Saturday 16 December 2017

ROYAL OPERA, LONDON 2015 - 2016 season

14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 28, 30 September, 3 October 2015: ORPHÉE ET EURYDICE (Gluck): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor John Eliot Gardiner Directors Hofesh Shechter and John Fulljames Choreography Hofesh Shechter Designer Conor Murphy Lighting designer Lee Curran Dancers Hofesh Shechter Company Chorus Monteverdi Choir Orchestra English Baroque Soloists

                                                         Orphée         Juan Diego Flórez
                                                                            Michele Angelini (28 Sep)
                                                        Eurydice         Lucy Crowe
                                                          Amour         Amanda Forsythe

15, 18, 21, 25, 29 September, 2, 5, 7, 9, 14 October 2015: LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Mozart): Conductor Ivor Bolton, Christopher Willis (9, 14 Oct) Director David McVicar Designer Tanya McCallin Lighting designer Paule Constable Movement director Leah Hausman Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                           Figaro         Erwin Schrott
                                                        Susanna         Anita Hartig
                                                                            Sophie Bevan (5, 7, 9, 14 Oct)
                                               Count Almaviva         Stéphane Degout
                                           Countess Almaviva         Ellie Dehn
                                                      Cherubino         Kate Lindsey
                                                          Bartolo         Carlo Lepore
                                                     Don Basilio         Krystian Adam
                                                      Marcellina         Ann Murray
                                                                            Louise Winter (Oct)
                                                    Don Curzio         Alasdair Elliott
                                                         Antonio         Jeremy White
                                                       Barbarina         Heather Engebretson
                                                                            Robyn Allegra Parton (Oct)

10, 13, 16 October 2015: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Richard Strauss): Conductor Lothar Koenigs Director Christof Loy Designer Herbert Murauer Lighting Jennifer Tipton Choreography Beate Vollack Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                  The Prima Donna/Ariadne         Karita Mattila
                                          The Tenor/Bacchus         Robert Dean Smith
                                                     Zerbinetta         Jane Archibald
                                                The Composer         Ruxandra Donose
                                                       Harlequin         Nikolay Borchev
                                                 Music Master         Thomas Allen
                                              Dancing Master         Norbert Ernst
                                                   Scaramuccio         Ji-Min Park
                                                        Brighella         Paul Schweinester
                                                     Truffaldino         Jeremy White
                                                           Naiad         Sofia Fomina
                                                           Dryad         Karen Cargill
                                                            Echo         Kiandra Howarth
                                                    Wig Maker         Samuel Dale Johnson
                                                          Lackey         Simon Wilding
                                                          Officer         Nicholas Ransley
                                                  Major Domo         Christoph Quest




19, 21, 24, 27, 30 October, 4, 7, 10, 14, 16, 21, 26, 30 November 2015: CARMEN (Bizet): Conductor Bertrand de Billy, Alexander Joel (14, 16, 21, 26, 30 Nov) Director Francesca Zambello Designer Tanya McCallin Lighting designer Paule Constable Choreography Arthur Pita Fight director Mike Loades Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                    Carmen          Elena Maximova
                                                                       Anita Rachvelishvili (7, 10, 14, 16, 21, 26, 30 Nov)
                                                  Don José          Bryan Hymel
                                                                       Andrea Carè (14, 16 Nov)
                                                                       Yonghoon Lee (21, 26, 30 Nov)
                                                  Escamillo          Alexander Vinogradov
                                                                       Gábor Bretz (14, 16, 21, 26, 30 Nov)
                                                    Micaëla          Nicole Car
                                                                       Sonya Yoncheva (7, 10, 14, 16 Nov)
                                                                       Celine Byrne (21, 26, 30 Nov)
                                                   Frasquita          Vlada Borovko
                                                 Mercédès          Michèle Losier
                                                                       Rachel Kelly (14, 16, 21, 26, 30 Nov)
                                               Le Dancaïre          Grant Doyle
                                                                       Adrian Clarke (14, 16, 21, 26, 30 Nov)
                                           Le Remendado          Timothy Robinson
                                                                       Harry Nicoll (14, 16, 21, 26, 30 Nov)
                                                     Zuniga          Nicolas Courjal
                                                    Moralès          Samuel Dale Johnson

13, 17, 21, 25, 28 November 2015: MORGEN UND ABEND (Georg Friedrich Haas): WORLD PREMIERE: Conductor Michael Boder Director Graham Vick Designer Richard Hudson Lighting designer Giuseppe Di Iorio Projections 59 Productions Translation Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel and Damion Searls Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                         Olai          Klaus Maria Brandauer
                                                   Johannes          Christoph Pohl
                                          Signe / Midwife          Sarah Wegener
                                                       Peter          Will Hartmann
                                                        Erna          Helena Rasker

3, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 21, 29 December 2015, 1 January 2016: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Mascagni): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Antonio Pappano Director Damiano Michieletto Set designer Paolo Fantin Costume designer Carla Teti Lighting designer Alessandro Carletti Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                  Santuzza          Eva-Maria Westbroek
                                                    Turiddu          Aleksandrs Antonenko
                                                                       Younghoon Lee (13, 29 Dec, 1 Jan)
                                            Mamma Lucia          Elena Zilio
                                                        Alfio          Dimitri Platanias
                                                         Lola          Martina Belli

3, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 21, 29 December 2015, 1 January 2016: PAGLIACCI (Leoncavallo): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Antonio Pappano Director Damiano Michieletto Set designer Paolo Fantin Costume designer Carla Teti Lighting designer Alessandro Carletti Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
                                              
                                                       Canio          Aleksandrs Antonenko
                                                                       Kristian Benedikt (29 Dec, 1 Jan)
                                                       Tonio          Dimitri Platanias
                                                     Nedda          Carmen Giannattasio
                                                                       Simona Mihai (29 Dec)
                                                        Silvio          Dionysios Sourbis
                                                      Beppe          Benjamin Hulett
19, 22, 30 December 2015, 2, 4, 7 January 2016: EUGENE ONEGIN (Tchaikovsky): Conductor Semyon Bychkov Director Kasper Holten Set designer Mia Stensgaard Costume designer Katrina Lindsay Lighting designer Wolfgang Göbbel Video designers 59 Productions Choreography Signe Fabricius Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                               Eugene Onegin         Dmitri Hvorostovsky
                                                                            Artur Ruciński (4, 7 Jan)
                                                        Tatyana         Nicole Car
                                                          Lensky         Michael Fabiano
                                                             Olga         Oksana Volkova
                                                 Prince Gremin         Ferruccio Furlanetto
                                                                            James Platt (7 Jan)
                                               Madame Larina         Diana Montague
                                                       Filipyevna         Catherine Wyn-Rogers
                                             Monsieur Triquet         Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
                                                         Captain         David Shipley
                                                       Zaretsky         James Platt
                                                                            John Bernays (7 Jan)

9, 11, 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 29 January, 2, 5 February 2016: TOSCA (Puccini): Conductor Emmanuel Villaume, Paul Wynne Griffiths (2, 5 Feb) Director Jonathan Kent Designer Paul Brown Lighting designer Mark Henderson Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                    Floria Tosca         Angela Gheorghiu
                                                                            Amanda Echalaz (11 Jan)
                                                                            Maria Guleghina (2, 5 Feb)
                                            Mario Cavaradossi         Riccardo Massi
                                                                            Najmiddin Mav;yanov (11, 25, 29 Jan, 2, 5 Feb)
                                                 Baron Scarpia         Samuel Youn
                                                                            Roberto Frontali (11, 25, 29 Jan, 2, 5 Feb)
                                              Cesare Angelotti         Yuriy Yurchuk
                                                        Spoletta         Hubert Francis
                                                       Sacristan         Donald Maxwell
                                                       Sciarrone         David Shipley
                                                          Gaoler         John Morrissey




16, 19, 22, 27, 30 January, 4, 6 February, 1, 4, 7, 9, 12, 16, 19 March 2016: LA TRAVIATA (Verdi): Conductor Yves Abel, Richard Hetherington (6 Feb), Nicola Luisotti (Mar): Director Richard Eyre Designer Bob Crowley Lighting designer Jean Kalman Director of movement Jane Gibson Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                 Violetta Valéry         Venera Gimadieva
                                                                            Maria Agresta (1, 4, 7, 12 Mar)
                                                                            Vlada Borovko (9 Mar)
                                                                            Nicole Cabell (16, 19 Mar)
                                              Alfredo Germont         Saimir Pirgu
                                                                            Piero Pretti (1, 4, 7, 12, 16, 19 Mar)
                                                                            Charles Castronovo (9 Mar)
                                              Giorgio Germont         Luca Salsi
                                                                            Quinn Kelsey (1, 4, 7, 9, 12 Mar)
                                                                            Tassis Christoyannis (16, 19 Mar)
                                                   Flora Bervoix         Andrea Hill
                                                                            Sarah Castle (Mar)
                                       Gastone de Letorières         Luis Gomes
                                                                            Samuel Sakkar (Feb, Mar)
                                                          Annina         Sarah Pring
                                                                            Gaynor Keeble (Mar)
                                                Baron Douphol         Yuriy Yurchuk
                                                 Doctor Grenvil         James Platt
                                            Marquis D'Obigny         Jeremy White
                                                       Giuseppe         Neil Gillespie
                                                     Messenger         John Bernays
                                                         Servant         Michael Lessiter

1, 3, 6, 15, 18, 20, 24 February 2016: L’ETOILE (Chabrier): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Mark Elder Director Mariame Clément Designer Julia Hansen Lighting designer Jon Clark Choreography Mathieu Guilhaumon Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                      King Ouf I         Christophe Mortagne
                                                           Siroco         Simon Bailey
                               Prince Hérisson de Porc-Epic         François Piolino
                                                         Tapioca         Aimery Lefèvre
                                                            Lazuli         Kate Lindsey
                                              Princesse Laoula         Hélène Guilmette
                                                            Aloès         Julie Boulianne
                                                         Patacha         Samuel Sakker
                                                           Zalzal         Samuel Dale Johnson
                                                           Smith         Chris Addison
                                                         Dupont         Jean-Luc Vincent

25, 29 February, 3, 5, 8, 15 March 2016: IL TABARRO (Puccini): Conductor Nicola Luisotti Director Richard Jones Set designs Ultz Costume designs Nicky Gillibrand Original lighting designer D.M. Wood Revival lighting designer Mimi Jordan Sherin Movement director Sarah Fahie Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                         Michele         Lucio Gallo
                                                       Giorgetta         Patricia Racette
                                                             Luigi         Carl Tanner
                                                            Tinca         Carlo Bosi
                                                            Talpa         Jeremy White
                                                    Ballad Seller         David Junghoon Kim
                                                          Frugola         Irina Mishura
                                                           Lovers         Lauren Fagan
                                                                           Luis Gomes



25, 29 February, 3, 5, 8, 15 March 2016: SUOR ANGELICA (Puccini): Conductor Nicola Luisotti Director Richard Jones Set designs Miriam Buether Costume designs Nicky Gillibrand Original lighting designer D.M. Wood Revival lighting designer Mimi Jordan Sherin Movement director Sarah Fahie Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                 Sister Angelica         Ermonela Jaho
                                                   The Princess         Anna Larsson
                                                          Abbess         Irina Mishura
                                                      Monitress         Elena Zilio
                                     Mistress of the Novices         Elizabeth Sikora
                                                 Nursing Sister         Jennifer Davis
                                             Sister Genovieffa         Lauren Fagan
                                                   Alms Sisters         Emily Edmonds
                                                                            Renata Skarelyte
                                                 Sister Osmina         Eryl Royle
                                                  Sister Dolcina         Elizabeth Key
                                                          Novice         Katy Batho
                                                     Lay Sisters         Melissa Alder
                                                                           Kate McCarney

25, 29 February, 3, 5, 8, 15 March 2016: GIANNI SCHICCHI (Puccini): Conductor Nicola Luisotti Director Richard Jones Set designs John Macfarlane Costume designs Nicky Gillibrand Lighting design Mimi Jordan Sherin Choreography Lucy Burge Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                 Gianni Schicchi         Lucio Gallo
                                                        Lauretta         Susanna Hurrell
                                                         Rinuccio         Paolo Fanale
                                                             Zita         Elena Zilio
                                                       Gherardo         Carlo Bosi
                                                            Nella         Rebecca Evans
                                                         Simone         Gwynne Howell
                                                 Betto di Signa         Jeremy White
                                                          Marco         David Kempster
                                                       La Ciesca         Marie McLaughlin
                                         Maestro Spinelloccio         Matteo Peirone
                                      Ser Amantio di Nicolao         Tiziano Bracci
                                                          Guccio         David Shipley
                                                         Pinellino         Simon Wilding

14, 18, 21, 24, 26, 30 March, 5 April 2016: BORIS GODUNOV (Mussorgsky) (1872 version): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Antonio Pappano Director Richard Jones Set designer Miriam Buether Costume designer Nicky Gillibrand Lighting designer Mimi Jordan Sherin Movement director Ben Wright Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                 Boris Godunov         Bryn Terfel
                                                 Prince Shuisky         John Graham-Hall
                                           Andrey Shchelkalov         Kostas Smoriginas
                                              Grigory Otrepiev         David Butt Philip
                                                           Pimen         Ain Anger
                                                        Varlaam         John Tomlinson
                                                          Missail         Harry Nicoll
                                          Yurodivy (Holy Fool)         Andrew Tortise
                                                           Xenia         Vlada Borovko
                                                 Xenia's Nurse         Sarah Pring
                                           Hostess of the inn         Rebecca de Pont Davies
                                                       Mityukha         Adrian Clarke
                                                 Frontier Guard         James Platt
                                                         Nikitich         Jeremy White
                                                          Fyodor         Ben Knight
                                                           Boyar         Nicholas Sales
7, 11, 14, 16, 19, 22, 25 April, 11, 14, 16, 19 May 2016: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Donizetti): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Daniel Oren Director Katie Mitchell Designer Vicki Mortimer Lighting designer Jon Clark Movement director Joseph Alford Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                            Lucia         Diana Damrau
                                                                            Aleksandra Kurzak (May)
                                                        Edgardo         Charles Castronovo
                                                                            Stephen Costello (May)
                                                           Enrico         Ludovic Tézier
                                                                            Artur Ruciński (May)
                                                           Arturo         Taylor Stayton
                                                                            David Junghoon Kim (May)
                                                      Raimondo         Kwangchul Youn
                                                                            Matthew Rose (May)
                                                     Normanno         Peter Hoare
                                                             Alisa         Rachael Lloyd

26, 29 April, 2, 5, 8, 12, 15 May 2016: TANNHÄUSER (Wagner): Conductor Hartmut Haenchen Director Tim Albery Set designer Michael Levine Costume designer Jon Morrell Lighting designer David Finn Choreography, Venusberg scene Jasmin Vardimon Movement director Maxine Braham Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                    Tannhäuser         Peter Seiffert
                                                       Elisabeth         Emma Bell
                                                          Venus         Sophie Koch
                                    Wolfram von Eschinbach         Christian Gerhaher
                                                      Herrmann         Stephen Milling
                                                          Biterolf         Michael Kraus
                               Walther von der Vogelweide         Ed Lyon
                                       Heinrich der Schreiber         Samuel Sakker
                                         Reinmar von Zweter         Jeremy White

23, 26, 30 May, 2, 4, 8 June 2016; OEDIPE (Enescu): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Leo Hussain Directors Àlex Ollé and Valentina Carrasco Set designer Alfons Flores Costume designer Lluc Castells Lighting designer Peter van Praet Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                          Oedipe         Johan Reuter
                                                         Tirésias         John Tomlinson
                                                        Antigone         Sophie Bevan
                                                                            Lauren Fagan (30 May)
                                                         Mérope         Claudia Huckle
                                                          Jocaste         Sarah Connolly
                                                     The Sphinx         Marie-Nicole Lemieux
                                                    A Shepherd         Alan Oke
                                     The Theban High Priest         Nicolas Courjal
                                                            Laïos         Hubert Francis
                                                           Créon         Samuel Youn
                                                         Phorbas         In Sung Sim
                                                  The Watcher         Stefan Kocan
                                                         Thésée         Samuel Dale Johnson
                                              Theban Woman         Lauren Fagan




6, 9, 13, 15, 18, 21, 23, 25, 30 June 2016: NABUCCO (Verdi): Conductor Maurizio Benini, Renato Balsadonna (30 Jun) Director Daniele Abbado Associate director Boris Stetka Designer Alison Chitty Lighting designer Alessandro Carletti Video designer Luca Scarzella Movement Simona Bucci Chorus Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                        Nabucco         Plácido Domingo
                                                                            Dimitri Platanias (15, 18, 21, 25, 30 Jun)
                                                        Zaccaria         John Relyea
                                                         Abigaille         Liudmyla Monastyrska
                                                                            Tatiana Melnychenko (21, 25 Jun)
                                                         Ismaele         Jean-François Borras
                                                                            Leonardo Capalbo (9, 15, 18, 23, 25 Jun)
                                                          Fenena         Jamie Barton
                                                                            Miriam Treichi (30 Jun)
                                                            Anna         Vlada Borovko
                                                          Abdallo         Samuel Sakker
                                           High Priest of Baal         David Shipley

19, 24, 27 June, 3, 6, 13 July 2016: WERTHER (Massenet): Conductor Antonio Pappano Director Benoît Jacquot Set and lighting designer Charles Edwards Costume designer Christian Gasc Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

                                                        Werther         Vittorio Grigòlo
                                                       Charlotte         Joyce DiDonato
                                                           Albert         David Bizic
                                                          Sophie         Heather Engebretson
                                                       The Bailli         Jonathan Summers
                                                          Johann         Yuriy Yurchuk
                                                         Schmidt         François Piolino
                                                     Brühlmann         Rick Zwart
                                                       Käthchen         Emily Edmonds

2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15 July 2016: IL TROVATORE (Verdi): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Gianandrea Noseda Director David Bösch Set designer Patrick Bannwart Costume designer Meentje Nielsen Lighting designer Olaf Winter Associate lighting designer Nick Havell Video designer Patrick Bannwart Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Chorus Royal Opera Chorus

                                                         Leonora         Lianna Haroutounian
                                                                            Anna Pirozzi (4, 7, 9, 12, 15 Jul)
                                                        Manrico         Francesco Meli
                                                                            Gregory Kunde (4, 7, 9, 12, 15 Jul)
                                                 Count di Luna         Željko Lučić
                                                                            Christopher Maltman (4, 7, 9, 12, 15 Jul)
                                                        Azucena         Ekaterina Semenchuk
                                                                            Marina Prudenskaya (4, 7, 9, 12, 15 Jul)
                                                        Ferrando         Maurizio Muraro
                                                             Ines         Jennifer Davis
                                                                            Lauren Fagan (4, 7, 9, 12, 15 Jul)
                                                             Ruiz         David Junghoon Kim
                                                    Old Gipsy         Jonathan Fisher

                                                    Messenger         Douglas Telfer

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