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Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes, UK Thu, 1st April 2010 - Thu, 1st April 2010 From £17.00*Belmonte’s lover Constanze is being held captive by Pasha Selim. If Belmonte is going to rescue Constanze he will have to get past the Pasha’s steward Osmin first. This may not necessarily sound like the premise of a comedy but The Abduction from the Seraglio is one of Mozart’s wittiest and most delightful creations. The joyous overture suggests a boisterous sense of fun, which is carried right through to the final curtain with stratospheric arias and blissful ensembles along the way. BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize winner Andrew Kennedy performs the role of Belmonte. James Robinson’s stylish production for Welsh National Opera is irresistibly entertaining, setting the opera on the Orient Express of the 1920s en route from Paris to Istanbul. Cast includes Andrew Kennedy as Belmonte, Lisette Oropesa as Constanze, Petros Magoulas as Osmin, Claire Ormshaw as Blonde and Wynne Evans as Pedrillo. Sung in German with surtitles in English. A co-production of Houston Grand Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Colorado, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Minnesota Opera and Opera Pacific....
Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes, UK Wed, 31st March 2010 - Wed, 31st March 2010 From £17.00*Don José’s life was quiet, respectable and law abiding. From the moment he met Carmen his life has unravelled. He is intoxicated by her, blinded by jealousy, pursuing her across Spain and on the run. His jealousy will destroy him and if the cards are telling the truth, it will destroy Carmen too. Bizet’s most famous creation is full to the brim with instantly recognizable music and paints a mesmerizing picture of a Spain teeming with fascinating characters. Carmen herself is one of the most charismatic and hard to resist characters in opera. For a century and a half audiences the world over have fallen in love with her. Patricia Bardon returns to this production as Carmen with Welsh tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones reprising the role of Don José. Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser’s production for distils Bizet’s masterpiece right down to its essence. Cast includes Patricia Bardon as Carmen, Gwyn Hughes Jones as Don José, David Soar as Escamillo, Sarah-Jane Davies as Micaëla, Henry Waddington as Zuniga, Joanne Boag as Frasquita and Carolyn Dobbin as Mercedes. Sung in French with surtitles in English. Co-production with Scottish Opera....
The O2, London, UK Fri, 21st May 2010 - Sun, 23rd May 2010 From £25.00*The O2 is set to host its first fully staged opera. Carmen, the world's most popular opera, will take over The O2 in May 2010 for just three performances and follows on from highly successful and popular classical stagings of Carmina Burana, Andrea Bocelli and the world premiere of Ben Hur Live at the venue. Directed by David Freeman, founder of The Opera Factory and whose previous credits include Madam Butterfly Tosca and Carmen at the Royal Albert Hall, his production of Bizet's masterpiece comes to The O2 on a grand and spectacular scale. From the very first note to the final tragic chords, this stunning in-the-round production vividly portrays the powerful story of lust, superstition and murder that passionately unravels with fatal consequences. Carmen is presented by Raymond Gubbay and The O2 and will be performed by a superb cast of over 150 artists, including dancers, acrobats and fire-eaters. The wonderful set and fabulous costumes will bring to life the dusty atmosphere of the town square, the cool night air of the smugglers' mountain hideout and the colourful festivities outside of the bullring in Seville. Sung in English, Bizet's unforgettable score contains some of opera's finest arias and best loved music. The rousing Song of the Toreador, the beguiling Seguidilla, the tantalising Habanera and the enchanting Flower Song - sensual music that perfectly captures the very essence of Spain. Accompanied by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gareth Hancock, this world class company of singers, musicians and artist...
New Victoria Theatre, Woking, UK Wed, 3rd November 2010 - Sat, 6th November 2010 From £29.00*Cenerentola at the New Victoria Theatre
Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, The Lowry, UK Thu, 25th February 2010 - Thu, 25th February 2010 From £14.00*Così fan tutte is one of Mozart’s most remarkable creations. It all starts with a casual bet that the fiancées of two young men won’t stay faithful for a minute if put to the test. It sounds harmless enough, but cruelty is inherent in this game and there are darker forces at work. This story of trust and deception, loyalty and desire, resonates as strongly today as it did in 1789, and the score contains some of Mozart’s most dazzlingly beautiful music. Presented by Opera North. Conductor Andrew Parrott. Director Tim Albery. Sung in English. ‘It’s a triumph…this is one of the most intelligent and beautifully crafted Così’s in years.’ The Sunday Times ‘Aesthetically ravishing.’ The Guardian ‘One of the tiny number of near-flawless accounts of a Mozart opera.’ The Spectator...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Tue, 2nd February 2010 - Wed, 17th February 2010 From £46.00*Jonathan Miller’s now-classic production, contemporary and urbane in its staging, returns. Conductor Julia Jones who recently led Così fan tutte at the Vienna State Opera to great acclaim, makes her Covent Garden debut. Be prepared for the most sublime singing and acting from a young and dynamic cast. Running time: 3 hours 30 minutes | 1 Interval Sung in Italian with English surtitles Classical opera meets contemporary style in this ever-popular staging of Mozart’s operatic gem that brings its look – and its relevance – right up to date. But Jonathan Miller’s production for The Royal Opera also focuses on the timeless themes of a drama that sees two men test the loyalties of their girlfriends to breaking point. Part comedy, part tragedy, it is a wry study in love, manipulation and trust. Music by Mozart is in turn poignant and stoic, heartfelt and romantic, and includes several famous arias and ensembles you are sure to remember. The fine cast bring out all the subtle changes of their circumstances and volatile emotional responses to the power play in which they are caught. A tour de force of opera performance, there is a Covent Garden debut for conductor Julia Jones, and a cast of well-known names for the two couples and their manipulators. A great score, a famous production and wonderful singers: this Season’s Così fan tutte is as much a ‘must see’ for opera lovers as ever. CREDITS Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Director Jonathan Miller Designer Jonathan Miller Lighting Jonathan Miller John Charlton PERFO...
Royal Opera House + Hotel, PACKAGES, UK - From £46.00*With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you receive a ticket for "Cosi Fan Tutte" and choose your from our selection of top London hotels. Cosi fan tutte, a laughing look at the twists and turns of romantic love, was originally attacked for portraying faithless women. Some early performances were even accompanied by apologies for the frivolous plot. The story begins in a Neapolitan caf é , where two young men, Ferrando and Guglielmo, argue with the older and more skeptical Don Alfonso that their fiancées, the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, would never betray them. Aided by Despina, the sisters' maid, the men hatch a plot to test the women's loyalty. They disguise themselves as soldiers and woo each other's lovers, managing through various tricks to win over the initially reluctant women. As deeper feelings surface, however, the suitors become uneasy with their antics, and once the deception is unmasked, the four reunite, though who pairs up with whom remains a mystery. ...
New Wimbledon Theatre, Wimbledon, UK Thu, 11th February 2010 - Fri, 12th February 2010 From £11.00*One of the world's most famous operettas, Die Fledermaus, now gets a glittering new look from the country's best small-scale opera and operetta company. Opera della Luna have earned themselves a matchless reputation, this year celebrating 15 years of acclaimed productions of Gilbert and Sullivan and Offenbach. They now turn their hand to the waltz king Johann Strauss and this most sparkling of scores. Dr Falke was once left to wander home, drunk and dressed as a bat, by his friend Gabriel von Eisenstein. To exact his revenge he arranges for Eisenstein to attend an extremely risqué party at the home of the outrageous Russian aristocrat, Pince Orlofsky. There, Eisenstein seduces a mysterious Hungarian countess, who is in fact his own wife in disguise. This entirely new and saucy production is directed by Jeff Clarke (with his own new translation) and designed by Gabriella Csanyi-Wills - the team that created the company's wonderful recent production of The Mikado. An evening not to be missed by all fans of opera and lunacy!...
Quays Theatre, The Lowry, The Lowry, UK Mon, 15th February 2010 - Sat, 20th February 2010 From £20.00*Opera della Luna (The Mikado, 2008 and HMS Pinafore, 2009) turn their hand to the ‘Waltz King’, Johann Strauss, with a glittering new production of Die Fledermaus, one of the world’s most famous operettas. Left by his friend Gabriel von Eisenstein to wander home, drunk and dressed as a bat, Dr Falke decides to exact revenge for his humiliation. He arranges for Eisenstein to attend an extremely risqué party at the home of the outrageous Russian aristocrat, Prince Orlofsky. There, Eisenstein seduces a mysterious Hungarian countess, who is in fact his own wife in disguise. This saucy production with a sparkling score is directed, with his own new translation, by Jeff Clarke, and designed by Gabriella Csanyi-Wills: the team that created The Mikado. ‘Jeff Clarke's Rocky Horror version of The Bat turned out to be rather brilliant, not to mention hilarious. The most enjoyable evening for ages.’ Opera Now...
Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, UK Mon, 8th February 2010 - Tue, 9th February 2010 From £10.00*One of the world's most famous operettas, Die Fledermaus, now gets a glittering new look from the country's best small-scale opera and operetta company. Opera della Luna have earned themselves a matchless reputation, this year celebrating 15 years of acclaimed productions of Gilbert and Sullivan and Offenbach. They now turn their hand to the waltz king Johann Strauss and this most sparkling of scores. Dr Falke was once left to wander home, drunk and dressed as a bat, by his friend Gabriel von Eisenstein. To exact his revenge he arranges for Eisenstein to attend an extremely risqué party at the home of the outrageous Russian aristocrat, Pince Orlofsky. There, Eisenstein seduces a mysterious Hungarian countess, who is in fact his own wife in disguise. This entirely new and saucy production is directed by Jeff Clarke (with his own new translation) and designed by Gabriella Csanyi-Wills - the team that created the company's wonderful recent production of The Mikado. An evening not to be missed by all fans of opera and lunacy!...
New Victoria Theatre, Woking, UK Tue, 2nd November 2010 - Fri, 5th November 2010 From £29.00*Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart A new production for the 2010 Festival supported by Handel and Yvonne Evans Sung in Italian with English supertitles Mozart’s second collaboration with the mercurial librettist Lorenzo da Ponte is among the very blackest of black comedies. For its first new production of the opera in 10 years, Glyndebourne is pleased to welcome back the winning team of director Jonathan Kent and designer Paul Brown, while the conducting is shared between Festival Music Director, Vladimir Jurowski, and the new Music Director of Glyndebourne on Tour, Jakub Hruša. In the title role we also welcome back the great bass-baritone Gerald Finley, who has appeared in many Glyndebourne productions since joining the Chorus in 1986 – not least in the title role of Le nozze di Figaro at the opening of the new house in 1994. He has sung Don Giovanni to worldwide acclaim in New York, London, Paris, Vienna, Rome, Budapest and Prague. He is joined by Luca Pisaroni (Guglielmo in the 2006 Festival’s Così fan tutte) as Leporello, Kate Royal (the Governess in Jonathan Kent’s 2006 staging of The Turn of the Screw) as Donna Elvira, and the young Russian soprano Anna Samuil making her UK opera debut as Donna Anna....
Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, UK Tue, 30th November 2010 - Fri, 3rd December 2010 From £16.00*Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart A new production for the 2010 Festival supported by Handel and Yvonne Evans Sung in Italian with English supertitles Mozart’s second collaboration with the mercurial librettist Lorenzo da Ponte is among the very blackest of black comedies. For its first new production of the opera in 10 years, Glyndebourne is pleased to welcome back the winning team of director Jonathan Kent and designer Paul Brown, while the conducting is shared between Festival Music Director, Vladimir Jurowski, and the new Music Director of Glyndebourne on Tour, Jakub Hruša. In the title role we also welcome back the great bass-baritone Gerald Finley, who has appeared in many Glyndebourne productions since joining the Chorus in 1986 – not least in the title role of Le nozze di Figaro at the opening of the new house in 1994. He has sung Don Giovanni to worldwide acclaim in New York, London, Paris, Vienna, Rome, Budapest and Prague. He is joined by Luca Pisaroni (Guglielmo in the 2006 Festival’s Così fan tutte) as Leporello, Kate Royal (the Governess in Jonathan Kent’s 2006 staging of The Turn of the Screw) as Donna Elvira, and the young Russian soprano Anna Samuil making her UK opera debut as Donna Anna....
London Coliseum, London, UK Fri, 18th June 2010 - Fri, 9th July 2010 From £22.00*Mozart's first mature masterpiece took a stock mythological plot and transformed it into a life-and-death drama of real characters confronted by the personal and political consequences of choices made in a time of war. Following her 2009 adaptation of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas which sold-out at the Young Vic, and is also set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, Katie Mitchell brings her unique directorial style to bear on what is now widely seen as Mozart's most deeply felt piece. Full of virtuosic yet often intimately lyrical vocal writing, grand public processions and stirring choruses, Idomeneo is conducted by ENO's Olivier Award-winning Music Director, Edward Gardner. The cast features some of Britain's best, including Paul Nilon, Robert Murray, Sarah Tynan and Emma Bell. Running time: 3hrs Idomeneo Paul Nilon; Idamante Robert Murray; Elettra Emma Bell; Ilia Sarah Tynan Conductor Edward Gardner; Director Katie Mitchell; Set Designers Vicki Mortimer, Alex Eales; Costume Designer Vicki Mortimer; Lighting Designer Paule Constable ...
London Coliseum, London, UK Mon, 15th March 2010 - Sat, 27th March 2010 From £16.00*David Alden follows his double Olivier Award-winning production of Janáček's Jenůfa with a new staging of the Czech composer's later lyrical masterpiece, Katya Kabanova. A claustrophobically intense yet heart-rending study of sexual morality within a close-knit community, it was inspired by Janáček's erotic obsession with a younger married woman. Stunning singing actress Patricia Racette makes her ENO debut as the passionate soul trapped in a loveless marriage, with Stuart Skelton (a sensational Peter Grimes in another Alden staging in 2009) as the stranger who offers her a brief hope of happiness. Janáček's most lyrically emotional score is conducted by Mark Wigglesworth with an outstanding cast also featuring Susan Bickley, Clive Bayley, John Graham-Hall, Anna Grevelius and Alfie Boe. Costumes were built by The Dallas Opera Costume Workshop A co-production with Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos, Lisbon and Teatr Wielki-Opera Narodowa, Warsaw Supported by The Friends of ENO Running time: 1hr 40mins CAST: Katerina Kabanova Patricia Racette; Marfa Kabanicha Susan Bickley; Varvara Anna Grevelius; Boris Grigoryevich Stuart Skelton; Vanya Kudrjas Alfie Boe; Tikhon Ivanich Kabanov John Graham-Hall; Dikoy Clive Bayley; Kuligin William Robert Allenby Conductor Mark Wigglesworth; Director David Alden; Set Designer Charles Edwards; Costume Designer Jon Morrell; Lighting Designer Adam Silverman...
Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, The Lowry, UK Tue, 23rd February 2010 - Fri, 18th June 2010 From £14.00*Puccini’s masterpiece, La Bohème is one of the most famously melodious of all operas and is regarded as one of the top ten operas in the world. Opera North’s production, first directed by Phyllida Lloyd, whose stage production and film of the musical Mama Mia! have created global phenomenon, returns to entertain new audiences after almost a decade. Set in the grimy, tumultuous Paris of the 1950’s, Mimi, a consumptive seamstress and poet, Roldolfo instantly fall in love but are inevitably torn apart by Mimi’s incurable illness. This story of impossible young love, heartbreak and regret is revived by a cast of the best young international talent, including the French soprano Anne Sophie Duprels (Madama Butterfly 2007), Turkish tenor Bülent Bezduz, Polish baritone Marcin Bronikowski and French bass Frédéric Burreau. Opera North’s Music Director, Richard Farnes conducts. Sung in Italian with English titles Lasts approximately 2 hours 15 minutes Presented by Opera North....
Theatre Royal Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Sat, 27th February 2010 - Sat, 13th March 2010 From £9.00*This iconic opera tells the story of the love affair between Mimi and the struggling writer Rodolfo. The welcome return of an audience favourite, Tony award-winning director Stewart Laing’s production presents a traditional tale in a meaningful contemporary context - the exciting modern art scene of 21st century New York. Young artists, living and working in stark studio apartments, turn loft spaces into art galleries. When Rodolfo sees Mimi for the first time, they fall hopelessly in love - but the course of true love rarely runs smoothly. Encompassing dramatic passion and the pain of being young, poor and in love, Puccini’s whirling melodic score moves from revelry to romance as it carries the story toward its tragic conclusion. Young Irish soprano Celine Byrne and French tenor Avi Klemberg, make their Scottish Opera débuts. Nadine Livingstone (who also takes the title role in this season’s Kátya Kabanová) sings Musetta. Scottish Opera Music Director Francesco Corti conducts. Scottish Opera La bohème Giacomo Puccini Sung in Italian with English supertitles Revival of 2004 production...
London Coliseum, London, UK Thu, 4th February 2010 - Fri, 26th February 2010 From £20.00*The most dramatic of all Donizetti's operas — loosely based on Sir Walter Scott's darkly brooding tragedy — returns to ENO in a revival of award-winning director David Alden's electrifying production from 2008. Dazzling soprano Anna Christy stars as the childlike bride, tricked into a politically advantageous marriage by her abusive older brother, with bel canto tenor Barry Banks as the Byronic outcast with whom she falls desperately, madly, murderously, in love. Antony Walker, Music Director of Pittsburgh Opera and the first recipient of the Sir Charles Mackerras Conducting Award, makes his Company debut in one of the most richly lyrical, yet psychologically acute operas in the entire Italian romantic repertoire. Original production supported by a syndicate of donors 8 performances. Running time: 2hrs 40mins Lucia Anna Christy; Edgardo Barry Banks, Jaewoo Kim (Feb 18, 20, 23, 26); Enrico Brian Mulligan; Raimondo Clive Bayley; Alisa Sarah Pring; Arturo Dwayne Jones Conductor Antony Walker; Director David Alden; Set Designer Charles Edward; Costume Designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel; Lighting Designer Adam Silverman; Translation Amanda Holden PLEASE NOTE: Children under 5 not admitted to any performance...
Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, The Lowry, UK Sat, 19th June 2010 - Sat, 19th June 2010 From £14.00*One of Donizetti’s most dramatic and affecting works, Maria Stuarda charts fact and fictional events leading to Mary Queen of Scots execution. Donizetti originally courted controversy by addressing such powerful material and the opera was initially banned. Two exceptional singers return to Opera North, Sarah Connolly to sing Mary Queen of Scots (Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Autumn 2008) and Antonia Cifrone sings Elizabeth I (Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Spring 2008). Both will bring charisma and drama to the lead roles of this bel canto opera. The centrepiece of this opera is the fictional confrontation between Mary Stuart, the Catholic Queen of Scotland, and the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I. The opera builds to the moment of conflict when political, religious and romantic tensions simmer over, resulting in Mary's condemnation and eventual execution. The opera is recognised as one of Donizetti's most persuasive and powerful scores and culminates in an exceptionally affecting final scene. Antony McDonald is well known at Opera North for his set designs and will make his directorial debut with this production, joined by the widely travelled conductor Guido Johannes Rumstadt. Sung in Italian with English titles Lasts approximately 2 hours 30 minutes...
Royal Opera House + Hotel, PACKAGES, UK - From £37.50*With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you receive a ticket for "Mixed Programme: Dances at a Gathering / The Dream" and choose your from our selection of top London hotels. After an absence of 30 years Jerome Robbins’s great work Dances at a Gathering makes an exciting return to The Royal Ballet. To solo piano works by Chopin, ten dancers explore the potential of dance itself through shifting relationships that also reflect the moods of the music’s mazurkas, waltzes and études. With virtuoso technique and individual character at the heart of its creation, every performance of Dances by The Royal Ballet will be a unique experience to savour. There’s a strong contrast in the second work of the programme, The Dream: with Shakespeare’s story of a midsummer’s night, Mendelssohn’s delightfully delicate music and Frederick Ashton’s ever-popular choreography. In its magic world of night and within its evocative woodland setting, Oberon and Titania play their games with the unwitting mortals, while the comic confusions of love are aggravated by the mischievous Puck. Running time: 2hrs 35 minutes | 1 Interval CREDITS Music Frédéric Chopin Choreography Jerome Robbins Lighting Jennifer Tipton John B Read Music Felix Mendelssohn Choreography Frederick Ashton Designs David Walker PERFORMERS Conductor Paul Murphy Orchestra Royal Ballet Sinfonia Dances at a Gathering tba The Dream Leanne Benjamin Alina Cojocaru Roberta Marquez Johan Kobborg Steven McRae Ivan Putrov Edward Watson ...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Fri, 19th February 2010 - Thu, 4th March 2010 From £13.00*Exciting young choreographer Jonathan Watkins creates his first new work for The Royal Ballet – and his first piece for the main stage – making for a doubly exciting debut. Also in this programme are Kim Brandstrup’s Rushes and Wayne McGregor’s Infra, both of which had their premieres in 2008, and are making welcome early returns. Running time: 2 hours 35 minutes | 2 Intervals One world premiere, two revivals: three cutting-edge works from The Royal Ballet. Rising talent Jonathan Watkins makes his first work for the main stage. In an optimistic strike against the modern threat of conformity, Watkins’s new ballet explores how the differences between individuals can combine to create a harmonious unity. The first revival of Kim Brandstrup’s Rushes – Fragments of a Lost Story is an engrossing contrast as it explores differing memories of an eternal love triangle. The virtuoso choreography of Wayne McGregor’s Infra is set against an LED backdrop of pedestrians by Julian Opie to reveal the depths of real relationships beneath a stark surface. McGregor’s extraordinary demands of his dancers make a fine outlet for the brilliance of the Royal Ballet dancers, and his collaboration with Opie and music by Max Richter make a great climax to an especially exciting evening of dance. CREDITS NEW WATKINS Music Graham Fitkin Choreography Jonathan Watkins Set Design Simon Daw Costume designs Vicki Mortimer Lighting design Neil Austin RUSHES Music Sergei Prokofiev Michael Berkeley Choreography Kim Brandstrup Designs Richard H...
New Victoria Theatre, Woking, UK Thu, 4th November 2010 - Thu, 4th November 2010 From £29.00*L’incoronazione di Poppea is Claudio Monteverdi’s (1567-1643) last opera. It was premiered at Teatro di Giovanni e Paolo in Venice in 1642 and was given its first professional production at Glyndebourne in 1962. The plot, by librettist Busenello, is suggested in the prologue with the apparent triumph of Love over Virtue and Fortune. Love, reflected through Nerone’s blind infatuation for the amoral and relentlessly ambitious Poppea, is powerfully illustrated in one of the most beautiful love duets ever written at the conclusion of this masterpiece.
Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, UK Thu, 2nd December 2010 - Thu, 2nd December 2010 From £16.00*L’incoronazione di Poppea is Claudio Monteverdi’s (1567-1643) last opera. It was premiered at Teatro di Giovanni e Paolo in Venice in 1642 and was given its first professional production at Glyndebourne in 1962. The plot, by librettist Busenello, is suggested in the prologue with the apparent triumph of Love over Virtue and Fortune. Love, reflected through Nerone’s blind infatuation for the amoral and relentlessly ambitious Poppea, is powerfully illustrated in one of the most beautiful love duets ever written at the conclusion of this masterpiece.
Royal Opera House + Hotel, PACKAGES, UK - From £30.00*With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you receive a ticket for "Romeo and Juliet" and choose your from our selection of top London hotels. The Mariinsky Ballet opens the season with the eagerly awaited return of Romeo and Juliet, one of the most cherished ballets in its repertory. Set to Prokofiev’s magnificent score, the ballet portrays the bittersweet love of the star-crossed lovers from their first fateful meeting to their untimely and tragic deaths. Danced by renowned Mariinsky ballerinas Alina Somova, Evgenia Obraztsova and Olesya Novikova, partnered by Andrian Fadeev, Vladimir Shklyarov and Igor Kolb, the most famous love story of all time is presented in its original version by Leonid Lavrovsky, embodying drama and passion. ...
Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, The Lowry, UK Wed, 24th February 2010 - Sat, 27th February 2010 From £41.00*Gilbert and Sullivan’s witty burlesque Victorian melodrama is one of their most inventive confections. When mild-mannered Robin Oakapple is revealed as the villainous Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, inheritor of the curse of Ruddigore (he must commit a crime everyday), his romance with the faultlessly virtuous Rose Maybud looks doomed. But his troubles really start when he proves singularly unequal to the task of fulfilling the curse, and his ancestors’ portraits begin to haunt him… Although still in his thirties, John Wilson already has an enviable reputation as a conductor, arranger and orchestrator, with a special flair for light music. With direction by Jo Davies, whose work spans musical and spoken theatre as well as opera, and sets and costumes by distinguished designer Richard Hudson, the team will ensure that Opera North’s new production supplies a welcome Winter treat. Sung in English Lasts approximately 2 hours 30 minutes...
Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, The Lowry, UK Thu, 17th June 2010 - Thu, 17th June 2010 From £14.00*Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, Rusalka is a modern-day fairytale of a water nymph who yearns to be part of the human world to earn the love of a prince. Invoking the help of a manipulative witch, she is bound by strict conditions that will lead her to discover the meaning of true love First performed by Opera North in 2003, Olivia Fuchs’ award-winning production returns with many of its original cast, including Irish soprano, Giselle Allen as Rusalka, Susannah Glanville as The Foreign Princess and Richard Angus as The Water Sprite. Internationally acclaimed Richard Berkeley-Steele makes his Opera North debut as The Prince. Suffused with a haunting score, famed for Rusalka’s poignant ‘Song to the Moon,’ and conducted by Oliver von Dohnanyi, (The Bartered Bride, 1998) Rusalka offers an altogether spell-binding experience. Sung in English Lasts approximately 3 hours 15 minutes...
London Coliseum, London, UK Thu, 25th February 2010 - Fri, 26th March 2010 From £16.00*One of the most visually spectacular opera stagings of recent decades, ENO's London premiere production of Philip Glass's Satyagraha broke all Company box-office records for contemporary opera when it was first seen in 2007. Instilled with breath-taking theatrical flair by Improbable's award-winning director-designer partnership of Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch, it went on to enjoy equal success at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. A mesmerisingly hypnotic musical meditation upon Mahatma Gandhi's early years in South Africa, and his spiritual progress towards the concept of non-violent protest, Glass's operatic masterpiece now returns to the London Coliseum. Alan Oke repeats his compelling central performance as the young political activist taking the first tentative steps in his lifelong search for truth. Performed in Sanskrit with English surtitles Original production supported by The 20/20 Group A collaboration with Improbable A co-production with The Metropolitan Opera, New York 9 performances. Running time: 3hrs 15mins M. K. Gandhi Alan Oke; Miss Schlesen Elena Xanthoudakis; Mrs Naidoo Janis Kelly; Kasturbai Stephanie Marshall; Mrs Alexander Anne Mason; Mr Kallenbach Ashley Holland; Prince Arjuna Robert Poulton; Lord Krishna/Parsi Rustomji James Gower Director Phelim McDermott; Associate Director/Designer Julian Crouch; Revival Director David Kneuss; Costume Designer Kevin Pollard; Lighting Designer Paule Constable; Video Designers Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer for Fifty Nine Productions Please note: Sung in Sunskrit. No Eng...
Theatre Royal Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Thu, 8th April 2010 - Sat, 10th April 2010 From £9.00*The Adventures of Mr Broucek is one of Janácek’s most vibrantly original works. Rarely presented in the UK, this is an exciting new collaboration with Opera North. The production is a first for Scottish Opera who, with Welsh National Opera, championed the composer’s work in the 1970s and 80s with an acclaimed Janácek Cycle. The beer-fuelled Mr Broucek’s adventures take him through space and time: first to the moon and then to the middle of the revolution in 15th-century Prague. By turns funny, surreal, tender and thrilling, the opera is full of wonderful portraits and parodies - of artists, poets, soldiers, and the ordinary people of Janácek’s homeland. The music is just as varied as Broucek’s adventures, from the extra-terrestrial sounds of the moon music, to the gorgeous orchestral interlude which transforms the action from the moon to Prague. Bagpipes and an organ add an edge to the stirringly patriotic Hussite hymns and celebrations, sung by a 40 strong chorus. John Fulljames directs a superb cast including English tenor John Graham Hall and Scottish contralto Frances McCafferty, making her Scottish Opera débuts, alongside celebrated Scottish baritone Donald Maxwell. Scottish Opera The Adventures of Mr Broucek Leoš Janácek Production supported by The Alexander Gibson Circle Sung in English with English supertitles A new co-production with Opera North...
London Coliseum, London, UK Fri, 12th February 2010 - Tue, 23rd March 2010 From £16.00*The most often performed opera in Italy for two decades after its premiere, Donizetti's The Elixir of Love is still the most popular operatic ‘rom com' of all. Jonathan Miller's staging affectionately relocates the action from 19th century rural Italy to small-town ‘50s America. One of today's highest-flying young lyric tenors, John Tessier made a sensational ENO debut in the 2008 revival of Rossini's The Barber of Seville; he now returns as Nemorino, the lovesick young mechanic who believes that a travelling salesman (played by comic maestro Andrew Shore) really can cure his broken heart. With The Elixir of Love running alongside Lucia di Lammermoor, ENO audiences have a rare chance to relish both the comic and tragic sides of Donizetti's operatic genius. Scenery and costumes provided by New York City Opera and originally created for the Royal Swedish Opera 9 performances. Running time: 2hrs 25mins Adina Sarah Tynan; Nemorino John Tessier; Dulcamara Andrew Shore; Belcore David Kempster; Giannetta Julia Sporsén Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado; Director Jonathan Miller; Designer Isabella Bywater; Lighting Designer Hans Åke Sjöquist; Translation Kelley Rourke...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Thu, 11th February 2010 - Sat, 27th February 2010 From £25.00*This is the first time that The Royal Opera will be performing Prokofiev’s opera based on Dostoyevsky’s novel of addiction. Sung in David Pountney’s English translation, this new production brings together Music Director Antonio Pappano, charismatic director Richard Jones and designer Antony McDonald.
Royal Opera House + Hotel, PACKAGES, UK - From £50.00*With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you receive a ticket for "The Gambler" and choose your from our selection of top London hotels. This is the first time that The Royal Opera will be performing Prokofiev’s opera based on Dostoyevsky’s novel of addiction. Sung in David Pountney’s English translation, this new production brings together Music Director Antonio Pappano, charismatic director Richard Jones and designer Antony McDonald.
London Coliseum, London, UK Tue, 1st June 2010 - Thu, 8th July 2010 From £16.00*A thrilling tale of friendship tested by love, set on an exotic isle in an eastern sea, Bizet's early masterpiece is a gem of 19th-century French opera, full of fabulous tunes, colourful orchestration and evocative choruses. With Tony Award-winning tenor Alfie Boe as Nadir, ENO's new production is directed by outstanding film-maker Penny Woolcock, following her explosive debut with John Adams's Doctor Atomic at ENO and the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Conducted by rising Scottish podium star Rory Macdonald, who made his own impressive ENO debut last season with Rossini's The Barber of Seville, it offers UK audiences a rare chance to discover what a pearl of a piece Bizet's opera can be. Running time: 2hrs 30mins Full cast to be announced Conductor Rory Macdonald; Director Penny Woolcock; Set Designer Dick Bird; Costume Designer Kevin Pollard; Lighting Designer Jennifer Schriever; Movement Director Andrew Dawson...
Royal Opera House, London, UK Mon, 1st February 2010 - Wed, 3rd February 2010 From £27.00*Co-production with Théâtre de La Monnaie, Brussels; Opéra National de Lyon, San Francisco Opera and Teatro Real, Madrid, in collaboration with Ex Machina, Québec Robert Lepage’s recent production of Stravinsky’s opera The Rake’s Progress takes The Royal Opera to Hollywood for its first Covent Garden appearance. Hogarth’s depiction of a young man’s dramatic seduction and corruption by a pleasure-loving society gains a new twist through celebrity culture in the Los Angeles world of movies and television. From star of the silver screen to bankruptcy and madness, it’s all part of an inevitable downward cycle for the ‘hero’ Tom Rakewell. Stravinsky’s opera is one of the most performed of all modern operas, not least for its fascinating mix of elements – 18th-century with a 20th-century twist – and will be one big operatic rollercoaster of a ride, not least with Thomas Adès conducting a cast lead by Charles Castronovo, Sally Matthews and John Relyea. Running time: 3 hours Sung in English with surtitles...
Royal Opera House + Hotel, PACKAGES, UK - From £22.00*With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you receive a ticket for "The Rake's Progress" and choose your from our selection of top London hotels. Co-production with Théâtre de La Monnaie, Brussels; Opéra National de Lyon, San Francisco Opera and Teatro Real, Madrid, in collaboration with Ex Machina, Québec Robert Lepage’s recent production of Stravinsky’s opera The Rake’s Progress takes The Royal Opera to Hollywood for its first Covent Garden appearance. Hogarth’s depiction of a young man’s dramatic seduction and corruption by a pleasure-loving society gains a new twist through celebrity culture in the Los Angeles world of movies and television. From star of the silver screen to bankruptcy and madness, it’s all part of an inevitable downward cycle for the ‘hero’ Tom Rakewell. Stravinsky’s opera is one of the most performed of all modern operas, not least for its fascinating mix of elements – 18th-century with a 20th-century twist – and will be one big operatic rollercoaster of a ride, not least with Thomas Adès conducting a cast lead by Charles Castronovo, Sally Matthews and John Relyea. Running time: 3 hours Sung in English with surtitles ...
London Coliseum, London, UK Tue, 18th May 2010 - Sat, 10th July 2010 From £20.00*Among the great dramatic sopranos of our time, Catherine Malfitano made an unforgettable ENO debut in 2006 as the tortured Kostelnicka in David Alden's Olivier Award-winning production of Jenůfa. Famed as one of the foremost Toscas of recent decades, she now returns to direct Puccini's ever popular opera with rising star Amanda Echalaz – already heralded as ‘the leading Tosca of her generation' (The Independent) — making her ENO debut in the role that Ms Malfitano once made her own. With one Tosca on stage and another behind the scenes, a radical new design approach and the proven Puccinian passion of Edward Gardner, ENO's Olivier Award-winning Music Director, in the pit, this new production promises to be a thrilling new take on Puccini's most powerfully theatrical opera. Running time: 2hrs 30mins Tosca Amanda Echalaz; Cavaradossi Julian Gavin; Scarpia Anthony Michaels-Moore; Angelotti Pauls Putninš; Sacristan Jonathan Veira; Spoletta Christopher Turner; Sciarrone James Gower Conductor Edward Gardner; Director Catherine Malfitano; Set Designer Frank Philip Schlössmann; Costume Designer Gideon Davey; Lighting Designer David Jacques ...
Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes, UK Tue, 30th March 2010 - Sat, 3rd April 2010 From £17.00*No-one is safe in the Rome of 1800. Under Baron Scarpia corruption and suspicion hang over the city, virtue and humanity are cruelly stamped out. The world of opera singer Floria Tosca is about to be turned upside down. She is suspicious of her lover Mario’s fidelity. Little does she realize that he is at the centre of a struggle that will lead to tragedy. Soon she herself will become the object of Scarpia’s insatiable lust and she will be forced to ask what she has done to deserve this. Once decried as a 'shabby little shocker', Tosca has become one of the best-loved of all operas. The combination of its fast paced plot, high tension and the poignancy of the great arias Vissi d’arte and E lucevan le stelle ensure that Tosca never fails to enthrall. Michael Blakemore’s period set production Welsh National Opera of this pulsating thriller promises to set your emotions on a knife-edge. Cast includes Alwyn Mellor as Floria Tosca, Geraint Dodd as Cavaradossi, Robert Hayward as Scarpia. Sung in Italian with surtitles in English. Co-production with the State Opera of South Australia....
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