Dec 19
Programme to be announced
Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Dec 19, 22, 29, 31 mat, eve, 2019 Jan 20, 26, Feb 10, 14, 23, Mar 08, Apr 05, 19, 21, 22
Bernstein, West Side Story
Theater Dortmund
Philipp Armbruster, Conductor
Gil Mehmert, Director
Jens Kilian, Set Designer
Falk Bauer, Costume Designer
Irena Flury, Maria
Philipp Büttner, Tony
Dorina Garuci, Anita
Sascha Luder, Bernardo
Markus Schneider, Riff
Axel Gottschick, Doc
Charlotte Katzer, Rosalia
Dec 19
Handel, Messiah
Cornelia Horak, Soprano
Juliette Chauvet, Alto
Franz Gürtelschmied, Tenor
Mathias Hausmann, Baritone
Cantanima
Recreation-Großes Orchester Graz
Andreas Stoehr, Conductor
Dec 19 mat, 22 mat, 23 mat, 2019 Jan 12 mat, mat, 13 mat, mat, 16 mat
Opernhaus: Studiobühne, Zürich
Näther, Konrad oder das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse
Ann-Katrin Stöcker, Conductor
Claudia Blersch, Director
Elisa Alessi, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Irène Friedli, Berta Bartolotti
Katharina Peetz, Berta Bartolotti
Valeriy Murga, Egon / Frau Rusika
Flurin Caduff, Egon / Frau Rusika
Hamida Kristoffersen, Kitti Rusika
Sinead O'Kelly, Kitti Rusika
Instrumental Ensemble des Opernhauses Zürich
Dec 19, 20, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30
Puccini, Turandot
Nicola Luisotti, Conductor
Robert Wilson, Director, Set Designer
Jacques Reynaud, Costume Designer
Iréne Theorin, Turandot
Oksana Dyka, Turandot
Gregory Kunde, Calaf
Roberto Aronica, Calaf
Jae-Hyoeung Kim, Calaf
Yolanda Auyanet, Liù
Miren Urbieta-Vega, Liù
Andrea Mastroni, Timur
Giorgi Kirof, Timur
Raúl Giménez, Emperor Altoum
Joan Martín-Royo, Ping
Vicenç Esteve, Pang
Juan Antonio Sanabria, Pong
Gerardo Bullon, Mandarin
Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real
Coro Titular del Teatro Real
Pequeños Cantores de la ORCAM
Dec 19, 21, 23
Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel
Vienna State Opera
Axel Kober, Conductor
Adrian Noble, Director
Anthony Ward, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Boaz Daniel, Peter / Father
Donna Ellen, Gertrude / Mother
Margaret Plummer, Hänsel
Ileana Tonca, Gretel
Mariam Battistelli, Gretel
Monika Bohinec, Witch
Maria Nazarova, Dew Fairy, Sandman
Jean Kalman, Lighting Designer
Denni Sayers, Choreography
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Dec 19, 2019 Jan 12, 18, 20
Dybbuk (Kim Brandstrup)
Ballett des Saarländischen Staatstheaters
Dec 19, 20, 29, 30 mat, 2019 Jan 03, 04, 10, 12 mat, eve, 15
The Nutcracker (George Balanchine)
Teatro alla Scala
Michail Jurowski, Conductor
Margherita Palli, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Dec 19
Bach, Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 (Parts 1-3)
Alessandro De Marchi, Conductor
Vigdis Unsgård, Soprano
Marianne Beate Kielland, Mezzo-soprano
Makoto Sakurada, Tenor
Halvor F. Melien, Bass
Bergen Philharmonic Choir
Edvard Grieg Choir
Håkon Matti Skrede, Choirmaster / chorus director
Dec 19, 20 mat, eve, 21 mat, 22 mat, eve, 23 mat, 24 mat, 25 mat, 26 mat, 27 mat, 28 mat, eve, 29 mat, eve, 30 mat, eve, 31 mat
The Nutcracker (Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov)
Hungarian National Ballet
András Déri, Conductor
Gusztáv Oláh, Set Designer
Nóra Rományi, Costume Designer
Dec 19, 22, 27, 31, 2019 Jan 03, 06, 12, 17, Feb 28, Mar 10, 12, Apr 28, May 19
Puccini, La bohème
Stadttheater Bern
Ivo Hentschel, Conductor
Matthew Wild, Director
Kathrin Frosch, Set Designer
Ingo Krügler, Costume Designer
Zsolt Czetner, Choirmaster / chorus director
Chor Konzert Theater Bern
Bern Symphony Orchestra
Dec 19, 20, eve, 21
Swedish Radio Choir
Dec 19, 20, 21, 22 mat, eve, 23 mat, eve, 26, 27 mat, eve, 28, 29 mat, eve, 30 mat, eve, 2019 Jan 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 mat, eve, 06 mat, eve, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12 mat, eve
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake (Matthew Bourne)
Matthew Bourne's New Adventures
Brett Morris, Conductor
Lez Brotherston, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Paule Constable, Lighting Designer
Matthew Ball, Dancer
Will Bozier, Dancer
Max Westwell, Dancer
James Lovell, Dancer
Liam Mower, Dancer
Dominic North, Dancer
Nicole Kabera, Dancer
Katrina Lyndon, Dancer
The Swan Lake Orchestra
Dec 19, 20
Dec 19, 21, 22, 23
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Rossini, L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)
Riccardo Frizza, Conductor
Vittorio Borrelli, Director
Claudia Boasso, Set Designer
Santuzza Calì, Costume Designer
Varduhi Abrahamyan, Isabella
Maite Beaumont, Isabella
Maxim Mironov, Lindoro
Edgardo Rocha, Lindoro
Luca Pisaroni, Mustafà
Simón Orfila, Mustafà
Giorgio Caoduro, Taddeo
Manel Esteve, Taddeo
Sara Blanch, Elvira
Lidia Vinyes Curtis, Zulma
Toni Marsol, Haly
Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu
Dec 19 mat, 23, 25, 2019 Jan 01, 05
The Nutcracker (Jean-Philippe Dury)
Yoko Seyama, Set Designer
Aleksandar Noshpal, Costume Designer
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Leipzig Opera Children's Choir
Dec 19, 20, 2019 Feb 08, 09
Le Corsaire (Manuel Legris)
Žukovskij, Genadij
Valery Ovsianikov, Conductor
Robertas Šervenikas, Conductor
Luisa Spinatelli, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Marin Hewett, Lighting Designer
Kristina Gudžiūnaitė
Olesia Šaitanova
Jonas Laucius
Daniel Dolan
Gohar Mkrtchyan
Julija Šumacherytė
Karolina Matačinaitė
Neringa Česaitytė
Dec 19, 20, 22, 23 mat, 24 mat, 26 mat, 27 mat, eve, 29 mat, eve, 30 mat, 31 mat, 2019 Jan 01
Cinderella (Christopher Wheeldon, Jacquelin Barrett)
Martin West, Conductor
Christopher Wheeldon, Director
Julian Crouch, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Daniel Brodie, Video Artist
Craig Lucas, Librettist
Het Balletorkest
Dec 19, 21, 22, 23 mat
Jennifer Johnston, Mezzo-soprano
John Suchet, Reader
Simon Emery, Choirmaster / chorus director
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir
Ian Tracey, Conductor
Dec 19, 20, 21
Dvořák, Te Deum
Gemrot, Resurrection of Light and Hope (world première)
Martinů, Violin Concerto no. 1
Honegger, Une cantate de Noël
Frank Peter Zimmermann, Violin
Kateřina Kněžíková, Soprano
Jan Martiník, Bass
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Severáček
Jakub Hrůša, Conductor
Dec 19, 28
Massenet, Cendrillon
Ainārs Rubiķis, Conductor
Damiano Michieletto, Director
Sabine Franz, Choreography
Chor der Komischen Oper Berlin
Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
Dec 19 mat, 23 mat, 26 mat
Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin
Valtinoni, Der Zauberer von Oz (The Wizard of Oz)
Ivo Hentschel, Conductor
Felix Seiler, Director
Nikolaus Webern, Set Designer
Linda Schnabel, Costume Designer
Alma Sadé, Dorothy
Christoph Späth, Die Vogelscheuche (The Scarecrow)
Tom Erik Lie, Der Blechmann (The Tin Man)
Carsten Sabrowski, Der feige Löwe (The Cowardly Lion)
Mirka Wagner, Die gute Hexe des Nordens/ Die gute Hexe des Südens (The Good Witch of the North/South)
Christiane Oertel, Die böse Hexe des Westens (The Wicked Witch of the West)
Karsten Küsters, Der Zauberer von Oz (The Wizard of Oz)
Kati Farkas, Choreography
Chor der Komischen Oper Berlin
Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
Dec 19, 2019 Jan 13 mat, 15
Bernstein, Candide
Staatsoperette Dresden
Andreas Schüller, Conductor
Winfried Schneider, Director
Mario Radicke, Set Designer
Renate Schmitzer, Costume Designer
Markus Francke, Candide
Julia Danz, Paquette
Gala El Hadidi, Old Lady
Andreas Sauerzapf, Governor
Matthias Henneberg, Doctor Pangloss
Nikolaus Nitzsche, Maximilian
Wed 19 Dec at 13:00
Bates, Jonathan, Toccata 4
Smetana, The Bartered Bride: overture (arr. Jonathan Bates)
Darke, In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Jonathan Bates)
Cahn, Let it Snow! (arr. Chris Robertson )
Bartók, Romanian Christmas Carols (Series 1) Sz 57 (arr. Jonathan Bates)
Bates, Jonathan, Mists of the Mountains
Poulenc, O magnum mysterium (arr. Callum Harrison )
Bushnell, Rob, '...and has forgotten the gift.'
Kirkpatrick, Away in a manger (arr. Jonathan Bates)
A4 Brass Quartet
Wed 19 Dec at 18:00
Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Excerpts)
Works by Hely-Hutchinson
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Christina Hörnell, Conductor
Bel Cantokören
Musikaliska Sällskapets Kammarkör
Wed 19 Dec at 19:00
Anonymous, Soccorretemi per pieta
Purcell, My dearest, my fairest
Purcell, King Arthur, Z628: Shepherd, leave decoying
Purcell, Sound the Trumpet
Purcell, Chaconne in G Minor, Z 730
Purcell, Sweeter than roses, Z 585
Bach, Cantata, BWV208: Aria "Schafe können sicher weiden"
Handel, Trio Sonata in F major, HWV 383
Handel, Rinaldo, HWV 7: Augelletti, che cantate
Handel, Rinaldo, HWV7: Scherzano sul tuo volto
Buxtehude, In Dulci Jubilo
Corelli, Concerto grosso in G minor "Christmas Concerto", Op.6 no.8
Monteverdi, Vespro della Beata Vergine "Vespers of the Blessed Virgin" (1610) (Pulchra Es)
Handel, Messiah, HWV 56: Pifa
Bach, Magnificat in D major, BWV243 (9. Esurientes implevit bonis)
Monteverdi, Chiome d'oro
Baroque Encounter
Lucy Thomas, Soprano
Glenn Kesby, Countertenor
Lauren Brant, Recorder
David Beaney, Recorder
Katie de La Matter, Harpsichord
Wed 19 Dec at 19:00
Handel, Messiah
Dunedin Consort
John Butt, Director
Wed 19 Dec at 19:00
Javier Camarena, Tenor
Angel Rodriguez, Piano
Wed 19 Dec at 19:00
European Christmas in Riga
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 18 in E flat major "Hunt", Op.31 no.3
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 27 in E minor, Op.90
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight", Op.27 no.2
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor 'Appassionata', Op.57
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 31 in A flat major, Op.110
Andrejs Osokins, Piano
Sergejs Osokins, Piano
Wed 19 Dec at 19:00
Strauss R., Don Quixote, Op.35
Bizet, Carmen Suite (excerpts)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio espagnol, Op.34
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Tanja Tetzlaff, Cello
Manabu Suzuki, Viola
Wed 19 Dec at 19:25 (Oslo time zone)
Bach, Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 (Parts 1-3)
Alessandro De Marchi, Conductor
Vigdis Unsgård, Soprano
Marianne Beate Kielland, Mezzo-soprano
Makoto Sakurada, Tenor
Halvor F. Melien, Bass
Bergen Philharmonic Choir
Edvard Grieg Choir
Håkon Matti Skrede, Choirmaster / chorus director
Wed 19 Dec at 19:30
Bernard, Winter Wonderland
Pola, It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Berlin, White Christmas
Pete Harrison, Conductor
Wed 19 Dec at 19:30
Holst, Christmas Day
Rowley, Christmas Suite
Elgar, Three Carols
Warlock, Benedicamus Domino
Warlock, Corpus Christi Carol
Warlock, Balulalow
Warlock, As I sat under a sycamore tree
Fletcher, Ring out, wild bells (arr. Owain Park)
Rathbone, Two Carols
Traditional, Silent Night
Darke, In the Bleak Midwinter
Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Adam, arr. Pappenheim
London Choral Sinfonia
Michael Waldron, Organ
Wed 19 Dec at 19:45
Christmas Themed Songs,
Wed 19 Dec at 20:00
Various, Selección de óperas y zarzuelas
Plácido Domingo, Tenor
Ana María Martínez, Soprano
Cantantes del Centro Plácido Domingo
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Óliver Díaz, Conductor
Dec 19, 20, 21
Giselle (Dada Masilo)
Dada Masilo / The Dance Factory
Dec 19, 2019 Jan 15
Segerstrom Center for the Arts: Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Costa Mesa
Dec 19, 20 mat, eve, 21 mat, eve, 22 mat, eve
QPAC: Lyric Theatre, Brisbane
The Nutcracker (Ben Stevenson, Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov)
Queensland Ballet
Dec 19, 20 mat, 21, 23 mat
La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels
Donizetti, Don Pasquale
De Munt | La Monnaie
Alain Altinoglu, Conductor
Laurent Pelly, Director, Costume Designer
Chantal Thomas, Set Designer
Michele Pertusi, Don Pasquale
Pietro Spagnoli, Don Pasquale
Lionel Lhote, Dr Malatesta
Rodion Pogossov, Dr Malatesta
Joel Prieto, Ernesto
Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Ernesto
Danielle de Niese, Norina
Anne-Catherine Gillet, Norina
Alessandro Abis, A Notary
La Monnaie Chorus
Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie
Dec 19, 22, 29
Schloss Charlottenburg, Orangerie, Berlin
Dec 19, 25, 2019 Feb 02, 08, Mar 09, 21, Apr 06, 15, 28
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Prague National Theatre Opera
Jaroslav Kyzlink, Conductor
Vladimír Morávek, Director
Miroslav Huptych, Set Designer
Tomáš Kypta, Costume Designer
Jaroslav Březina, Tamino
Richard Samek, Tamino
Martin Šrejma, Tamino
Marie Fajtová, Pamina
Yukiko Kinjo, Pamina
Kateřina Kněžíková, Pamina
Olga Jelinkova, Queen of the Night
Jana Sibera, Queen of the Night
Jiří Brückler, Papageno
Jiří Hájek, Papageno
Miloš Horák, Papageno
Jiří Sulženko, Sarastro
Jan Šťáva, Sarastro
Pavel Vančura, Sarastro
Prague National Theatre Chorus
Prague National Theatre Orchestra
David Švec, Conductor
Dec 19, 20, 21 mat, eve, 22 mat, eve, 23 mat, eve, 24 mat, 26 mat, eve, 27, 28 mat, eve, 29 mat, eve, 30 mat, eve
Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City
The Nutcracker (Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, George Balanchine)
New York City Ballet
Dec 19, 21, 23 mat, 25 mat, 27, 29
Thomas, Hamlet
Opéra Comique
Louis Langrée, Conductor
Cyril Teste, Director
Ramy Fischler, Set Designer
Isabelle Deffin, Costume Designer
Stéphane Degout, Hamlet
Sabine Devieilhe, Ophélie
Laurent Alvaro, Claudius
Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo, Gertrude
Julien Behr, Laërte
Jérôme Varnier, Ghost
Yoann Dubruque, Horatio
Kevin Amiel, Marcellus
Nicolas Legoux, Polonius
Choeur Les Eléments
Orchestre des Champs-Elysées
Julien Boizard, Lighting Designer
Mehdi Toutain-Lopez, Video conception
Nicolas Dorémus, Video conception
Dec 19, 20, 22, 23 mat
Teatro Comunale, Bologna
Mozart, Don Giovanni
Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Michele Mariotti, Conductor
Jean-François Sivadier, Director
Alexandre de Dardel, Set Designer
Virginie Gervaise, Costume Designer
Simone Alberghini, Don Giovanni
Alessandro Luongo, Don Giovanni
Federica Lombardi, Donna Anna
Ruth Iniesta, Donna Anna
Salome Jicia, Donna Elvira
Raffaella Lupinacci, Donna Elvira
Lavinia Bini, Zerlina
Erika Tanaka, Zerlina
Vito Priante, Leporello
Omar Montanari, Leporello
Paolo Fanale, Don Ottavio
Davide Giusti, Don Ottavio
Roberto Lorenzi, Masetto
Štefan Kocán, The Commendatore
Coro di Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Dec 19, 23 mat
Opéra National du Rhin, Strasbourg
Offenbach, Barkouf ou un chien au pouvoir
Opéra National du Rhin
Jacques Lacombe, Conductor
Mariame Clément, Director
Julia Hansen, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Rodolphe Briand, Bababeck, grand vizir
Nicolas Cavallier, Le Grand-Mogol
Pauline Texier, Maïma
Patrick Kabongo, Saëb
Loïc Felix, Kaliboul
Stefan Sbonnik, Xaïloum
Fleur Barron, Balkis
Anaïs Yvoz, Périzade
Chœur de l'Opéra national du Rhin
Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse
Dec 19, 22, 30 mat, 2019 Jan 02, 04, 06 mat, Feb 09
Opernhaus, Düsseldorf
Donizetti, Maria Stuarda
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Antonino Fogliani, Conductor
Lukas Beikircher, Conductor
Guy Joosten, Director
Roel van Berckelaer, Set Designer
Eva Krämer, Costume Designer
Adela Zaharia, Maria Stuarda
Maria Kataeva, Elisabetta
Karina Repova, Anna
Andrei Dunaev, Earl of Leicester
Richard Sveda, Cecil
Bogdan Talos, Talbot
Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
Dec 19, 20, 21, 22
Kreatur (Sasha Waltz)
Sasha Waltz & Guests
Dec 19
Theater Duisburg, Duisburg
Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Christoph Stöcker, Conductor
Andreas Meyer-Hanno, Director
Gerda Zientek, Set Designer
Inge Diettrich, Costume Designer
Katarzyna Kuncio, Hänsel
TBC, Hänsel
Lavinia Dames, Gretel
Anke Krabbe, Gretel
Sibylla Duffe, Gretel
Stefan Heidemann, Peter / Father
Bruno Balmelli, Peter / Father
Romana Noack, Gertrude / Mother
Renée Morloc, Gertrude / Mother
Morenike Fadayomi, Witch
Cornel Frey, Witch
Maria Carla Pino Cury, Dew Fairy
Daria Muromskaia, Sandman
Karina Repova, Sandman
Düsseldorfer Mädchen- und Jungenchor
Duisburger Philharmoniker
Dec 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Sorolla (Selección) (Arantxa Carmona, Miguel Fuente, Manuel Liñan, Antonio Najarro)
Zapateado de Sarasate (Antonio Ruiz Soler)
Ritmos (Alberto Lorca)
Ballet Nacional de España
Antonio Najarro, Director