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Arena di Verona, Arena
1 Aug 2025, Fri
•
9 PM
Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. Directed by Stefano Poda
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Ekaterina Semenchuk,
Yusif Eyvazov,
.... + 4
Aida
Premiere of this production:
24 December 1871,
Khedivial Opera House in Cairo
Backstory: The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the King of Egypt. To complicate the story further, the King's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.
Act 1
Scene 1: A hall in the King's palace; ... Read More
Opera
Arena di Verona, Arena
2 Aug 2025, Sat
•
9 PM
"La Traviata", the most performed opera in the world, returns to the Verona Arena in the elegant 2011 production by Hugo De Ana, which pays homage to the belle époque with enormous fr...
Cast:
Ludovic Tézier,
Nadine Sierra,
.... + 4
La Traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Set in and around Paris in about 1850.
Act I
Violetta Valéry, a Parisian courtesan, greets the guests at her salon. Among them are Flora Bervoix, the Marchese D’Obigny, Baron Douphol and Gastone, who introduces Violetta to a new admirer of hers, Alfredo Germont. The young Germont, who has been admiring her from afar, joins her in a drinking song. An orchestra strikes up in an adjace ... Read More
Opera
Palau de la Música Catalana, Concert Hall
3 Aug 2025, Sun
•
7 PM
The staged version of two hours and a quarter with 15 minutes of intermission. Symphony orchestra, solo singers, heart, Spanish dance troupe, costumes, unique and brilliant lighting appropriate to the...
Cast:
Adolf Gassol, Orquestra NovAria Filharmonia
Carmen
Premiere of this production:
03 March 1875,
Opéra-Comique, Paris
Place: Seville, Spain, and surrounding hills
Time: Around 1820
Act 1
A square, in Seville. On the right, a door to the tobacco factory. At the back, a bridge. On the left, a guardhouse.
A group of soldiers relaxes in the square, waiting for the changing of the guard and commenting on the passers-by ("Sur la place, chacun passe"). Micaëla appears, seeking José. Moralè ... Read More
Opera
Arena di Verona, Arena
8 Aug 2025, Fri
•
9 PM
The Duke lives the high life. The court jester taunts too well. Revenge has unintended consequences both times it is attempted. The great operatic repertoire bursts out of the so-called “po...
Cast:
Nadine Sierra,
Amartuvshin Enkhbat,
.... + 4
Rigoletto
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1851,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Place: Mantua
Time: the sixteenth century
Act 1
Scene 1: Mantua. A magnificent hall in the ducal palace. Doors at the back open into other rooms, splendidly lit up. A crowd of lords and ladies in grand costumes are seen walking about in the rear rooms; page boys come and go. The festivities are at their height. Music is heard from offstage. The Duke and Borsa enter from a door in the back.
At a ... Read More
Opera
Palau de la Música Catalana, Concert Hall
10 Aug 2025, Sun
•
7 PM
The staged version of two hours and a quarter with 15 minutes of intermission. Symphony orchestra, solo singers, heart, Spanish dance troupe, costumes, unique and brilliant lighting appropriate to the...
Cast:
Adolf Gassol, Orquestra NovAria Filharmonia
Carmen
Premiere of this production:
03 March 1875,
Opéra-Comique, Paris
Place: Seville, Spain, and surrounding hills
Time: Around 1820
Act 1
A square, in Seville. On the right, a door to the tobacco factory. At the back, a bridge. On the left, a guardhouse.
A group of soldiers relaxes in the square, waiting for the changing of the guard and commenting on the passers-by ("Sur la place, chacun passe"). Micaëla appears, seeking José. Moralè ... Read More
Opera
Arena di Verona, Arena
10 Aug 2025, Sun
•
9 PM
Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. Directed by Stefano Poda
Cast:
Anna Netrebko,
Yusif Eyvazov,
.... + 6
Aida with Anna Netrebko
Premiere of this production:
24 December 1871,
Khedivial Opera House in Cairo
Backstory: The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the King of Egypt. To complicate the story further, the King's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.
Act 1
Scene 1: A hall in the King's palace; ... Read More
Opera
Arena di Verona, Arena
14 Aug 2025, Thu
•
9 PM
The Carmen by Georges Bizet in the legendary production which was in fact the 1995 Arena debut at the amphitheatre of Franco Zeffirelli, and will be proposed in the best synthesis of th...
Composer:
Georges Bizet
Cast:
Aigul Akhmetshina,
Piotr Beczala,
.... + 3
Carmen
Premiere of this production:
03 March 1875,
Opéra-Comique, Paris
ACT I
A tobacco factory and the barracks of the dragoons open out onto the main square of Seville. People are coming and going. A young girl makes her way through the crowd. She has an air of bewilderment and approaches the guards shyly, saying she is looking for Brigadier Don José. They tell her he will soon be here and invite her to wait with them. Intimidated, she declines and wan ... Read More
Opera
Palau de la Música Catalana, Concert Hall
17 Aug 2025, Sun
•
7 PM
Two-hour staged version with a 15-minute intermission. Symphony orchestra, solo singers, choir, ballet, costumes, unique lighting suited to the special characteristics of the Palau de la Música...
Cast:
Adolf Gassol,
Choir NovAria,
.... + 1
La Traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Set in and around Paris in about 1850.
Act I
Violetta Valéry, a Parisian courtesan, greets the guests at her salon. Among them are Flora Bervoix, the Marchese D’Obigny, Baron Douphol and Gastone, who introduces Violetta to a new admirer of hers, Alfredo Germont. The young Germont, who has been admiring her from afar, joins her in a drinking song. An orchestra strikes up in an adjace ... Read More
Opera
Arena di Verona, Arena
17 Aug 2025, Sun
•
9 PM
Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. Directed by Stefano Poda
Cast:
Anna Netrebko,
Yusif Eyvazov,
.... + 6
Aida with Anna Netrebko
Premiere of this production:
24 December 1871,
Khedivial Opera House in Cairo
Backstory: The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the King of Egypt. To complicate the story further, the King's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.
Act 1
Scene 1: A hall in the King's palace; ... Read More
Opera
Arena di Verona, Arena
22 Aug 2025, Fri
•
9 PM
The Duke lives the high life. The court jester taunts too well. Revenge has unintended consequences both times it is attempted. The great operatic repertoire bursts out of the so-called “po...
Cast:
Rosa Feola,
Amartuvshin Enkhbat,
.... + 4
Rigoletto
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1851,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Place: Mantua
Time: the sixteenth century
Act 1
Scene 1: Mantua. A magnificent hall in the ducal palace. Doors at the back open into other rooms, splendidly lit up. A crowd of lords and ladies in grand costumes are seen walking about in the rear rooms; page boys come and go. The festivities are at their height. Music is heard from offstage. The Duke and Borsa enter from a door in the back.
At a ... Read More
Opera
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage
23 Aug 2025, Sat
•
6 PM
Powerful opera about the freedom of art. Political unrest, torture and ruthless power play. Art is gagged – as is love. This is the brutal world we encounter in Puccini’s dramatic opera To...
Cast:
Oksana Lyniv,
Norwegian National Opera Children`s Chorus,
.... + 2
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Opera
Arena di Verona, Arena
23 Aug 2025, Sat
•
9 PM
The Carmen by Georges Bizet in the legendary production which was in fact the 1995 Arena debut at the amphitheatre of Franco Zeffirelli, and will be proposed in the best synthesis of th...
Cast:
Aigul Akhmetshina,
Erwin Schrott,
.... + 4
Carmen
Premiere of this production:
03 March 1875,
Opéra-Comique, Paris
ACT I
A tobacco factory and the barracks of the dragoons open out onto the main square of Seville. People are coming and going. A young girl makes her way through the crowd. She has an air of bewilderment and approaches the guards shyly, saying she is looking for Brigadier Don José. They tell her he will soon be here and invite her to wait with them. Intimidated, she declines and wan ... Read More
Opera
Arena di Verona, Arena
24 Aug 2025, Sun
•
9 PM
Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. Directed by Stefano Poda
Cast:
Marina Rebeka,
Yusif Eyvazov,
.... + 4
Aida
Premiere of this production:
24 December 1871,
Khedivial Opera House in Cairo
Backstory: The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the King of Egypt. To complicate the story further, the King's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.
Act 1
Scene 1: A hall in the King's palace; ... Read More
Opera
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage
27 Aug 2025, Wed
•
7 PM
Powerful opera about the freedom of art. Political unrest, torture and ruthless power play. Art is gagged – as is love. This is the brutal world we encounter in Puccini’s dramatic opera To...
Cast:
Oksana Lyniv,
Norwegian National Opera Children`s Chorus,
.... + 2
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Opera
28 Aug 2025, Thu
•
8 PM
Verdi's opera classic continues to seduce audiences: one of the must-sees of the opera repertoire, a performance that has been praised by both audiences and critics.
Cast:
Royal Swedish Orchestra,
Vincenzo Milletari,
.... + 6
Aida
Premiere of this production:
24 December 1871,
Khedivial Opera House in Cairo
Act I
The Ethiopian princess Aida has been captured and enslaved, but her captors do not know of her importance. Radames is a commander in the Egyptian army and is in love with Aida, but also wants to be victorious on the battlefield – Aida’s father, the Ethiopiann King Amonasro, is invading Egypt in order to find and free his daughter.
Amneris is in love with Radames but knows that ... Read More
Aida
Opera
Arena di Verona, Arena
28 Aug 2025, Thu
•
9 PM
Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. Directed by Stefano Poda
Cast:
Marina Rebeka,
Clémentine Margaine,
.... + 4
Aida
Premiere of this production:
24 December 1871,
Khedivial Opera House in Cairo
Backstory: The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the King of Egypt. To complicate the story further, the King's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.
Act 1
Scene 1: A hall in the King's palace; ... Read More
Opera
Teatro La Fenice, La Fenice Opera House
29 Aug 2025, Fri
•
7 PM
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victo...
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Riccardo Massi,
Daniele Rustioni,
.... + 5
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Opera
Oslo Opera House, Main Stage
29 Aug 2025, Fri
•
7 PM
Powerful opera about the freedom of art. Political unrest, torture and ruthless power play. Art is gagged – as is love. This is the brutal world we encounter in Puccini’s dramatic opera To...
Cast:
Oksana Lyniv,
Norwegian National Opera Children`s Chorus,
.... + 2
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Opera
Semperoper Dresden, Semperoper Dresden
29 Aug 2025, Fri
•
7 PM
Markus Bothe breaks up the story's chronology using flashbacks of the various characters to create an allusive series of images in which memory, mood and the drama of the present flow seamlessly i...
Composer:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Cast:
Oksana Lyniv,
Staatskapelle Dresden,
.... + 6
Eugen Onegin
Premiere of this production:
29 March 1879,
Maly Theatre, Moscow
Scene one
An afternoon on the Larin country estate: nurse Filipievna is doing the housework whilst Madame Larina is again lamenting the introvert behaviour of her daughter Tatiana. She only wishes to read in peace but is always prevented from doing so by her mother – be it either with her lamenting her youth or the songs of the peasants who sing at Larina’s behest. Olga attempts to hel ... Read More
Eugen Onegin
Opera
Arena di Verona, Arena
29 Aug 2025, Fri
•
9 PM
The Carmen by Georges Bizet in the legendary production which was in fact the 1995 Arena debut at the amphitheatre of Franco Zeffirelli, and will be proposed in the best synthesis of th...
Cast:
Aigul Akhmetshina,
Chorus of the Arena di Verona,
.... + 4
Carmen
Premiere of this production:
03 March 1875,
Opéra-Comique, Paris
ACT I
A tobacco factory and the barracks of the dragoons open out onto the main square of Seville. People are coming and going. A young girl makes her way through the crowd. She has an air of bewilderment and approaches the guards shyly, saying she is looking for Brigadier Don José. They tell her he will soon be here and invite her to wait with them. Intimidated, she declines and wan ... Read More
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How to choose an opera? Mozart or Verdi? Love tragedy or comedy?
Marriage of Figaro or Aida?
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