Opera in Milan. Excludes performances at the Teatro Nazionale, Teatro Smeraldo, Basilica di San Marco.

Fabio Vacchi: Teneke

22P, 26, 27, 29 Sep 2007; 01, 03, 04 Oct 2007
Libretto: Franco Marcoaldi, after "Teneke" by Yashar Kemal
Conductor Roberto Abbado
Producer Ermanno Olmi
Sets, Costumes Arnaldo Pomodoro
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Fikret Irmaklï Steve Davislim / Gianluca Pasolini
Nermin Rachel Harnisch / Anna Chierichetti
Resul Efendi Andrea Concetti / Davide Pelissero
Memed il Curdo Alessandra Paliaga / Ernesto Panariello
Zeyno Kari Anna Smirnova / Irina Iordacescu
Okçouglu Nicola Ulivieri / Bruno Taddia
The Doctor Angelo Veccia / Gianfranco Montresor



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Various : Recital

07 Oct 2007 soloist Diana Damrau

Stephan Matthias Lademann: piano

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Giovanni Paisiello: Il socrate immaginario

10, 12 Oct 2007 Teatro di San Carlo
Revisione musicale di Roberto De Simone
Conductor Antonino Fogliani
Producer Roberto De Simone
Sets Nicola Rubertelli
Costumes Zaira De Vincentiis
Chorus master Marco Ozbic
Choreographer Anna Razzi
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Donna Rosa Monica Bacelli
Emilia Marina Comparato
Lauretta Maria Ercolano
Cilla Paola Cigna
Ippolito Juan José Lopera
Mastro Antonio Filippo Morace
Don Tammaro Promontorio Simón Orfila
Calandrino Marco Spotti


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Various : Recital

21 Oct 2007 soloist Joyce DiDonato

David Zobel: piano

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte

02, 04, 06, 08, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 Nov 2007
Progetto Accademia
Conductor Ottavio Dantone
Producer Michael Hampe
Sets, Costumes Mauro Pagano


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Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
("Tristan and Isolde")

07!, 11, 16, 20, 23, 28 Dec 2007; 02 Jan 2008 Conductor Daniel Barenboim
Producer Patrice Chéreau
Sets Richard Peduzzi
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Tristan Ian Storey
Isolde Waltraud Meier
Brangäne Michelle DeYoung
Kurwenal Gerd Grochowski
König Marke Matti Salminen
Melot Will Hartmann

New production

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Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
("Mary Stuart")

15!, 18, 20, 22, 26, 30 Jan 2008; 03, 07 Feb 2008 Conductor Antonino Fogliari
Producer Pier Luigi Pizzi
Sets, Costumes Pier Luigi Pizzi
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Elisabetta Anna Caterina Antonacci / Maria Pia Piscitelli
Maria Stuarda Mariella Devia / Irina Lungu

New production

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Franco Alfano: Cyrano de Bergerac

29 Jan 2008; 01, 05, 09, 12, 15 Feb 2008
Conductor Patrick Fournillier
Producer Francesca Zambello
Sets Peter Davison
Costumes Anita Yavich
Lighting Mark McCullough
Choreographer Duncan MacFarland
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Cyrano Plácido Domingo
Roxane Sondra Radvanovsky
De Guiche Pietro Spagnoli
Carbon Simone Alberghini
Christian Germán Villar
Ragueneau Carmelo Corrado Caruso

Production from New York Metropolitan Opera; London Royal Opera House

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Alban Berg: Wozzeck

19, 22, 24, 26, 28 Feb 2008; 05, 09 Mar 2008
Conductor Daniele Gatti
Producer Jürgen Flimm
Sets Erich Wonder
Costumes Florence von Gerkan
Choreographer Catharina Luhr
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Wozzeck Georg Nigl / Thomas Johannes Mayer
Tambourmajor Endrik Wottrich
Andrès Marlin Miller
Hauptmann Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Marie Evelyn Herlitzius / Gabriele Maria Ronge

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Giacomo Puccini: Il Tabarro
("The Cloak")

06!, 08, 11, 13, 16, 20, 25, 28 Mar 2008; 02 Apr 2008 Conductor Riccardo Chailly
Producer Luca Ronconi
Sets Margherita Palli
Costumes Silvia Aymonino
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Michele Juan Pons / Silvio Zanon
Luigi Miro Dvorsky / Antonello Palombi
Tinca Carlo Bosi / Luca Casalin
Talpa Mario Superi / Luigi Roni
Frugola Francesca Franci

New coproduction with Teatro Real, Madrid

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Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica
("Sister Angelica")

06!, 08, 11, 13, 16, 20, 25, 28 Mar 2008; 02 Apr 2008 Conductor Riccardo Chailly
Producer Luca Ronconi
Sets Margherita Palli
Costumes Silvia Aymonino
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Suor Angelica Barbara Frittoli / Andrea Dankova
Zia Principessa Marjana Lipovsek / Annamaria Chiuri

New coproduction with Teatro Real, Madrid

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Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi

06!, 08, 11, 13, 16, 20, 25, 28 Mar 2008; 02 Apr 2008
Conductor Riccardo Chailly
Producer Luca Ronconi
Sets Margherita Palli
Costumes Silvia Aymonino
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Gianni Schicchi Leo Nucci / Angelo Veccia
Lauretta Nino Machaidze
Zita Cinzia De Mola
Rinuccio Stefano Secco / Michael Fabiano
Simone Luigi Roni / Mario Luperi

New coproduction with Teatro Real, Madrid

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Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth

01, 03, 05, 08, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 24 Apr 2008
Conductor Kazushi Ono
Producer Graham Vick
Sets, Costumes Maria Bjornsson
Choreographer Ron Howell
Lighting Matthew Richardson
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Macbeth Leo Nucci / Ivan Inverardi
Banco Ildar Abdrazakov / Luiz-Ottavio Faria
Lady Macbeth Violeta Urmana / Susan Neves
Macduff Walter Fraccaro / Jeong Won Lee
Malcolm Alfredo Nigro / Thiago Arancam

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Lorin Maazel : 1984

02, 04, 06, 08, 10, 15, 17 May 2008
(London, Royal Opera, 2005)
Conductor Lorin Maazel
Producer Robert Lepage
Sets Carl Fillion
Costumes Yasmina Giguère
Lighting Michael Beaulieu
Choreographer Sylvain Emard
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Winston Ian Greenlaw
Julia Nancy Gustafson
Gym teacher/Old Hag Iride Martinez
O'Brien Richard Margison
Symes Wayne Hobbs
Washerwoman Ann McMahon Quintero
Parsons Jeremy White

Production new to this company. Production from Royal Opera, London

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Luigi Dallapiccola: Il prigioniero
("The Prisoner")

18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30 May 2008
Conductor Daniel Harding
Producer Peter Stein
Sets Ferdinand Wögerbauer
Costumes Anne Marie Heinreich
Lighting Japhy Weidman
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La madre Paoletta Marrocu
Il prigioniero Vito Priante
Il carceriere/ grande inquisitore Kim Begley

New production
Double bill, with Bartok: Il castello del duca Barbablù

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Bela Bartók: Il castello del Duca Barbablù
(A Kékszákallú herceg vára) ("Bluebeard's Castle")

18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30 May 2008
Conductor Daniel Harding
Producer Peter Stein
Sets Gianni Dessì
Costumes Anne Marie Heinreich
Lighting Japhy Weidman
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Barbablù Gabor Bretz
Judit Evelyn Herlitzius

New production
Double bill, with Dallapiccola: Il prigioniero

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Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier

03!, 05, 07, 09, 12, 17, 20, 23, 25, 27 Jun 2008
Conductor Daniel Oren
Producer Terry Gilliam
Sets Dante Ferretti
Costumes Gabriella Pescucci
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Andrea Chénier Marcelo Alvarez
Maddalena Fiorenza Cedolins
Carlo Gérard Renato Bruson

New coproduction with Opéra National de Paris

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Sergey Prokofiev: Il giocatore
(The Gambler)

16!, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 30 Jun 2008
Conductor Daniel Barenboim
Producer Dmitri Tscherniakov
Sets, Costumes Dmitri Tscherniakov
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Il generale Vladimir Ognovenko
Pauline Kristina Opolais
Alexis Misha Didyk
Babulenka Stefania Toczyska
Marchese Stephan Rügamer

New coproduction with Staatsoper Berlin Unter den Linden

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Giacomo Puccini: La bohème

07, 09, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23 Jul 2008
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel
Producer Franco Zeffirelli
Sets Franco Zeffirelli
Costumes Piero Tosi
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Rodolfo James Valenti
Schaunard Massimo Cavalletti
Benoit Domenico Colaianni
Mimí Carmela Remigio
Marcello Fabio Maria Capitanucci
Colline Giovanni Battista Parodi
Alcindoro Matteo Peirone
Musetta Nino Machaidze

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

11, 13, 15, 17, 22, 28, 30 Oct 2008
Accademia della Scala
Conductor Giovanni Antonini
Producer Giorgio Strehler
Sets Ezio Frigerio
Costumes Franca Squarciapino

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Franz Lehár: Die lustige Witwe
("The Merry Widow")
29!, 31 Oct 2008; 02, 07, 08, 11, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23 Nov 2008 Conductor Asher Fisch
Producer Pier Luigi Pizzi
Sets, Costumes Pier Luigi Pizzi
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Danilo Danilowitsch Will Hartmann
Hanna Glawari Eva-Maria Westbroek

New production
 

Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly

22, 24, 27 Feb 2007 Conductor Myung-Whun Chung / Niksa Bareza
Producer Keita Asari
Sets Ichiro Takada
Costumes Hanae Mori
Lighting Sumio Yoshii
Choreographer Hideyu Kanzaki
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Cio-Cio-San Fiorenza Cedolins / Hui He
Suzuki Mihoko Fujimura / Annamaria Popescu
Pinkerton Aquiles Machado / Mario Malagnini
Goro Mario Bolognesi
Zio Bonzo Ernesto Panariello

Booking opens 11 Dec 2006

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Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment
("The Daughter of the Regiment")

23, 25 Feb 2007; 01, 03, 07(b), 09(b), 14(b), 16(b) Mar 2007 In French
Conductor Yves Abel
Producer Filippo Crivelli
Sets, Costumes Franco Zeffirelli
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Marie Natalie Dessay / Désirée Rancatore(b)
La Marquise de Berkenfeld Marilyn Horne / Francesca Franci(b)
La Duchesse de Crakentorp Anna Proclemer
Tonio Juan Diego Flórez / Shalva Mukeria(b)
Sulpice Alessandro Corbelli / Vincenzo Taormina

Booking opens 20 Dec 2006
Production from Teatro Massimo di Palermo

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Various : Recital

26 Feb 2007 soloist Barbara Frittoli

James Vaughan: piano

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Richard Strauss: Salome

06, 08, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18 Mar 2007 Conductor Daniel Harding
Producer Luc Bondy
Sets Erich Wonder
Costumes Susanne Raschig
Lighting Alexander Koppelmann
Choreographer Lucinda Childs
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Herodes Robert Brubaker
Herodias Iris Vermillion
Salome Nadja Michael
Jochanaan Falk Struckmann / Mark S Doss
Narraboth Matthias Klink

Booking opens 08 Jan 2007
Production new to this company. Production from Festival di Salisburgo

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Various : Recital

19 Mar 2007 soloist Deborah Polaski

Charles Spencer: piano

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Francesco Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur

10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22 Apr 2007 Conductor Stefano Ranzani
Producer Lamberto Puggelli
Sets Paolo Bregni
Costumes Luisa Spinatelli
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Adriana Daniela Dessì / Irene Cerboncini
Maurizio Fabio Armiliato / Mario Malagnini
Principessa di Bouillon Luciana D'Intino / Anna Smirnova
Michonnet Carlo Guelfi

Booking opens 12 Feb 2007
Coproduction with Teatro Comunale di Bologna

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Various : Recital

23 Apr 2007 soloist Mariella Devia
soloist Sonia Ganassi

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Leos Janácek: Jenufa

29 Apr 2007; 02, 04, 06, 09, 11, 13, 15 May 2007 Conductor Lothar Koenigs
Producer Stéphane Braunschweig
Sets Stéphane Braunschweig
Costumes Thibaut Van Craenenbroeck
Lighting Marion Hewlett
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Laca Klemen Miro Dvorsky
Steva Buryja Ian Storey
La Sagrestana Buryjovka Anja Silja
Jenufa Emily Magee / Andrea Dankova
Karolka Annely Peebo

Booking opens 28 Feb 2007
Production new to this company. Production from Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris

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Various : Recital

14 May 2007 soloist Jonas Kaufmann

Helmut Deutsch: piano

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Dmitry Shostakovich: Ledi Makbet Mcenkogo uezda
(Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk)

04, 06, 09, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21 Jun 2007 Conductor Kazushi Ono
Producer Richard Jones
Sets John Macfarlane
Costumes Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting Mimi Jordan Sherin
Choreographer Linda Dobell
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Boris Ismajlov Anatoli Kotscherga / Vladimir Vaneev
Katerina Ismajlova Evelyn Herlitzius
Sergej Christopher Ventris
Un servo ubriaco Alexandre Kravetz
Pope Maxim Mikhailov
Il capo della polizia Nikita Storojev
Sonetka Natascha Petrinsky

Booking opens 04 Apr 2007
Production new to this company. Production from Royal Opera, London

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Leonard Bernstein: Candide

20!, 22, 26, 28 Jun 2007; 04, 06, 10, 13, 18 Jul 2007 Conductor John Axelrod
Producer Robert Carsen
Sets Michael Levine
Costumes Buki Shiff
Lighting Mimi Jordan Sherin
Choreographer Rob Ashford
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Candide William Burden
Cunegonde Anna Christy
Pangloss, Martin, Cacambo,Voltaire Lambert Wilson
The Old Lady Kim Criswell

New coproduction with Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris

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Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata

03(a), 05(b), 07(a), 09(b), 11(a), 12(c), 14(d), 16(c), 17(d), 19(c), 20(d), 21(c) Jul 2007 Conductor Lorin Maazel
Producer Liliana Cavani
Sets Dante Ferretti
Costumes Gabriella Pescucci
Choreographer Micha van Hoecke
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Violetta Angela Gheorghiu(ad) / Irina Lungu(bc)
Alfredo Ramón Vargas(ab) / Jonas Kaufmann(d) / Massimo Giordano(c)
Germont Roberto Frontali / George Gagnidze


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Fabio Vacchi: Teneke

22P, 26, 27, 29 Sep 2007; 01, 03, 04 Oct 2007 Libretto: Franco Marcoaldi, after "Teneke" by Yashar Kemal
Conductor Roberto Abbado
Producer Ermanno Olmi
Sets, Costumes Arnaldo Pomodoro

World premiere

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Various : Recital

07 Oct 2007 soloist Diana Damrau

Stephan Matthias Lademann: piano

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Giovanni Paisiello: Il socrate immaginario

10, 12 Oct 2007 Teatro di San Carlo
Revisione musicale di Roberto De Simone
Conductor Antonino Fogliani
Producer Roberto De Simone
Sets Nicola Rubertelli
Costumes Zaira De Vincentiis
Chorus master Marco Ozbic
Choreographer Anna Razzi
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Donna Rosa Monica Bacelli
Emilia Marina Comparato
Lauretta Maria Ercolano
Cilla Paola Cigna
Ippolito Juan José Lopera
Mastro Antonio Filippo Morace
Don Tammaro Promontorio Simón Orfila
Calandrino Marco Spotti


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Various : Recital

21 Oct 2007 soloist Joyce DiDonato

David Zobel: piano

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte

02, 04, 06, 08, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 Nov 2007 Progetto Accademia
Conductor Ottavio Dantone
Producer Michael Hampe
Sets, Costumes Mauro Pagano