Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride
("Iphigenia in Tauris")

10, 13, 16m, 25, 27, 29 Sep 2007 In French, and surtitled in English

Conductor Ivor Bolton
Producer Robert Carsen
Sets, Costumes Tobias Hoheisel
Lighting Robert Carsen, Peter van Praet
Choreographer Philippe Giraudeau
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Iphigénie Susan Graham
Oreste Simon Keenlyside
Pylade Paul Groves
Thoas Clive Bayley
First Priestess Gail Pearson
Second Priestess Claire Wilde
Diana Cécile van de Sant
Scythian Jacques Imbrailo
Servant Krzysztof Szumanski

Coproduction with Lyric Opera, Chicago; San Francisco Opera
Booking opens 04 Jul 2007

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Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold

02, 17, 26 Oct 2007 In German, and surtitled in English
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Producer Keith Warner
Sets, Costumes Stefanos Lazaridis
Costumes Marie-Jeanne Lecca
Lighting Wolfgang Göbbel
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Woglinde Sarah Fox
Wellgunde Heather Shipp
Flosshilde Sarah Castle
Alberich Peter Sidhom
Wotan John Tomlinson / Bryn Terfel
Loge Philip Langridge
Fricka Rosalind Plowright
Freia Emily Magee
Donner Peter Coleman-Wright
Froh Will Hartmann
Fasolt Franz-Josef Selig
Fafner Phillip Ens
Mime Gerhard A Siegel
Erda Jane Henschel / Catherine Wyn-Rogers

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Richard Wagner: Die Walküre

04, 19, 28 Oct 2007
In German, and surtitled in English
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Producer Keith Warner
Sets, Costumes Stefanos Lazaridis
Costumes Marie-Jeanne Lecca
Lighting Wolfgang Göbbel
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Siegmund Simon O'Neill / Plácido Domingo
Sieglinde Eva-Maria Westbroek
Hunding Stephen Milling
Wotan John Tomlinson / Bryn Terfel
Brünnhilde Lisa Gasteen
Fricka Rosalind Plowright
Gerhilde Geraldine McGreevy
Ortlinde Elaine McKrill
Waltraute Claire Powell
Schwertleite Rebecca de Pont Davies
Helmwige Irene Theorin
Siegrune Sarah Castle
Grimgerde Clare Shearer
Rossweisse Elizabeth Sikora

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Richard Wagner: Siegfried

07, 21, 31 Oct 2007
In German, and surtitled in English
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Producer Keith Warner
Sets, Costumes Stefanos Lazaridis
Costumes Marie-Jeanne Lecca
Lighting Wolfgang Göbbel
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Siegfried John Treleaven
Mime Gerhard A Siegel
Wanderer John Tomlinson / Bryn Terfel
Alberich Peter Sidhom
Fafner Phillip Ens
Woodbird NN
Erda Jane Henschel / Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Brünnhilde Lisa Gasteen

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Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
("The Twilight of the Gods")

09, 24 Oct 2007; 02 Nov 2007
In German, and surtitled in English
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Producer Keith Warner
Sets, Costumes Stefanos Lazaridis
Costumes Marie-Jeanne Lecca
Lighting Wolfgang Göbbel
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First Norn Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Second Norn Yvonne Howard
Third Norn Marina Poplavskaya
Brünnhilde Lisa Gasteen
Siegfried John Treleaven
Gunther Peter Coleman-Wright
Hagen John Tomlinson
Gutrune Emily Magee
Waltraute Mihoko Fujimora
Alberich Peter Sidhom
Woglinde Sarah Fox
Wellgunde Heather Shipp
Flosshilde Sarah Castle

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Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
("The Elixir of Love")

13, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 29 Nov 2007
In Italian, and surtitled in English
Conductor Mikko Franck
Producer Laurent Pelly
Sets Chantal Thomas
Costumes Laurent Pelly
Lighting Joël Adam
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Adina Aleksandra Kurzak
Gianetta Kishani Jayasinghe
Nemorino Stefano Secco / Rolando Villazón
Belcore Ludovic Tézier
Dulcamara Paolo Gavanelli

Coproduction with Opéra National de Paris
Booking opens 04 Jul 2007

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Richard Wagner: Parsifal

06, 09m, 15m, 18, 21 Dec 2007 Conductor Bernard Haitink
Producer Klaus Michael Grüber
Sets Gilles Aillaud, Vera Dobroschke
Costumes Moidele Bickel
Lighting Vera Dobroschke
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Parsifal Christopher Ventris
Amfortas Falk Struckmann
Gurnemanz John Tomlinson
Klingsor Willard White
Titurel Gwynne Howell
Kundry Petra Lang
2. Knight Krzysztof Szumanski
2. Esquire Harriet Williams
4. Esquire Haoyin Xue
1. Flowermaiden Elizabeth Cragg
2. Flowermaiden Anita Watson
3. Flowermaiden Kishani Jayasinghe
4. Flowermaiden Malin Christensson
5. Flowermaiden Ana James
6. Flowermaiden Pumeza Matshikiza

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Gioachino Rossini: La cenerentola
("Cinderella")

17, 20, 22, 26, 29, 31 Dec 2007; 02, 04m, 07, 09 Jan 2008
In Italian, and surtitled in English
Conductor Evelino Pidò
Producer Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier
Sets Christian Fenouillat
Costumes Agostino Cavalca
Lighting Christophe Forey
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Angelina Magdalena Kozená
Don Ramiro Toby Spence
Dandini Stéphane Degout
Don Magnifico Alessandro Corbelli
Clorinda Elena Xanthoudakis
Tisbe Leah-Marian Jones
Alidoro Alex Esposito / Lorenzo Regazzo

Booking opens 04 Jul 2007

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Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata

14, 17, 20m, 23, 26, 29, 30 Jan 2008; 01, 04, 06, 09, 12, 14 Feb 2008 Conductor Maurizio Benini / Paul Wynne Griffiths
Producer Richard Eyre(original), Patrick Young(revival)
Sets, Costumes Bob Crowley
Lighting Jean Kalman
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Violetta Anna Netrebko / Norah Amsellem
Alfredo Jonas Kaufmann / Charles Castronovo
Giorgio Germont Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Mariusz Kwiecien
Baron Douphol Eddie Wade
Doctor Grenvil Mark Beesley / Graeme Broadbent
Flora Bervoix Monika-Evelin Liiv
Gastone Ji-Min Park / Haoyin Xue
Marquis d'Obigny Kostas Smoriginas
Annina Sarah Pring / Elizabeth Sikora

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
("The Magic Flute")

28, 31 Jan 2008; 02, 05, 07, 08, 13, 22, 23m, 26, 27 Feb 2008; 01 Mar 2008 Conductor David Syrus
Producer David McVicar(original), Lee Blakeley(revival)
Sets, Costumes John Macfarlane
Lighting Paule Constable
Choreographer Leah Hausman

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Richard Strauss: Salome

21!, 25, 29 Feb 2008; 03, 06, 08, 12 Mar 2008 Conductor Philippe Jordan
Producer David McVicar
Sets, Costumes Es Devlin
Lighting Wolfgang Göbbel

New production

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Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

08m, 10, 14, 18, 20, 26 Mar 2008; 01, 04, 07 Apr 2008 Conductor JiÅ™í BÄ›lohlávek
Producer Steven Pimlott(original), Elaine Kidd(revival)
Sets, Costumes Antony McDonald
Lighting Peter Mumford
Choreographer Linda Dobell

Coproduction with Finnish National Opera

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Georges Bizet: Carmen

25, 28 Mar 2008; 02, 05, 09, 12, 14, 17 Apr 2008 Conductor Daniel Oren
Producer Francesca Zambello
Sets, Costumes Tanya McCallin
Lighting Paule Constable
Choreographer Arthur Pita

Coproduction with Den Norske Opera, Oslo; Opera Australia, Sydney

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Harrison Birtwistle: The Minotaur

15P, 19, 21, 25, 30 Apr 2008; 03 May 2008 Opera in 13 scenes.
Birtwistle returns to favourite themes of labyrinths and timeless myths, with the story being told from the points of view of Theseus, Ariadne and the Minotaur
Libretto: David Harsent
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Producer Stephen Langridge
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Minotaur John Tomlinson
Theseus Johan Reuter
Ariadne Christine Rice

World premiere

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Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

04m, 07, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 24 May 2008 Conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Producer Ian Judge
Sets John Gunter
Costumes Deirdre Clancy
Lighting Nigel Levings

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Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

12, 15, 20, 23, 27, 30 May 2008; 02, 05 Jun 2008 Conductor Antonio Pappano
Producer Jonathan Kent
Sets, Costumes Paul Brown
Lighting Mark Henderson

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Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos

06!, 11, 14m, 17, 20, 26, 29m Jun 2008; 03 Jul 2008 Conductor Antonio Pappano
Producer Nicholas Hytner
Sets, Costumes Bob Crowley

New coproduction with Den Norske Opera, Oslo; Metropolitan Opera, New York

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Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
("Ariadne on Naxos")

16, 19, 21, 25, 28 Jun 2008; 01 Jul 2008 Conductor Mark Elder
Producer Christof Loy
Sets, Costumes Herbert Murauer
Lighting Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer Beate Vollack

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
("The Marriage of Figaro")

24, 27, 30 Jun 2008; 02, 05, 08, 10, 12, 16, 19 Jul 2008 Conductor David Syrus
Producer David McVicar
Sets, Costumes Tanya McCallin
Lighting Paule Constable
Choreographer Leah Hausman

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Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress

07, 09, 11, 14, 18 Jul 2008 Conductor Thomas Adès
Producer Robert Lepage
Sets Carl Fillion
Costumes François Barbeau
Lighting Etienne Boucher
Choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan
video Boris Firquet

Production new to this company. Production from Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Bruxelles; Opéra National de Lyon; San Francisco Opera; Teatro Real, Madrid; Ex Machina, Québec

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Giacomo Puccini: La bohème

13m, 15, 17, 19m Jul 2008 Conductor Christian Badea
Producer John Copley
Sets, Costumes Julia Trevelyan Oman