Thursday 30 November 2017

ROYAL OPERA, LONDON 2016 - 2017 season

12, 16, 20, 23 (eve), 26 September, 1 (eve), 4, 8 (aft) October 2016: NORMA (Bellini): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Antonio Pappano: Director Àlex Ollé: Associate director Valentina Carrasco: Set designer Alfons Flores: Costume designer Lluc Castells: Lighting designer Marco Filibeck: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                Norma         Sonya Yoncheva
                                                Pollione         Joseph Calleja
                                               Adalgisa         Sonia Ganassi
                                               Oroveso         Brindley Sherratt
                                                  Flavio         David Junghoon Kim
                                                Clotilde         Vlada Borovko

13, 15, 17, 21, 23 (aft), 26, 28 September, 1(aft), 8 (eve), 11 October 2016: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Rossini): Conductor Henrik Nánási: Directors Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier: Set designer Christian Fenouillat: Costume designer Agostino Cavalca: Lighting designer Christophe Forey: Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                      Count Almaviva         Javier Camarena
                                                  Figaro         Vito Priante
                                                                  Florian Sempey (1 aft, 8 eve, 11 Oct)
                                                 Rosina         Daniela Mack
                                       Doctor Bartolo         José Fardilha
                                           Don Basilio         Ferruccio Furlanetto
                                                  Berta         Madeleine Pierard
                                                 Fiorello         Gyula Nagy
                                             Ambrogio         Jonathan Coad
                                                 Officer         Donaldson Bell
                                                 Notary         Andrew Macnair

22, 24, 29 September, 3, 7, 11, 14, 17, 19 October 2016: COSÌ FAN TUTTE (Mozart): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Semyon Bychkov/Paul Wynne Griffiths (19): Director Jan Philipp Gloger: Set designer Ben Baur: Costume designer Karin Jud: Lighting designer Bernd Purkrabek: Dramaturg Katharina John: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                Fiordiligi         Corinne Winters
                                             Dorabella         Angela Brower
                                              Ferrando         Daniel Behle
                                             Guglielmo         Johannes Martin Kränzle
                                               Despina         Sabina Puértolas



20, 24, 27 October, 1, 4, 9 November 2016: THE NOSE (Shostakovich): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Ingo Metzmacher: Director Barrie Kosky: Set and lighting designer Klaus Grünberg: Costume designer Buki Shiff: Associate set designer Anne Kuhn: Choreographer Otto Pichler: Translator David Pountney: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                           Platon Kuzmitch Kovalov         Martin Winkler
                    Ivan Iakovlevitch/Clerk/Doctor         John Tomlinson
                                   Ossipovna/Vendor         Rosie Aldridge
                        District Inspector         Alexander Kravets
                      Angry Man in the Cathedral         Alexander Lewis
                                                    Ivan         Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
                                              Iaryshkin         Peter Bronder
                                         Old Countess         Susan Bickley
                               Pelageya Podtotshina         Helene Schneiderman
                             Podtotshina's daughter         Ailish Tynan
                                             Ensemble         Andrew O'Connor/Daniel Auchinloss (27, 1, 4, 9)
                                                                  Paul Carey Jones
                                                                  Alasdair Elliott
                                                                  Alan Ewing
                                                                  Hubert Francis
                                                                  Sion Goronwy
                                                                  Njabulo Madlala
                                                                  Charbel Mattar
                                                                  Samuel Sakker
                                                                  Michael J. Scott
                                                                  Nicholas Sharratt
                                                                  David Shipley
                                                                  Jeremy White
                                                                  Simon Wilding
                                                                  Yuriy Yurchuk

7, 11, 15, 18, 21, 24, 28 November, 3 December 2016: LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN (Offenbach): Conductor Evelino Pidò: Director John Schlesinger: Set designer William Dudley: Costume designer Maria Björnson: Lighting designer David Hersey: Choreographer Eleanor Fazan: Fight director William Hobbs: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                            Hoffmann         Vittorio Grigòlo
                                           Four Villains         Thomas Hampson
                                                                  Leonardo Capalbo (28 Nov, 3 Dec)
                                               Olympia         Sofia Fomina
                                               Giulietta         Christine Rice
                                                Antonia         Sonya Yoncheva
                                                                  Marita Sølberg (3 Dec)
                                            Nicklausse         Kate Lindsey
                                            Spalanzani         Christophe Mortagne
                                                Crespel         Eric Halfvarson
                                        Four Servants         Vincent Ordonneau
                         Spirit of Antonia's Mother         Catherine Carby
                                            Nathanael         David Junghoon Kim
                                             Hermann         Charles Rice
                                               Schlemil         Yuriy Yurchuk
                                                 Luther         Jeremy White
                                                   Stella         Olga Sabadoch



22, 26, 29 November, 2, 5, 9, 12 December 2016: MANON LESCAUT (Puccini): Conductor Antonio Pappano: Director Jonathan Kent: Designer Paul Brown: Lighting designer Mark Henderson: Movement director Denni Sayers: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                      Manon Lescaut         Sondra Radvanovsky
                                Chevalier des Grieux         Aleksandrs Antonenko
                                                                  Massimo Giordano (29 Nov, 2 Dec)
                                                Lescaut         Levente Molnár
                                   Geronte de Revoir         Eric Halfvarson
                                             Edmondo         Luis Gomes
                                              Musician         Emily Edmonds
                                                                  Louise Armit (5 Dec)
                                     Dancing Master         Aled Hall
                                                  Singer         Emily Edmonds
                                                                  Louise Armit (5 Dec)
                                           Lamplighter         David Junghoon Kim
                                              Sergeant         David Shipley
                                        Naval Captain         Nicholas Crawley
                                             Innkeeper         Thomas Barnard

1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 December 2016, 26, 28, 31 January, 3, 6, 9 February 2017: IL TROVATORE (Verdi): Conductor Richard Farnes: Director David Bösch: Set designer Patrick Bannwart: Costume designer Meentje Nielsen: Lighting designer Olaf Winter: Associate lighting designer: Nick Havell: Video designer Patrick Bannwart: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                               Leonora         Maria Agresta
                                                                  Lianna Haroutounian (Jan, Feb)
                                               Manrico         Stefano Secco
                                                                  Najmiddin Mavlyanov (4, 7, 10, 13 Dec)
                                                                  Gregory Kunde (Jan, Feb)
                                               Azucena         Anita Rachvelishvili
                                        Count di Luna         Quinn Kelsey
                                                                  Vitaliy Bilyy (Jan, Feb)
                                              Ferrando         Gábor Bretz
                                                                  Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Jan, Feb)
                                                    Ines         Jennifer Davis
                                                                  Melissa Alder (26 Jan)
                                                                  Francesca Chiejina (28, 31 Jan, 3, 6, 9 Feb)
                                                    Ruiz         David Junghoon Kim
                                                                  Samuel Sakker (Jan, Feb)




17, 20, 22 December 2016, 8, 11, 14, 17, 24 January 2017: DER ROSENKAVALIER (Richard Strauss): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Andris Nelsons: Director Robert Carsen: Set designer Paul Steinberg: Costume designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel: Lighting designers Robert Carsen and Peter van Praet: Choreographer Philippe Giraudeau: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                           Marschallin         Renée Fleming
                                                                  Rachel Willis-Sørensen (22 Dec, 17, 24 Jan)
                                              Octavian         Alice Coote
                                                                  Anna Stéphany (22 Dec, 17, 24 Jan)
                                   Sophie von Faninal         Sophie Bevan
                                           Baron Ochs         Matthew Rose
                                                 Faninal         Jochen Schmeckenbecher
                                                                  Michael Kraus (24 Jan)
                                              Valzacchi         Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
                                                 Annina         Helene Schneiderman
                                                        `         Angela Simkin (8, 11, 14 Jan)
                                         Italian Singer         Giorgio Berrugi
                                                                  David Junghoon Kim (8, 11 Jan)
                        Marschallin’s Major Domo         Samuel Sakker
                              Faninal's Major Domo         Thomas Atkins
                            Marianne/Noble Widow         Miranda Keys
                                             Innkeeper         Alasdair Elliott
                                      Police Inspector         Scott Conner
                                                 Notary         Jeremy White
                                                Milliner         Kiera Lyness
                                         Animal Seller         Luke Price
                                                 Doctor         Andrew H. Sinclair
                                                  Boots         Jonathan Fisher
                                      Noble Orphans         Katy Batho
                                                                  Deborah Peake-Jones
                                                                  Andrea Hazell
                                      Lackey/Waiters         Andrew H. Sinclair
                                                                  Lee Hickenbottom
                                                                  Dominic Barrand
                                                                  Bryan Secombe
                                          Mohammed         James Wintergrove
                                                Leopold         Atli Gunnarsson

13, 18, 23, 27, 30 January 2017: WRITTEN ON SKIN (George Benjamin): Conductor George Benjamin: Director Katie Mitchell: Designer Vicki Mortimer: Lighting designer Jon Clark: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                        The Protector         Christopher Purves
                                                                  James Cleverton (18 Jan)
                                                  Agnès         Barbara Hannigan
                                                                  Georgia Jarman (18, 27 Jan)
                                  Angel 1 / The Boy         Iestyn Davies
                                     Angel 2 / Marie         Victoria Simmonds
                                       Angel 3 / John         Mark Padmore



16, 19, 25 January, 1 February, 14, 17, 20, 23, 25, 27, 30 June, 4 July 2017: LA TRAVIATA (Verdi): Conductor Daniele Rustioni, Maurizio Benini (14, 17, 20, 23, 27, 30 Jun, 4 Jul), Christopher Willis (25 Jun): Director Richard Eyre: Designer: Bob Crowley: Lighting designer Jean Kalman: Director of movement Jane Gibson: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                       Violetta Valéry         Joyce El-Khoury
                                                                  Ekaterina Bakanova (14, 17, 20, 23, 25 Jun)
                                                                  Corinne Winters (27, 30 Jun, 4 Jul)
                                    Alfredo Germont         Sergey Romanovsky
                                                                  Atalla Ayan (Jun, Jul)
                                     Giorgio Germont         Artur Ruciński
                                                                  Nicola Alaimo (14, 17, 20, 23, 25 Jun)
                                                                  George Petean (27, 30 Jun, 4 Jul)
                                                 Annina         Elizabeth Sikora
                                                                  Sarah Pring (Jun, Jul)
                                         Flora Bervoix         Angela Simkin
                                       Baron Douphol         Yuriy Yurchuk
                                                                  Gyula Nagy (Jun, Jul)
                                       Doctor Grenvil         David Shipley
                              Gastone de Letorières         David Junghoon Kim
                                                                  Samuel Sakkar (Jun, Jul)
                                   Marquis D'Obigny         Jeremy White
                                              Giuseppe         Neil Gillespie
                                           Messenger         Dominic Barrand
                                                Servant         Jonathan Coad

7, 10, 17, 21, 24, 27 February, 2 March 2017: ADRIANA LECOUVREUR (Cilea): Conductor Daniel Oren: Director David McVicar: Set designer Charles Edwards: Costume designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel: Lighting designer Adam Silverman: Choreography and movement Andrew George: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                  Adriana Lecouvreur         Angela Gheorghiu
                                                                  Hrachuhi Bassenz (21 Feb, 2 Mar)
                                              Maurizio         Brian Jagde
                                    Abbé de Chazeuil         Krystian Adam
                                Princesse de Bouillon         Ksenia Dudnikova
                                    Prince de Bouillon         Bálint Szabó
                                            Michonnet         Gerald Finley
                                                                  Alessandro Corbelli (27 Feb, 2 Mar)
                             Mademoiselle Jouvenot         Vlada Borovko
                           Mademoiselle Dangeville         Angela Simkin
                                                Poisson         Thomas Atkins
                                               Quinault         Simon Shibambu



11, 15, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31 March 2017: DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG (Wagner): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Antonio Pappano: Director Kasper Holten: Set designer Mia Stensgaard: Costume designer Anja Vang Kragh: Lighting designer Jesper Kongshaug: Choreography and movement Signe Fabricius: Fight director Kate Waters: Dramaturg Elisabeth Linton: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                           Hans Sachs         Bryn Terfel
                                  Sixtus Beckmesser         Johannes Martin Kränzle
                               Walther von Stolzing         Gwyn Hughes Jones
                                                     Eva         Rachel Willis-Sørensen
                                           Veit Pogner         Stephen Milling
                                                  David         Allan Clayton
                                           Magdalene         Hanna Hipp
                                         Fritz Kothner         Sebastian Holecek
                                  Kunz Vogelgesang         Andrew Tortise
                                       Balthasar Zorn         Alasdair Elliott
                                    Konrad Nachtigal         Gyula Nagy
                                      Ulrich Eisslinger         Samuel Sakker
                                      Augustin Moser         David Junghoon Kim
                                      Hermann Ortel         John Cunningham
                                       Hans Schwarz         Jeremy White
                                            Hans Foltz         Brian Bannatyne-Scott
                                      Nightwatchman         David Shipley

20, 23, 27, 30 March, 4, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20, 22, 25 April 2017: MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Puccini): Conductor Antonio Pappano, Renato Balsadonna (13, 17, 20, 22, 25 Apr): Directors Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier: Set designer Christian Fenouillat: Costume designer Agostino Cavalca: Lighting designer Christophe Forey: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                            Cio-Cio-San         Ermonela Jaho
                                                                  Ana María Martínez (13, 17, 20, 22, 25 Apr)
                          Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton         Marcelo Puente
                                                                  Teodor Ilincai (13, 17, 20, 22, 25 Apr)
                                              Sharpless         Scott Hendricks
                                                   Goro         Carlo Bosi
                                                                  Ulrich Reß (10 Apr)
                                                 Suzuki         Elizabeth DeShong
                                                 Bonze         Jeremy White
                                       Kate Pinkerton         Emily Edmonds
                             Imperial Commissioner         Gyula Nagy
                                     Prince Yamadori         Yuriy Yurchuk



24, 27 April, 1, 3, 6, 8 May 2017: THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (Adès): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Thomas Adès: Director Tom Cairns: Set and costume designer Hildegard Bechtler: Lighting designer Jon Clark: Video designer Tal Yarden: Choreographer Amir Hosseinpour: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                               Leonora         Anne Sofie von Otter
                                                 Blanca         Christine Rice
                                                 Nobile         Charles Workman
                                                   Lucia         Amanda Echalaz
                                                    Raúl         Frédéric Antoun
                                                 Doctor         John Tomlinson
                                                     Roc         Thomas Allen
                                              Francisco         Iestyn Davies
                                               Eduardo         Ed Lyon
                                                  Leticia         Audrey Luna
                                                   Silvia         Sally Matthews
                                                Beatriz         Sophie Bevan
                                                  Lucas         Hubert Francis
                                                Enrique         Thomas Atkins
                                         Señor Russell         Sten Byriel
                                                Colonel         David Adam Moore
                                                    Julio         Morgan Moody
                                                   Pablo         James Cleverton
                                                   Meni         Elizabeth Atherton
                                                 Camila         Anne Marie Gibbons
                                        Padre Sansón         Wyn Pencarreg
                                                     Yoli         Jai Sai Mehta
                                                                  Joshua Abrams (1, 3 May)

12, 15, 19, 22, 26, 29 May 2017: DON CARLO (Verdi) (sung in Italian): Conductor Bertrand de Billy: Director Nicholas Hytner: Designer Bob Crowley: Lighting designer Mark Henderson: Movement Scarlett Mackmin: Fight director Terry King: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                             Don Carlo         Bryan Hymel
                          Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa         Christoph Pohl
                                                                  Simone Piazzola (19, 22 May)
                                  Elizabeth of Valois         Kristin Lewis
                                         Princess Eboli         Ekaterina Semenchuk
                                          King Philip II         Ildar Abdrazakov
                                      Grand Inquisitor         Paata Burchuladze
                                               Carlos V         Andrea Mastroni
                                 Voice from Heaven         Francesca Chiejina
                                               Tebaldo         Angela Simkin
                                      Count of Lerma         David Junghoon Kim
                                    Flemish Deputies         James Cleverton
                                                                  Gyula Nagy
                                                                  Simon Shibambu
                                                                  David Shipley
                                                                  Yuriy Yurchuk
                                                                  Wyn Pencarreg



27, 30 May, 3, 6, 11, 13, 16, 19, 22 June 2017: L’ELISIR D’AMORE (Donizetti): Conductor Bertrand de Billy: Director Laurent Pelly: Set designer: Chantal Thomas: Costume designer Laurent Pelly: Associate costume designer Donate Marchand: Lighting designer Joël Adam: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                  Adina         Pretty Yende
                                                                  Aleksandra Kurzak (13 Jun)
                                                                  Jennifer Davis (16, 19, 22 Jun)
                                             Nemorino         Liparit Avetisyan
                                                                  Ivan Magri (11, 22 Jun)
                                                                  Roberto Alagna (13, 16, 19, 22 Jun)
                                            Dulcamara         Alex Esposito
                                                Belcore         Paolo Bordogna
                                                                  Adam Plachetka (13, 16, 19, 22 Jun)
                                             Giannetta         Vlada Borovko

21, 24, 28 June, 2, 6, 8 (eve), 10, 12, 15 (eve) July 2017: OTELLO (Verdi): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Antonio Pappano: Director Keith Warner: Set designer Boris Kudlička: Costume designer Kaspar Glarner: Lighting designer Bruno Poet: Movement director Michael Barry: Fight director Ran Arthur Braun: Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                  Otello         Jonas Kaufmann
                                                                  Gregory Kunde (8, 12, 15 Jul)
                                          Desdemona         Maria Agresta
                                                                  Dorothea Röschmann (8, 12, 15 Jul)
                                                    Iago         Marco Vratogna
                                                                  Željko Lučić (8, 12, 15 Jul)
                                                 Cassio         Frédéric Antoun
                                              Roderigo         Thomas Atkins
                                                  Emilia         Kai Rüütel
                                              Montano         Simon Shibambu
                                               Lodovico         In Sung Sim
                                                 Herald         Thomas Barnard

26, 29 June, 1, 7 July 2017: MITRIDATE, RE DI PONTO (Mozart): Conductor Christophe Rousset: Director Graham Vick: Designer Paul Brown: Lighting designer Nick Chelton: Choreography and movement Ron Howell: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                              Mitridate         Michael Spyres
                                                Aspasia         Albina Shagimuratova
                                                                  Vlada Borovko (7 Jul)
                                                  Sifare         Salome Jicia
                                                Farnace         Bejun Mehta
                                                Ismene         Lucy Crowe
                                                Marzio         Rupert Charlesworth
                                                 Arbate         Jennifer Davis



5, 8 (mat), 9, 11, 12 (mat), 14, 15 (mat), 16 (mat) July 2017: TURANDOT (Puccini): Conductor Dan Ettinger: Director Andrei Serban: Designer Sally Jacobs: Lighting designer F. Mitchell Dana: Choreographer Kate Flatt: Choreologist Tatiana Novaes Coelho:  Royal Opera Chorus: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                   Princess Turandot         Christine Goerke
                                                                  Lise Lindstrom (8, 11, 14, 16 Jul)
                                                   Calaf         Aleksandrs Antonenko
                                                                  Roberto Alagna (8, 11, 14 Jul)
                                                                  Sung Kyu Park (16 Jul)
                                                      Liù         Hibla Gerzmava
                                                                  Aleksandra Kurzak (8, 11, 14, 16 Jul)
                                                  Timur         In Sung Sim
                                                                  Brindley Sherratt (8, 11, 14, 16 Jul)
                                                    Ping         Michel de Souza
                                                                  Leon Košavić (8, 11, 14, 16 Jul)
                                                   Pang         Aled Hall
                                                                  Samuel Sakkar (8, 11, 14, 16 Jul)
                                                   Pong         Pavel Petrov
                                                                  David Junghoon Kim (8, 11, 14, 16 Jul)
                                     Emperor Altoum         Robin Leggate

                                             Mandarin         Yuriy Yurchuk