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Semperoper Dresden, Semperoper Dresden
22 Nov 2026, Sun
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6 PM
In cooperation with the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Semperoper presents "Don Carlo" in the four-act Italian version of 1884, supplemented by a new instrumental prologue by composer Ma...
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Angel Blue,
Staatskapelle Dresden,
.... + 8
Don Carlo
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1867,
Opéra National de Paris
Act 1
This act was omitted in the 1883 revision
The Forest of Fontainebleau, France in winter
A prelude and chorus of woodcutters and their wives is heard. They complain of their hard life, made worse by war with Spain. Elisabeth, daughter of the King of France, arrives with her attendants. She reassures the people that her impending marriage to Don Carlos, Infante and son of Philip II, King of ... Read More
Opera
Hungarian State Opera House, Opera House
22 Nov 2026, Sun
•
6 PM
The productions by the Catalan director Calixto Bieito, the “Quentin Tarantino of the opera stage”, cut incisively into the reality of their stories, making them shockingly provocative. An...
Composer:
Georges Bizet
Cast:
Hungarian State Opera Chorus,
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra,
.... + 6
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
Bavarian State Opera, National Theatre
22 Nov 2026, Sun
•
7 PM
The most world-renowned opera in a classically beautiful production, the legacy of stage director August Everding. The snake still breathes "real" fire, the Queen of the Night is still reall...
Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cast:
Bavarian State Orchestra,
Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera,
.... + 14
Die Zauberflöte
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
Background
When Pamina's father died his wife, the Queen of the Night, lost her power, because he had handed the seal of the seven circles of the sun to the initiates. Sarastro is now administering the Sun King's legacy.
The Queen of the Night is not willing to submit to being directed by the wise men around Sarastro. She endeavours to regain her former power.
In order to foil her plans ... Read More
Opera
24 Nov 2026, Tue
•
6 PM
A thrilling fusion of music, drama, and cutting-edge stagecraft, Teatro Colón’s new production of Die Walküre is an unforgettable operatic experience — majestic, gripping, and ...
Composer:
Richard Wagner
Cast:
Alejo Pérez, Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón
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
Hungarian State Opera House, Opera House
24 Nov 2026, Tue
•
6 PM
The productions by the Catalan director Calixto Bieito, the “Quentin Tarantino of the opera stage”, cut incisively into the reality of their stories, making them shockingly provocative. An...
Cast:
Hungarian State Opera Chorus,
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra,
.... + 6
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
Bavarian State Opera, National Theatre
24 Nov 2026, Tue
•
7 PM
All of Paris is magically transported onto the stage here. So beautiful you could cry!
Cast:
Bavarian State Orchestra,
Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera,
.... + 12
La Bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Act I
Poet Rodolfo and painter Marcello are sitting in their cold garret on Christmas Eve, freezing, hungry and flat broke as usual. To warm up the room just a little, Rodolfo burns a play script he had been working on. Downtrodden, Colline the philosopher returns home after finding the pawnshop closed for the holidays. Musician Schaunard, the final member of this quartet of friends, has been a bi ... Read More
Opera
24 Nov 2026, Tue
•
7 PM
One of the opera world's most iconic pieces – Tosca.
Cast:
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus, Royal Swedish Orchestra
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
Vienna State Opera, Main Stage
24 Nov 2026, Tue
•
7 PM
The poetic production by the Hollywood director Anthony Minghella, who died in 2008, worked with Japanese stylistic elements and was co-produced by the Metropolitan Opera New York, the English Nationa...
Cast:
Vienna State Opera Orchestra,
Giampaolo Bisanti,
.... + 4
Madama Butterfly
Premiere of this production:
17 February 1904,
La Scala, Milan
Act 1
A Lieutnant of the US Navy, Pinkerton by name, is having a look at a house near Nagasaki which he hopes to rent from his owner, Goro, for his honeymoon with Cho-Cho-San whom, as was then the custom, he is thinking of making his temporary wife while in Japan. Nothing that Suzuki, Cho-cho-San's maid, and Goro tell him about her will induce him to change his mind, and the warning of the US ... Read More
Opera
24 Nov 2026, Tue
•
7 PM
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) is Mozart's final opera and one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of musical theatre. Combining fairy tale, comedy, philosophy, and Masonic symboli...
Cast:
China NCPA Chorus, China NCPA Orchestra
A Co-production by the NCPA and Opéra National de Bordeaux – Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte
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
Opera
Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
24 Nov 2026, Tue
•
7:30 PM
With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking.
Cast:
Karel Mark Chichon,
Aleksandra Kurzak,
.... + 5
La Bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
ACT I
Paris, in the 1830s. In their Latin Quarter garret, the near-destitute artist Marcello and poet Rodolfo try to keep warm on Christmas Eve by feeding the stove with pages from Rodolfo’s latest drama. They are soon joined by their roommates—Colline, a philosopher, and Schaunard, a musician, who brings food, fuel, and funds he has collected from an eccentric nobleman. While th ... Read More
La Bohème
Opera
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Main Stage
24 Nov 2026, Tue
•
7:30 PM
Mozart's MAGIC FLUTE is the most frequently performed opera in the German-speaking world.
Cast:
Tomáš Netopil,
Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin,
.... + 7
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
Opera
25 Nov 2026, Wed
•
6 PM
A thrilling fusion of music, drama, and cutting-edge stagecraft, Teatro Colón’s new production of Die Walküre is an unforgettable operatic experience — majestic, gripping, and ...
Cast:
Alejo Pérez, Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón
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
25 Nov 2026, Wed
•
7 PM
In the Fondazione Arena production, the encounters, pranks, and clashes are Puccini's, always against the backdrop of a youth revolution in Paris, which, however, on stage in Verona, will be that ...
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Gianna Fratta,
Bianca Tognocchi,
.... + 4
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
25 Nov 2026, Wed
•
7 PM
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) is Mozart's final opera and one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of musical theatre. Combining fairy tale, comedy, philosophy, and Masonic symboli...
Cast:
China NCPA Chorus, China NCPA Orchestra
A Co-production by the NCPA and Opéra National de Bordeaux – Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte
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
Opera
26 Nov 2026, Thu
•
6 PM
A thrilling fusion of music, drama, and cutting-edge stagecraft, Teatro Colón’s new production of Die Walküre is an unforgettable operatic experience — majestic, gripping, and ...
Cast:
Alejo Pérez, Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón
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
Hungarian State Opera House, Opera House
26 Nov 2026, Thu
•
6 PM
The productions by the Catalan director Calixto Bieito, the “Quentin Tarantino of the opera stage”, cut incisively into the reality of their stories, making them shockingly provocative. An...
Cast:
Hungarian State Opera Chorus,
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra,
.... + 6
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
26 Nov 2026, Thu
•
7 PM
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) is Mozart's final opera and one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of musical theatre. Combining fairy tale, comedy, philosophy, and Masonic symboli...
Cast:
China NCPA Chorus, China NCPA Orchestra
A Co-production by the NCPA and Opéra National de Bordeaux – Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte
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
Opera
27 Nov 2026, Fri
•
6 PM
A thrilling fusion of music, drama, and cutting-edge stagecraft, Teatro Colón’s new production of Die Walküre is an unforgettable operatic experience — majestic, gripping, and ...
Cast:
Alejo Pérez, Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón
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
Semperoper Dresden, Semperoper Dresden
27 Nov 2026, Fri
•
6 PM
In cooperation with the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Semperoper presents "Don Carlo" in the four-act Italian version of 1884, supplemented by a new instrumental prologue by composer Ma...
Cast:
Angel Blue,
Staatskapelle Dresden,
.... + 8
Don Carlo
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1867,
Opéra National de Paris
Act 1
This act was omitted in the 1883 revision
The Forest of Fontainebleau, France in winter
A prelude and chorus of woodcutters and their wives is heard. They complain of their hard life, made worse by war with Spain. Elisabeth, daughter of the King of France, arrives with her attendants. She reassures the people that her impending marriage to Don Carlos, Infante and son of Philip II, King of ... Read More
Opera
Bavarian State Opera, National Theatre
27 Nov 2026, Fri
•
6 PM
The most world-renowned opera in a classically beautiful production, the legacy of stage director August Everding. The snake still breathes "real" fire, the Queen of the Night is still reall...
Cast:
Bavarian State Orchestra,
Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera,
.... + 14
Die Zauberflöte
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
Background
When Pamina's father died his wife, the Queen of the Night, lost her power, because he had handed the seal of the seven circles of the sun to the initiates. Sarastro is now administering the Sun King's legacy.
The Queen of the Night is not willing to submit to being directed by the wise men around Sarastro. She endeavours to regain her former power.
In order to foil her plans ... Read More
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