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Puccini, La bohème

Santa Fe Opera

Jader Bignamini, Conductor

Mary Birnbaum, Director

Grace Laubacher, Set Designer

Camillia Koo, Costume Designer

Vanessa Vasquez, Mimì

Kirsten MacKinnon, Musetta

Mario Chang, Rodolfo

Zachary Nelson, Marcello

Will Liverman, Schaunard

Soloman Howard, Colline

TBC, Parpignol

Dale Travis, Alcindoro, Benoît

Anshuman Bhatia, Lighting Designer

Susanne Sheston

Santa Fe Opera Chorus

Santa Fe Opera Orchestra

Aug 20, 21 mat, eve, 22, 23, 24 mat, eve, 25 mat, 27, 28 mat, eve, 29, 30, 31 mat, eve, Sep 01 mat, 03, 04 mat, 05, 06, 07 mat, eve, 08 mat, 10, 11 mat, eve, 12, 13, 14 mat, eve, 15 mat, 17, 18 mat, eve, 19, 20, 21 mat, eve, 22 mat, 24, 25 mat, eve, 26, 27, 28 mat, eve, 29 mat, Oct 01, 02 mat, eve, 03, 04, 05 mat, eve, 06 mat

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney

West Side Story

Bernstein, West Side Story

Opera Australia

Donald Chan, Conductor

Joey McKneely, Director, Choreography

Paul Gallis, Set Designer

Renate Schmitzer, Costume Designer

Sophie Salvesani, Maria

Chloé Zuel, Anita

Noah Mullins, Riff

Todd Jacobsson, Tony

Lyndon Watts, Bernardo

Ritchie Singer, Doc

Opera Australia Orchestra

Tue 20 Aug at 17:00

Studio Koncertowe Polskiego Radia im. Witolda Lutosławskiego, Warsaw

Evgeny Bozhanov

Scarlatti, Sonatas (selection)

Brahms, Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op.68: Andante sostenuto (arr. Max Reger)

Brahms, Symphony no. 3 in F major, Op.90: Poco allegretto (arr. Max Reger)

Weinberg, Children's Notebook no. 1, Op.16

Ravel, La Valse, for piano solo

Liszt, Piano Sonata in B minor, S 178

Evgeny Bozhanov, Piano

Tue 20 Aug at 19:00

Stoller Hall, Manchester

Dina Parakhina Recital

Dina Parakhina, Conductor

Tue 20 Aug at 19:30

Music in Old Cracow

St Martin's Church, Krakow

Krzysztof Jakowicz

Works by Telemann

Works by Bach

Krzysztof Jakowicz, Violin

Tue 20 Aug at 19:30

BBC Proms

Royal Albert Hall, London

Prom 44: Belshazzar’s Feast

London Symphony Orchestra

Koechlin, Les Bandar-log

Varèse, Amériques (original version,1921)

Walton, Belshazzar's Feast

Gerald Finley, Baritone

Orféo Català,

Orféo Català Youth Choir,

London Symphony Chorus,

Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor

Tue 20 Aug at 20:00

Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw

Symphonic Concert

SummerConcerts at the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam

Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, Op.30

Chopin, Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante, Op.22

Berlioz, Harold en Italie, Op.16

Nelson Goerner, Piano

Piotr Alexewicz, Piano

Ryszard Groblewski, Viola

Tatsuya Shimono, Conductor

Sinfonia Varsovia

Tue 20 Aug at 20:00

Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam

Ramón Valle: The Time is Now

Ramón Valle, Piano

Ramón Valle Trio

Omar Rodriguez Calvo, Double Bass

Jamie Peet, Drums

Tue 20 Aug at 20:00

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles

Peter and the Wolf

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf, Op.67

Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty: waltz

Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia

Tchaikovsky, Suite no. 4 in G major, "Mozartiana" for orchestra, Op.61

Bramwell Tovey, Conductor

Blind Summit Theatre

Tue 20 Aug at 20:30

Chetham's International Piano Series

Stoller Hall, Manchester

Peter Frankl and the Saul String Quartet

Schumann, Kinderszenen, Op.15

Schumann, Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op.44

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 11 in F, K413 (K387a)

Peter Frankl, Piano

Tue 20 Aug

Teatro Rossini, Pesaro

Il viaggio a Reims

Rossini, Il viaggio a Reims

Rossini Opera Festival

Nikolas Nägele, Conductor

Emilio Sagi, Director, Set Designer

Pepa Ojanguren, Costume Designer

Accademia Rossiniana "Alberto Zedda"

Aug 20, 23, 25

Glyndebourne

Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne

Rinaldo

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Handel, Rinaldo

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Maxim Emelyanychev, Conductor

Robert Carsen, Director, Lighting Designer

Gideon Davey, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Jakub Józef Orliński, Rinaldo

Tim Mead, Goffredo

Giulia Semenzato, Almirena

Brandon Cedel, Argante

Patrick Terry, Eustazio

Kristina Mkhitaryan, Armida

James Hall, A Christian Magician

Peter van Praet, Lighting Designer

Bruno Ravella, Revival Director

Glyndebourne Chorus

Sofia Larsson, Soprano

Madison Nonoa, Soprano

Emma Kerr, Mezzo-soprano

Tue 20 Aug

Vitrifrigo Arena, Pesaro

Semiramide

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI

Rossini, Semiramide

Rossini Opera Festival

Michele Mariotti, Conductor

Graham Vick, Director

Stuart Nunn, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Salome Jicia, Semiramide

Carlo Cigni, Oroe

Nahuel Di Pierro, Assur

Antonino Siragusa, Idreno

Varduhi Abrahamyan, Arsace

Martiniana Antoine, Azema

Alessandro Luciano, Mitrane

Sergey Artamonov, Nino's ghost

Coro del Teatro Ventidio Basso

Aug 20, 21, 23 mat

City Recital Hall, Sydney

Luminous

Works by Britten

Works by Janáček

Vasks, Concerto for violin and strings ''Tala Gaisma'' (Distant light)

Richard Tognetti, Director

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Lior Elmaleh, Vocals

Bill Henson, Photography, Cinematography, Editing

Aug 20, 21, 22

Bridewell Theatre, London

Caccia lontana

Smareglia, Caccia lontana (Performed in Italian with English surtitles)

Stjepan Vuger, Conductor

Ozren Prohič, Director

Jelena Štefanić, Soprano

Sofija Cingula, Mezzo-soprano

Aug 20, 25, 30, Sep 01

Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo

L'elisir d'amore

Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore

Norwegian National Opera

Daniel Smith, Conductor

Oliver Mears, Director

Annemarie Woods, Set Designer

Ilona Karas, Costume Designer

Andrea Carroll, Adina

Luis Gomes, Nemorino

Andrei Kymach, Belcore

Günes Gürle, Dulcamara

Lydia Hoen Tjore, Giannetta

Kevin Treacy, Lighting Designer

Norwegian National Opera Choir

Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

Aug 20, 23

Good Shepherd Church, New York City

Last Gasps

Haydn, String Quartet no. 68 in D minor, Op.103, Hob III:83

Webern, Langsamer Satz

Mendelssohn, String Quartet no. 6 in F minor, Op.80

Koo, Salley, Violin

Ralph Allen, Violin

Matricardi, Lisa, Viola

Jortner, Iris, Cello

Aug 20, 23, 28

Bayreuth

Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Bayreuth

Tristan und Isolde

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde

Christian Thielemann, Conductor

Katharina Wagner, Director

Frank Philipp Schlößmann, Set Designer

Thomas Kaiser, Costume Designer

Stephen Gould, Tristan

Stefan Vinke, Tristan

Petra Lang, Isolde

Georg Zeppenfeld, King Marke

Greer Grimsley, Kurwenal

Christa Mayer, Brangäne

Raimund Nolte, Melot

Tansel Akzeybek, Shepherd, Young seaman

Kay Stiefermann, Helmsman

Matthias Lippert, Set Designer

Reinhard Traub, Lighting Designer

Daniel Weber, Dramaturgy

Bayreuth Festival Chorus

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Aug 20, 24, 27, 29

Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Simon Boccanegra

New production

Verdi, Simon Boccanegra

Valery Gergiev, Conductor

Andreas Kriegenburg, Director

Harald Thor, Set Designer

Tanja Hofmann, Costume Designer

Luca Salsi, Simon Boccanegra

René Pape, Jacopo Fiesco

Marina Rebeka, Amelia Grimaldi

Charles Castronovo, Gabriele Adorno

André Heyboer, Paolo Albiani

Antonio Di Matteo, Pietro

Andreas Grüter, Lighting Designer

Julia Weinreich, Dramaturgy

Ernst Raffelsberger, Choirmaster / chorus director

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Aug 20 mat, 24 mat

Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown

Show Boat

Kern, Show Boat

Glimmerglass Opera

James Lowe, Conductor

Francesca Zambello, Director

Peter J. Davison, Set Designer

Paul Tazewell, Costume Designer

Lauren Snouffer, Magnolia

Michael Adams, Gaylord Ravenal

Alyson Cambridge, Julie

Lara Teeter, Captain Andy

Justin Hopkins, Joe

Christine Ebersole, Parthy Hawks

Tue 20 Aug at 11:00

Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Doric String Quartet

Haydn, String Quartet no. 30 in E flat major "The Joke”, Op.33 no.2, Hob III:38

Dean, String Quartet no. 3 “Hidden Agendas” (European premiere)

Brahms, String Quintet no. 2 in G major, Op.111

Doric String Quartet

Tue 20 Aug at 13:05

National Concert Hall, Dublin

RTÉ Concert Orchestra Summer Lunchtime

Mozart, Don Giovanni, K527: overture

Mozart, Don Giovanni, K527: Fin ch'an dal vino

Leoncavallo, Pagliacci: Prologue

Mussorgsky, Sorochinsky Fair: Introduction and Gopak

Ponchielli, La Gioconda: La danza delle ore (the dance of the hours)

Bizet, Carmen: Toreador March

Lara, Granada

Offenbach, La Belle Helene: overture

RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Proinnsías Ó Duinn, Conductor

Brendan Collins, Baritone

Tue 20 Aug at 17:30

St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh

Bach Keyboard Concertos: Concert 5

Bach, Keyboard Concerto no. 2 in E major, BWV1053

Bach, Concerto for 2 keyboards and strings in C minor, BWV1062

Richard Egarr, Harpsichord

Diego Ares, Harpsichord

Musicians from the Dunedin Consort

Tue 20 Aug at 19:30

Haus für Mozart, Salzburg

Camerata Salzburg · Honeck

Schubert, Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus: incidental music, D.797

Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major, Op.19

Schubert, Symphony no. 9 in C major, "The Great", D.944

Lang Lang, Piano

Camerata Salzburg

Manfred Honeck, Conductor

Tue 20 Aug at 19:30

Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg: Großer Saal, Salzburg

Lied Recital Peter · Deutsch

Schubert, Ganymed (Goethe), D.544

Schubert, Sehnsucht (Was zieht mir das Herz so?) (Goethe), D.123

Schubert, Rastlose Liebe (Goethe), D.138

Schubert, Meeres Stille (Goethe), D.216

Schubert, Wandrers Nachtlied II (Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh) (Goethe), D.768

Schubert, Der Fischer (Goethe), D.225

Schubert, Der König in Thule (Goethe), D.367

Schubert, Erlkönig (Goethe), D.328

Schubert, Erster Verlust (Goethe), D.226

Schubert, Versunken (Goethe), D.715

Schubert, Geheimes (Goethe), D.719

Schubert, An die Entfernte (Goethe), D.765

Schubert, Willkommen und Abschied (Goethe), D.767

Strauss R., Heimliche Aufforderung, Op.27 no.3

Strauss R., Wozu noch, Mädchen, soll es Frommen, Op.19 no. 1

Strauss R., Sechs Lieder: Breit' über mein Haupt dein schwarzes Haar, Op.19 no.2

Strauss R., Traum durch die Dämmerung, Op.29 no.1

Strauss R., Ich liebe dich, Op.37 no.2

Strauss R., Mädchenblumen, Op.22

Strauss R., Ständchen, Op.17 no.2

Strauss R., Liebeshymnus, Op.32 no.3

Strauss R., 5 Lieder: Ich trage meine Minne, Op.32 no.1

Strauss R., Freundliche Vision, Op.48 no.1

Strauss R., Sechs Lieder: Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten, Op.19 no.4

Mauro Peter, Tenor

Helmut Deutsch, Piano

Tue 20 Aug at 19:30

Lucerne Festival

Culture and Congress Centre: Concert Hall, Lucerne

Symphony Concert 3

Schubert, Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, D.485

Mahler, Symphony no. 4 in G major

Bernard Haitink, Conductor

Anna Lucia Richter, Soprano

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Tue 20 Aug at 20:30

Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh

The Night With... Duo van Vliet

Buckley, Oscilate

Greer, Richard, Black Box

Śniady, Marta, <<

Malinowski, Paweł, Canvas

Duchnowski, Cezary, cROSSFAdE 2

Ian Anderson, Viola

Rafal Luc, Accordion

Tue 20 Aug at 20:30

Église de Rançon, Saint-Wandrille-Rançon

La Petite Symphonie

Works by Beethoven

Works by Schumann

La Petite Symphonie

Aug 21, 23, 24

King's Theatre, Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Breaking the Waves

Mazzoli, Breaking the Waves (libretto by Royce Vavrek)

Scottish Opera

Stuart Stratford, Conductor

Tom Morris, Director

Soutra Gilmour, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Sydney Mancasola, Bess McNeill

Duncan Rock, Jan Nyman

Wallis Giunta, Dodo McNeill

Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Dr Richardson

Orla Boylan, Bess' Mother

Byron Jackson, Terry

Freddie Tong, Church Councilman

The Orchestra of Scottish Opera

The chorus of Breaking the Waves

Wed 21 Aug

Santa Fe Opera

Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe

The Thirteenth Child

World première

I Suoni delle Dolomiti – Sounds of the Dolomites

Ruders, The Thirteenth Child

Santa Fe Opera

Paul Daniel, Conductor

Darko Tresnjak, Director

Alexander Dodge, Set Designer

Rita Ryack, Costume Designer

Kirsten MacKinnon, Lyra

Tamara Mumford, Queen Gertrude

Joshua Dennis, Frederic

Bradley Garvin, Drokan

David Leigh, King Hjarne

York Kennedy, Lighting Designer

Aaron Rhyne, Video Artist

Susanne Sheston, Choirmaster / chorus director

Santa Fe Opera Chorus

Santa Fe Opera Orchestra

Wed 21 Aug at 12:00

Località La Porta, Tesero

Polyphony of sounds for alpine pastures

Unknown, to be announced

Quintetto di Fiati di Santa Cecilia e Royal Concertgebouw Orkest

Wed 21 Aug at 17:00

Warsaw Philharmonic: Chamber music hall, Warsaw

Juho Pohjonen in Recital

Bach, Chromatic fantasia and fugue in D minor, BWV903

Franck, Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

Mozart, Prelude and Fugue in C major, K394 (K383a)

Schubert, Fantasia in C major "Wanderer Fantasy", D.760

Chopin, Fugue in A minor, KK14 c/2

Juho Pohjonen, Piano

Wed 21 Aug at 17:00

Stoller Hall, Manchester

Leslie Howard Recital

Leslie Howard, Piano

Wed 21 Aug at 19:00

Oslo Concert Hall (Konserthus), Oslo

Season Opening

Torvund, New work, world première

Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64

Vasily Petrenko, Conductor

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

Wed 21 Aug at 19:30

Music in Old Cracow

Jesuit Basilica, Krakow

Serhey Burko conducts the Lviv Virtuosos

Chetham's International Piano Series

Works by Mendelssohn

Works by Elgar

Works by Mozart

Works by Respighi

Lviv Virtuosos

Serhey Burko, Conductor

János Bálint, Flute

Wed 21 Aug at 19:30

Stoller Hall, Manchester

Gala Faculty Recital (2)

Bach, Allein Gott in der Hoeh' sei Ehr - organ chorale in G Minor, BWV711

Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody no. 3 in B flat major, S 244/3

McLeod, Piano Sonata no. 1

Debussy, L'Isle joyeuse, Op.26

Liszt, Fantasie über Themen aus Ludwig van Beethovens "Die Ruinen von Athen" für Klavier und Orchester S 122

Banowetz, Joseph, Piano

Chan, Alton, Piano

Simon Callaghan, Piano

Carlo Grante, Piano

Gruzmann, Grigory, Piano

Murray McLachlan, Conductor

Wed 21 Aug at 19:30

Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah

Madama Butterfly

Puccini, Madama Butterfly

Opera Australia

John Bell, Director

Jennie Tate, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Eva Kong, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)

Sharon Zhai, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)

Bradley Daley, Pinkerton

Matthew Reardon, Pinkerton

Andrew Moran, Sharpless

Barbara Jin, Suzuki

Steven Gallop, The Bonze

Shoumendu Schornikow, Prince Yamadori

Michael Lapina, Goro

Kristen Leich, Kate Pinkerton

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Wed 21 Aug at 19:30

BBC Proms

Royal Albert Hall, London

Prom 45: Mississippi Goddam: A Homage to Nina Simone

Ledisi,

Lisa Fisher,

Metropole Orkest

Jules Buckley, Conductor

Wed 21 Aug at 20:00

Usher Hall, Edinburgh

London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

Adams, Harmonielehre

Rachmaninov, Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op.27

Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor

Wed 21 Aug at 20:00

SummerConcerts at the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam

Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam

Arthur and Lucas Jussen, Mendelssohn & Prokofiev

Prokofiev, Symphony no. 1 in D major "Classical", Op.25

Mendelssohn, Piano Sonata no.1 in E major, Op.6

Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet

Lucas Jussen, Piano

Arthur Jussen, Piano

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Elim Chan, Conductor

Wed 21 Aug at 20:00

Tanglewood Festival

Tanglewood, Seiji Ozawa Hall, Lenox

Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra

Yan Huichang, Conductor

Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra

Wed 21 Aug at 20:00

Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw

Symphonic Concert

Mozart, Symphony no. 29 in A major, K201 (K186a)

Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, Op.21

Beethoven, Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.36

Akiko Ebi, Period Piano

Masaaki Suzuki, Conductor

Bach Collegium Japan

Aug 21, 24, 28, 31, Sep 04, 07

Schloss Charlottenburg, Orangerie, Berlin

Königliche Schlosskonzerte - Werke von Mozart, Haydn & Salieri

Works by Mozart

Works by Haydn

Works by Salieri

Aug 21, 22, 23, 24 mat, eve, 25 mat, eve, 27, 28, 29 mat, eve, 31 mat, eve

Sadler's Wells Theatre, London

Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet

Matthew Bourne's Romeo + Juliet (Sir Matthew Bourne)

Matthew Bourne's New Adventures

Brett Morris, Conductor

Dan Jackson, Conductor

Lez Brotherston, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Paule Constable, Lighting Designer

New Adventures Orchestra

Paris Fitzpatrick, Dancer

Cordelia Braithwaite, Dancer

Harrison Dowzell, Dancer

Jackson Fisch, Dancer

Reece Causton, Dancer

Ben Brown, Dancer

Wed 21 Aug

Glyndebourne

Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne

Rusalka

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Dvořák, Rusalka

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Robin Ticciati, Conductor

Melly Still, Director

Rae Smith, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Sally Matthews, Rusalka

Alexander Roslavets, Vodník, the water goblin

Patricia Bardon, Ježibaba, the Witch

Evan LeRoy Johnson, Prince

Brenden Gunnell, Prince

Zoya Tsererina, Foreign Princess

Vuvu Mpofu, First Wood Sprite

Annamaria Pennisi, Second Wood Sprite

Alyona Abramova, Third Wood Sprite

Colin Judson, Gamekeeper

Alix Le Saux, Kitchen Boy

Adam Marsden, The Hunter

Paule Constable, Lighting Designer

Glyndebourne Chorus

Rick Nodine, Choreography

Aug 21, 23, 25

Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Bogotá

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

Alejandro Roca, Conductor

Pedro Salazar, Director

Julián Hoyos, Set Designer

Adán Martínez, Costume Designer

Paola Leguizamón, Rosina

Pablo Martínez, Count Almaviva

Borja Quiza, Figaro

Valeriano Lanchas, Dr Bartolo

Sara Catarine, Berta

Jacobo Ochoa, Officer, Fiorello

Julio Escallón, Ambrogio

Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá

Coro de la Ópera de Colombia

Aug 21, 22, 25 mat, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 mat, eve

Estonian National Opera House, Tallinn

West Side Story

Bernstein, West Side Story

Estonian National Opera

Aug 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, Sep 01

Ruhr Universitat: Audimax, Bochum

Nach den letzten Tagen. Ein Spätabend

Uli Fussenegger, Conductor

Christoph Marthaler, Director

Duri Bischoff, Set Designer

Sarah Schittek, Costume Designer

Andreas Hofer, Lighting Designer

Aug 21, 22, 23, 24

Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

Hard to Be Soft: A Belfast Prayer

Hard to Be Soft (Oona Doherty)

Ciaran Bagnall, Set Designer, Lighting Designer

Aug 21, 24, 26, 28, 31, Sep 02, 04, 07, 09, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30

The Palace of the Grand Duke Vladimir, St Petersburg

Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian, Borodin, Balakirev, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov