Modest Petrovich Musorgsky: Boris Godunov

29! Sep 2007; 01(b), 02, 04, 06(b), 07, 09, 10(b), 12, 14, 15(b), 17 Oct 2007
Conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Producer Klaus Michael Grüber
Sets Eduardo Arroyo
Costumes Rudy Sabounghi
Lighting Dominique Borrini
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Borís Godunov Samuel Ramey / Roberto Scandiuzzi(b)
Fiódor Maria Gortsevskaya
Yenia Marina Zyatkova
La nodriza de Yenia Raquel Pierotti
El príncipe Chuiski Stephan Rügamer / Donald Kaasch(b)
Andrei Chelkalov Vassily Gerello
Pimen Anatoli Kotscherga / Arutjun Kotchinian(b)
Grigori Misha Didyk / Vsevolod Grivnov(b)
Varlaam Vladimir Matorin / Vladimir Ognovenko(b)
Misaíl Viacheslav Voynarovskiy
La tabernera Itxaro Mentxaka
El inocente Dmitri Voropaev
Nikitich Robert Pomakov
Mitiushka Josep Miquel Ribot
El boyardo de la corte Ángel Rodríguez

New coproduction with Théâtre de La Monnaie, Bruxelles; Opéra National du Rhin, Strasbourg

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Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore

13c, 16c Oct 2007 Conductor Ivor Bolton
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Leonore Emma Vetter
Florestan Stephen Gould
Rocco Alfred Reiter
Marzelline NN
Jaquino Jörg Schneider
Don Pizarro Laurent Naouri
Don Fernando NN

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Vicente Martin y Soler: Il burbero di buon cuore

01, 03, 05, 07, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 Nov 2007 Conductor Christophe Rousset
Producer Irina Brook
Sets @cNoëlle Ginefri
Costumes @c Silvie Martin-Hyszka
Lighting Vinicio Cheli
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Angelica Elena de la Merced
Madama Lucilla Véronique Gens
Marina Cecilia Diaz
El caballero Giocondo Saimir Pirgu
Valerio Juan Francisco Gatell
Dorval Luca Pisaroni
Ferramondo Carlos Chausson
Castagna Josep Miquel Ramón

New coproduction with Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona

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Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

13, 15, 17 Nov 2007 Conductor Paul Goodwin
Producer Daniele Abbado
Sets, Costumes @c Gianni Carluccio
Lighting Gianni Carluccio
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Coro masculino Toby Spence
Coro femenino Violet Serena Noorduyn
Collatinus Matthew Rose
Junius David Rubiera
El príncipe Tarquinius Andrew Schroeder
Lucretia Monica Groop
Bianca Gabriella Sborgi
Lucia Ruth Rosique

Production from Teatro de Reggio Emilia

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Gioachino Rossini: Tancredi

05, 08, 11, 14, 17, 21 Dec 2007 Original Venezia version (1813, final feliz / happy ending)
Conductor Riccardo Frizza
Producer Yannis Kokkos
Sets, Costumes Yannis Kokkos
Lighting Guido Levi
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Argirio Francesco Meli
Tancredi Daniela Barcellona
Orbazzano Umberto Chiummo
Amenaide Patrizia Ciofi
Isaura Marina Rodriguez-Cusí
Roggiero Marisa Martins

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Gioachino Rossini: Tancredi

07, 09, 12, 16, 18, 22 Dec 2007
Ferrara version (final trágico / tragic ending)
Conductor Riccardo Frizza
Producer Yannis Kokkos
Sets, Costumes Yannis Kokkos
Lighting Guido Levi
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Argirio José Manuel Zapata
Tancredi Ewa Podles
Orbazzano Giovanni Battista Parodi
Amenaide Mariola Cantarero
Isaura Marina Rodriguez-Cusí
Roggiero Marisa Martins

New coproduction with Liceu, Barcelona; La Maestranza, Sevilla; Teatro Regio, Torino

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Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
("Tristan and Isolde")
15(a), 17(b), 19(a), 21(b), 23(a), 25(b), 27(a), 30(b), 31(c) Jan 2008; 04(a) Feb 2008 Conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Producer Lluis Pasqual
Sets Ezio Frigerio
Costumes Franca Squarciapino
Lighting Wolfgang von Zoubeck
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Tristan Robert Dean Smith(ac) / Jon Fredric West(b)
El rey Marke René Pape(ab) / Georg Zeppenfeld(c)
Isolde Waltraud Meier(ac) / Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet(b)
Kurwenal Alan Titus(ac) / Alexander Marco-Buhrmester(b)
Melot Alexander Marco-Buhrmester(a) / NN(bc)
Brangäne Mihoko Fujimura(ac) / Elena Zhidkova(b)
Un pastor / La voz de un joven marinero José Luis Sola

Production from Teatro San Carlo, Napoli

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Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda

16, 19, 23, 26, 29 Feb 2008; 03, 06, 09 Mar 2008 Conductor Evelino Pidò
Producer Pier Luigi Pizzi
Sets, Costumes Pier Luigi Pizzi
Choreographer Gheorghe Iancu
Lighting Sergio Rossi
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La Gioconda Violeta Urmana
Laura Adorno Luciana D'Intino
Alvise Badoero Orlin Anastassov
La Cieca Elena Zaremba
Enzo Grimaldo Carl Tanner
Barnaba Lado Ataneli
Zuàne Josep Miquel Ribot
Isèpo Jon Plazaola

New coproduction with Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona; Arena di Verona

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George Frideric Handel: Tamerlano

26(a), 28(b), 29(a), 31(b) Mar 2008; 01(a), 03(b), 04(a), 05(b), 07(c), 08(d), 10(e), 11(d) Apr 2008 Conductor Paul McCreesh
Producer Graham Vick
Sets, Costumes @cRichard Hudson
Lighting Matthew Richardson
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Tamerlano Monica Bacelli(ad) / Ann Hallenberg(bce)
Bajazet Plácido Domingo(ace) / Bruce Ford(bd)
Asteria Ingela Bohlin(ad) / Isabel Rey(bce)
Andronico Sara Mingardo(ade) / Patricia Bardon(bc)
Irene Jennifer Holloway(ad) / Renata Pokupic(bce)

Production from Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

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Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet

27c Mar 2008 Europa Galante
Conductor Fabio Biondi
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Bajazet Christian Senn
Irene Vivica Genaux
Tamerlano Romina Basso
Idaspe Maria Grazia Schiavo
Asteria Marina de Liso
Andronico Lucia Cirillo

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Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio

19, 21, 23(b) Apr 2008
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Arnold Schönberg
Conductor Claudio Abbado / Eivind Gullberg Jensen
Producer Robert Carsen
Sets @cRadu Boruzescu
Costumes @cMiruna Boruzescu
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Florestan Jonas Kaufmann
Leonore Anja Kampe
Rocco Giorgio Surjan
Marzelline Julia Kleiter
Jaquino Jörg Schneider
Don Pizarro Albert Dohmen
Don Fernando NN

Coproduction with Reggio Emilia; Modena; Ferrara; Baden-Baden Festival

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Ernst Krenek: Orpheus und Eurydike

25c, 27c Apr 2008 Ópera en tres actos op. 21 (1923); Libretto: Oskar Kokoschka
Conductor Pedro Halffter
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Orpheus NN
Eurydike Susan B Anthony
Psyche Judith van Wanroij
Furias María Rodríguez, Cecilia Diaz, Itxaro Mentxaka

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Claudio Monteverdi: L'orfeo
("Orpheus")
13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28 May 2008
Les Arts Florissants
Conductor William Christie
Producer Pier Luigi Pizzi
Sets, Costumes Pier Luigi Pizzi
Lighting Sergio Rossi
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Orfeo Dietrich Henschel
Euridice, Proserpina, La Música Maria Grazia Schiavo
La Mensajera, La Esperanza Sonia Prina
Caronte Luigi De Donato
Plutone Antonio Abete
Ninfa Hanna Bayodi
1. Pastor Xavier Sabata
2. Pastor, 1. Espíritu Cyril Auvity
3. Pastor, 2. Espíritu Juan Sancho
4. Pastor, 3. Espíritu Jonathan Sells
Eco Ludovic Provost

New coproduction with Teatro La Fenice, Venezia

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito

16, 18, 20 May 2008 Conductor Víctor Pablo Pérez
Producer Massimo Gasparòn
Costumes Massimo Gasparòn
Lighting Sergio Rossi
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Tito Raúl Giménez
Vitellia Alexandrina Pendatchanska
Sesto Vesselina Kasarova
Annio Maité Beaumont
Servilia Ainhoa Garmendia
Publio Alex Esposito

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Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice
(Orfeo ed Euridice) ("Orpheus and Eurydice")

27c, 30c May 2008; 02c Jun 2008
Versión de Paris (1774)
Conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos
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Orphée Juan Diego Flórez
Eurydice Nicole Cabell
El amor Alessandra Marianelli

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Leos Janácek: Vec Makropulos
("The Makropulos Affair")

16, 17(b), 18, 21, 22(b), 23, 25, 28, 29(b), 30 Jun 2008 Conductor Paul Daniel
Producer Krzysztof Warlikowski
Sets, Costumes @cMalgorzata Szczesniak
Lighting @cFelice Ross
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Emilia Marty Angela Denoke / Anna-Katharina Behnke(b)
Albert Gregor Charles Workman / Miroslav Dvorský(b)
Jaroslav Prus Vincent Le Texier
Dr Kolenatý Neal Davies
Vítek David Kuebler
NN Krista
Hauk-¦endorf Ryland Davies
Janek Ales Briscein

New coproduction with Opéra National de Paris

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
(Idomeneo re di Creta)

17, 18(b), 19, 20(b), 21, 23(b), 24, 25(b), 26, 27(b) Jul 2008 Conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Producer Luc Bondy
Sets @cErich Wonder
Costumes Rudy Sabounghi
Lighting Dominique Bruguière
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Idomeneo Kurt Streit / Kobie van Rensburg(b)
Idamante Bernarda Fink / Joyce DiDonato(b)
Ilia Cinzia Forte / Maria Bayo(b)
Electra Emma Bell / Anna Caterina Antonacci(b)
Arbace Charles Workman / NN
El gran sacerdote Eduardo Santamaría

New coproduction with Teatro alla Scala, Milano; Opéra National de Paris