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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

Aug 21, 23, 24

King's Theatre, Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Breaking the Waves

I Suoni delle Dolomiti – Sounds of the Dolomites

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 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

Chopin and His Europe

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

Chetham's International Piano Series

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

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

Music in Old Cracow

Jesuit Basilica, Krakow

Serhey Burko conducts the Lviv Virtuosos

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

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 19:30

Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah

Madama Butterfly

SummerConcerts at the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam

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 20:00

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

Chopin and His Europe

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

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

Aug 21 mat, 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

Todd Jacobsson, Tony

Daniel Assetta, Tony

Sophie Salvesani, Maria

Chloé Zuel, Anita

Noah Mullins, Riff

Lyndon Watts, Bernardo

Ritchie Singer, Doc

Zoe Ioannou, Rosalia

Opera Australia Orchestra

Peter Halbsgut, Lighting Designer

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, 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

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 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

Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

Khachaturian, Masquerade Waltz

Borodin, Stranger in Paradise (arr from Kismet: Gliding Dance of the Maidens)

Balakirev, Oriental Fantasy, "Islamey", Op.18

Tchaikovsky, Otcego eto prezde ne znala (Iolanta's arioso)

Prokofiev, Toccata in D minor, Op.11

Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18

Aug 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 21 mat, 23, 26, 30

Haus für Mozart, Salzburg

Orphée aux enfers

New production

Offenbach, Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld)

Enrique Mazzola, Conductor

Barrie Kosky, Director

Rufus Didwiszus, Set Designer

Victoria Behr, Costume Designer

Joel Prieto, Orphée

Nadine Weissmann, Cupidon

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Diane

Kathryn Lewek, Eurydice

Max Hopp, John Styx

Frances Pappas, Junon

Martin Winkler, Jupiter

Anne Sofie von Otter, L'Opinion Publique

Rafał Pawnuk, Mars

Peter Renz, Mercure

Marcel Beekman, Pluton

Lea Desandre, Venus

Franck Evin, Lighting Designer

Otto Pichler, Choreography

Susanna Goldberg, Dramaturgy

Vocalconsort Berlin

David Cavelius, Choirmaster / chorus director

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Aug 21, 25

Bayreuth

Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Bayreuth

Tannhäuser

New production

Wagner, Tannhäuser

Valery Gergiev, Conductor

Tobias Kratzer, Director

Rainer Sellmaier, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Stephen Gould, Tannhäuser

Markus Eiche, Wolfram von Eschenbach

Lise Davidsen, Elisabeth

Ekaterina Gubanova, Venus

Elena Zhidkova, Venus

Stephen Milling, Landgraf Hermann

Daniel Behle, Walther von der Vogelweide

Jorge Rodríguez-Norton, Heinrich der Schreiber

Kay Stiefermann, Biterolf

Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Reinmar von Zweter

Katharina Konradi, Shepherd Boy

Reinhard Traub, Lighting Designer

Manuel Braun, Video Artist

Konrad Kuhn, Dramaturgy

Bayreuth Festival Chorus

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Le Gateau Chocolat

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

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, 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, 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

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

Wed 21 Aug at 11:00

Arts Centre Melbourne: Hamer Hall, Melbourne

Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto

Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor, Op.33

Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 (Excerpts)

Jian Wang, Cello

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Violin

Wed 21 Aug at 11:00

Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Christiane Karg & Gerold Huber

Schubert, Lieder: selection

Christiane Karg, Soprano

Gerold Huber, Piano

Wed 21 Aug at 16:00

Southwell Minster, Southwell

Organ Recital

McDowall, Sounding Heaven and Earth

Whitlock, Symphony in G minor: Elegy

Dupré, Symphonie-Passion, Op.23

Barber, Adagio for strings, Op.11

Ives, Variations on America

Simon Hogan, Organ

Wed 21 Aug at 19:00

DCR Hatch Memorial Shell, Boston

Landmarks Dance Night

Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 5 in F sharp minor

Price, Symphony No. 1 in E minor

Falla, El amor brujo

Green, Choucoune

Traditional, Papa Loko

Offenbach, Orpheus in the Underworld: excerpts

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

Boston Landmarks Orchestra

Ann McMahon Quintero, Mezzo-soprano

Boston Ballet

Jean Appolon Expressions

Castle of our Skins

Wed 21 Aug at 19:30

Esplanade Recital Studio, Singapore

Uncommon. Unheard. Unique

Bridge, Miniatures for Piano Trio

Tailleferre, Piano trio

Weir, Piano Trio Two

Mendelssohn, Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, Op.49

The Tee Trio

Wed 21 Aug at 19:30

Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne

Kenny Broberg - Melbourne

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 31 in A flat major, Op.110

Chopin, Fantasy in F minor, Op.49

Franck, Prélude, Fugue and Variation, Op.18

Medtner, Piano Sonata no. 7 in E minor, "Night Wind", Op.25 no.2

Kenny Broberg, Piano

Wed 21 Aug at 19:30

Southwell Minster, Southwell

Symphonic Journeys

Mendelssohn, String Symphony no. 4 in C minor

Mahler, Symphony no. 4 in G major

Southwell Festival Sinfonia

Alison Rose, Soprano

Marcus Farnsworth, Conductor

Wed 21 Aug at 19:30

Lucerne Festival

Culture and Congress Centre: Concert Hall, Lucerne

Igor Levit

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 1 in F minor, Op.2 no.1

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 12 in A flat major, Op.26

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 25 in G major, Op.79

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 21 in C major "Waldstein", Op.53

Igor Levit, Piano

Wed 21 Aug at 20:00

DiMenna Center for Classical Music: Mary Flagler Cary Hall, New York City

Time Spans: Yarn/Wire, TALEA Ensemble

Vivier, Pulau Dewata

Bouliane, Rythmes et échos des rivages anticostiens (US premiere)

Oesterle, Carrousel

Smith, Knotted Silk (US premiere)

Korndorf, Music for Owen Underhill and his Magnificent Eight (US premiere)

Yarn/Wire

Talea Ensemble

Lorraine Vaillancourt, Conductor

Wed 21 Aug at 20:00

ACO Thormannhalle Rendsburg, Rendsburg

Bach, Schumann, Ravel, Rachmaninow, Chopin

Bach, Toccata in E minor, BWV914

Schumann, 4 Nachtstucke for piano, Op.23

Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit

Rachmaninov, Cinq Morceaux de fantasie, Op.3

Chopin, Nocturne no. 19 in E minor, Op.72 no.1

Chopin, Scherzo no. 1 in B minor, Op.20

Jan Lisiecki, Piano

Wed 21 Aug at 20:00

AMUZ, Antwerp

Paul Van Nevel conducts ’The Burgundy Choirbook’ - in Antwerp

Heyns, Cornelius, Missa super ‘pour quelque paine’ à 4.

Cockx, Riquard, ‘Kyrie Deus creator omnium’ à 3.

Busnoys, ‘Regina coeli’ à 4.

Plummer, 'Agnus Dei' à 3.

Dufay, Missa super ‘Ave Regina’ à 4. ((sanctus only))

Huelgas Ensemble

Paul van Nevel, Conductor

Wed 21 Aug at 20:00

The Hug and Pint, Glasgow

The Night With... Duo van Vliet

Buckley, Oscilate

Porębski, Reverse 2

Greer, Richard, Black Box

Śniady, Marta, <<

Malinowski, Paweł, Canvas

Duchnowski, Cezary, cROSSFAdE 2

Ian Anderson, Viola

Rafal Luc, Accordion

Wed 21 Aug at 20:30

Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria: Sala Argenta, Santander

Orquestra de Cadaqués

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major, K503

Stravinsky, Pulcinella: Suite

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano

Barbara Frittoli, Soprano

Piero Pretti, Tenor

Nicola Ulivieri, Bass

Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor

Orquestra de Cadaqués

Wed 21 Aug at 20:30

Eglise Notre-Dame, Caudebec-en-Caux

Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

Works by Connellan

Works by O'Carolan

Works by Oswald

Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

Wed 21 Aug at 21:00

Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Recital Buniatishvili

Schubert, Four Impromptus, D.899

Liszt, Ständchen no. 7 (transcribed from Schubert's Schwanengesang)

Liszt, Gretchen am spinnrade, D 558 no. 8 (transcribed from Schubert D 118)

Liszt, Erlkönig (transcribed from Schubert), S 558 no.4

Liszt, Transcendental Études, S 139: no. 4 Mazeppa

Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody no. 6 in D flat major, S 244/6

Stravinsky, Three movements from Petrushka

Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

Wed 21 Aug at 22:00

Southwell Minster, Southwell

Late Night Folk

Kit Downes, Piano

Aidan O'Rourke, Fiddle

Thu 22 Aug

Santa Fe Opera

Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe

Così fan tutte

New production

Mozart, Così fan tutte

Santa Fe Opera

Harry Bicket, Conductor

RB Schlather, Director

Paul DePoo, Set Designer

Terese Wadden, Costume Designer

Amanda Majeski, Fiordiligi

Emily D'Angelo, Dorabella

Ben Bliss, Ferrando

Jarrett Ott, Guglielmo

Dale Travis, Don Alfonso

Rodney Gilfry, Don Alfonso

Tracy Dahl, Despina

Jax Messenger, Lighting Designer

Susanne Sheston, Choirmaster / chorus director

Santa Fe Opera Chorus

Santa Fe Opera Orchestra

Aug 22, 24, 29, 31

Die Residenz: Hofkapelle, Munich

Residenz Serenade

Works by Bach

Works by Vivaldi

Works by Handel

Works by Mozart

Works by Beethoven

Munich Residenz Solisten

Aug 22, 25, 31, Sep 14, Oct 04, 18, Nov 01, 24

Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin

Candide

Bernstein, Candide

Komische Oper Berlin

Jordan De Souza, Conductor

Barrie Kosky, Director

Otto Pichler, Choreography

Chor der Komischen Oper Berlin

Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

Thu 22 Aug at 17:00

Chetham's at 50

Stoller Hall, Manchester

Ronald Stevenson Memorial Recital

Harris-Brown, Edward, Piano

Crawford, Alexander, Piano

Alampo, Cassandro, Piano

Tan, Rebekah, Piano

Brown, Madeleine, Piano

Liu, Daniel, Piano

Thu 22 Aug at 18:00

Oscarshall Palace, Oslo

Queen Sonja Competition: Prize winner concert with Mélissa Petit

Programme to be announced

Mélissa Petit, Soprano

Sveinung Bjelland, Piano

Thu 22 Aug at 19:00

Stoller Hall, Manchester

Benjamin Frith Recital

Benjamin Frith, Piano

Thu 22 Aug at 19:00

Latvian National Opera, Riga

Nabucco