Jul 19, 20
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
Jul 19, 20, 21 mat
Hong Kong City Hall: Concert Hall, Hong Kong
Roderick Dunk, Conductor
John Langley, Baritone
Lo, Anna, Voice
Cheung, Margaret, Voice
Cheng, Jordan, Voice
Lau, Rick, Voice
Jul 19, 22, 25, 27, 29, 31, Aug 01, 02, 03, 06, 07, 10
Puccini, Madama Butterfly
Opera Australia
Massimo Zanetti, Conductor
Nicholas Milton, Conductor
Tahu Matheson, Conductor
Graeme Murphy, Director
Michael Scott-Mitchell, Set Designer
Jennifer Irwin, Costume Designer
Karah Son, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)
Hyeseoung Kwon, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)
Andeka Gorrotxategi, Pinkerton
Diego Torre, Pinkerton
Michael Honeyman, Sharpless
José Carbó, Sharpless
Sian Sharp, Suzuki
Agnes Sarkis, Suzuki
Gennadi Dubinsky, The Bonze
Christopher Hillier, Prince Yamadori
Virgilio Marino, Goro
Alexander Hargreaves, The Imperial Commissioner
Jane Ede, Kate Pinkerton
Opera Australia Chorus
Opera Australia Orchestra
Jul 19, 29, Aug 03, 07, 12, 17, 20, 24
Santa Fe Opera
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
Jul 19, 21, 23, 24, 25
Verdi, Il trovatore
Maurizio Benini, Conductor
Francisco Negrín, Director
Louis Désiré, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Ludovic Tézier, Il conte di Luna
Artur Ruciński, Il conte di Luna
Dimitri Platanias, Il conte di Luna
Maria Agresta, Leonora
Hibla Gerzmava, Leonora
Lianna Haroutounian, Leonora
Ekaterina Semenchuk, Azucena
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Azucena
Francesco Meli, Manrico
Piero Pretti, Manrico
Roberto Tagliavini, Ferrando
Cassandre Berthon, Ines
Fabián Lara, Ruiz
Moisés Marín, A messenger
Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real
Coro Titular del Teatro Real
Fri 19 Jul
Savonlinna Opera Festival
Verdi, Rigoletto
Philippe Auguin, Conductor
Sir David McVicar, Director
Tanya McCallin, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Dalibor Jenis, Rigoletto
Cristina Pasaroiu, Gilda
Ivan Magrì, The Duke of Mantua
Sami Luttinen, Sparafucile
Emanuele Pascu, Maddalena
Anu Ontronen, Giovanna
Rolf Broman, Count Ceprano
Ilkka Hämäläinen, Borsa
Juha Kotilainen, Monterone
Kristian Lindroos, Marullo
Matti Hyökki, Choirmaster / chorus director
Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir
Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra
Jo Meredith, Choreography
David Finn, Lighting Designer
Jul 19, 20
Mostly Mozart Festival
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Louis Langrée, Conductor
Barrie Kosky, Director
Esther Bialas, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Julien Behr, Tamino
Aaron Blake, Tamino
Maureen McKay, Pamina
Vera-Lotte Böcker, Pamina
Christina Poulitsi, Queen of the Night
Aleksandra Olczyk, Queen of the Night
Rodion Pogossov, Papageno
Evan Hughes, Papageno
Dimitry Ivashchenko, Sarastro
Wenwei Zhang, Sarastro
Ashley Milanese, First Lady
Karolina Gumos, Second Lady
Ezgi Kutlu, Third Lady
Talya Lieberman, Papagena
Johannes Dunz, Monostatos
Timothy Oliver, First Armoured Man
Samuli Taskinen, Second Armoured Man
Suzanne Andrade, Director
Diego Leetz, Lighting Designer
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Jul 19, 25, 27
Heidenheim Opera Festival
Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame)
Marcus Bosch, Conductor
Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno
Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloists of OH!
Jul 19, 20 mat, eve
Manchester International Festival
Glass, Tao of Glass
Phelim McDermott, Director
Kirsty Housley, Director
Fly Davis, Set Designer
Colin Grenfell, Lighting Designer
Jul 19, 20
Manchester International Festival
Jul 19, 22
Munich Opera Festival
Smetana, The Bartered Bride
Tomáš Hanus, Conductor
David Bösch, Director
Patrick Bannwart, Set Designer
Falko Herold, Costume Designer
Anna El-Khashem, Esmeralda
Helena Zubanovich, Ludmila
Selene Zanetti, Mařenka
Irmgard Vilsmaier, Háta
Pavol Breslik, Jeník
Ulrich Reß, The Ringmaster
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Vašek
Oliver Zwarg, Krušina
Günther Groissböck, Kecal
Kristof Klorek, Micha
Oğulcan Yılmaz, The Indian
Michael Bauer, Lighting Designer
Sören Eckhoff, Choirmaster / chorus director
Rainer Karlitschek, Dramaturgy
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Jul 19 mat, 20 mat, 21 mat
Bernstein, On the Town
Yutaka Sado, Conductor
Jul 19, 20
Styriarte Festival Graz
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 in F major, BWV1046
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F major, BWV1047
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV1048
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 in G major, BWV1049
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D major, BWV1050
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 in B flat major, BWV1051
Concentus Musicus Wien
Stefan Gottfried, Harpsichord
Fri 19 Jul at 13:00
Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Regent Hall Summer Festival
Beethoven, Rondo Capriccio for piano in G major 'Rage over a lost penny', Op.129
Liszt, Harmonies poétiques et religieuses: Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude, S 173 no. 3
Liszt, Harmonies poétiques et religieuses: Funérailles, S 173 no. 7
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
Mengyang Pan, Piano
Fri 19 Jul at 13:00
Charlton House, London
Lunchtime Recital - Alpas Ensemble - Daniel Shao (flute) Morag Robertson (viola) Elizabeth Bass (harp)
More infoDebussy, Sonata for flute, viola and harp
Bennett, Sonata after Syrinx for flute, viola and harp
Elgar, Chanson de Matin (arr. Marcos Fregnani-Martins)
Alpas Ensemble
Daniel Shao, Flute
Morag Robertson, Viola
Elizabeth Bass, Harp
Fri 19 Jul at 13:15
St Albans International Organ Festival
Fri 19 Jul at 13:15
Fri 19 Jul at 18:00
Britten, Violin Concerto, Op.15
Rachmaninov, Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op.27
Fri 19 Jul at 19:00
Berg, Four pieces for clarinet and piano, Op.5
Webern, 6 Bagatelles for string quartet, Op.9
Ligeti, Sechs Bagatellen (Six Bagatelles for wind quintet)
Sibelius, En Saga, a symphonic poem for orchestra, Op.9 (arr. septet)
Korngold, String Sextet in D major, Op.10
Florian Donderer, Violin
Artur Podlyesniy, Violin
Adela-Maria Bratu, Violin
Robert Traksmann, Violin
Miina Järvi, Violin
Martin Jarvis, Violin
Andres Kaljuste, Viola
Madis Järvi, Viola
Mari Adachi, Viola
Georgi Anichenko, Cello
Theodor Sink, Cello
Marius Järvi, Cello
Johannes Välja, Cello
Regina Udod, Double Bass
Michel Moragues, Flute
Maarika Järvi, Flute
Matthew Hunt, Clarinet
Signe Sõmer, Clarinet
Riivo Kallasmaa, Oboe
Björn Olsson, French horn
Rie Koyama, Bassoon
Maksim Stsura, Piano
Fri 19 Jul at 19:00
Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18
Sibelius, Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.43
Fri 19 Jul at 19:00
Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez
Debussy, Images, for orchestra: Ibéria
Pepe Romero, Guitar
The Cleveland Orchestra
Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor
Fri 19 Jul at 19:00
Riga Jurmala Music FestivalLatvian National Opera, Riga
Strauss R., Der Rosenkavalier
Sibelius, Symphony no. 1 in E minor, Op.39
Prokofiev, Violin Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op.63
Susanna Mälkki, Conductor
Julian Rachlin, Violin
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Fri 19 Jul at 19:00
Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Tokyo
Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
Dvořák, Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World," Op.95
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Myung-whun Chung, Conductor
Christel Lee, Violin
Fri 19 Jul at 19:30
Beethoven, Piano Trio no. 2 in G major, Op.1 no.2
Spanswick, Special commission
Dvořák, Piano Trio no. 4 in E minor "Dumky", Op.90
Harriet Mackenzie, Violin
Tim Lowe, Cello
Warren Mailley-Smith, Piano
Fri 19 Jul at 19:30
St Albans International Organ FestivalSt Albans Cathedral, St Albans
Handel, Organ Concerto in D minor, Op.7 no.4, HWV 309
Handel, Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.7 no.5, HWV 310
Handel, Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76
Handel, Radamisto, HWV 12: passacaglia
Handel, Water Music, Suite no. 3 in G major, HWV 350
Handel, Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op.3 No.2, HWV 313
St James's Baroque
James O'Donnell, Choirmaster / chorus director
Fri 19 Jul at 19:30
BBC Proms
Di Castri, Long Is the Journey – Short Is the Memory (BBC commission: world premiere)
Dvořák, The Golden Spinning Wheel
Janáček, Glagolitic Mass (final version, 1928)
Asmik Grigorian, Soprano
Jennifer Johnston, Mezzo-soprano
Ladislav Elgr, Tenor
Jan Martiník, Bass
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
Karina Canellakis, Conductor
Fri 19 Jul at 20:00
Fri 19 Jul at 20:00
SummerConcerts at the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod
Strauss R., Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
Dvořák, Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World," Op.95
Annemarie Kremer, Soprano
Oksana Lyniv, Conductor
Duisburger Philharmoniker
Fri 19 Jul at 20:00
Tanglewood Festival
Fri 19 Jul at 20:00
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer FestivalBenaroya Hall: Nordstrom Recital Hall, Seattle
Mozart, Trio in E for Piano, Violin and Cello, K542
Schulhoff, Duo for violin and cello
Mendelssohn, String Quartet no. 5 in E flat major, Op.44 no. 3
Jun Iwasaki, Violin
Yegor Dyachkov, Cello
Jeewon Park, Piano
Yura Lee, Violin
Bion Tsang, Cello
Tessa Lark, Violin
Erin Keefe, Violin
Jonathan Vinocour, Viola
Raphael Bell, Cello
Fri 19 Jul at 22:00
Cistermúsica - Festival de Música de Alcobaça
Madeleine Peyroux, Vocals
Fri 19 Jul
Salieri, Prima la musica e poi le parole
Puccini, Gianni Schicchi
Teatro alla Scala
Ádám Fischer, Conductor
Nicola Raab, Director
Santo Loquasto, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Ambrogio Maestri, Gianni Schicchi
Woody Allen, Director
Kathleen Belcher, Revival Director
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Soloists of the Teatro alla Scala Academy
Jul 19, 28, Aug 03, 10
Sferisterio Arena, Macerata
Bizet, Carmen
Macerata Opera Festival
Francesco Lanzillotta, Conductor
Jacopo Spirei, Director
Mauro Tinti, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Irene Roberts, Carmen
Migran Agadzhanyan, Don José
David Bižić, Escamillo
Valentina Mastrangelo, Micaëla
Orchestra Regionale delle Marche
Coro Lirico Marchigiano "Vincenzo Bellini"
Fri 19 Jul
Liederhalle: Beethoven-Saal, Stuttgart
Schoenberg, Piano Concerto, Op.42
Bruckner, Symphony no. 6 in A major, WAB 106
Mari Kodama, Piano
SWR Symphony Orchestra
Kent Nagano, Conductor
Fri 19 Jul at 12:00 and 12:00
St John's Church, Buxton
Works by Schubert
Tchaikovsky, String Quartet no. 2 in F major, Op.22
Victoria String Quartet
Fri 19 Jul
Buxton Opera House, Buxton
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin
Buxton Festival Opera
Adrian Kelly, Conductor
Jamie Manton, Director
Justin Nardella, Set Designer
Shelley Jackson, Tatyana
Angharad Lyddon, Olga
David Webb, Lensky
George Humphreys, Eugene Onegin
Joshua Bloom, Prince Gremin
Ceri Williams, Filippyevna
Philip Wilcox, Captain
Christopher Cull, Zaretsky
Joe Doody, Monsieur Triquet
Gaynor Keeble, Madame Larina
Buxton Festival Chorus
Northern Chamber Orchestra
Jasmine Rickets, Choreography
Jul 19, Aug 02, 13
Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
Harpsichord Recital by Candlelight: Sprezzatura—Italian harpsichord music, Lisbon–Leipzig–London
More infoBach, Arrangement of concerto, BWV978 (Vivaldi L'estro armonico op.3/3)
Storace, Ciaccona
Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in D major, K490
Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in D major, K492
Paradisi, Harpsichord Sonata no. 12 in C major
Draghi, Suite in B minor for harpsichord
Picchi, Ballo alla Polacha
Merula, Capriccio cromatico
Kah-Ming Ng, Harpsichord
Jul 19, 20 mat, eve, 21 mat, 27 mat, eve, 28 mat
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts: Zikha Hall, Houston
Sullivan, The Mikado
Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston
Viswa Subbaraman, Conductor
Alistair Donkin, Director, Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner
Elizabeth Gautsche, Peep-Bo, Yum-Yum's sister
Stacey Franklin, Yum-Yum
Sarah Lee, Katisha
Kelly Waguespack, Pitti-Sing, Yum-Yum's sister
David Gonzalez, Nanki-Poo, son of Mikado
Joe Carl White, Pish-Tush, Gentleman of Japan
Cris Perez, Mikado
Dennis Arrowsmith, Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everything Else
Harrison Moore, Bass-baritone
Fri 19 Jul
Garsington Opera, High Wycombe
Britten, The Turn of the Screw
Garsington Opera Company
Richard Farnes, Conductor
Louisa Muller, Director
Christopher Oram, Set Designer
Ed Lyon, The Prologue, Peter Quint
Sophie Bevan, Governess
Kathleen Wilkinson, Mrs Grose
Katherine Broderick, Miss Jessel
Adrianna Forbes-Dorant, Flora
Elen Willmer, Flora
Leo Jemison, Miles
Garsington Opera Orchestra
Malcolm Rippeth, Lighting Designer
Jul 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, Aug 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18
Seebühne Bregenz (Festival floating stage), Bregenz
Verdi, Rigoletto
Enrique Mazzola, Conductor
Philipp Stölzl, Director, Set Designer, Lighting Designer
Kathi Maurer, Costume Designer
Scott Hendricks, Rigoletto
Vladimir Stoyanov, Rigoletto
Franco Vassallo, Rigoletto
Stacey Alleaume, Gilda
Mélissa Petit, Gilda
Ekaterina Sadovnikova, Gilda
Stephen Costello, The Duke of Mantua
Sergey Romanovsky, The Duke of Mantua
Pavel Valuzhin, The Duke of Mantua
Goderdzi Janelidze, Sparafucile
Miklós Sebestyén, Sparafucile
Rinat Shaham, Maddalena, Giovanna
Katrin Wundsam, Maddalena, Giovanna
Sebastian Holecek, Monterone
Kostas Smoriginas, Monterone
Liviu Holender, Marullo
Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Marullo
Taylan Reinhard, Borsa
Paul Schweinester, Borsa
Jorge Eleazar Álvarez, Count Ceprano
David Oštrek, Count Ceprano
Gloria Giurgola, Countess Ceprano
Léonie Renaud, Countess Ceprano
Daniele Squeo, Conductor
Heike Vollmer, Set Designer
Georg Veit, Lighting Designer
Bregenz Festival Chorus
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Jul 19, 20
St Mary Magdalene Church, Croydon
Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Surrey Opera
Felicity Buckland, Rosina
Lawrence Olsworth-Peter, Count Almaviva
Jon Openshaw, Dr Bartolo
Graham Stone, Don Basilio
Tim Baldwin, Fiorello
Jul 19, 20 mat, eve, 21 mat
Bard College, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts: LUMA Theater, Annandale-on-Hudson
Gordon, Acquanetta
Bang on a Can Opera
David Bloom, Conductor
Daniel Fish, Director
Terese Wadden, Costume Designer
Rebecca L. Hargrove, Acquanetta
Eliza Bagg, Ape
Amelia Watkins, Brainy Woman
Timur Bekbosunov, Doctor
Christopher Burchett, Director
Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street
Fri 19 Jul
Festival d'Aix-en-ProvenceThéâtre de l'Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence
Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K626
Siobhan Stagg, Soprano
Sara Mingardo, Mezzo-soprano
Martin Mitterrutzner, Tenor
Luca Tittoto, Bass
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon, Conductor
Romeo Castellucci, Director
Piersandra Di Matteo, Dramaturgy
Jul 19, 20
Storace, Gli sposi malcontenti (Bride and Gloom)
Bampton Classical Opera
Anthony Kraus, Conductor
Jeremy Gray, Director, Set Designer
Caroline Kennedy, Bettina
Jenny Stafford, Eginia
Aoife O'Sullivan, Enrichetta
Gavan Ring, Casimiro
Adam Tunnicliffe, Valente
Arthur Bruce, Artidoro
Robert Davies, Rosmondo
Orchestra of Bampton Classical Opera
Jul 19, 25, 28, Aug 02
GlyndebourneGlyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne
Massenet, Cendrillon
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
John Wilson, Conductor
Fiona Shaw, Director
Jon Bausor, Set Designer
Nicky Gallibrand, Costume Designer
Danielle de Niese, Cinderella
Kate Lindsey, Prince Charming
Nina Minasyan, The fairy
Agnes Zwierko, Mme de la Haltiere
Lionel Lhote, Pandolfe
Eduarda Melo, Noémie
Julie Pasturaud, Dorothée
Anthony Osborne, Dean
Adam Marsden, King
Michael Wallace, Prime Minister
Romanas Kudriasovas, Superintendent of Fun
Fiona Dunn, Revival Director
Anna Watson, Lighting Designer
Glyndebourne Chorus
Fri 19 Jul at 11:00
Verbier FestivalEglise de Verbier, Verbier
Liszt, Piano Sonata in B minor, S 178
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition
Behzod Abduraimov, Piano
Fri 19 Jul at 12:30
Abbaye aux Dames, Saintes
Falla, Suite populaire espagnole
Works by Granados
Saint-Saëns, Allegro Appassionato in C sharp minor, Op.70
Geneviève Laurenceau, Violin
David Bismuth, Piano
Fri 19 Jul at 15:30
St John's Church, Buxton
Vaughan Williams, Songs of Travel: 1. The Vagabond
Ireland, Sea Fever
Butterworth, On the Idle Hill of Summer
Butterworth, A Shropshire Lad: The lads in their hundreds
Gurney, In Flanders
Gurney, The fields are full
Gibbs, Silver
Head, Sweet Chance that led my steps abroad
Finzi, Earth and Air and Rain: Proud Songsters, poem by Thomas Hardy, Op.15 no.10
Garry Magee, Baritone
Fri 19 Jul at 16:00
Verbier FestivalEglise de Verbier, Verbier
Shostakovich, Cello Sonata in D minor, Op.40
Rachmaninov, Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.19
Narek Hakhnazaryan, Cello
Daniil Trifonov, Piano
Fri 19 Jul at 16:30
Abbaye aux Dames, Saintes
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
Dvořák, Symphony no. 7 in D minor, Op.70
Charlotte Juillard, Violin
Jeune Orchestre de l'Abbaye
Nicolas Simon, Conductor