Jul 16, 19
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 16, 17
Styriarte Festival Graz
Gounod, Ave Maria: Prelude (Bach/Gounod)
Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann : Barcarolle
Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
Gershwin, Porgy and Bess: Summertime (und anderes)
Eddie Luis und Die Gnadenlosen
Jul 16, 18, 20
Longborough Opera FestivalLongborough Festival Opera, Moreton-in-Marsh
Mozart, Don Giovanni
Longborough Festival Opera
Thomas Blunt, Conductor
Martin Constantine, Director
Will Holt, Set Designer
Ivan Ludlow, Don Giovanni
Emyr Wyn Jones, Leporello
Claire Egan, Donna Anna
Paula Sides, Donna Elvira
Llio Evans, Zerlina
William Morgan, Don Ottavio
Matthew Durkan, Masetto
Lukas Jakobski, The Commendatore
Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra
Jul 16, 17, 18 mat, eve, 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 16, 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 16, 18, 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
Tue 16 Jul
Munich Opera Festival
Puccini, Turandot
Thomas Søndergård, Conductor
Carlus Padrissa, Director
Roland Olbeter, Set Designer
Chu Uroz, Costume Designer
Nina Stemme, Turandot
Stefano La Colla, Calaf
Golda Schultz, Liù
Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Timur
Ulrich Reß, Emperor Altoum
Andrea Borghini, Ping
Kevin Conners, Pang
Galeano Salas, Pong, The Prince of Persia
Bálint Szabó, Mandarin
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Tue 16 Jul
Bernstein, Candide
Krakow Opera
Sławomir Chrzanowski, Conductor
Michal Znaniecki, Director
Jul 16, 17
Manchester International Festival
Clyne, The Nico Project
Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music
Jul 16 mat, 17 mat, 18 mat, 19 mat, 20 mat, 21 mat
Bernstein, On the Town
Yutaka Sado, Conductor
Tue 16 Jul at 13:15
Jamie Torrance, Guitar
Tue 16 Jul at 18:00
Haydn, String Quartet no. 27 in D major, Op.20 no.4, Hob III:34
Beach, Quintet in F sharp minor for piano and strings, Op.67
Brahms, String Quartet in A minor, Op.51 no.2
St Lawrence String Quartet
Geoff Nuttall, Violin
Owen Dalby, Violin
Lesley Robertson, Viola
Christopher Costanza, Cello
Anne-Marie McDermott, Piano
Tue 16 Jul at 19:00
Šerkšnytė, Piano Trio
Fagerlund, Fuel II
Vasks, Tris skatieni
Kõrvits, Sing over the sea
Pärt, Fratres
Tüür, Lighthouse
Hugo Ticciati, Violin
Jamie Walton, Cello
Janne Thomsen, Flute
Christoffer Sundqvist, Clarinet
Heini Kärkkäinen, Piano
Tue 16 Jul at 19:30
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
Tue 16 Jul at 19:30
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Terra Australis – Land of the Imagination | Great works for choir are matched by year with voyages in search of the Great Southern Land
More infoBuy ticketsHolley, Time Passages (World premère TextMarkTredinnick)
Henry, Tom, Kakadu Man (UK première, Text Bill Neidjie)
des Prez, Bergerette Savoyenne (from Harmonice Musices Odhecaton)
Anonymous, Gentil Prince (from Harmonice Musices Odhecaton)
Lusitano, Vicente, Heu Me ((attributed to Lusitano))
Merulo, Salvum fac populum tuum
Sweelinck, Hodie Christus natus est
Beethoven, Chorus for male voices 'Abschiedsgesang', WoO 108
Mendelssohn, Denn er hat seinen Englein befohlen
Debussy, 3 Chansons de Charles d'Orleans
Messiaen, O sacrum convivium!
Bach, Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden (Psalm 117) - motet, BWV230
Australian Chamber Choir, Voice
R Douglas Lawrence, Conductor
Tue 16 Jul at 20:00
Styriarte Festival Graz
Miriam Andersén, Historical harp
Göran Hallmarken, Hurdy-gurdy
Jonas Åkerlund, Guitar
Tue 16 Jul at 20:00
Tanglewood FestivalBach, Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV997
Granados, 12 Danzas Españolas: Andaluza, Op.37 no.5
Albéniz, Suite española: Asturias (leyenda)
Villa-Lobos, 5 Preludes for guitar, W 419
Lennon/McCartney, Blackbird (Arr. Sergio Assad)
Lennon/McCartney, Yesterday (Arr. Sergio Assad)
Harrison, While my guitar gently weeps (Arr. Sergio Assad)
Duplessy, Cavalcade
Miloš Karadaglić, Guitar
Tue 16 Jul at 20:30
St Albans International Organ Festival
Beethoven, String Quartet no. 15 in A minor, Op.132
Simon Callow, Speaker
Carducci String Quartet
Jul 16, 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
Jul 16, 17
Carmen (Inger) (Johan Inger)
Compañía Nacional de Danza
Jul 16, 30, Aug 11
Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
Tomkins, A Verse of Three Parts
Dowland, Mr Thomas his Galliard for two trebles
Lawes, Ayres & Almaines
Locke, The Broken Consort (Sett 4)
Purcell, Ten Sonatas in Four Parts (#6 & #8)
Matteis, Aria Amorosa
Handel, Trio Sonata in G minor, Op.2 no.6, HWV 391
Charivari Agréable
Sam Kennedy, Baroque Violin
Edmund Taylor, Baroque Violin
Walkem, Mark, Baroque Cello
Kah-Ming Ng, Harpsichord
Jul 16, 21, 23, 24
Espace Culturel Roger Hanin, Soustons
Offenbach, La Belle Hélène
Opéra des Landes
Philippe Forget, Conductor
Olivier Tousis, Director
Kristof T'Siolle, Set Designer
Varda, Frédérique, Hélène
Marfolia, Thomas, Achille
Goyetche, Jean, Ménélas
Maela Vergnes, Oreste
Matthieu Justine, Pâris
Matthieu Toulouse, Calchas
Marc Souchet, Agamemnon
Anaïs de Faria, Lehena
Clémence Lévy, Parthenis
Fabio Sitzia, Ajax 1
Fabrice Foison, Ajax 2
Chœur de l'Opéra des Landes
Frédéric Herviant, Choirmaster / chorus director
Orchestre de l'Opéra des Landes
Jul 16, 19
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 16 mat, 20 mat, 22 mat, 28 mat, Aug 01, 03, 05 mat, 11 mat, 15, 17 mat, 20 mat, 24 mat
Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown
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
Jul 16, 20
Bizet, Carmen
The Royal Opera
Julia Jones, Conductor
Christopher Willis, Conductor
Barrie Kosky, Director
Katrin Lea Tag, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Anaïk Morel, Carmen
Aigul Akhmetshina, Carmen
Bryan Hymel, Don José
Arnold Rutkowski, Don José
Luca Pisaroni, Escamillo
Phillip Rhodes, Escamillo
Ailyn Pérez, Micaëla
Kristina Mkhitaryan, Micaëla
Michael Mofidian, Zuniga
Germán E Alcántara, Moralès
Jacquelyn Stucker, Frasquita
Hongni Wu, Mercédès
Dominic Sedgwick, Le Dancaïre
Stuart Patterson, Le Remendado
Otto Pichler, Choreography
Joachim Klein, Lighting Designer
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Julia Burbach, Revival Director
Jul 16, 18, 19
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
Tue 16 Jul at 12:00
Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton
Ravel, Violin Sonata no. 2 in G major
Fauré, Violin sonata no. 1 in A major, Op.13
Savitri Grier, Violin
Yundu Wang, Piano
Tue 16 Jul at 12:30
Abbaye aux Dames, Saintes
Tue 16 Jul at 15:30
Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton
Scriabin, Piano Sonata no. 2 "Sonata Fantasy" in G sharp minor, Op.19
Tchaikovsky, Piano sonata no. 1 "Grand Sonate" in G major, Op.37
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition
Peter Donohoe, Piano
Tue 16 Jul at 15:30
St John's Church, Buxton
Tue 16 Jul at 19:00
Tchaikovsky, Slavonic March in B flat minor "Marche Slave", Op. 31
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.23 (Anna Fedorova (Piano))
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64
Valery Poliansky, Conductor
State Symphony Cappella of Russia
Tue 16 Jul at 19:00
Pic du Midi, Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Works by Debussy
Works by Franck
Balàzs Szokolay, Piano
Tue 16 Jul at 19:30
Leeds College of Music: The Venue, Leeds
Tue 16 Jul at 19:30
His Majesty's Theatre , Perth WA
Sondheim, Sweeney Todd
West Australian Opera
Brett Weymark, Conductor
Stuart Maunder, Director
Roger Kirk, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Emma Pettemerides, Joanna
Fiona Campbell, Beggar Woman
Antoinette Halloran, Mrs Lovett
Nathan Stark, Anthony Hope
Paul O'Neill, Pirelli
Unknown, Tobias
Matt Reuben, Beadle Bamford
James Clayton, Judge Turpin
Ben Mingay, Sweeney Todd
Tue 16 Jul at 19:30
Abbaye aux Dames, Saintes
Concert Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Collegium Vocale Gent, Direction Philippe Herreweghe
More infoMendelssohn, Mitten wir im Leben sind, Op.23 no.3
Bruckner, Christus factus est pro nobis, motet, WAB 11
Brahms, Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen, Op.74 no.1
Orchestre des Champs-Elysées
Collegium Vocale Gent
Tue 16 Jul at 19:30
Tue 16 Jul at 21:30
Hôtel Maynier d'Oppède, Aix-en-Provence
Julie Fuchs, Soprano
Alphonse Cemin, Piano
Tue 16 Jul at 22:00
Abbaye aux Dames, Saintes
Jul 17, 18, 19, 20
Manchester International Festival
Jul 17, 20
Verdi, Giovanna d'Arco (Joan of Arc)
James Conlon, Conductor
Michael Fabiano, Carlo VII
Plácido Domingo, Giacomo
Carmen Giannattasio, Giovanna
Simón Orfila, Talbot
Moisés Marín, Delil
Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real
Coro Titular del Teatro Real
Jul 17, 18, 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 17, 20
Savonlinna Opera FestivalVerdi, I masnadieri
Michele Mariotti, Conductor
Sir David McVicar, Director
Charles Edwards, Set Designer
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Costume Designer
Michele Pertusi, Bass
Fabio Sartori, Tenor
Massimo Cavalletti, Baritone
Bruno Casoni, Choirmaster / chorus director
Jo Meredith, Choreography
Adam Silverman, Lighting Designer
Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Alessandro Spina, Bass
Jul 17, 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 17, 20 mat, 23, 26
Donizetti, Anna Bolena
Opera Australia
Renato Palumbo, Conductor
Davide Livermore, Director
Giò Forma, Set Designer
Mariana Fracasso, Costume Designer
Ermonela Jaho, Anna Bolena
Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Enrico
Carmen Topciu, Giovanna
Leonardo Cortellazzi, Percy
Anna Dowsley, Smeton
John Longmuir, Hervey
Richard Anderson, Lord Rochfort
Opera Australia Chorus
Opera Australia Orchestra
John Rayment, Lighting Designer
D-Wok, Set Designer
Jul 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27
Verdi, Luisa Miller
Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor
Damiano Michieletto, Director
Paolo Fantin, Set Designer
Carla Teti, Costume Designer
Luca Salsi, Miller
Juan Jesús Rodriguez, Miller
Sondra Radvanovsky, Luisa
Eleonora Buratto, Luisa
Piotr Beczała, Rodolfo
Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Rodolfo
Dmitry Belosselskiy, Count Walter
Carlo Colombara, Count Walter
J'Nai Bridges, Federica, Duchess of Ostheim
Sonia Prina, Federica, Duchess of Ostheim
Marko Mimica, Wurm
Marco Spotti, Wurm
Gemma Coma-Alabert, Laura
Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu
Jul 17, 26, Aug 01, 05, 13, 22
Santa Fe Opera
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
Wed 17 Jul at 18:00
Shostakovich, Chamber Symphony in C minor (arr. Rudolf Barshai), Op.110a
Beethoven, Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica", Op.55
Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
Wed 17 Jul at 19:00
Summer Festivities of Early Music
Other (Dariusz Brojek)
Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Coffee Cantata) - Cantata, BWV211
Orchestral Suite no. 1 in C major, BWV1066
Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV1067
Air on a G String, from Orchestral Suite BWV1068
Orchestral Suite no. 4 in D major, BWV1069
Cracovia Danza
Jana Semerádová, Director
Monika Polak-Luścińska, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Patricia Janečková, Soprano
Jaromír Nosek, Bass
Collegium Marianum
Grzegorz Marczak, Lighting Designer