Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier

25, 29, 30m Sep 2007; 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 11, 13, 14m, 17 Oct 2007
Conductor Pinchas Steinberg
Producer Philippe Arlaud
Sets Philippe Arlaud
Costumes Andrea Uhmann
Lighting Philippe Arlaud
Choreographer Keith Morino
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Un Mayordomus Vicenç Esteve Corbacho
Carlo Gérard Carlos Alvarez / Anthony Michaels-Moore / Silvio Zanon
Maddalena de Coigny Deborah Voigt / Daniela Dessì / Anna Shafajinskaia
La Condesa de Coigny Viorica Cortez / Mercè Obiol
Bersi Marina Rodriguez-Cusí
Fléville Enric Serra
L'Abbé Josep Ruiz
Andrea Chenier José Cura / Fabio Armiliato / Carlo Ventre
Matthieu Philip Cutlip
Incredibile Francisco Vas
Roucher Miguel Ángel Zapater
Madelon Irina Mishura / Viorica Cortez
Dumas Manel Esteve Madrid
Fouquier-Tinville Enric Serra

Production from New National Theatre, Tokyo

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Christoph Willibald Gluck: Concert

01, 07m Oct 2007
Conductor Michele Mariotti
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soloist Sonia Ganassi

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Various : Recital

10 Oct 2007
Graham Johnson : Piano
soloist Felicity Lott

Fallen Women and Virtuous Wives

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Bela Bartók
: Bluebeard's Castle
(A Kékszákallú herceg vára)
02!, 03, 04m Nov 2007; 07, 09, 11, 16, 17, 19, 20m Apr 2008 Conductor Josep Pons
Producer Alex Ollé, Carles Padrissa
Sets Jaume Plensa
Costumes Jaume Plensa
Lighting Peter van Praet
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Herzog Blaubart Willard White / Robert Bork
Judith Katarina Dalayman / Sara Fulgoni

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Leos Janácek: The Diary of One Who Disappeared
(The Diary of One Who has Disappeared)

02!, 03, 04 Nov 2007; 07, 09, 11, 16, 17, 19, 20 Apr 2008
Conductor Josep Pons
Producer Alex Ollé, Carles Padrissa
Sets Jaume Plensa
Costumes Jaume Plensa
Lighting Peter van Praet
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Der Junge Mann Michael König / Michael Smallwood
Die Frau Marisa Martins

New coproduction with Ópera National de Paris

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Lleonard Balada : Hangman, Hangman!

15, 17, 18 Nov 2007 Barcelona, Gran Teatre, Foyer
Conductor Alvaro Albiach
Producer Gustavo Tambascio
Sets Juan Pedro Gaspar
Costumes Jesus Ruiz

New coproduction with Festival d'Òpera de Butxaca, Barcelona; Teatro de la Zarzuela,Madrid
Double bill, with Balada: The Town of Greed

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Lleonard Balada : The Town of Greed

15, 17, 18 Nov 2007 Barcelona, Gran Teatre, Foyer
Conductor Alvaro Albiach
Producer Gustavo Tambascio
Sets Juan Pedro Gaspar
Costumes Jesus Ruiz

New coproduction with Festival d'Òpera de Butxaca, Barcelona; Teatro de la Zarzuela,Madrid
Double bill, with Balada: Hangman, Hangman!

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Giuseppe Verdi: Aida

19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 Nov 2007; 01, 02m Dec 2007; 09, 10, 12, 15, 16, 19 Jan 2008

Conductor Daniele Callegari
Producer José Antonio Gutiérrez
Sets Josep Mestres Cabanes / Jordi Castells
Costumes Franca Squarciapino
Choreographer Ramon Oller
Lighting Albert Faura
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Aida Fiorenza Cedolins / Micaela Carosi / Hasmik
Amneris Elisabetta Fiorillo / Marianna Cornetti / Larissa Diadkova
Radames Roberto Alagna / Marco Berti Piero Giuliacci
Amonasro Juan Pons / Ambrogio Maestri / Alberto Mastromarino
Ramfis Carlo Colombara / Andrea Papi / Giorgio Giuseppini
Rei Giorgio Giuseppini / Stefano Palatchi / Giorgio Giuseppini
Sacerdotessa Begoña Alberdi
Missatger Josep Fadó

Coproduction with Festival Internacional de Música, Santander

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Various : Recital

30 Nov 2007 Vincenzo Scalera : Piano
soloist Juan Diego Flórez

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Gioachino Rossini: La cenerentola
("Cinderella")

23m, 27, 28, 30 Dec 2007; 02, 03, 05, 08, 11, 14, 17, 18, 20m Jan 2008
Conductor Patrick Summers
Producer Joan Font
Sets, Costumes Joan Guillén
Lighting Albert Faura
Choreographer Xevi Dorca
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Don Ramiro Juan Diego Flórez / Barry Banks
Dandini David Menéndez / Fabio Maria Capitanucci
Don Magnifico Bruno De Simone / John Del Carlo
Tisbe Itxaro Mentxaka
Clorinda Cristina Obregón
Angelina Joyce DiDonato / Silvia Tro Santafé
Alidoro Simón Orfila

New coproduction with Welsh National Opera, Cardiff; Houston Grand Opera; Grand Théâtre de Genève

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Various : Recital

13 Jan 2008 Bryndon Hassman : Piano
soloist Rolando Villazón

Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini,..

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Richard Strauss: Elektra

09, 13, 17m, 21, 25, 29 Feb 2008; 03 Mar 2008
Conductor Sebastian Weigle
Producer Guy Joosten
Sets, Costumes Patrick Kinmonth
Lighting Manfred Voss
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Klytämnestra Eva Marton
Elektra Deborah Polaski
Chrysothemis Adrianne Pieczonka
Aegisth Graham Clark
Orest Albert Dohmen
Der Pfleger des Orest/Ein Alter Diener Knut Skram
Die Vertraute Klytämnestras Claudia Schneider
Die Schleppträgerin/4. Magd Michelle Marie Cook
Ein junger Diener Charles Hens
Die Aufseherin Renate Behle
1. Magd Lani Poulson
2. Magd Claudia Schneider
3. Magd Mireia Pinto
5. Magd Henriikka Gröndahl

New coproduction with La Monnaie, Bruxelles

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Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia

22c, 26c Feb 2008; 01c Mar 2008
Conductor Stefan Anton Reck
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Alfonso d'Este Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
Lucrezia Borgia Edita Gruberova
Gennaro José Bros
Maffio Orsini Ewa Podles
Liverotto Roger Padullés
Gazella Alberto Feria
Petrucci Francisco Javier / Santiago Heras
Vitelozzo Jordi Casanova
Gubetta Roberto Accurso
Rustighello Bülent Külekçi
Astolfo Bálint Szabó

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George Frideric Handel: Concert

23, 28 Feb 2008
Chamber Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Conductor Bernard Labadie
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soloist Lisa Saffer
soloist David Daniels

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Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser

19!, 25, 27, 29, 31 Mar 2008; 03, 06m, 08, 10, 12, 14, 18, 22 Apr 2008
Conductor Sebastian Weigle
Producer Robert Carsen
Sets Paul Steinberg
Costumes Constance Hoffman
Lighting Robert Carsen, Peter van Praet
Choreographer Philippe Giraudeau
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Landgraf Hermann Günther Groissböck / Johann Tilli
Tannhäuser Peter Seiffert / Robert Gambill
Wolfram von Eschenbach Bo Skovhus / Markus Eiche
Walther von der Vogelweide Stefan Margita
Biterolf Lauri Vasar
Heinrich der Schreiber Francisco Vas
Reinmar von Zweter Johann Tilli / Pauls Putnins
Elisabeth Petra Maria Schnitzer / Elisabete Matos
Venus Béatrice Uria-Monzon / Judit Németh
Ein Hirt Eliana Bayón

New coproduction with Opéra National de Paris; Tokyo Opera Nomori

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Various : Recital

13 Apr 2008
Oleg Maisenberg : Piano
soloist Robert Holl

Schumann, Shostakovich

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Benjamin Britten: Death in Venice

13!, 16, 20, 25m, 27, 30 May 2008
Conductor Sebastian Weigle
Producer Willy Decker
Sets, Costumes Wolfgang Gussmann
Lighting Hans Toelstede
Choreographer Athol Farmer
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Gustav von Aschenbach Thomas Moser
Voice of Apollo Carlos Mena
Scott Hendricks
Leigh Melrose
Tadzio Uli Kirsch

New production

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Richard Wagner: Die Walküre

28c, 31c May 2008
Conductor Sebastian Weigle
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Siegmund Plácido Domingo
Hunding René Pape
Wotan Alan Held
Sieglinde Waltraud Meier
Brünnhilde Evelyn Herlitzius
Fricka Jane Henschel
Helmwige Silvana Dussmann
Gerhilde María Rodríguez
Ortlinde Emma Gardner
Waltraute Jane Dutton
Siegrune Renate Spingler
Roßweiße Gemma Coma-Alabert
Grimgerde Ines Moraleda
Schwertleite Nadine Weissmann

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Various : Recital

17 Jun 2008
Lorenzo Bavaj : Piano
soloist José Carreras

Toldrà, Tosti, Puccini...

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Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller

19, 22m, 25, 26, 28, 29m Jun 2008; 01, 04, 05, 07 Jul 2008
Conductor Maurizio Benini
Producer Gilbert Deflo
Sets, Costumes William Orlandi
Lighting Joel Hougelbeit
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Il Conte Walter Giacomo Prestia / Riccardo Zanellato
Rodolfo Vincenzo La Scola / Albert Montserrat
Miller Roberto Frontali / Stefano Antonucci
Luisa Krassimira Stoyanova / Angeles Blancas Gulin
Frederica Marina Domashenko / Nino Surguladze
Laura Nino Surguladze / Petia Petrova
Wurm Samuel Ramey / Pavel Kudinov
Aldeano Josep Fadó

Production from Opéra National de Paris

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni

22!, 25, 27m, 30 Jul 2008
Conductor Friedrich Haider
Producer Calixto Bieito
Sets Alfons Flores
Costumes Mercé Paloma
Lighting Alan Burrett
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Don Giovanni Simon Keenlyside
Donna Anna Angeles Blancas Gulin
Don Ottavio Christoph Strehl
Donna Elvira Véronique Gens
Commendatore Günther Groissböck
Leporello Kyle Ketelsen
Masetto David Menéndez
Zerlina Juanita Lascarro

New coproduction with English National Opera, London; Staatsoper Hannover