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Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
23 Apr 2025, Wed
•
7:30 PM
Simon McBurney’s uproarious full-length German-language production of Mozart’s beloved fable—with its ingenious theatrical concoction of projections, puppetry, and special effects&md...
Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cast:
Golda Schultz,
Ben Bliss,
.... + 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 Opera House (Covent Garden), Main Stage
24 Apr 2025, Thu
•
7 PM
The untamable heroine of Bizet’s ever-popular opera returns.
Composer:
Georges Bizet
Cast:
Aigul Akhmetshina,
Freddie De Tommaso,
.... + 5
Carmen
Premiere of this production:
03 March 1875,
Opéra-Comique, Paris
Place: Seville, Spain, and surrounding hills
Time: Around 1820
Act 1
A square, in Seville. On the right, a door to the tobacco factory. At the back, a bridge. On the left, a guardhouse.
A group of soldiers relaxes in the square, waiting for the changing of the guard and commenting on the passers-by ("Sur la place, chacun passe"). Micaëla appears, seeking José. Moralè ... Read More
Opera
Opera National de Paris, Opéra Bastille
25 Apr 2025, Fri
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6 PM
This fascinating work’s Shakespearean dimension was bound to appeal to Krzysztof Warlikowski, whose staging reveals the secret inner worlds of the characters, prisoners of the court, the Church ...
Cast:
Marina Rebeka,
Charles Castronovo,
.... + 7
Don Carlos
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1867,
Opéra National de Paris
Act 1
[This act was omitted in the 1883 revision]
The Forest of Fontainebleau, France in winter
A prelude and chorus of woodcutters and their wives is heard. They complain of their hard life, made worse by war with Spain. Elisabeth, daughter of the King of France, arrives with her attendants. She reassures the people that her impending marriage to Don Carlos, Infante and son of Philip II, King o ... Read More
Opera
Vienna State Opera, Main Stage
25 Apr 2025, Fri
•
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.
Cast:
Ádám Fischer,
Cyrille Dubois,
.... + 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
Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
25 Apr 2025, Fri
•
7:30 PM
Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production.
Composer:
Gioachino Rossini
Cast:
Lawrence Brownlee,
Isabel Leonard,
.... + 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
Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Staatsoper Unter den Linden
25 Apr 2025, Fri
•
7:30 PM
When the revolutionary and painter Mario Cavaradossi secretly attempts to help a political fugitive to escape the city of Rome, his lover, the famed singer Floria Tosca, believes he is cheating on her...
Cast:
Aleksandra Kurzak,
Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden,
.... + 5
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
26 Apr 2025, Sat
•
7 PM
Tatjana Gürbaca’s staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s classic Rigoletto is one of the most successful productions to originate under Andreas Homoki’s artistic directorship.
Cast:
Liparit Avetisyan,
Andrea Sanguineti,
.... + 5
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
Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Main Stage
26 Apr 2025, Sat
•
7 PM
The untamable heroine of Bizet’s ever-popular opera returns.
Cast:
Aigul Akhmetshina,
Freddie De Tommaso,
.... + 5
Carmen
Premiere of this production:
03 March 1875,
Opéra-Comique, Paris
Place: Seville, Spain, and surrounding hills
Time: Around 1820
Act 1
A square, in Seville. On the right, a door to the tobacco factory. At the back, a bridge. On the left, a guardhouse.
A group of soldiers relaxes in the square, waiting for the changing of the guard and commenting on the passers-by ("Sur la place, chacun passe"). Micaëla appears, seeking José. Moralè ... Read More
Opera
Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
26 Apr 2025, Sat
•
8 PM
Simon McBurney’s uproarious full-length German-language production of Mozart’s beloved fable—with its ingenious theatrical concoction of projections, puppetry, and special effects&md...
Cast:
Golda Schultz,
Ben Bliss,
.... + 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
Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
27 Apr 2025, Sun
•
3 PM
This grandest of grand operas features an epic backdrop for what is in essence an intimate love story.
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Elīna Garanča,
Angel Blue,
.... + 4
Aida
Premiere of this production:
24 December 1871,
Khedivial Opera House in Cairo
ACT I
Egypt, during the reign of the pharaohs. At the royal palace in Memphis, the high priest Ramfis tells the warrior Radamès that Ethiopia is preparing another attack against Egypt. Radamès hopes to command his army. He is in love with Aida, the Ethiopian slave of Princess Amneris, the king’s daughter, and he believes that victory in the war would enable him to free her and ... Read More
Opera
Hungarian State Opera House, Opera House
27 Apr 2025, Sun
•
6 PM
The tale of Cio-Cio san and Pinkerton stands out as one of the finest romantic tragedies ever written. Convinced that her 'temporary marriage' is not only legally binding, but also founded on ...
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Csaba Szegedi,
Gergely Boncsér,
.... + 5
Madama Butterfly - Concert Performance
Premiere of this production:
17 February 1904,
La Scala, Milan
Act 1
1. A short orchestral prelude with a busy, fugal opening theme, followed by a second theme of more overtly Japanese character, leads straight into the opening scene.
2. E soffitto e pareti ("And ceiling and walls"). Pinkerton and Goro are inspecting a small house which sits on a hill and overlooks the bay. Goro has found the house for Pinkerton and his bride, and is showing him t ... Read More
Opera
Vienna State Opera, Main Stage
28 Apr 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.
Cast:
Ádám Fischer,
Cyrille Dubois,
.... + 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
Hungarian State Opera House, Opera House
30 Apr 2025, Wed
•
6 PM
The tale of Cio-Cio san and Pinkerton stands out as one of the finest romantic tragedies ever written. Convinced that her 'temporary marriage' is not only legally binding, but also founded on ...
Cast:
Csaba Szegedi,
Gergely Boncsér,
.... + 5
Madama Butterfly - Concert Performance
Premiere of this production:
17 February 1904,
La Scala, Milan
Act 1
1. A short orchestral prelude with a busy, fugal opening theme, followed by a second theme of more overtly Japanese character, leads straight into the opening scene.
2. E soffitto e pareti ("And ceiling and walls"). Pinkerton and Goro are inspecting a small house which sits on a hill and overlooks the bay. Goro has found the house for Pinkerton and his bride, and is showing him t ... Read More
Opera
Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
30 Apr 2025, Wed
•
7:30 PM
Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production.
Cast:
Lawrence Brownlee,
Isabel Leonard,
.... + 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
Ballet
Bavarian State Opera, National Theatre
30 Apr 2025, Wed
•
7:30 PM
The story of a cosmopolitan, educated, yet excessively arrogant outsider. He antagonizes the women who love and desire him, just as he does his friend, whom he ultimately kills in a duel. Is it Onegin...
Composer:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Cast:
Bavarian State Orchestra, Myron Romanul
Onegin
Premiere of this production:
29 March 1879,
Maly Theatre, Moscow
FIRST TABLEAU
An evening in the country, (almost) like any other
Everyone is gathered together. The sisters Tatiana and Olga are singing a duet; their widowed mother, Larina, and Filipievna are listening to them. The girls‘ song awakens memories of their own youth. A neighbour starts singing a different song which they all know and join in. Larina finds this all a little bit too much melan ... Read More
Opera
Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Staatsoper Unter den Linden
30 Apr 2025, Wed
•
7:30 PM
When the revolutionary and painter Mario Cavaradossi secretly attempts to help a political fugitive to escape the city of Rome, his lover, the famed singer Floria Tosca, believes he is cheating on her...
Cast:
Aleksandra Kurzak,
Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden,
.... + 5
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
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