Giacomo Puccini
Dir: Nicholas Joël Cond: Marco Armiliato
Cast: Angela Gheorghiu (Magda de Civry – 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 Jul), Ermonela Jaho (13 mat, 20 mat, 21 Jul), Vittorio Grigolo (Ruggero Lastouc – 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 Jul), Sabina Puértolas (Lisette), Edgardas Montvidas (Prunier), Pietro Spagnoli (Rambaldo Fernandez)
5 | 8 | 11 | 13 mat | 14 | 17 | 20 mat | 21 Jul - 2013
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Check out the entire season! I was delighted to find some young, very talented Romanian opera singers included in casts for L'elisir d'amore and La Boheme
L’elisir d’amore - Gaetano Donizetti
Dir: Laurent Pelly Cond: Bruno Campanella
Cast: Aleksandra Kurzak (Adina), Roberto Alagna (Nemorino – 13, 16, 20, 23, 28 Nov; 1, 4 Dec), Stefan Pop (Nemorino – 7 Dec), Fabio Capitanucci (Belcore), Ambrogio Maestri (Doctor Dulcamara), Susana Gaspar (Giannetta)
La bohème - Giacomo Puccini
Dir: John Copley. Cond. Mark Elder/Alexander Joel.
Cast:Rolando Villazón (Rodolfo – Dec; 3, 7, 10 Jan), Dmytro Popov (Rodolfo – 5, 18 Jan), Teodor Ilincai (Rodolfo – 16 mat, 18, 27 Feb; 2 mat, 5 Mar), Vittorio Grigolo (Rodolfo – 9, 12 Mar), Maija Kovalevska (Mimì – Dec; Jan), Anita Hartig (Mimì – 16 mat, 18, 27 Feb; 2 mat, 5 Mar), Barbara Frittoli (Mimì – 9, 12 Mar), Stefania Dovhan (Musetta – Dec; 3, 5, 7, 10 Jan), Sonya Yoncheva (Musetta – Feb; Mar), Audun Iversen (Marcello – Dec; Jan), Gabriele Viviani (Feb; Mar)
And then we have, in brief, an all star season
*the Ring (four cycles) with Bryn Terfel leading the hostilities
*Leo Nucci and Placido Domingo share the title role in Nabucco
*Kaufmann/Harteros/Kwiecen/Furlanetto in Don Carlo (o-la-laaa... if you saw the online broadcast from Bayerische Staatsoper earlier in Januar, then this is one of the not-to-be-missed productions)
*JDF & JDD in La donna del lago (HINT: this one and Don Carlo run at the same time)
* Meyerbeer, rarely performed these days
*Thomas Hampson as Simon Boccanegra
*Renee Fleming in Capricio
Can't get to London? No worries. ROH takes care of everybody. The productions to be screened during 2012/13 are:
Swan Lake live 23 October 2012
Les Troyens November 2012
The Nutcracker live December 2012
La bohème live January 2013
Eugene Onegin live 20 February 2013
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland live 28 March 2013
Nabucco 29 April 2013
La donna del lago live 27 May 2013
Gloriana live 24 June 2013
