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Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
28 Dec 2024, Sat
•
6 PM
A beloved New York holiday tradition, Mozart’s enchanting musical fairy tale returns in the Met’s abridged, English-language production by Julie Taymor—the Tony Award–winning d...
Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cast:
David Portillo,
Hera Hyesang Park,
.... + 6
The Magic Flute - Holiday Presentation
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
A mythical land between the sun and the moon. Three ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night save Prince Tamino from a serpent. When they leave to tell the queen, the birdcatcher Papageno appears. He boasts to Tamino that it was he who killed the creature. The ladies return to give Tamino a portrait of the queen’s daughter, Pamina, who they say has been enslaved by the evil Saras ... Read More
Opera
Staatsoper Hamburg, Main Stage
28 Dec 2024, Sat
•
7 PM
This opera is the world in a theatrical nutshell: it deals with growing older, with trials and tribulations, with intransparent decisions.
Cast:
Adriana Gonzalez,
Aleksandra Olczyk,
.... + 8
Die Zauberflöte
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
Tamino and Papageno have known each other since childhood. Despite not having parents, Tamino, grows up in a protected environment, whereas Papageno has to battle his way through life working occasionally. Although they are so different, they soon become close friends. Tamino falls in love, but only with a picture of his beloved, because the girl has been kidnapped. Tamino accepts the challenge. T ... Read More
Opera
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Main Stage
28 Dec 2024, Sat
•
7 PM
One of Puccini's most beloved works in an exquisite production.
Cast:
Fabio Sartori,
Paolo Bortolameolli,
.... + 4
Madama Butterfly
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
Royal Opera of Versailles (Palace of Versailles), Royal Opera
28 Dec 2024, Sat
•
7 PM
To charm audiences of all ages, music lovers and inexperienced public, Mozart and Schikaneder’s plus was addressing spectators in their own language – and not in Italian as in court operas...
Cast:
Florie Valiquette,
Hervé Niquet,
.... + 7
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 in Concert
28 Dec 2024, Sat
•
8:30 PM
“This Opera of love and loss is totally stunning, fully engaging and sometimes raises the hairs on the back of your neck.“ THE ARGUS
La Traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Set in and around Paris in about 1850.
Act I
Violetta Valéry, a Parisian courtesan, greets the guests at her salon. Among them are Flora Bervoix, the Marchese D’Obigny, Baron Douphol and Gastone, who introduces Violetta to a new admirer of hers, Alfredo Germont. The young Germont, who has been admiring her from afar, joins her in a drinking song. An orchestra strikes up in an adjace ... Read More
Opera
Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
29 Dec 2024, Sun
•
2 PM
A beloved New York holiday tradition, Mozart’s enchanting musical fairy tale returns in the Met’s abridged, English-language production by Julie Taymor—the Tony Award–winning d...
Cast:
Aigul Khismatullina,
Duke Kim,
.... + 6
The Magic Flute - Holiday Presentation
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
A mythical land between the sun and the moon. Three ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night save Prince Tamino from a serpent. When they leave to tell the queen, the birdcatcher Papageno appears. He boasts to Tamino that it was he who killed the creature. The ladies return to give Tamino a portrait of the queen’s daughter, Pamina, who they say has been enslaved by the evil Saras ... Read More
Opera
Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Staatsoper Unter den Linden
29 Dec 2024, Sun
•
2:30 PM, 7 PM
(2 events)
It is one of the classics in the Staatsoper’s repertoire: August Everding’s production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s »The Magic Flute«. The production is unique for its re...
Cast:
Andrés Moreno García,
Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden,
.... + 6
Die Zauberflöte (Production by August Everding)
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
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage
29 Dec 2024, Sun
•
3 PM
The world’s most popular opera as a 1920s party. In a completely new and dazzling version, opera history’s most famous sex worker is back in Bjørvika. For 170 years, La Traviata has...
Cast:
Bror Magnus Tødenes,
Edward Gardner,
.... + 4
La traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Set in and around Paris in about 1850.
Act I
Violetta Valéry, a Parisian courtesan, greets the guests at her salon. Among them are Flora Bervoix, the Marchese D’Obigny, Baron Douphol and Gastone, who introduces Violetta to a new admirer of hers, Alfredo Germont. The young Germont, who has been admiring her from afar, joins her in a drinking song. An orchestra strikes up in an adjace ... Read More
Opera
Royal Opera of Versailles (Palace of Versailles), Royal Opera
29 Dec 2024, Sun
•
3 PM
To charm audiences of all ages, music lovers and inexperienced public, Mozart and Schikaneder’s plus was addressing spectators in their own language – and not in Italian as in court operas...
Cast:
Florie Valiquette,
Hervé Niquet,
.... + 7
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
Bavarian State Opera, National Theatre
29 Dec 2024, Sun
•
5 PM
The most world-renowned opera in a classically beautiful production, the legacy of stage director August Everding. The snake still breathes "real" fire, the Queen of the Night is still reall...
Cast:
Bavarian State Orchestra,
Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera,
.... + 7
Die Zauberflöte
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
Background
When Pamina's father died his wife, the Queen of the Night, lost her power, because he had handed the seal of the seven circles of the sun to the initiates. Sarastro is now administering the Sun King's legacy.
The Queen of the Night is not willing to submit to being directed by the wise men around Sarastro. She endeavours to regain her former power.
In order to foil her plans ... Read More
Opera
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Main Stage
29 Dec 2024, Sun
•
6 PM
Puccini had already proved his ability as a brilliant musical colourist with EDGAR (1889) and MANON LESCAUT, but it was only with LA BOHÈME that a perfect marriage of subject matter and musical...
Cast:
Attilio Glaser,
Children`s choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin,
.... + 6
La Bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Place: Paris
Time: Around 1830.
Act 1
In the four bohemians' garret (Christmas Eve)
Marcello is painting while Rodolfo gazes out of the window. They complain of the cold. In order to keep warm, they burn the manuscript of Rodolfo's drama. Colline, the philosopher, enters shivering and disgruntled at not having been able to pawn some books. Schaunard, the musician of the group, arrives w ... Read More
Opera
Vienna State Opera, Main Stage
29 Dec 2024, Sun
•
7 PM
Pierre Audi and his team wanted to tell the story of Rigoletto in a "poetic, dark way". To this end, set designer Christoph Hetzer has created a "world of shadows and darkness...
Cast:
Carlo Rizzi,
Amartuvshin Enkhbat,
.... + 3
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
29 Dec 2024, Sun
•
8 PM
American stage director Ted Huffman’s directorial debut at the Opernhaus Zürich was a hit with its overwhelmingly beautiful, serenely abstract images and palpable narrative tension.
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Marco Armiliato,
Marina Rebeka,
.... + 5
Madama Butterfly
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 in Concert
29 Dec 2024, Sun
•
8:30 PM
“The quality of the music, the splendour of the setting, the power and passion of the singing!” THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
Composer:
Gioachino Rossini
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 Hamburg, Main Stage
30 Dec 2024, Mon
•
7 PM
This opera is the world in a theatrical nutshell: it deals with growing older, with trials and tribulations, with intransparent decisions.
Cast:
Adriana Gonzalez,
Aleksandra Olczyk,
.... + 8
Die Zauberflöte
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
Tamino and Papageno have known each other since childhood. Despite not having parents, Tamino, grows up in a protected environment, whereas Papageno has to battle his way through life working occasionally. Although they are so different, they soon become close friends. Tamino falls in love, but only with a picture of his beloved, because the girl has been kidnapped. Tamino accepts the challenge. T ... Read More
Opera in Concert
30 Dec 2024, Mon
•
8:30 PM
“This Opera of love and loss is totally stunning, fully engaging and sometimes raises the hairs on the back of your neck.“ THE ARGUS
La Traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Set in and around Paris in about 1850.
Act I
Violetta Valéry, a Parisian courtesan, greets the guests at her salon. Among them are Flora Bervoix, the Marchese D’Obigny, Baron Douphol and Gastone, who introduces Violetta to a new admirer of hers, Alfredo Germont. The young Germont, who has been admiring her from afar, joins her in a drinking song. An orchestra strikes up in an adjace ... Read More
Opera
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Main Stage
31 Dec 2024, Tue
•
5 PM
Puccini had already proved his ability as a brilliant musical colourist with EDGAR (1889) and MANON LESCAUT, but it was only with LA BOHÈME that a perfect marriage of subject matter and musical...
Cast:
Andrei Danilov,
Children`s choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin,
.... + 6
La Bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Place: Paris
Time: Around 1830.
Act 1
In the four bohemians' garret (Christmas Eve)
Marcello is painting while Rodolfo gazes out of the window. They complain of the cold. In order to keep warm, they burn the manuscript of Rodolfo's drama. Colline, the philosopher, enters shivering and disgruntled at not having been able to pawn some books. Schaunard, the musician of the group, arrives w ... Read More
Opera
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage
31 Dec 2024, Tue
•
5 PM
The world’s most popular opera as a 1920s party. In a completely new and dazzling version, opera history’s most famous sex worker is back in Bjørvika. For 170 years, La Traviata has...
Cast:
Bror Magnus Tødenes,
Edward Gardner,
.... + 4
La traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Set in and around Paris in about 1850.
Act I
Violetta Valéry, a Parisian courtesan, greets the guests at her salon. Among them are Flora Bervoix, the Marchese D’Obigny, Baron Douphol and Gastone, who introduces Violetta to a new admirer of hers, Alfredo Germont. The young Germont, who has been admiring her from afar, joins her in a drinking song. An orchestra strikes up in an adjace ... Read More
Opera
Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
31 Dec 2024, Tue
•
6:30 PM
This grandest of grand operas features an epic backdrop for what is in essence an intimate love story.
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Angel Blue,
Yannick Nézet-Séguin,
.... + 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
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