Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di
Siviglia
("The Barber of Seville")
04, 22, 26 Sep 2007; 24 Nov 2007; 29 Dec 2007; 04 Jan 2008
Conductor Stefan Soltesz
Producer Günther Rennert(original), Richard Bletschacher(revival)
Sets, Costumes Alfred Siercke
~
Graf Almaviva Antonino Siragusa
Bartolo Alfred Sramek
Rosina Michaela Selinger
Figaro Adrian Eröd
Basilio Walter Fink
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Giuseppe Verdi:
Simon Boccanegra
05, 08, 11, 13 Sep 2007
Conductor Marco Armiliato
Producer Peter Stein
Sets Stefan Mayer
Costumes Moidele Bickel
~
Simone Boccanegra Thomas Hampson
Fiesco Ferruccio Furlanetto
Gabriele Adorno Fabio Sartori
Amelia Krassimira Stoyanova
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Georges Bizet:
Carmen
06, 10, 14, 18 Sep 2007
Conductor Alan Gilbert
Producer Franco Zeffirelli
Sets Franco Zeffirelli
Costumes Leo Bei
Choreographer Rafael de Cordova
Chorus master Ernst Dunshirn
~
Carmen Nadia Krasteva
Don José Neil Shicoff
Escamillo Raymond Aceto
Micaela Genia Kühmeier
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Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
("The Magic Flute")
07, 09 Sep 2007; 25, 27 Dec 2007; 07, 10, 13 May 2008
Conductor Michael Halász / Alfred Eschwé / Stefan Soltesz
Producer Marco Arturo Marelli
Costumes Dagmar Niefind
Lighting Marco Arturo Marelli
Chorus master Ernst Dunshirn
~
Sarastro Ain Anger / Walter Fink
Tamino Christoph Strehl / John Dickie / Michael Schade
Die Königin der Nacht Jane Archibald / Ana Durlovski
Pamina Laura Tatulescu / Alexandra Reinprecht / Genia Kühmeier
Papageno Wolfgang Bankl / Hans Peter Kammerer / Adrian Eröd
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Jules Massenet:
Werther
12, 16, 20 Sep 2007; 05, 08, 11 Jan 2008
Conductor Miguel A Gomez-Martinez / Marco Armiliato
Producer Andrei Serban
Sets, Costumes Peter Pabst
~
Werther Giuseppe Sabbatini / Rolando Villazón
Albert Adrian Eröd / Markus Eiche
Charlotte Elina Garanca / Sophie Koch
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Vincenzo
Bellini: I puritani
15, 19, 23, 27 Sep 2007
Conductor Friedrich Haider
Producer John Dew
Sets Heinz Balthes
Costumes José Manuel Vazquez
~
Sir Giorgio Vitalij Kowaljow
Lord Arturo Talbo José Bros
Sir Riccardo Forth Gabriele Viviani
Elvira Edita Gruberova
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Giacomo
Puccini: Tosca
25, 29 Sep 2007; 03 Oct 2007; 03, 23 Nov 2007; 04 Dec 2007; 04, 07 Feb 2008
Conductor Marco Armiliato / Paolo Carignani / Pier Giorgio Morandi
Producer Margarethe Wallmann
Sets, Costumes Nicola Benois
Chorus master Ernst Dunshirn
~
Floria Tosca Norma Fantini / Michèle Crider / Amarilli Nizza / Maria Guleghina
Mario Cavaradossi Neil Shicoff / Johan Botha / José Cura / Marco Berti
Baron Scarpia Albert Dohmen / Falk Struckmann / Marco Vratogna / Seng-Hyoun Ko
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Giuseppe Verdi:
Otello
01, 05, 09, 13, 17 Oct 2007
Conductor Asher Fisch
Producer Christine Mielitz
Sets, Costumes Christian Floeren
Chorus master Ernst Dunshirn
~
Otello Johan Botha
Jago Falk Struckmann
Desdemona Krassimira Stoyanova
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Giacomo
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
06, 10, 14, 18 Oct 2007
Conductor Miguel A Gomez-Martinez
Producer Robert Carsen
Sets, Costumes Antony McDonald
Dramaturge Ian Burton
Choreographer Philippe Giraudeau
~
Manon Lescaut Daniela Dessì
Lescaut Adrian Eröd
Chevalier Des Grieux Fabio Armiliato
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Giacomo
Puccini: La bohème
08, 12, 16, 20 Oct 2007; 04, 07, 10 Mar 2008
Conductor Constantinos Carydis / Jun Märkl
Producer Franco Zeffirelli
Sets Franco Zeffirelli
Costumes Marcel Escoffier
~
Rodolfo Miroslav Dvorský / Ho-yoon Chung / Philip Webb
Marcello Boaz Daniel / Markus Eiche
Mimì Sinéad Mulhern / Ildiko Raimondi / Tamar Iveri
Musetta Alexandra Reinprecht / Simina Ivan
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Richard
Strauss: Elektra
19, 23, 27, 31 Oct 2007
Conductor Michael Boder
Producer Harry Kupfer
Sets Hans Schavernoch
Costumes Reinhard Heinrich
~
Klytämnestra Agnes Baltsa
Elektra Deborah Polaski
Chrysothemis Silvana Dussmann
Aegisth Michael Roider
Orest Ain Anger
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Richard
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
24, 26, 29 Oct 2007; 13, 16, 20 Apr 2008
Conductor Peter Schneider / Donald Runnicles
Producer Otto Schenk
Sets Rudolf Heinrich
Costumes Erni Kniepert
Chorus master Ernst Dunshirn
~
Die Feldmarschallin Soile Isokoski / Ricarda Merbeth
Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau Kurt Rydl / Wolfgang Bankl
Octavian Elina Garanca / Angelika Kirchschlager
Sophie Malin Hartelius / Jane Archibald
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Pyotr Il'yich
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
(Pikovaya Dama) ("The Queen of Spades")
28! Oct 2007; 01, 05, 09, 13, 17 Nov 2007; 22, 26, 30 Jun 2008
Conductor Seiji Ozawa
Producer Vera Nemirova
Sets Johannes Leiacker
Costumes Marie-Luise Strandt
~
Hermann Neil Shicoff
Tomski / Pluto Albert Dohmen
Jeletzki Boaz Daniel
Gräfin Anja Silja
Lisa Martina Serafin
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Richard
Strauss: Arabella
04, 06, 10 Nov 2007
Conductor Franz Welser-Möst
Producer Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Sets Rolf Glittenberg
Costumes Marianne Glittenberg
Chorus master Janko Kastelic
~
Arabella Angela Denoke
Zdenka Alexandra Reinprecht
Mandryka Peter Weber
Matteo Michael Schade
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Ludwig van
Beethoven: Fidelio
08, 11, 14, 18 Nov 2007
Conductor Peter Schneider
Producer Otto Schenk
Sets Günther Schneider Siemssen
Costumes Leo Bei
~
Florestan Johan Botha
Leonore Nadja Michael
Don Pizarro Falk Struckmann
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Giuseppe Verdi:
Un ballo in maschera
("A Masked Ball")
12, 15, 19 Nov 2007
Conductor Michael Halász
Producer Gianfranco de Bosio
Sets Emanuele Luzzati
Costumes Santuzza Calì
~
Gustaf III Giuseppe Sabbatini
Graf René Ankarström Lado Ataneli
Amelia Hui He
Ulrica Nadia Krasteva
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Vincenzo
Bellini: Norma
16, 21, 27 Nov 2007; 01, 07, 12 Dec 2007
Conductor Friedrich Haider
~
Pollione José Cura
Oroveso Dan Paul Dumitrescu
Norma Edita Gruberova
Adalgisa Elina Garanca
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Charles-Francois Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
("Romeo and Juliet")
22, 25, 28 Nov 2007
Conductor Claude Schnitzler
Producer Jürgen Flimm
Costumes Birgit Hutter
Lighting Patrick Woodroffe
~
Juliette Annick Massis
Roméo Ramón Vargas
Mercutio Eijiro Kai
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Gaetano
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
("The Elixir of Love")
29 Nov 2007; 19, 22 Dec 2007; 10, 28 Jan 2008; 02 Feb 2008; 17 Mar 2008; 20 May
2008
Conductor Dan Ettinger / Alfred Eschwé / Marco Armiliato / Michael Halász
Producer Otto Schenk
Sets, Costumes Jürgen Rose
~
Adina Laura Tatulescu / Teodora Gheorghiu / Alexandra Reinprecht
Nemorino Saimir Pirgu / Giuseppe Filianoti / Dmitry Korchak / Ho-yoon Chung
Belcore Markus Eiche / Boaz Daniel / Eijiro Kai
Dulcamara Alfred Sramek / Ambrogio Maestri / In-Sung Sim
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Richard Wagner:
Die Walküre
02!06, 09, 13, 16, 20 Dec 2007
Conductor Franz Welser-Möst
Producer Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Sets Rolf Glittenberg
Costumes Marianne Glittenberg
~
Siegmund Johan Botha
Hunding Ain Anger
Wotan Juha Uusitalo
Sieglinde Nina Stemme
Brünnhilde Eva Johansson
Fricka Michaela Schuster
New production
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Modest
Petrovich Musorgsky: Boris Godunov
05, 10, 14, 17, 21 Dec 2007
Conductor Daniele Gatti
Producer Yannis Kokkos, Stephan Grögler
Sets, Costumes Yannis Kokkos
Dramaturge Anne Blancard
Chorus master Thomas Lang
~
Boris Godunow Ferruccio Furlanetto
Pimen Robert Holl
Grigori Otrepjew Marian Talaba
Marina Mnischek Elisabeth Kulman
Rangoni Boaz Daniel
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Giuseppe Verdi:
La traviata
08, 11, 15 Dec 2007; 19, 23, 26 Apr 2008
Conductor Friedrich Haider / Renato Palumbo
Producer Otto Schenk
Sets Günther Schneider Siemssen
Costumes Hill Reihs-Gromes
~
Violetta Norah Amsellem / Krassimira Stoyanova
Alfredo Joseph Calleja / Piotr Beczala
Giorgio Germont Vladimir Stoyanov / Zeljko Lucic
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Johann Strauss:
Die Fledermaus
31 Dec 2007; 01, 02 Jan 2008
Conductor Bertrand de Billy
Producer Otto Schenk
Sets Günther Schneider Siemssen
Costumes Milena Canonero
~
Gabriel von Eisenstein Bo Skovhus / Michael Roider
Rosalinde Silvana Dussmann / Alexandra Reinprecht
Prinz Orlofsky Elisabeth Kulman / Michaela Selinger
Dr Falke Morten Frank Larsen / Hans Peter Kammerer
Adele Ileana Tonca / Teodora Gheorghiu
Frosch Walter Schmidinger
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Richard
Strauss: Salome
06 Jan 2008; 22, 24 Apr 2008; 23 May 2008
Conductor Stefan Soltesz / Peter Schneider
Producer Boleslaw Barlog
Sets, Costumes Jürgen Rose
~
Herodes Michael Roider / Wolfgang Schmidt
Herodias Janina Baechle / Daniela Denschlag
Salome Camilla Nylund
Jochanaan Peter Weber / Alan Titus / Terje Stensvold
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Richard Wagner:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
12, 16, 19, 23, 26 Jan 2008
Conductor Christian Thielemann
Producer Otto Schenk
Sets, Costumes Jürgen Rose
~
Hans Sachs Falk Struckmann
Veit Pogner Ain Anger
Sixtus Beckmesser Adrian Eröd
Walther von Stolzing Johan Botha
David Herwig Pecoraro
Eva Ricarda Merbeth
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Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
14, 17, 20, 22 Jan 2008
Conductor Lothar Koenigs
Producer Roberto De Simone
Sets Nicola Rubertelli
Costumes Zaira de Vincentiis
~
Don Giovanni Erwin Schrott
Donna Anna Tamar Iveri
Don Ottavio Saimir Pirgu
Donna Elvira Roxana Briban
Leporello Maurizio Muraro
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Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte
06, 08, 11, 14 Feb 2008
Conductor Riccardo Muti
Producer Roberto De Simone
Sets Mauro Carosi
Costumes Odette Nicoletti
~
Fiordiligi Barbara Frittoli
Dorabella Angelika Kirchschlager
Guglielmo Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
Ferrando Francesco Meli
Despina Laura Tatulescu
Don Alfonso Natale de Carolis
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Richard Wagner:
Der fliegende Holländer
("The Flying Dutchman")
09, 12, 15 Feb 2008; 08, 11, 14 Apr 2008
Conductor Ulf Schirmer / Donald Runnicles
Producer Christine Mielitz
Sets Stefan Mayer
Costumes Stefan Mayer
Dramaturge Eva Walch
~
Senta Nina Stemme / Eva Johansson
Erik Klaus Florian Vogt
Der Holländer Alan Titus / Terje Stensvold
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Giuseppe Verdi:
Aida
10, 13, 16, 19 Feb 2008
Conductor Zubin Mehta
Producer Nicolas Joël
Sets, Costumes Carlo Tommasi
Choreographer Jan Stripling
Chorus master Ernst Dunshirn
~
Amneris Marianne Cornetti
Aida Hui He
Radames Franco Farina
Amonasro Marco Vratogna
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Pietro Mascagni:
Cavalleria rusticana
17, 20, 23, 27 Feb 2008; 02 Mar 2008
Conductor Marco Armiliato
Producer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Sets, Costumes Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
~
Santuzza Georgina Lukács
Turiddu Peter Seiffert / Janez Lotric
Alfio Alberto Mastromarino
Double bill, with Pagliacci
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Ruggero
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
17, 20, 23, 27 Feb 2008; 02 Mar 2008
Conductor Marco Armiliato
Producer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Sets, Costumes Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
~
Canio José Cura
Nedda Tamar Iveri
Tonio Leo Nucci
Double bill, with Cavalleria rusticana
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Giacomo
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
("Madame Butterfly")
21, 24, 28 Feb 2008; 25, 28 Apr 2008
Conductor Yves Abel / Keri-Lynn Wilson
Producer Josef Gielen
Sets, Costumes Tsugouharu Foujita
Chorus master Janko Kastelic
~
Cio-Cio-San Marina Mescheriakova / Cristina Gallardo-Domâs
B F Pinkerton Philip Webb / Marian Talaba
Sharpless Boaz Daniel
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Giuseppe Verdi:
Nabucco
22, 26, 29 Feb 2008
Conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi
Producer Günter Krämer
Sets Petra Buchholz, Manfred Voss
Costumes Falk Bauer
Lighting Manfred Voss
~
Nabucco Alberto Gazale
Abigail Maria Guleghina
Zaccaria Giacomo Prestia
Ismael Marian Talaba
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Giuseppe Verdi:
La forza del destino
("The Force of Destiny")
01!, 05, 08, 12, 15, 19 Mar 2008; 06, 09, 13, 16, 20 Jun 2008
Conductor Zubin Mehta
Producer David Pountney
Sets, Costumes Richard Hudson
Choreographer Beate Vollack
~
Leonore Nina Stemme
Don Carlos Carlos Alvarez
Alvaro Salvatore Licitra
Pater Guardian Alastair Miles
Preziosilla Nadia Krasteva
New production
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Jacques
Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann
("The Tales of Hoffmann")
03, 06, 09, 13 Mar 2008
Conductor Claude Schnitzler
Producer Andrei Serban
Sets, Costumes Richard Hudson
Chorus master Thomas Lang
~
Olympia Désirée Rancatore
Antonia Alexandra Reinprecht
Giulietta Zoryana Kushpler
Hoffmann Giuseppe Sabbatini
Andrès... John Dickie
Lindorf... Samuel Ramey
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Richard Wagner:
Parsifal
20, 22, 26 Mar 2008
Conductor Christian Thielemann
Producer Christine Mielitz
Sets, Costumes Stefan Mayer
~
Amfortas Falk Struckmann
Gurnemanz Stephen Milling
Parsifal Thomas Moser
Kundry Mihoko Fujimura
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Richard Wagner:
Tristan und Isolde
("Tristan and Isolde")
24, 28 Mar 2008; 01 Apr 2008
Conductor Leif Segerstam
Producer Günter Krämer
Sets Gisbert Jäkel
Costumes Falk Bauer
~
Tristan John Treleaven
König Marke Stephen Milling
Isolde Evelyn Herlitzius
Kurwenal Boaz Daniel
Brangäne Janina Baechle / Daniela Denschlag
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Vincenzo
Bellini: La sonnambula
25, 29 Mar 2008; 02, 05 Apr 2008
Conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi
Producer Marco Arturo Marelli
Sets Marco Arturo Marelli
Costumes Dagmar Niefind
~
Graf Rodolfo In-Sung Sim
Amina Désirée Rancatore
Elvino Antonino Siragusa
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Richard
Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
("Ariadne on Naxos")
27, 31 Mar 2008; 04 Apr 2008
Conductor Friedrich Haider
Producer Filippo Sanjust
Sets, Costumes Filippo Sanjust
~
Der Komponist Elina Garanca
Bacchus Lance Ryan
Zerbinetta Diana Damrau
Ariadne Adrianne Pieczonka
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Richard Wagner:
Siegfried
27! Apr 2008; 01, 04, 08, 11, 14 May 2008
Conductor Franz Welser-Möst
Producer Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Sets Rolf Glittenberg
Costumes Marianne Glittenberg
~
Siegfried Stephen Gould
Brünnhilde Deborah Voigt
Der Wanderer Juha Uusitalo
Mime Herwig Pecoraro
New production
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Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
("The Marriage of Figaro")
30 Apr 2008; 03, 06 May 2008
Conductor Stefan Soltesz
Producer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Sets, Costumes Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
~
Graf Almaviva Bo Skovhus
Gräfin Almaviva Sinéad Mulhern
Susanna Laura Tatulescu
Figaro Wolfgang Bankl
Cherubino Michaela Selinger
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Erich Wolfgang
Korngold: Die tote Stadt
02, 05, 09, 12, 16 May 2008
Conductor Philippe Auguin
Producer Willy Decker
Sets Wolfgang Gussmann
Costumes Wolfgang Gussmann
~
Paul Klaus Florian Vogt
Marietta, Mariens Angela Denoke
Frank, Fritz, Pierrot Markus Eiche
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Giuseppe Verdi:
Falstaff
18, 21, 24, 27, 30 May 2008
Conductor Marco Armiliato
Producer Marco Arturo Marelli
Sets Marco Arturo Marelli
Costumes Dagmar Niefind
~
Falstaff Ambrogio Maestri
Ford Boaz Daniel
Fenton Saimir Pirgu
Alice Inna Los
Nannetta Laura Tatulescu
Mrs Quickly Elisabeth Kulman
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Richard Wagner:
Lohengrin
22, 25, 28 May 2008; 01 Jun 2008
Conductor Peter Schneider
Producer Barrie Kosky
Sets Klaus Grünberg
Costumes Alfred Mayerhofer
~
Heinrich der Vogler Kwangchul Youn
Lohengrin Klaus Florian Vogt
Elsa Angela Denoke
Telramund Falk Struckmann / Peter Weber
Ortrud Janina Baechle
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Giuseppe Verdi:
I vespri siciliani
31 May 2008; 04, 08, 12 Jun 2008
Conductor Miguel A Gomez-Martinez
Producer Herbert Wernicke
Sets, Costumes Herbert Wernicke
~
Guido di Monforte Leo Nucci
Arrigo Keith Ikaia-Purdy
Giovanni da Procida Paata Burchuladze
Elena Sondra Radvanovsky
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Richard
Strauss: Capriccio
07!, 10, 14, 17, 21 Jun 2008
Conductor Philippe Jordan
Producer Marco Arturo Marelli
Sets Marco Arturo Marelli
Costumes Dagmar Niefind
Lighting Marco Arturo Marelli
~
Die Gräfin Renée Fleming
Der Graf Bo Skovhus
Flamand Michael Schade
Olivier Adrian Eröd
La Roche Franz Hawlata
Die Schauspielerin Clairon Angelika Kirchschlager
New production
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Giuseppe Verdi:
Don Carlos
15, 18, 23, 27 Jun 2008 In Italian
Conductor Marco Armiliato
Producer Pier Luigi Pizzi
Sets, Costumes Pier Luigi Pizzi
~
Philipp II René Pape
Don Carlo Fabio Sartori
Rodrigo Thomas Hampson
Elisabetta Norma Fantini
Eboli Luciana D'Intino
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Giuseppe Verdi:
Don Carlos
19, 24, 28 Jun 2008
In French
Conductor Bertrand de Billy
Producer Peter Konwitschny
Sets, Costumes Johannes Leiacker
Lighting Hans Toelstede
Dramaturge Werner Hintze
~
Philippe II Ain Anger
Don Carlos Ramón Vargas
Rodrigue Eijiro Kai
Elisabeth de Valois Iano Tamar
Eboli Nadia Krasteva
Giacomo Puccini
: La bohème
22(d), 25(d) Feb 2007 Conductor Philippe Jordan(ab) / Marco Armiliato(c) /
Claude Schnitzler(d)
Producer Franco Zeffirelli
Sets Franco Zeffirelli
Costumes Marcel Escoffier
~
Rodolfo Marcelo Alvarez(ab) / Neil Shicoff(c) / Rolando Villazón(d)
Marcello Adrian Eröd(a) / Eijiro Kai(b) / Boaz Daniel(cd)
Mimi Tamar Iveri(abd) / Angela Gheorghiu(c)
Musetta Alexandra Reinprecht(a) / Jane Archibald(b) / Ildiko Raimondi(c) /
Simina Ivan(d)
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Gioachino
Rossini
: Il barbiere di Siviglia
("The Barber of Seville")
23(e) Mar 2007; 13(f) Apr 2007 Conductor Stefan Soltesz(abcf) / Fabio Luisi(d) /
Marc Piollet(e)
Producer Günther Rennert(original), Richard Bletschacher(revival)
Sets, Costumes Alfred Siercke
~
Graf Almaviva Antonino Siragusa(adf) / Otokar Klein(bc) / Dmitri Voropaev(e)
Bartolo Wolfgang Bankl(aef) / Alfred Sramek(bcd)
Rosina Silvia Tro Santafé(abcef) / Elina Garanca(d)
Figaro Dalibor Jenis(a) / Roberto Frontali(b) / Adrian Eröd(cdf) / Carlos
Alvarez(e)
Basilio Walter Fink(af) / Janusz Monarcha(bcde)
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Richard Wagner
: Lohengrin
20(b), 23(b), 27(b) Jun 2007 Conductor Peter Schneider / Stefan Soltesz(b)
Producer Barrie Kosky
Sets Klaus Grünberg
Costumes Alfred Mayerhofer
~
Heinrich der Vogler Kurt Rydl / Kwangchul Youn(b)
Lohengrin Peter Seiffert / Ben Heppner(b)
Elsa von Brabant Petra Maria Schnitzer / Ricarda Merbeth(b)
Friedrich von Telramund Falk Struckmann / Peter Weber(b)
Ortrud Petra Lang / Janina Baechle(b)
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Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
: Die Zauberflöte
("The Magic Flute")
25(d), 28(e) Jun 2007 Conductor Alfred Eschwé(ab) / Michael Halász(c) / Julia
Jones(de)
Producer Marco Arturo Marelli
Costumes Dagmar Niefind-Marelli
Chorus master Ernst Dunshirn
~
Sarastro Walter Fink(ab) / Ain Anger(cde)
Tamino Charles Castronovo(abc) / John Dickie(de)
Die Königin der Nacht Jane Archibald
Pamina Ildiko Raimondi(ab) / Alexandra Reinprecht(cd) / Simina Ivan(e)
Papageno Adrian Eröd(a) / Hans Peter Kammerer(bc) / Wolfgang Bankl(de)
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Giacomo Puccini
: Madama Butterfly
04(b) Mar 2007; 21(c) Apr 2007 Conductor Paolo Carignani(a) / Michael Halász(bc)
Producer Josef Gielen
Sets, Costumes Tsugouhara Foujita
~
Cio-Cio-San Hui He
Suzuki Nadia Krasteva(ab) / Janina Baechle(c)
B F Pinkerton Fabio Sartori(a) / Marian Talaba(bc)
Sharpless Dalibor Jenis(a) / Boaz Daniel(b) / Eijiro Kai(c)
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Giuseppe Verdi
: Otello
31(b) May 2007; 04(b), 08(b), 12(b), 16(b) Jun 2007 Conductor Daniele Gatti
Producer Christine Mielitz
Sets, Costumes Christian Floeren
~
Otello Johan Botha
Jago Falk Struckmann
Desdemona Krassimira Stoyanova / Barbara Frittoli
New production
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Giacomo Puccini
: Tosca
23(c) Feb 2007; 28(d) Mar 2007; 02(d) Apr 2007; 09(e), 13(e), 16(e) May 2007
Conductor Michael Halász(ac) / Marco Armiliato(b) / Vjekoslav Sutej(d) / Plácido
Domingo(e)
Producer Margarethe Wallmann
Sets, Costumes Nicola Benois
~
Floria Tosca Eszter Sümegi(acd) / Paoletta Marrocu(b) / Violeta Urmana(e)
Mario Cavaradossi Vincenzo La Scola(ab) / Keith Ikaia-Purdy(c) / Neil Shicoff(d)
/ Marco Berti(e)
Baron Scarpia Marco Vratogna(ac) / Alberto Mastromarino(b) / Lado Ataneli(d) /
Lucio Gallo(e)
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Giuseppe Verdi
: La traviata
27(b) Feb 2007; 02(b), 05(b) Mar 2007 Conductor Friedrich Haider(a) / Renato
Palumbo(b)
Producer Otto Schenk
Sets Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costumes Hill Reihs-Gromes
~
Violetta Valéry Annick Massis(a) / Norah Amsellem(b)
Alfredo Germont Hoyoon Chung(a) / Joseph Calleja(b)
Giorgio Germont Georg Tichy(a) / Zeljko Lucic(b)
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Richard Strauss
: Der Rosenkavalier
08(b), 11(b), 15(b) Mar 2007 Conductor Adam Fischer
Producer Otto Schenk
Sets Rudolf Heinrich
Costumes Erni Kniepert
~
Die Feldmarschallin Deborah Voigt(a) / Angela Denoke(b)
Baron Ochs Alfred Muff(a) / Wolfgang Bankl(b)
Octavian Elina Garanca
Sophie Alexandra Reinprecht(a) / Marlis Petersen(b)
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Richard Strauss
: Arabella
21, 24, 27, 30 Mar 2007 Conductor Franz Welser-Möst
Producer Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Sets Rolf Glittenberg
Costumes Marianne Glittenberg
~
Arabella Adrianne Pieczonka
Zdenka Genia Kühmeier
Mandryka Thomas Hampson
Matteo Michael Schade
New production
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Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
: Le nozze di Figaro
("The Marriage of Figaro")
24(b), 28(b) Feb 2007 Conductor Philippe Jordan / Adam Fischer(b)
Producer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Sets, Costumes Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
~
Graf Almaviva Simon Keenlyside / Bo Skovhus(b)
Gräfin Almaviva Dorothea Röschmann / Ricarda Merbeth(b)
Susanna Jane Archibald / Laura Tatulescu(b)
Figaro Erwin Schrott / Hanno Müller-Brachmann(b)
Cherubino Elina Garanca / Cornelia Salje / Michaela Selinger
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Jules Massenet
: Manon
03!, 06, 10, 13, 16, 19 Mar 2007 Conductor Bertrand de Billy
Producer Andrei Serban
Sets, Costumes Peter Pabst
~
Manon Anna Netrebko
Chevalier Des Grieux Roberto Alagna
Graf Des Grieux Ain Anger
Lescaut Adrian Eröd
New production
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Arnold
Schoenberg
: Moses und Aron
12, 17, 20 Mar 2007 Conductor Daniele Gatti
Producer Reto Nickler
Sets, Costumes Wolfgang Gussmann
Lighting Andreas Grüter
~
Moses Franz Grundheber
Aron Thomas Moser
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Ludwig van
Beethoven
: Fidelio
18, 22, 25, 29 Mar 2007 Conductor Adam Fischer
Producer Otto Schenk
Sets Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costumes Leo Bei
~
Florestan Christian Franz
Leonore Nadja Michael
Don Pizarro Falk Struckmann
Rocco Walter Fink
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Gaetano
Donizetti
: La fille du régiment
("The Daughter of the Regiment")
01!, 04, 09, 12, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28 Apr 2007 Conductor Yves Abel
Producer Laurent Pelly
Sets Chantal Thomas, Agathe Melinand
Costumes Laurent Pelly
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Marie Natalie Dessay
Tonio Juan Diego Flórez
Sulpice Carlos Alvarez
Duchesse de Crakentorp Montserrat Caballé
New production
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Richard Wagner
: Parsifal
05, 08, 11 Apr 2007 Conductor Donald Runnicles
Producer Christine Mielitz
Sets Stefan Mayer
Costumes Stefan Mayer
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Amfortas Falk Struckmann
Gurnemanz Peter Rose
Parsifal Thomas Moser
Kundry Deborah Polaski
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Giuseppe Verdi
: Simon Boccanegra
07, 10, 14, 17, 20 Apr 2007 Conductor Nicola Luisotti
Producer Peter Stein
Sets Stefan Mayer
Costumes Moidele Bickel
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Simone Boccanegra Thomas Hampson
Fiesco Ferruccio Furlanetto
Gabriele Adorno Giuseppe Sabbatini
Amelia Tamar Iveri
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Richard Strauss
: Elektra
23, 27 Apr 2007; 01, 05 May 2007 Conductor Peter Schneider
Producer Harry Kupfer
Sets Hans Schavernoch
Costumes Reinhard Heinrich
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Klytämnestra Agnes Baltsa
Elektra Deborah Polaski
Chrysothemis Melanie Diener
Aegisth Michael Roider
Orest Egils Silins
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Richard Wagner
: Der fliegende Holländer
("The Flying Dutchman")
29 Apr 2007; 02, 06, 10, 14 May 2007 Conductor Seiji Ozawa
Producer Christine Mielitz
Sets Stefan Mayer
Costumes Stefan Mayer
Dramaturge Eva Walch
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Daland Janusz Monarcha
Senta Nina Stemme
Erik Stephen Gould
Der Holländer Alan Titus
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Richard Strauss
: Daphne
(Dafne)
30 Apr 2007; 04, 08, 12 May 2007 Conductor Semyon Bychkov
Producer Nicolas Joël
Sets, Costumes Pet Halmen
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Peneios Ain Anger
Gaea Daniela Denschlag
Daphne Ricarda Merbeth
Leukippos Roberto Saccà
Apollo Johan Botha
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Gaetano
Donizetti
: Lucia di Lammermoor
03, 07, 11, 15 May 2007 Conductor Claude Schnitzler
Producer Boleslaw Barlog
Sets Pantelis Dessyllas
Costumes Silvia Strahammer
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Enrico Boaz Daniel
Lucia Edita Gruberova
Edgardo Giuseppe Sabbatini
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Richard Strauss
: Ariadne auf Naxos
("Ariadne on Naxos")
20, 24, 27 May 2007 Conductor Stefan Soltesz
Producer Filippo Sanjust
Sets, Costumes Filippo Sanjust
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Der Komponist Cornelia Salje
Bacchus Thomas Moser
Zerbinetta Diana Damrau
Ariadne Deborah Voigt
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Umberto
Giordano
: Andrea Chénier
22, 26, 29 May 2007; 02 Jun 2007 Conductor Marco Armiliato
Producer Otto Schenk
Sets Rolf Glittenberg
Costumes Milena Canonero
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Andrea Chénier Salvatore Licitra
Carlo Gérard Carlos Alvarez
Maddalena di Coigny Violeta Urmana
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Modest
Petrovich Musorgsky
: Boris Godunow
(Boris Godunov)
28! May 2007; 01, 05, 09, 13, 17 Jun 2007 Conductor Daniele Gatti
Sets, Costumes Wolfgang Gussmann
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Boris Godunow Ferruccio Furlanetto
Pimen Robert Holl
Grigori Otrepjew Clifton Forbis
Marina Mnischek Olga Borodina
Rangoni Falk Struckmann
New production
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Giuseppe Verdi
: Don Carlos
30 May 2007; 03 Jun 2007 French version
Conductor Bertrand de Billy
Producer Peter Konwitschny
Sets Johannes Leiacker
Costumes Johannes Leiacker
Lighting Hans Toelstede
Dramaturge Werner Hintze
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Philippe II Alastair Miles
Don Carlos Franco Farina
Rodrigue George Petean
Elisabeth de Valois Iano Tamar
Eboli Nadia Krasteva
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Jacques
Offenbach
: Les contes d'Hoffmann
("The Tales of Hoffmann")
07, 11, 15, 19 Jun 2007 Conductor Friedrich Haider
Producer Andrei Serban
Sets, Costumes Richard Hudson
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Olympia Patricia Petibon
Antonia Krassimira Stoyanova
Giulietta Ricarda Merbeth
Hoffmann Marcus Haddock
Andrès... John Dickie
Lindorf... John Relyea
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Jules Massenet
: Werther
14, 18, 22, 26, 30 Jun 2007 Conductor Marco Armiliato
Producer Andrei Serban
Sets, Costumes Peter Pabst
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Werther Neil Shicoff
Albert Adrian Eröd
Charlotte Vesselina Kasarova
Sophie Ileana Tonca