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Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Staatsoper Unter den Linden
7 Oct 2025, Tue
•
4 PM
The Ring of the Nibelung - Cycle II
Composer:
Richard Wagner
Cast:
Christian Thielemann,
Eric Cutler,
.... + 6
Die Walküre
Premiere of this production:
26 June 1870,
Königliches Hof- und National-Theater in Munich
Prior history
During the lengthy time that has passed since the gods entered Valhalla at the end of Das Rheingold, Fafner has used the Tarnhelm to assume the form of a dragon, and guards the gold and the ring in the depths of the forest. Wotan has visited Erda seeking wisdom, and by her has fathered a daughter, Brünnhilde; he has fathered eight other daughters, possibly also by Erda. These, ... Read More
Die Walküre
Opera
Opera National de Paris, Opéra Bastille
7 Oct 2025, Tue
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7:30 PM
While the context of the work’s creation owes much to the Egyptomania in vogue in the 19th century, the themes of Aida are as timeless as they are universal. This is reflecte...
Cast:
Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris,
Piotr Beczala,
.... + 6
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
Aida
Opera
Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Main Stage
7 Oct 2025, Tue
•
7:30 PM
The splendour of Rome. The devastation of war. Puccini’s operatic thriller returns in an epic new production.
Cast:
Jakub Hrůša,
Aleksandra Kurzak,
.... + 4
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
Tosca
Opera
7 Oct 2025, Tue
•
8 PM
The opera is newly staged with a splendid cast in the care of Marco Armiliato.
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Marco Armiliato,
Vittorio Grigolo,
.... + 7
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
Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Staatsoper Unter den Linden
8 Oct 2025, Wed
•
7 PM
Violetta Valéry is a noble courtesan in Paris who has "strayed from the path of virtue" and leads a life that oscillates between splendour and misery. For her everything is a gam...
Cast:
Marina Rebeka,
Staatskapelle Berlin,
.... + 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
La traviata
Opera
8 Oct 2025, Wed
•
7 PM
This revival performance series of Puccini’s operatic thrill Tosca is notable for the stars it brings together on the stage.
Cast:
Marco Armiliato,
Jonas Kaufmann,
.... + 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
Tosca
Opera
8 Oct 2025, Wed
•
7 PM
Join for Bizet’s irresistible tale of seduction, obsession and possession. It’s one of the most popular and celebrated operas ever written.
Composer:
Georges Bizet
Cast:
Ava Dodd,
Cory McGee,
.... + 4
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
Carmen
Opera
Opera National de Paris, Opéra Bastille
8 Oct 2025, Wed
•
7:30 PM
Before seeing their names at the top of the bill, how many artists have endured poverty? The writer Henri Murger knew precisely what he was talking about when he wrote his Scènes de la vie...
Cast:
Étienne Dupuis,
Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris,
.... + 6
La Bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Place: Paris
Time: Around 1830.
Act 1
In the four bohemians' garret (Christmas Eve)
Marcello is painting while Rodolfo gazes out of the window. They complain of the cold. In order to keep warm, they burn the manuscript of Rodolfo's drama. Colline, the philosopher, enters shivering and disgruntled at not having been able to pawn some books. Schaunard, the musician of the group, arrives w ... Read More
La Bohème
Opera
Royal Danish Theatre, The Opera House - Main Stage
8 Oct 2025, Wed
•
8 PM
The opera season opens with Puccini’s masterful work in a new staging by Kasper Holten.
Cast:
Daniele Squeo,
Carlos Cardoso,
.... + 4
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
Tosca
Opera
9 Oct 2025, Thu
•
7 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
Vienna State Opera, Main Stage
9 Oct 2025, Thu
•
7 PM
As spectacularly as Gioachino Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" failed at its premiere in 1816, it was quick to materialise into a worldwide success for the ages, with many a musi...
Composer:
Gioachino Rossini
Cast:
Erwin Schrott,
Liparit Avetisyan,
.... + 5
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Premiere of this production:
20 February 1816,
Teatro Argentina, Rome
Place: Seville, Spain
Time: 18th century
Act 1
The square in front of Bartolo's house
In a public square outside Bartolo's house a band of musicians and a poor student named Lindoro are serenading, to no avail, the window of Rosina ("Ecco, ridente in cielo"; "There, laughing in the sky"). Lindoro, who is really the young Count Almaviva in disguise, hopes to make the b ... Read More
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Opera
Events in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Cultural Centre - Grand Theatre
9 Oct 2025, Thu
•
7:30 PM
Aida is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had it...
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
Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Staatsoper Unter den Linden
10 Oct 2025, Fri
•
4 PM
The Ring of the Nibelung - Cycle II
Cast:
Christian Thielemann,
Michael Volle,
.... + 5
Siegfried
Premiere of this production:
16 August 1876,
Bayreuth Festspielhaus
Act 1
Scene 1
A cave in rocks in the forest. An orchestral introduction includes references to leitmotifs including themes relating to the original hoard plundered by the Nibelung Alberich, and one in B-flat minor associated with the Nibelungs themselves. As the curtain rises, Alberich's brother, the dwarf Mime, is forging a sword. Mime is plotting to obtain the ring of power originally ... Read More
Siegfried
Opera
Semperoper Dresden, Semperoper Dresden
10 Oct 2025, Fri
•
7 PM
At the time of its premiere in 1896, Puccini’s best-known work broke new ground in Italian opera through its prosaic scenery and everyday subject matter. This staging by Christine Mielitz of Puc...
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Staatskapelle Dresden,
Stefano Ranzani,
.... + 6
La Bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
First act
Christmas Eve, in an icy-cold garret looking onto the roofs of the Latin Quarter in Paris, around the turn of the century. Just as Marcel, fingers numb with cold, attempts to finish his painting which seems to remain eternally unfinished, Rodolfo compels himself to write. Both fail. To save the last chair from being broken up and burnt, Rodolfo sacrifices the manuscript of his play, act ... Read More
La Bohème
Opera
Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Main Stage
10 Oct 2025, Fri
•
7:15 PM
Mozart's masterpiece – an enchanting quest for love and wisdom.
Cast:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House,
Marie Jacquot,
.... + 6
The Magic Flute
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
The opera begins with the overture, which Mozart composed last.
Act 1
Scene 1: A rough, rocky landscape
Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is pursued by a serpent and asks the gods to save him (aria: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!" segued into trio: "Stirb, Ungeheuer, durch uns're Macht!"). He faints, and three ladies, attendants of the Queen of the Night, appear an ... Read More
The Magic Flute
Opera
Events in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Cultural Centre - Grand Theatre
10 Oct 2025, Fri
•
7:30 PM
Aida is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had it...
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
Opera National de Paris, Opéra Bastille
10 Oct 2025, Fri
•
7:30 PM
While the context of the work’s creation owes much to the Egyptomania in vogue in the 19th century, the themes of Aida are as timeless as they are universal. This is reflecte...
Cast:
Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris,
Piotr Beczala,
.... + 6
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
Aida
Opera
10 Oct 2025, Fri
•
8 PM
The opera is newly staged with a splendid cast in the care of Marco Armiliato.
Cast:
Marco Armiliato,
Vittorio Grigolo,
.... + 7
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
Events in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Cultural Centre - Grand Theatre
11 Oct 2025, Sat
•
2:30 PM
Aida is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had it...
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
Semperoper Dresden, Semperoper Dresden
11 Oct 2025, Sat
•
7 PM
In answer to Tamino’s question about who he is, Papageno says "A man like you". Tamino’s reply to the counter-question is that he comes from "princely blood". Thus it i...
Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cast:
Staatskapelle Dresden,
Dalia Medovnikov,
.... + 5
Die Zauberflöte
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
First elevator
Prince Tamino is chased by a wild snake. At the last minute, three mysterious women, emissaries of the Queen of the Night, save him. When the bird catcher Papageno shows up and brags about the heroic deed, they punish him. On the other hand, they give the prince a picture of Pamina, the daughter of the queen, who is imprisoned by the ruler of the sun temple, Sarastro. Tamino falls ... Read More
Die Zauberflöte
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