Dec 18, 21, 2019 Jan 02, 05, 08
Verdi, Attila
Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Chailly, Conductor
Davide Livermore, Director
Giò Forma, Set Designer
Gianluca Falaschi, Costume Designer
Ildar Abdrazakov, Attila
Saioa Hernández, Odabella
George Petean, Ezio
Fabio Sartori, Foresto
Gianluca Buratto, Leone
Francesco Pittari, Uldino
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Dec 18, 26 mat, eve, 28, 2019 Jan 02, 04
The Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
Robertas Šervenikas, Conductor
Jürgen Rose, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Dec 18, 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 18 mat, 21, 22 mat, eve, 23 mat, eve, 24 mat
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Wayne Eagling)
National Ballet of Tokyo
Alexei Baklan, Conductor
Naoji Kawaguchi, Set Designer
Ayako Maeda, Costume Designer
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
The Little Singers of Tokyo
Ono Ayako, Dancer
Yudai Fukuoka, Dancer
Dec 18, 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 18 mat, 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 18, 20, 23, 28, 30, 2019 Jan 04, 11, 13
The Four Seasons (Estefania Miranda)
Bern:Ballett
Hans Christoph Bünger, Conductor
Till Kuhnert, Set Designer
Bern Symphony Orchestra
Dec 18, 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 18
Dec 18, 19
Handel, Messiah
Cornelia Horak, Soprano
Juliette Chauvet, Alto
Franz Gürtelschmied, Tenor
Mathias Hausmann, Baritone
Cantanima
Recreation-Großes Orchester Graz
Andreas Stoehr, Conductor
Dec 18, 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
Dec 18, 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 18, 21, 25 mat
Enescu, Oedipe
Marc Albrecht, Conductor
Àlex Ollé, Director
Alfons Flores, Set Designer
Lluc Castells, Costume Designer
Johan Reuter, Oedipe
Eric Halfvarson, Tirésias
Christopher Purves, Créon
Alan Oke, Shepherd
François Lis, High Priest
James Creswell, Phorbas
Ante Jerkunica, Old Man
André Morsch, Thésée
Mark Omvlee, Laios
Sophie Koch, Jocaste
Violeta Urmana, La Sphinge (The Sphinx)
Heidi Stober, Antigone
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mérope
Valentina Carrasco, Director
Peter van Praet, Lighting Designer
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Dec 18, 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 18
Sweelinck, Hodie Christus natus est
Howells, Sing lullaby
Bennett, Susanni
Traditional, The Saviour’s Work (The babe in Bethlem’s manger laid)
Walton, All This Time
Traditional, Anima nostra
Kirbye, Vox in Rama
Leighton, Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
Traditional, Down in yon forest
Byrd, This day Christ was born
Palestrina, A solis ortu cardine
Anonymous, Puer Nobis Nascitur
de Wert, Vox in rama audita est
Traditional, It came upon a midnight clear
Phibbs, Lullay, lullay, thou lytil child
Unknown, Coventry Carol
Byrd, Lullaby, my sweet little baby
McDowall, Now may we singen
Sheppard, A solis ortu cardine
Warlock, Benedicamus Domino
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, Conductor
Dec 18, 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 18, 22, 26, 28, 30
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Vienna State Opera
Ádám Fischer, Conductor
Moshe Leiser, Director
Christian Fenouillat, Set Designer
Agostino Cavalca, Costume Designer
Benjamin Bernheim, Tamino
Valentina Naforniţă, Pamina
Hila Fahima, Queen of the Night
Clemens Unterreiner, Papageno
Rafael Fingerlos, Papageno
René Pape, Sarastro
Daniela Fally, Papagena
Ileana Tonca, Papagena
Benedikt Kobel, Monostatos
Fiona Jopson, First Lady
Stephanie Houtzeel, Second Lady
Bongiwe Nakani, Third Lady
Peter Jelosits, First Priest
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Second Priest, The Speaker (Der Sprecher)
Lukhanyo Moyake, First Armoured Man
Ayk Martirossian, Second Armoured Man
Patrice Caurier, Director
Christophe Forey, Lighting Designer
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Dec 18, 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
Tue 18 Dec at 19:00
Handel, Messiah
Orchestra Pro Anima
Coventry Cathedral Chorus
Philippa Hyde, Soprano
Simon Ponsford, Countertenor
Matthew Minter, Tenor
James Cleverton, Baritone
Paul Leddington Wright, Conductor
Tue 18 Dec at 19:00
Handel, Messiah
Dunedin Consort
John Butt, Director
Tue 18 Dec at 19:00
Tue 18 Dec at 19:30
Kids event
Tue 18 Dec at 19:30
Tue 18 Dec at 19:30
Millennium Forum, Londonderry
Christmas Themed Songs,
Tue 18 Dec at 19:30
Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
Coates, The Merrymakers: overture
Rossini, Petite Messe Solennelle (Domine Deus)
Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, Op.71: Overture
Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima
Prokofiev, Cinderella Suites Op.107 - 109: selection
Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai
Bach, Cantata, BWV208: Aria "Schafe können sicher weiden"
Prokofiev, Lieutenant Kije, Op.60: Troika
Lara, Granada
Traditional, O Tannenbaum
Traditional, O Holy Night
Elfman, Film music from The Nightmare Before Christmas
Styne, Let It Snow!
Martin, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Anderson, Sleigh Ride
Tue 18 Dec at 19:30
Charpentier, Noëls
Delalande, Noëls
Campra, Motets
Corrette, Motets
Amiot, Motets
Pedrini, Sonatas
Marin, Motets and Villancicos
Sanz, Motets and Villancicos
de Araujo, Motets and Villancicos
de Torrejón y Velasco, Motets and Villancicos
Les Surprises
Eugénie Lefebvre, Soprano
Louis-Noël de Camboulas, Organ, Harpsichord, Director
Tue 18 Dec at 19:30
Weir, Drop down, ye heavens from above
Gardner, Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Tavener, The Lamb
Leighton, Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
Joubert, There is no Rose
Poston, Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Scheidt, A Child is Born in Bethlehem
Praetorius, A great and mighty wonder
Whitehall Choir
Joanna Tomlinson, Conductor
Ian Tindale, Piano
Tue 18 Dec at 20:00
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 17 in D minor "Tempest", Op.31 no.2
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 31 in A flat major, Op.110
Rachmaninov, Prelude in G sharp minor, Op.32 no.12
Rachmaninov, Étude-Tableau in A minor, Op.39 no.2
Tchaikovsky, Piano sonata no. 1 "Grand Sonate" in G major, Op.37
Denis Matsuev, Piano
Tue 18 Dec at 20:00
Tue 18 Dec at 20:15
Silvestri, Film music from A Christmas Carol
Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty: waltz
Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans
Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Spanish Dance
Martin, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Blake, The Snowman: Walking in the Air
Anderson, Sleigh Ride
Eilenberg, Richard, The Sleighbell Tingle (Petersburger Schlittenfahrt) Op. 57
Mockridge, Cyril J. , Film music from Miracle on 34th Street: Suite
Rózsa, Film music from Ben Hur
Williams, Film music from E.T.
Williams, Music from Home Alone
Coots, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Bernard, Winter Wonderland
Herbert, Babes in Toyland: March of the Toys
Williams, Film music from Star Wars: Princess Leia's theme
Williams, Film music from Star Wars: The Imperial March
Gruber, Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
Dec 18, 22 mat, 26, 29
Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City
Verdi, La traviata
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor
Michael Mayer, Director
Christine Jones, Set Designer
Susan Hilferty, Costume Designer
Diana Damrau, Violetta Valéry
Juan Diego Flórez, Alfredo Germont
Quinn Kelsey, Giorgio Germont
Kirstin Chávez, Flora Bervoix
Scott Scully, Gastone de Letorières
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Kevin Adams, Lighting Designer
Lorin Latarro, Choreography
Dec 18, 19, 20 mat, eve, 2019 Jan 02, 04
Les Patineurs (Sir Frederick Ashton)
Winter Dreams (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)
The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody) (Jerome Robbins)
Royal Ballet
Barry Wordsworth, Conductor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Dec 18, 19, 20
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
Janáček, Káťa Kabanová
Juraj Valčuha, Conductor
Willy Decker, Director
Wolfgang Gussmann, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Pavla Vykopalová, Káťa
Barbara Haveman, Káťa
Misha Didyk, Boris
Magnus Vigilius, Boris
Gabriela Beňačková, Kabanicha
Ludovit Ludha, Tichon
Sergey Kovnir, Dikój
Boris Stepanov, Kudrjaš
Lena Belkina, Varvara
Coro del Teatro di San Carlo
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
Rebekka Stanzel, Revival Director
Dec 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, eve, 23 mat
Folger Shakespeare Library: Folger Theatre, Washington
Anonymous, Angelus ad virginem
Anonymous, Nowel syng we bothe al and som
Anonymous, There is no rose of such virtue
Henry VIII King of England, Green groweth the holly
Byrd, O Magnum Mysterium
Byrd, From virgin's womb
Byrd, Rejoice, rejoice
Byrd, Laetentur coeli
Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Traditional, While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Anonymous, Greensleeves
Traditional, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Folger Consort
Mary Springfels, Viola da Gamba
Webb Wiggins, Harpsichord
William Sharp, Baritone
Oliver Mercer, Tenor
P. Lucy McVeigh, Soprano
Dec 18, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31
Opera Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Antwerp
Bizet, Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers)
David Reiland, Conductor
Stef Aerts, Director
Thomas Verstraeten, Set Designer, Director
Judith Van Herck, Costume Designer
Elena Tsallagova, Leïla
Charles Workman, Nadir
Stefano Antonucci, Zurga
Stanislav Vorobyov, Nourabad
Marie Vinck, Director
Joé Ageman, Set Designer
Koor Opera Vlaanderen
Symfonisch Orkest Opera Vlaanderen
Dec 18, 19, 27
Joyce Theater, New York City
Stars and Stripes Forever (Robert LaFosse)
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Dec 18, 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 18, 26 mat, eve, 2019 Jan 13, Apr 11, 30
Staatsoper Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Puccini, La bohème
Oper Stuttgart
Cornelius Meister, Conductor
Andrea Moses, Director
Stefan Strumbel, Set Designer
Anna Eiermann, Costume Designer
David Junghoon Kim, Rodolfo
Esther Dierkes, Mimì
Jarrett Ott, Marcello
Aoife Gibney, Musetta
Andrew Bogard, Schaunard
Adam Palka, Colline
Matthew Anchel, Benoît
Susanne Gschwender, Set Designer
Reinhard Traub, Lighting Designer
Staatsopernchor Stuttgart
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Dec 18, 19
Lars Straehler-Pohl, Conductor
Glen Sheppard, Director
Lona Mohr Villadsen, Soprano
Marie-Gabrielle Arco, Mezzo-soprano
Soriane Renaud, Soprano
Max van Wyck, Baritone
Wassim Ayass, Bass-baritone
Dec 18 mat, eve, 19
Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney
Cinderella (Enrico Cecchetti, Lev Ivanov, Marius Petipa, Alexei Ratmansky)
Australian Ballet
Dec 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
St Paul's Church, Birmingham
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor
Alexander Mason, Organ
Rupert Jeffcoat, Organ
Dec 18 mat, eve, 19 mat, eve, 20 mat, eve, 21 mat, eve, 22 mat, eve, 23 mat, eve, 24 mat, eve, 26 mat, eve, 27 mat, eve, 28 mat, eve, 29 mat, eve
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
The Nutcracker (Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Helgi Tomasson)
San Francisco Ballet
Dec 18, 21, 23 mat
Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy
Offenbach, La Belle Hélène
Opéra National de Lorraine
Laurent Campellone, Conductor
Bruno Ravella, Director
Giles Cadle, Set Designer
Gabrielle Dalton, Costume Designer
Mireille Lebel, Hélène
Raphaël Brémard, Achilles
Éric Huchet, Ménélas
Yete Queiroz, Orestes
Philippe Talbot, Paris
Boris Grappe, Calchas
Franck Leguérinel, Agamemnon
Choeur de l'Opéra National de Lorraine
Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy
Dec 18, 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
Dec 18, 19, 20, 21
Giselle (Dada Masilo)
Dada Masilo / The Dance Factory
Dec 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence
Bernstein, West Side Story
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Francesco Lanzillotta, Conductor
Federico Bellone, Director, Set Designer
Maria Chiara Donato, Costume Designer
Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Dec 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Teatro Massimo, Palermo
Puccini, La bohème
Teatro Massimo
Daniel Oren, Conductor
Mario Pontiggia, Director
Francesco Zito, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Matthew Polenzani, Rodolfo
Stefan Pop, Rodolfo
Vincenzo Costanzo, Rodolfo
Marina Rebeka, Mimì
Valeria Sepe, Mimì
Roberta Mantegna, Mimì
Jessica Nuccio, Musetta
Hasmik Torosyan, Musetta
Vincenzo Taormina, Marcello
Vittorio Prato, Marcello
Pietro Luppina, Parpignol
Domenico Ghegghi, Parpignol
Christian Senn, Schaunard
Italo Proferisce, Schaunard
Angelo Nardinocchi, Alcindoro, Benoît
Bruno Ciulli, Lighting Designer
Coro del Teatro Massimo
Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
Dec 18, 21, 27
Verdi, Don Carlo(s) (Grand Opéra in fünf Akten)
Theater an der Wien
Matteo Pais, Conductor
Sébastien Dutrieux, Director
Agnes Hasun, Set Designer
Constanza Meza-Lopehandia, Costume Designer
Dumitru Madarasan, Philip II
Vadim Babichuk, Don Carlo
Kristjan Johannesson, Rodrigo
Ivan Zinoviev, Grand Inquisitor
Jenna Siladie, Elisabetta di Valois
Tatiana Kuryatnikova, Princess Eboli
Ilona Revolskaya, Tebaldo
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Dec 18, 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 18
Lincoln Center: Alice Tully Hall, New York City
Bach, The Brandenburg Concertos, BWV1046 - 1051
Paolo Bordignon, Harpsichord
Ani Kavafian, Violin
Yura Lee, Violin
Daniel Phillips, Violin
Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin
Matthew Lipman, Viola
Paul Neubauer, Viola
Timothy Eddy, Cello
Mihai Marica, Cello
Inbal Segev, Cello
Anthony Manzo, Double Bass
Tara Helen O'Connor, Flute
Adam Walker, Flute
Randall Ellis, Oboe
James Austin Smith, Oboe
Stephen Taylor, Oboe
Peter Kolkay, Bassoon
Byrd-Marrow, David, French horn
Stuart Rose, French horn
David Washburn, Trumpet