The Royal Opera House. 2016/17 Season. Seven new upcoming productions, four of which are ‘premium’.
SuperStars of New Productions: Anna Netrebko as Norma, Sondra Radvanovsky as Manon, Bryn Terfel as Hans Sachs, Jonas Kaufmann as Otello.
Norma NEW. Norma – Anna Netrebko (12 September–8 October 2016)
Il barbiere di Siviglia (13 September–11 October 2016)
Così fan tutte NEW (22 September–19 October 2016)
Meet the Young Artists Week (St Clement Danes)
A Man of Good Hope (Young Vic) (6 October–12 November 2016)
The Nose NEW (20 October–9 November 2016)
Les Contes d’Hoffmann (7 November–3 December 2016)
Oreste NEW (Wilton’s Music Hall) (8 November–19 November 2016)
Manon Lescaut. Manon – Sondra Radvanovsky (22 November–12 Dec. 2016)
Il trovatore (4 December 2016–9 February 2017)
Der Rosenkavalier NEW (17 December 2016–24 January 2017)
Written on Skin (13–30 January 2017)
La traviata (16 January–4 July 2017)
Adriana Lecouvreur (7 February–2 March 2017)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg NEW. Hans Sachs – Bryn Terfel (11–31 March 2017)
Madama Butterfly (23 March–25 April 2017)
The Exterminating Angel NEW (24 April–8 May 2017)
Don Carlo (12 May–29 May 2017)
Ravi Shankar project (May 2017)
Otello NEW. Otello – Jonas Kaufmann (21, 24, 28 Jun, 2, 6, 10 Jul)(21 June–15 July 2017)
Mitridate, re di Ponto (26 June–7 July 2017)
Turandot (5 July–16 July 2017)
Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance (16 July 2017)
By Rose Slavin (Assistant Content Producer):
Anna Netrebko
Norma NEW (12 September–8 October 2016). Live cinema relay: 26 September 2016
Vincenzo Bellini
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Director: Àlex Ollé
Antonio Pappano conducts an all-star cast led by Anna Netrebko and Joseph Calleja in a new production of Bellini’s operatic masterpiece, directed by Àlex Ollé of La Fura dels Baus.
Norma – Anna Netrebko
Pollione – Joseph Calleja
Adalgisa – Sonia Ganassi
Oroveso – Brindley Sherratt
Flavio – David Junghoon Kim
Clotilde – Vlada Borovko
Il barbiere di Siviglia (13 September–11 October 2016)
Gioachino Rossini
Conductor: Henrik Nánási
Director: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier
Henrik Nánási conducts a cast including Javier Camarena, Daniela Mack and Vito Priante in this revival of The Royal Opera’s sparkling production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville.
Rosina – Daniela Mack
Count Almaviva – Javier Camarena
Figaro – Vito Priante (Sept) / Florian Sempey (Oct)
Doctor Bartolo – José Fardilha
Don Basilio – Ferruccio Furlanetto (Sept) / Carlo Lepore (Oct)
Berta – Madeleine Pierard
Fiorello – Gyula Nagy
Così fan tutte NEW (22 September–19 October 2016) Live cinema relay: 17 October 2016
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov (except 19 Oct) / Paul Wynne Griffiths (19 Oct)
Director: Jan Philipp Gloger
Semyon Bychkov conducts a cast of young and up-and-coming talent including American soprano Corinne Winters in a new production of Mozart and Da Ponte’s opera on the nature of love.
Fiordiligi – Corinne Winters
Dorabella – Angela Brower
Ferrando – Daniel Behle
Guglielmo – Alessio Arduini
Don Alfonso – Johannes Martin Kränzle
Despina – Sabina Puértolas
Meet the Young Artists Week (St Clement Danes)
The annual Meet the Young Artists Week gives audiences a chance to meet the new intake of the stars of tomorrow, and hear them perform with those continuing for their second season.
Monday lunchtime recital – 3 October at 1pm
Vlada Borovko, Francesca Chiejina, Jennifer Davis, Emily Edmonds, Angela Simkin, Thomas Atkins, David Junghoon Kim, Gyula Nagy and Simon Shibambu perform operatic arias and ensembles, accompanied by David Gowland.
Tuesday lunchtime recital – 4 October at 1.30pm
Francesca Chiejina and Thomas Atkins perform art songs, accompanied by David Gowland.
Director’s workshop – 6 October at 1pm
Richard Gerard Jones works with Angela Simkin, Gyula Nagy and Simon Shibambu on Handel’s Oreste, which the Programme will present at Wilton’s Music Hall in November.
Juke Box – 9 October at 12.30pm and 6pm
Two separate events presented by all the available Young Artists: the audience at the lunchtime session choose the repertory for the evening recital, followed by an opportunity to meet the Young Artists over a glass of wine.
A Man of Good Hope (Young Vic) (6 October–12 November 2016)
Based on the book by Jonny Steinberg, adapted by Isango Ensemble
Conductor: Mandisi Dyantyis
Director: Mark Dornford-May
Award-winning South African theatre company Isango Ensemble tell the true story of a young refugee’s journey through Africa, based on the book by Jonny Steinberg.
Noluthando Boqwana, Ayanda Eleki, Zamile Gantana, Sifiso Lupuzi, Pauline Malefane, Bongiwe Mapassa, Zanele Mbatha, Katlego Mmusi, Zoleka Mpotsha, Busisiwe Ngejane, Sonwabo Ntshata, Luvo Rasemeni, Masakane Sotayisi, Luvo Tamba, Ayanda Tikolo
The Nose NEW (20 October–9 November 2016)
Dmitry Shostakovich / New English translation David Pountney
Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher
Director: Barrie Kosky
Barrie Kosky makes his Royal Opera debut with a new production of Shostakovich’s surrealist satire, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and translated by David Pountney.
Platon Kuzmitch Kovalev – Martin Winkler
Ivan Iakolevitch/Clerk/Doctor – John Tomlinson
Osipovna/Pretzel Seller – Rosie Aldridge
The Nose – Alexander Lewis
District Inspector – Alexander Kravets
Old Lady – Susan Bickley
Iaryzhkin – Peter Bronder
Pelageya Podtotschina – Helene Schneiderman
Podtotschina’s daughter – Ailish Tynan
Ivan – Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Ensemble – Daniel Auchincloss, Paul Carey Jones, Alasdair Elliott, Alan Ewing, Hubert Francis, Sion Goronwy, Njabulo Madlala, Charbel Mattar, Samuel Sakker, Michael J. Scott, Nicholas Sharratt, David Shipley, Jeremy White, Simon Wilding and Yuriy Yurchuk
Les Contes d’Hoffmann (7 November–3 December 2016) Live cinema relay: 15 November 2016
Jacques Offenbach
Conductor: Evelino Pidò
Director: John Schlesinger
Vittorio Grigolo and Leonardo Capalbo share the title role and lead an excellent cast including Thomas Hampson, Sonya Yoncheva, Christine Rice and Sofia Fomina in Offenbach’s fantastical operatic drama The Tales of Hoffmann.
Hoffmann – Vittorio Grigolo (except 28 Nov, 3 Dec) / Leonardo Capalbo (28 Nov, 3 Dec)
Four Villains – Thomas Hampson
Olympia – Sofia Fomina
Giulietta – Christine Rice
Antonia – Sonya Yoncheva
Nicklausse – Kate Lindsey
Spalanzani – Christophe Mortagne
Crespel – Eric Halfvarson
Four Servants – Vincent Ordonneau
Spirit of Antonia’s Mother – Catherine Carby
Nathanael – David Junghoon Kim
Hermann – Charles Rice
Schlemil – Yuriy Yurchuk
Luther – Jeremy White
Oreste NEW (Wilton’s Music Hall) (8 November–19 November 2016)
George Frideric Handel
Conductor: James Hendry
Director: Richard Gerard Jones
Southbank Sinfonia
See the opera stars of tomorrow in a blackly comic production of Handel’s masterful pasticcio, in the atmospheric setting of Wilton’s Music Hall.
Ermione – Vlada Borovko
Ifigenia – Jennifer Davis
Oreste – Angela Simkin
Pilade – Thomas Atkins
Filotete – Gyula Nagy
Toante – Simon Shibambu
Manon Lescaut (22 November–12 December 2016)
Giacomo Puccini
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Director: Jonathan Kent
Antonio Pappano conducts Sondra Radvanovsky and Aleksandrs Antonenko in the first revival of Jonathan Kent’s thought-provoking production of Puccini’s first operatic triumph.
Manon Lescaut – Sondra Radvanovsky
Chevalier Des Grieux – Aleksandrs Antonenko
Lescaut – Levente Molnár
Geronte di Revoir – Eric Halfvarson
Edmondo – Luis Gomes
Dancing Master – Aled Hall
Singer – Emily Edmonds
Lamplighter – David Junghoon Kim
Sergeant – David Shipley
Naval Captain – Nicholas Crawley
Il trovatore (4 December 2016–9 February 2017) Live cinema relay: 31 January 2017
Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Richard Farnes
Director: David Bösch
The first revival of David Bösch’s new production for The Royal Opera, with two casts including Maria Agresta, Roberto Alagna, Lianna Haroutounian, Anita Rachvelishvili and Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
Leonora – Maria Agresta (Dec) / Lianna Haroutounian (Jan, Feb)
Manrico – Roberto Alagna (Dec) / Gregory Kunde (Jan, Feb)
Count di Luna – Quinn Kelsey (Dec) / Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Jan, Feb)
Azucena – Anita Rachvelishvili
Ferrando – Gábor Bretz (Dec) / Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Jan, Feb)
Inez – Jennifer Davis (Dec) / Francesca Chiejina (Jan, Feb)
Ruiz – David Junghoon Kim (Dec) / Samuel Sakker (Jan, Feb)
Der Rosenkavalier NEW (17 December 2016–24 January 2017)
Richard Strauss
Conductor: Andris Nelsons
Director: Robert Carsen
Andris Nelsons conducts two starry casts including Renée Fleming, Alice Coote and Rachel Willis-Sørensen in Robert Carsen’s new production of Richard Strauss’s charming operatic comedy.
Marschallin – Renée Fleming (17, 20 Dec, 8, 11, 14 Jan) / Rachel Willis-Sørensen (22 Dec, 17, 24 Jan)
Octavian – Alice Coote (17, 20 Dec, 8, 11, 14 Jan) / Anna Stéphany (22 Dec, 17, 24 Jan)
Sophie von Faninal – Sophie Bevan
Baron Ochs – Matthew Rose
Faninal – Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Valzacchi – Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Annina – Helene Schneiderman (except 8, 11, 14 Jan) / Angela Simkin (8, 11, 14 Jan)
Italian Singer – Giorgio Berrugi
Marschallin’s Major Domo – Samuel Sakker
Faninal’s Major Domo – Thomas Atkins
Marianne – Miranda Keys
Inn Keeper – Alasdair Elliot
Police Inspector – Scott Conner
Notary – Jeremy White
Written on Skin (13–30 January 2017)
George Benjamin
Conductor: George Benjamin
Director: Katie Mitchell
George Benjamin conducts a superb cast in The Royal Opera’s first revival of his and Martin Crimp’s highly acclaimed opera– an unmissable event in contemporary music.
The Protector – Christopher Purves
Agnès – Barbara Hannigan (13, 23, 30 Jan) / Georgia Jarman (18, 27 Jan)
Angel 1/The Boy – Iestyn Davies
Angel 2/Marie – Victoria Simmonds
Angel 3/John – Mark Padmore
La traviata (16 January–4 July 2017), BP Big Screen: 4 July 2017
Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Daniele Rustioni (Jan, Feb) / Maurizio Benini (Jun) / Christopher Willis (Jul)
Director: Richard Eyre
Joyce El-Khoury, Ekaterina Bakanova and Corinne Winters lead three excellent casts in Richard Eyre’s much-loved production of Verdi’s most famous opera.
Violetta Valéry – Joyce El-Khoury (Jan, Feb) / Ekaterina Bakanova (14, 17, 20, 23, 25 Jun) / Corinne Winters (27, 30 Jun, 4 Jul)
Alfredo Germont – Sergey Romanovsky (16, 19, 25 Jan, 1 Feb) / Liparit Avetisyan (28 Jan) / Atalla Ayan (Jun, Jul)
Giorgio Germont – Artur Ruciński (Jan, Feb) / Nicola Alaimo (14, 17, 20, 23, 25 Jun) / George Petean (27, 30 Jun, 4 Jul)
Annina – Elizabeth Sikora (Jan, Feb) / Sarah Pring (Jun, Jul)
Flora Bervoix – Angela Simkin
Baron Douphol – Yuriy Yurchuk (Jan, Feb) / Gyula Nagy (Jun, Jul)
Doctor Grenvil – David Shipley
Gastone de Letorières – David Junghoon Kim (Jan, Feb) / Samuel Sakker (Jun, Jul)
Marquis d’Obigny – Jeremy White
Giuseppe – Neil Gillespie
Servant – Michael Lessiter
Adriana Lecouvreur (7 February–2 March 2017)
Francesco Cilea
Conductor: Daniel Oren
Director: David McVicar
Angela Gheorghiu and Hrachuhi Bassenz star in the first revival of David McVicar’s sumptuous production of Cilea’s tragic opera.
Adriana Lecouvreur – Angela Gheorghiu (except 21 Feb, 2 Mar) / Hrachuhi Bassenz (21 Feb, 2 Mar)
Maurizio – Brian Jagde
Abbé di Chazeuil – Krystian Adam
Princesse de Bouillon – Ksenia Dudnikova
Prince de Bouillon – Bálint Szabó
Michonnet – Gerald Finley (except 27 Feb; 2 Mar) / Alessandro Corbelli (27 Feb; 2 Mar)
Mlle Jouvenot – Vlada Borovko
Mlle Dangeville – Angela Simkin
Poisson – Thomas Atkins
Quinault – Simon Shibambu
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg NEW (11–31 March 2017)
Richard Wagner
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Director: Kasper Holten
Kasper Holten makes his farewell as The Royal Opera’s Director of Opera with Wagner’s comic opera, conducted by Antonio Pappano and starring Bryn Terfel.
Hans Sachs – Bryn Terfel
Walther von Stolzing – Gwyn Hughes Jones
Eva – Rachel Willis-Sørensen
Sixtus Beckmesser – Johannes Martin Kränzle
Veit Pogner – Stephen Milling
David – Allan Clayton
Magdalene – Hanna Hipp
Fritz Kothner – Sebastian Holecek
Kunz Vogelgesang – Andrew Tortise
Balthazar Zorn – Alasdair Elliott
Konrad Nachtigall – Gyula Nagy
Ulrich Eisslinger – Samuel Sakker
Augustin Moser – David Junghoon Kim
Hermann Ortel – John Cunningham
Hans Schwarz – Jeremy White
Hans Foltz – Brian Bannatyne-Scott
Nightwatchman – David Shipley
Madama Butterfly (23 March–25 April 2017) Live cinema relay: 30 March 2017
Giacomo Puccini
Conductor: Antonio Pappano (Mar, 4, 7, 10 Apr) / Renato Balsadonna (13, 17, 20, 22, 25 Apr)
Directors: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier
Antonio Pappano and Renato Balsadonna conduct two great casts led by Ermonela Jaho and Ana María Martínez in Puccini’s deeply poignant opera.
Cio-Cio-San – Ermonela Jaho (Mar, 4, 7, 10 Apr) / Ana María Martínez (13, 17, 20, 22, 25 Apr)
Pinkerton – Marcelo Puente (Mar, 4, 7, 10 Apr) / Teodor Ilincai (13, 17, 20, 22, 25 Apr)
Sharpless – Scott Hendricks
Goro – Carlo Bosi
Suzuki – Elizabeth DeShong
Bonze – Jeremy White
Kate Pinkerton – Emily Edmonds
Imperial Commissioner – Gyula Nagy
Prince Yamadori – Yuriy Yurchuk
The Exterminating Angel NEW (24 April–8 May 2017)
Thomas Adès
Conductor: Thomas Adès
Director: Tom Cairns
Thomas Adès conducts a huge ensemble cast of world-class singers in the UK premiere of his latest opera, inspired by Luis Buñuel’s iconic film.
Leonora – Anne Sofie von Otter
Blanca – Christine Rice
Nobile – Charles Workman
Lucia – Amanda Echalaz
Raúl – Frédéric Antoun
Doctor – John Tomlinson
Roc – Thomas Allen
Francisco – Iestyn Davies
Eduardo – Ed Lyon
Leticia – Audrey Luna
Silvia – Sally Matthews
Beatriz – Sophie Bevan
Lucas – Hubert Francis
Enrique – Samuel Sakker
Seńor Russell – Sten Byriel
Colonel – David Adam Moore
Julio – Morgan Moody
Pablo – James Cleverton
Meni – Elizabeth Atherton
Camila – Anne Marie Gibbons
Don Carlo (12 May–29 May 2017)
Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Bertrand de Billy conducts a cast led by Bryan Hymel and Krassimira Stoyanova in Nicholas Hytner’s acclaimed production of Verdi’s opera on love, ambition and intrigue in 16th-century Spain.
Don Carlo – Bryan Hymel
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa – Ludovic Tézier
Elizabeth of Valois – Krassimira Stoyanova
King Philip II – Ildar Abdrazakov
Princess Eboli – Ekaterina Semenchuk
Grand Inquisitor – Paata Burchuladze
Frate – Andrea Mastroni
Voice from Heaven – Francesca Chiejina
Tebaldo – Emily Edmonds
Count of Lerma – David Junghoon Kim
Flemish Deputies – James Cleverton, Gyula Nagy, Simon Shibambu, David Shipley and Yuriy Yurchuk
Ravi Shankar project (May 2017)
The iconic Indian musician Ravi Shankar is celebrated in a major new touring project, a co-production between The Royal Opera and London Philharmonic Orchestra in association with Curve Theatre, Leicester. More details to be announced in due course.
L’elisir d’amore (27 May–22 June 2017)
Gaetano Donizetti
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy
Director: Laurent Pelly
Laurent Pelly’s sunny production of Donizetti’s joyous opera returns with two world-class casts, led by Pretty Yende and Rolando Villazón, and Aleksandra Kurzak and Roberto Alagna.
Adina – Pretty Yende (May, 3, 6, 11 Jun) / Aleksandra Kurzak (13, 16, 19, 22 Jun)
Nemorino – Rolando Villazón (May, 3, 6 Jun) / Ivan Magrì (11 Jun) / Roberto Alagna (13, 16, 19, 22 Jun)
Dulcamara – Alex Esposito
Belcore – Paolo Bordogna (May, 3, 6, 11 Jun) / Adam Plachetka (13, 16, 19, 22 Jun)
Giannetta – Vlada Borovko
Otello NEW (21 June–15 July 2017). Live cinema relay: 28 June 2017
Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Director: Keith Warner
Antonio Pappano conducts a new production of Verdi’s thrilling Shakespeare-inspired opera directed by Keith Warner, starring Jonas Kaufmann and Gregory Kunde in the title role.
Otello – Jonas Kaufmann (21, 24, 28 Jun, 2, 6, 10 Jul) / Gregory Kunde (8, 12, 15 Jul)
Desdemona – Maria Agresta (21, 24, 28 Jun, 2, 6, 10 Jul) / Dorothea Röschmann (8, 12, 15 Jul)
Iago – Ludovic Tézier (21, 24, 28 Jun, 2, 6, 10 Jul) / Željko Lučić (8, 12, 15 Jul)
Cassio – Frédéric Antoun
Roderigo – Thomas Atkins
Emilia – Kai Rüütel
Montano – Simon Shibambu
Lodovico – In Sung Sim
Mitridate, re di Ponto (26 June–7 July 2017)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Director: Graham Vick
Christophe Rousset conducts an excellent cast including Albina Shagimuratova, Bejun Mehta, Lucy Crowe and Michael Spyres in Graham Vick’s acclaimed production of Mozart’s early opera.
Mitridate – Michael Spyres
Aspasia – Albina Shagimuratova
Farnace – Bejun Mehta
Ismene – Lucy Crowe
Marzio – Andrew Tortise
Sifare – Anett Fritsch
Arbate – Jennifer Davis
Turandot (5 July–16 July 2017)
Giacomo Puccini
Conductor: Dan Ettinger
Dir: Andrei Serban
Christine Goerke and Lise Lindstrom take the title role in Andrei Serban’s striking staging of Puccini’s final opera.
Turandot – Christine Goerke (5, 9, 12, 15 Jul) / Lise Lindstrom (8, 11, 14, 16 Jul)
Calaf – Aleksandrs Antonenko (5, 9, 12, 15 Jul) / Roberto Alagna (8, 11, 14 Jul) / Alfred Kim (16 Jul)
Liù – Dinara Alieva (5, 9, 12, 15 Jul) / Aleksandra Kurzak (8, 11, 14, 16 Jul)
Timur – In Sung Sim (5, 9, 12, 15 Jul) / Brindley Sherratt (8, 11, 14, 16 Jul)
Ping – Michel de Souza (5, 9, 12, 15 Jul) / Zheng Zhong Zhou (8, 11, 14, 16 Jul)
Pang – Aled Hall (5, 9, 12, 15 Jul) / Samuel Sakker (8, 11, 14, 16 Jul)
Pong – Pavel Petrov (5, 9, 12, 15 Jul) / David Junghoon Kim (8, 11, 14, 16 Jul)
Emperor Altoum – Robin Leggate
Mandarin – Yuriy Yurchuk
Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance (16 July 2017)
Director: Richard Gerard Jones
The annual summer showcase given by the Jette Parker Young Artists is an unmissable highlight for anyone interested in the work of some of the most talented emerging performers on the operatic stage.
Sopranos – Vlada Borovko, Francesca Chiejina, Jennifer Davis
Mezzo-sopranos – Emily Edmonds, Angela Simkin
Tenors – Thomas Atkins, David Junghoon Kim
Baritone – Gyula Nagy
Basses – Simon Shibambu, David Shipley
The Merchant of Venice NEW (Welsh National Opera) (19–20 July 2017)
André Tchaikowsky
Conductor: Lionel Friend
Director: Keith Warner
André Tchaikowsky’s Shakespeare-inspired opera is an important rediscovery in 20th-century opera and receives its London premiere in Welsh National Opera’s production, directed by Keith Warner
Shylock – Lester Lynch
Antonio – Martin Wölfel
Lorenzo – Bruce Sledge
Duke of Venice – Miklós Sebestyén
Bassanio – Mark Le Brocq
Solanio – Gary Griffiths
Gratiano – David Stout
Jessica – Lauren Michelle
Portia – Sarah Castle
Nerissa – Verena Gunz
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