Performer: Peter van Praet

BrnoFestival preview: The Excursions of Mr Brouček

Janáček Theatre (Janáčkovo divadlo), Wed 7 Oct at 19:00

Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček

Marko Ivanović; Robert Carsen; Janáček Opera NTB; Radu Boruzescu; Annemarie Woods; Peter van Praet; Janáček Opera NTB Orchestra

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Janáček Theatre (Janáčkovo divadlo), Thu 15 Oct at 19:00

Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček

Marko Ivanović; Robert Carsen; Janáček Opera NTB; Radu Boruzescu; Annemarie Woods; Peter van Praet; Janáček Opera NTB Orchestra

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Janáček Theatre (Janáčkovo divadlo), Oct 30, 31 mat

Janáček: Kátya Kabanová

Ondrej Olos; Robert Carsen; Janáček Opera NTB; Patrick Kinmonth; Peter van Praet; Janáček Opera NTB Orchestra

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Teatro Real: Sala Principal, Nov 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Stefano Montanari; Robert Carsen; Teatro Real; Christian Schmidt; Luis F Carvalho; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

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New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Nov 23 mat, 26 mat, 29 mat, Dec 02 mat, 05 mat

Britten: Peter Grimes

Kazushi Ono; Robert Carsen; New National Theatre; Gideon Davey; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, 2027 Feb 08, 11, 14 mat, 17, 20, 22, 25, Mar 02, 06, 09, 12

Massenet: Werther

Nathalie Stutzmann; Robert Carsen; Opéra national de Paris; Radu Boruzescu; Luis F Carvalho; Peter van Praet; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

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Handel’s Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno returns to Rome

Johanna Wallroth (Bellezza) and ensemble © Fabrizio Sansoni

Pia Maltri, 07 Apr

Robert Carsen’s staging of Handel's oratorio arrives, via Salzburg, in the city where Handel composed it in 1707.

****1

Thomas Hampson (Richard Nixon), Renée Fleming (Pat Nixon) and Xiaomeng Zhang (Chou En-lai) © Vincent Pontet | Opéra national de Paris

David Karlin, 14 Mar

Excellent vocal acting from Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Xiaomeng Zhang and a magnificent orchestral performance conducted by Kent Nagano can't make Valentina Carrasco's production fully grip.

***11

Kateřina Kněžíková (Kátya) and Peter Berger (Boris) © Marek Olbrzymek

Dominic Lowe, 03 Mar

A revival of Robert Carsen's production at the Janáček Festival Preview benefits from an excellent cast and exemplary playing from the house ensemble.

*****

Gerald Finley, Giovanni Sala, Elsa Dreisig, Nina van Essen and Luca Micheletti © Vito Lorusso | Teatro alla Scala

Laura Servidei, 08 Nov

Alexander Soddy leads a great cast in a clever, supremely entertaining new production in Milan.

****1

John Gilks, 09 Oct

The restrained beauty of Robert Carsen’s production of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice is matched by musical elegance in its revival current revival at the Four Seasons Centre.

*****

Peter Hoare (Mr Brouček) and Aleš Briscein (Mazál) © Arno Declair

Elena Luporini, 16 Mar

Robert Carsen's new production of Janáček’s The Excursions of Mr Brouček for the Staatsoper Unter den Linden scores a well-deserved success thanks to a stellar – or rather, lunar – conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.

*****

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