 August 1876,
Bayreuth Festspielhaus
Prologue
The three Norns, daughters of Erda, gather beside Brünnhilde's rock, weaving the rope of Destiny. They sing of the past and the present, and of the future when Wotan will set fire to Valhalla to signal the end of the gods. Without warning, their rope breaks. Lamenting the loss of their wisdom, the Norns disappear.
As day breaks, Siegfried and Brünnhilde emerge from their c ... Read More
Opera
Teatro La Fenice, La Fenice Opera House
11 Feb 2025, Tue
•
7 PM
One of the most stimulating works of the mid-nineteenth century, Rigoletto was initially fought by the censorship of the time, which for aesthetic and political reasons had much to object to its conte...
Cast:
Luca Salsi,
Daniele Callegari,
.... + 6
Rigoletto
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1851,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Place: Mantua
Time: the sixteenth century
Act 1
Scene 1: Mantua. A magnificent hall in the ducal palace. Doors at the back open into other rooms, splendidly lit up. A crowd of lords and ladies in grand costumes are seen walking about in the rear rooms; page boys come and go. The festivities are at their height. Music is heard from offstage. The Duke and Borsa enter from a door in the back.
At a ... Read More
Opera
Opera National de Paris, Opéra Bastille
11 Feb 2025, Tue
•
7:30 PM
Director Calixto Bieito places The Rhinegold in a context dominated by digital virtuality and questions the impact of technology and science on human beings.
Composer:
Richard Wagner
Cast:
Ludovic Tézier,
Brian Mulligan,
.... + 5
Das Rheingold
Premiere of this production:
22 September 1869,
National Theatre Munich
Scene 1
At the bottom of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens, Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Floßhilde, play together. Alberich, a Nibelung dwarf, appears from a deep chasm and tries to woo them. The maidens mock his advances and he grows angry – he chases them, but they elude, tease and humiliate him. A sudden ray of sunshine pierces the depths, to reveal the Rhine gold. The maidens sing a h ... Read More
Opera
12 Feb 2025, Wed
•
6 PM
Led by preeminent conductor Christian Thielemann and stage director David McVicar, the Tetralogy returns to La Scala ten years after the memorable edition conducted by Daniel Barenboim and directed by...
Cast:
Christian Thielemann,
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra,
.... + 6
Die Walküre (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Premiere of this production:
26 June 1870,
Königliches Hof- und National-Theater in Munich
Prior history
During the lengthy time that has passed since the gods entered Valhalla at the end of Das Rheingold, Fafner has used the Tarnhelm to assume the form of a dragon, and guards the gold and the ring in the depths of the forest. Wotan has visited Erda seeking wisdom, and by her has fathered a daughter, Brünnhilde; he has fathered eight other daughters, possibly also by Erda. These, ... Read More
Opera
Vienna State Opera, Main Stage
12 Feb 2025, Wed
•
7 PM
For many viewers, Margarethe Wallmann's Tosca production is a particularly successful and atmospheric production. It is the oldest directorial work in the Haus am Ring (premiere in 1958)...
Cast:
Sonya Yoncheva,
Ambrogio Maestri,
.... + 2
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Opera
Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Main Stage
12 Feb 2025, Wed
•
7:15 PM
Love and duty collide in Verdi’s powerful and seductive opera.Love and duty collide in Verdi’s powerful and seductive opera. Verdi’s sharply relevant opera of love and war retur...
Cast:
Anna Pirozzi,
Ekaterina Semenchuk,
.... + 6
Aida
Premiere of this production:
24 December 1871,
Khedivial Opera House in Cairo
Backstory: The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the King of Egypt. To complicate the story further, the King's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.
Act 1
Scene 1: A hall in the King's palace; ... Read More
Opera
Teatro Real, Main Auditorium
12 Feb 2025, Wed
•
7:30 PM
After almost 15 years, this opera that explores themes of unrequited love returns to the Teatro Real in a new production by Christof Loy commemorating the 225th anniversary of the birth of A...
Cast:
Bogdan Volkov,
Choir of the Teatro Real Madrid,
.... + 6
Eugene Onegin
Premiere of this production:
29 March 1879,
Maly Theatre, Moscow
Time: The 1820s
Place: St Petersburg and surrounding countryside
Act 1
Scene 1: The garden of the Larin country estate
Madame Larina and the nurse Filippyevna are sitting outside in the garden. They can hear Madame Larina's two daughters, Tatyana and her younger sister Olga, singing a love song. Madame Larina begins to reminisce about her own courtship and marriage. A group of peasants ent ... Read More
Opera
Bavarian State Opera, National Theatre
14 Feb 2025, Fri
•
7 PM
All of Paris is magically transported onto the stage here. So beautiful you could cry!
Cast:
Angel Blue,
Carlo Rizzi,
.... + 6
La Bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Act I
Poet Rodolfo and painter Marcello are sitting in their cold garret on Christmas Eve, freezing, hungry and flat broke as usual. To warm up the room just a little, Rodolfo burns a play script he had been working on. Downtrodden, Colline the philosopher returns home after finding the pawnshop closed for the holidays. Musician Schaunard, the final member of this quartet of friends, has been a bi ... Read More
Opera
Vienna State Opera, Main Stage
14 Feb 2025, Fri
•
7 PM
As spectacularly as Gioachino Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" failed at its premiere in 1816, it was quick to materialise into a worldwide success for the ages, with many a musi...
Cast:
Erwin Schrott,
Andrzej Filończyk,
.... + 4
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Premiere of this production:
20 February 1816,
Teatro Argentina, Rome
Place: Seville, Spain
Time: 18th century
Act 1
The square in front of Bartolo's house
In a public square outside Bartolo's house a band of musicians and a poor student named Lindoro are serenading, to no avail, the window of Rosina ("Ecco, ridente in cielo"; "There, laughing in the sky"). Lindoro, who is really the young Count Almaviva in disguise, hopes to make the b ... Read More
Opera
Teatro La Fenice, La Fenice Opera House
14 Feb 2025, Fri
•
7 PM
One of the most stimulating works of the mid-nineteenth century, Rigoletto was initially fought by the censorship of the time, which for aesthetic and political reasons had much to object to its conte...
Cast:
Dalibor Jenis,
Daniele Callegari,
.... + 6
Rigoletto
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1851,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Place: Mantua
Time: the sixteenth century
Act 1
Scene 1: Mantua. A magnificent hall in the ducal palace. Doors at the back open into other rooms, splendidly lit up. A crowd of lords and ladies in grand costumes are seen walking about in the rear rooms; page boys come and go. The festivities are at their height. Music is heard from offstage. The Duke and Borsa enter from a door in the back.
At a ... Read More
Opera
Opera National de Paris, Opéra Bastille
14 Feb 2025, Fri
•
7:30 PM
Director Calixto Bieito places The Rhinegold in a context dominated by digital virtuality and questions the impact of technology and science on human beings.
Cast:
Ludovic Tézier,
Brian Mulligan,
.... + 5
Das Rheingold
Premiere of this production:
22 September 1869,
National Theatre Munich
Scene 1
At the bottom of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens, Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Floßhilde, play together. Alberich, a Nibelung dwarf, appears from a deep chasm and tries to woo them. The maidens mock his advances and he grows angry – he chases them, but they elude, tease and humiliate him. A sudden ray of sunshine pierces the depths, to reveal the Rhine gold. The maidens sing a h ... Read More
Opera
Teatro Real, Main Auditorium
14 Feb 2025, Fri
•
7:30 PM
After almost 15 years, this opera that explores themes of unrequited love returns to the Teatro Real in a new production by Christof Loy commemorating the 225th anniversary of the birth of A...
Cast:
Bogdan Volkov,
Choir of the Teatro Real Madrid,
.... + 6
Eugene Onegin
Premiere of this production:
29 March 1879,
Maly Theatre, Moscow
Time: The 1820s
Place: St Petersburg and surrounding countryside
Act 1
Scene 1: The garden of the Larin country estate
Madame Larina and the nurse Filippyevna are sitting outside in the garden. They can hear Madame Larina's two daughters, Tatyana and her younger sister Olga, singing a love song. Madame Larina begins to reminisce about her own courtship and marriage. A group of peasants ent ... Read More
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