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Hungarian State Opera House, Opera House
1 Mar 2023, Wed
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6 PM
The productions by the Catalan director Calixto Bieito, the “Quentin Tarantino of the opera stage”, cut incisively into the reality of their stories, making them shockingly provocative. An...
Composer:
Georges Bizet
....
Cast:
Andrea Szántó
....
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
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Opera
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage
1 Mar 2023, Wed
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7 PM
Deep down, we’re all alone. Tchaikovsky’s romantic opera is a close encounter with intense, youthful love. At the same time, Eugene Onegin is a powerful portrayal of something we have all ...
Composer:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Cast:
Astrid Nordstad,
Edgaras Montvidas,
.... + 5
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
1 Mar 2023, Wed
•
7 PM
Eugene Onegin is an opera ("lyrical scenes") in 3 acts (7 scenes), composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto, organised by the composer himself, very closely follows certain pa...
Composer:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Cast:
Anita Hartig,
Benjamin Bernheim,
.... + 5
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
1 Mar 2023, Wed
•
7:30 PM
Greedy. Jealous. Lustful. The gods are all-too-human. When the forging of a prophesied ring of the Rhine proves more problematic than you’d possibly think, the realms of gods and men prove all t...
Composer:
Richard Wagner
Cast:
Christine Rice,
English National Opera Orchestra,
.... + 6
The Rhinegold
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 Rhinegold. The maidens rejoice i ... Read More
Opera
Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre
1 Mar 2023, Wed
•
7:30 PM
Experience the romance of the original bohemian love story. On a freezing Christmas Eve, love sparks. Two hands meet in the dark and four friends’ lives change forever.
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Atalla Ayan,
Esther Song,
.... + 5
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
2 Mar 2023, Thu
•
7 PM
PASSION and VIOLENT DEATH in one of the opera world's most iconic pieces – TOSCA.
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Christina Nilsson,
Daniel Johansson,
.... + 4
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
Volksoper Vienna, Volksoper
2 Mar 2023, Thu
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7 PM
The well known tragic love story between the high-class coutesan Violetta and Alfredo, son of a respected Parisian family. With Alfredo the beautiful high-class courtesan Violetta finally finds true l...
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Act I
Paris, 1850. The courtesan Violetta Valéry is hosting one of her lavish parties. Gastone, one of the guests, introduces his friend Alfredo Germont to her. He has been an admirer of Violetta for a long time, and while she was ill would come every day to ask how she was. Violetta is impressed by his honest devotion. As he leaves she gives him a camellia she is wearing and tells hi ... Read More
Opera
Royal Danish Theatre, The Opera House - Main Stage
2 Mar 2023, Thu
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7:30 PM
Verdi’s magnificent fateful tale of falling in love with the enemy and of the unintentional victims of war.
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Miriam Clark,
Paolo Carignani,
.... + 4
Aida Premiere
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
Hungarian State Opera House, Opera House
3 Mar 2023, Fri
•
6 PM
The productions by the Catalan director Calixto Bieito, the “Quentin Tarantino of the opera stage”, cut incisively into the reality of their stories, making them shockingly provocative. An...
Composer:
Georges Bizet
....
Cast:
Andrea Szántó
....
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
We will check for seats that still can be taken
Opera
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage
3 Mar 2023, Fri
•
6 PM
Deep down, we’re all alone. Tchaikovsky’s romantic opera is a close encounter with intense, youthful love. At the same time, Eugene Onegin is a powerful portrayal of something we have all ...
Composer:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Cast:
Astrid Nordstad,
Edgaras Montvidas,
.... + 5
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
Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Staatsoper Unter den Linden
3 Mar 2023, Fri
•
7 PM
An opéra comique with a tragic ending that depicts the eternal game of passion and torturous jealousy, and whose fiery music continues to appeal to audiences worldwide – that is Bizet&rsq...
Composer:
Georges Bizet
Cast:
Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden,
Daniel Barenboim,
.... + 6
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
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Main Stage
3 Mar 2023, Fri
•
7:30 PM
Puccini's "Torture Opera", as Oskar Bie dubbed it, was based on LA TOSCA, the well received play by Victorien Sardou [1831–1908], which premiered in Paris in 1887 with Sarah Bernha...
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Children`s choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin,
Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin,
.... + 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
Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre
3 Mar 2023, Fri
•
7:30 PM
Experience the romance of the original bohemian love story. On a freezing Christmas Eve, love sparks. Two hands meet in the dark and four friends’ lives change forever.
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Atalla Ayan,
Esther Song,
.... + 5
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
4 Mar 2023, Sat
•
1 PM
Three captivating sopranos with many previous triumphs to their names—Nadine Sierra, Ermonela Jaho, and Angel Blue— star as the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta, one of opera’s ul...
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Angel Blue,
Artur Ruciński,
.... + 2
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
4 Mar 2023, Sat
•
3 PM
PASSION and VIOLENT DEATH in one of the opera world's most iconic pieces – TOSCA.
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Christina Nilsson,
Daniel Johansson,
.... + 4
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
4 Mar 2023, Sat
•
6:30 PM
Greedy. Jealous. Lustful. The gods are all-too-human. When the forging of a prophesied ring of the Rhine proves more problematic than you’d possibly think, the realms of gods and men prove all t...
Composer:
Richard Wagner
Cast:
Christine Rice,
English National Opera Orchestra,
.... + 6
The Rhinegold
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 Rhinegold. The maidens rejoice i ... Read More
Opera
Prague National Theatre, The State Opera
4 Mar 2023, Sat
•
7 PM
A dark drama of passion, love, betrayal, and revenge. Revenge, love, self-sacrifice, and murder are what the tragic story of Rigoletto revolves around.
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
The State Opera Chorus,
The State Opera Orchestra
Opera
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Main Stage
4 Mar 2023, Sat
•
7:30 PM
Mozart's MAGIC FLUTE is the most frequently performed opera in the German-speaking world. This variegated masterpiece straddling Viennese popular theatre, fairytale, myth, and the mystery of freem...
Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cast:
Alexandra Hutton,
Attilio Glaser,
.... + 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
Staatsoper Hamburg, Main Stage
4 Mar 2023, Sat
•
7:30 PM
Scarpia, Rome’s chief of police, desires Tosca. Since her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, is among the government’s political enemies, Scarpia has him imprisoned. He orders Cavaradossi&rsq...
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Andrzej Dobber,
Choir of the Hamburg State Opera,
.... + 4
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
La bohème Premiere
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
We will check for seats that still can be taken
First time at Opera?
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How to choose an opera? Mozart or Verdi? Love tragedy or comedy?
Marriage of Figaro or Aida?
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