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ELEKTRA, a tragedy in one act, music by Richard Strauss. Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Karl Böhm, staged and directed by Götz Friedrich. English subtitles.

07 Tuesday Jun 2022

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DON GIOVANNI, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera, Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, with English subtitles, from the Opernhaus Zürich. A 2001 production. Don Giovanni – Rodney Gilfry, Leporello – László Polgár, Donna Anna – Isabel Rey, Don Ottavio – Roberto Saccà, Donna Elvira – Cecilia Bartoli, Zerlina – Liliana Nikiteanu, Masetto – Oliver Widmer, Commendatore – Matti Salminen, Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncount, Director – Brian Large

29 Tuesday Mar 2022

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CARMEN: This was a 2003 performance in the Arena di Verona. Carmen – Marina Domashenko, Micaëla – Maya Dashuk, Frasquita – Cristina Pastorello, Mercédès – Milena Josipovic, Don José – Marco Berti, Escamillo – Raymond Aceto, Le Dancaïre – Marco Camastra, Le Remendado – Antonio Feltracco, Zuñiga – Dario Benini, Moralès – Roberto Accurso. Benjamin Britten Children’s Choir Orchestra, Choir and Corps de Ballet of the Arena di Verona: Alain Lombard, conductor; Franco Zeffirelli, stage director; Giuseppe de Filippi Venezia, set design; Anna Anni, costumi.

15 Saturday Jan 2022

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THE NUTCRACKER Ballet performed by Russia’s Astrakhan State Ballet and Opera House. Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The magical story unfolds in the dream of a girl, Marie, on Christmas eve. A little girl with a wooden doll Nutcracker will have to fight the Mouse King and go on to a journey through a fairyland. CAST: Marie (sometimes known as Clara or Masha) – Haruka Nomura, Prince – Nikolai Vylomov, Drosselmeyer – Ilya Krasnokutsky, Spanish Dance – Askar Siraziev, Tomo Okuno, Russian Dance – Dmitry Belov, Anastasia Morochko, Valeria Sokolova, Oriental Dance – Anna Nikonova, Yumiko Nakagava, Vitaliya Surnacheva, Elizaveta Kapustina, Alicia Irizhipova, Chinese Dance – Manae Banno, Gennady Mymrik, French Dance – Andrey Denisov, Ilnara Abdullina, Ariadna Larina, Little Marie – Sofia Khurchak, The Nutcracker – Dilia Suktalieva. The Orchestra under the direction of the chief conductor Valery Voronin.

24 Friday Dec 2021

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‘THE BARBER OF SEVILLE’, Gioachino Rossini’s comic masterpiece, produced by Wide Open Opera (one of the founding companies of Irish National Opera) in 2016 at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. Starring Tara Erraught as Rosina, Tyler Nelson as the romantic Count Almaviva, Gavan Ring as Figaro (the barber), Graeme Danby as Dr Bartolo, John Molloy as Don Basilio and Mary O’Sullivan as the maid Berta. Directed by Michael Barker Caven with INO Artistic Director, Fergus Sheil conducting.

13 Saturday Nov 2021

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[Background of The Barber of Seville]