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WFMT's Opera series in August includes Der Rosenkavalier, Sat 8/30 @ 1pm

8/2 Bernstein: (double bill) Trouble in Tahiti (Royal Ballet and Opera, London, England) and A Quiet Place (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)

Trouble in Tahiti:
CAST:
Henry Neill (Sam)
Wallis Giunta (Dinah)
Kirsty McLean (Trio)
Guy Elliott (Trio)
Peer Edge (Trio).

A Quiet Place:
CAST:
Grant Doyle (Sam)
Henry Neill (Junior)
Rowan Pierce (Dede)
Elgan Llŷr Thomas (François).

8/9 Puccini:  Turandot (Royal Ballet and Opera, London, England)
CAST:
Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot)
SeokJong Baek (Calaf)
Gemma Summerfield (Liù)
Adam Palka (Timur)
Paul Hopwood (Altoum)
Hansung Yoo (Ping)
Aled Hall (Pang)
Michael Gibson (Pong)
Ossian Huskinson (A Mandarin)

8/16 Wagner: Die Walküre  (Royal Ballet and Opera in London, England)
CAST:
Christopher Maltman (Wotan)
Elisabet Strid (Brünnhilde)
Natalya Romaniw (Sieglinde)
Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Siegmund)
Soloman Howard (Hunding)
Marina Prudenskaya (Fricka)
Maida Hundeling (Helmwige)
Kaie Lowe (Ortlinde)
Lee Bisset (Gerhilde)
Claire Barnett-Jones (Waltraute)
Catherine Carby (Siegrune)
Alison Kettlewell (Rossweisse)
Monika-Evelin Liiv (Grimgerde)
Rhonda Browne (Schwertleite)
 

8/23 Massenet:  Werther  (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France)
CAST:
Benjamin Bernheim (Werther)
Marina Viotti (Charlotte)
Jean-Sébastien Bou (Albert)
Sandra Hamaoui (Sophie)
Marc Scoffoni (The bailiff)
Yuri Kissin (Johann)
Rodolphe Briand (Schmidt)

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8/30 R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier  (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France)
CAST:
Marlis Petersen (The Marschallin)
Marina Viotti (Octavian)
Regula Mühlemann (Sophie)
Peter Rose (Baron Ochs)
Jean-Sébastien Bou (Faninal)
Éléonore Pancrazi (Annina)
Kresimir Spicer (Valzacchi)
Laurène Paternò (Marianne)
François Piolino (Major-domo)
Yoann Le Lan (Innkeeper)