Opera

Company The Royal Opera Inscenation Katie Mitchell Venue Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Conductor George Benjamin Concert Master Vasko Vassilev Angle 2/Marie Victoria Simmonds Angle 3/John Mark Padmore Angel 1/The Boy Iestyn Davies The Protector A Landowner Christopher Purves Agnès His wife Barbara Hannigan The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House An outstanding development in playwright Martin Crimp’s later career is his writing of texts for contemporary operas by George Benjamin, one of the leading composers of his generation: Written on Skin, a full-length opera, opened at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in 2012 in a superb production directed by Katie Mitchell. Now it is visiting London. ...

Timothy Vernon Conductor Serge Denoncourt Director Étienne Dupuis Young Simon Doucet Gino Quilico Old Simon Doucet Jean-Michel Richer Le Comte Vallier de Tilly Gordon Gietz Monseigneur Bilodeau Aaron St. Clair Nicholson La Comtesse Marie-Laure de Tilly Daniel Cabena Mademoiselle Lydie-Anne de Rozier James McLennan Jean Bilodeau Tomislav Lavoie Le Père Saint-Michel Patrick Mallette Le Baron de Hüe Claude Grenier Timothée Doucet Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal Choeur de l’Opéra de Montréal

Heinrich der Vogler Georg Zeppenfeld Lohengrin Piotr Beczała Elsa von Brabant Anna Netrebko Friedrich von Telramund Tomasz Konieczny Ortrud Evelyn Herlitzius Der Heerufer des Königs Derek Welton Vier brabantische Edle Tom Martinsen, Simeon Esper, Matthias Henneberg, Tilmann Rönnebeck Vier Edelknaben Jana Hohlfeld, Monika Harnisch, Annett Eckert, Furuta Masako Christian Thielemann Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden Sinfoniechor Dresden Extrachor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Stage director Christiane Mielitz Video director Tiziano Mancini

Elektra (Soprano) Evelyn Herlitzius Chrysothemis (Soprano) Edith Haller Klytämnestra (Mezzo-soprano) Gabriele Schnaut Orest (Baritone) Rene Pape Aegisth (Tenor) Ulrich Reß Der Pfleger des Orest (Bass) Christoph Stephinger Die Vertraute (Soprano) Marzia Marzo Die Schleppträgerin (Soprano) Anna Rajah Stage director Herbert Wernicke Conductor Simone Young Set designer Herbert Wernicke Costume designer Herbert Wernicke Lighting designer Herbert Wernicke Chorusmaster Sören Eckhoff

Hudební nastudování a dirigent Christian Thielemann Režie Willy Decker Scéna Wolfgang Gussmann Kostýmy Wolfgang Gussmann, Frauke Schernau Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Siegmund Christopher Ventris Hunding Georg Zeppenfeld Wotan Markus Marquardt Sieglinde Petra Lang Brünnhilde Nina Stemme Fricka Christa Mayer Helmwige Christiane Kohl Gerhilde Sonja Mühleck Ortlinde Irmgard Vilsmaier Waltraute Christina Bock Siegrune Julia Rutigliano Rossweisse Simone Schröder Grimgerde Constance Heller Schwertleite Nadine Weissmann

Spoluúčinkuje Kühnův smíšený sbor. S Šostakovič, Antiformalistický jarmark (o) Autor libreta Alexej Nikolajevič Tolstoj, Alexandr Starčakov Dirigent Jan Kučera Dramaturgie Ondřej Hučín, Pavel Graus Kostýmy Marija Havran Režie Sláva Daubnerová Sbormistr Marek Vorlíček Scéna Marija Havran Bavič, Hlas Oranga Roman Janál (Host) Basové sólo Jevhen Šokalo (Host) První cizinec Vladimír Doležal (Host) Druhý cizinec Jan Markvart (Vlastní) Zoolog Václav Sibera (Vlastní) Zuzana Eliška Gattringerová (Host) Paul Mache Jiří Hruška (Host) Armand Fleury Jaroslav Novák (Host) Renée Pavla Popelková (Host) Hlas z davu Pavel Borek (Host) Orango Martina Hajdyla Lacová (Host) Nasťa Terpsichorová, tanečnice Jade Clayton (Host) Klavír Martin Levický (Vlastní)

Dirigent Donald Runnicles Inszenierung August Everding Ausstattung Jürgen Rose Choreographie Ray Barra Chorleitung Ernst Dunshirn Amfortas Franz Grundheber Titurel Walter Fink Gurnemanz Franz-Josef Selig Parsifal Thomas Moser Klingsor Wolfgang Bankl Kundry Deborah Polaski

Conductor Donald Runnicles Original production by Nikolaus Lehnhoff Stage Director Andrei Serban Original production designed by John Conklin Revised by John Coyne First Norn Elena Zaremba Second Norn Catherine Cook Third Norn Kristine Ciesinski Brünnhilde Jane Eaglen Siegfried Wolfgang Schmidt Gunther David Okerlund Hagen Eric Halfvarson Gutrune Kristine Ciesinski Waltraute Marjana Lipovsek Alberich Tom Fox Woglinde Suzanne Ramo Wellgunde Elizabeth Bishop Flosshilde Elena Bocharova

Conductor Donald Runnicles Original production by Nikolaus Lehnhoff Stage Director Andrei Serban Original production designed by John Conklin Revised by John Coyne Mime Gary Rideout Siegfried Wolfgang Schmidt Wanderer (Wotan) James Morris Alberich Tom Fox Fafner Eric Halfvarson Forest Bird Suzanne Ramo Erda Elena Zaremba Brünnhilde Jane Eaglen

Conductor Donald Runnicles Original production by Nikolaus Lehnhoff Stage Director Andrei Serban Original production designed by John Conklin Revised by John Coyne Sieglinde Deborah Voigt Siegmund Mark Baker Hunding Reinhard Hagen Wotan James Morris Brünnhilde Jane Eaglen Fricka Marjana Lipovsek Ortlinde Nicolle Foland Schwertleite Ellen Rabiner Waltraute Alexandra Hughes Gerhilde Kristine Ciesinski Helmwige Claudia Waite Siegrune Elizabeth Bishop Grimgerde Kathryn Cowdrick Rossweisse Catherine Cook