7/1 John Adams: Nixon in China (Opéra de Paris)
CAST:
Richard Nixon - Thomas Hampson
Pat Nixon - Renée Fleming
Zhou Enlai - Xiaomeng Zhang
Henry Kissinger - Joshua Bloom
Nancy Tang, First Secretary to Mao - Yajie Zhang
Mao Zedong - John Matthew Myers
Chiang Ch’ing - Kathleen Kim
Second Secretary to Mao - Ning Liang
Third Secretary to Mao - Emanuela Pascu
7/8 Saverio Mercadante: Il Proscritto (Opera Rara; Britten Sinfonia & Opera Rara Chorus)
CAST:
Giorgio Argyll - Ramón Vargas
Arturo Murray - Iván Ayón-Rivas
Malvina Douglas - Irene Roberts
Odoardo Douglas - Elizabeth DeShong
Anna Ruthven - Sally Matthews
Guglielmo Ruthven - Goderdzi Janelidze
Clara - Susana Gaspar
Osvaldo - Alessandro Fisher
An Officer of Cromwell - Niall Anderson
7/15 Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata (Munich Radio Opera)
CAST:
Giselda, daughter of Arvino - Nino Machaidze
Viclinda, wife of Arvino - Réka Kristóf
Oronte, son of Acciano - Piero Pretti
Pirro, Arvino’s squire - Miklós Sebestyén
Arvino, son of Lord Folco - Galeano Salas
Pagano/Hermit, son of Lord Folco - Michele Pertusi
Sofia, wife of Acciano - Ruth Volpert
Prior of Milan - Nikolaus Pfannkuch
Acciano, ruler of Antioch - Andreas Burkhart
7/22 Berg: Wozzeck (Royal Opera, Covent Garden)
CAST:
Wozzeck - Christian Gerhaher
Marie - Anja Kampe
The Captain - Peter Hoare
The Doctor - Brindley Sherratt
Margret - Rosie Aldridge
The Drum-Major - Clay Hilley
Andres - Sam Furness
7/29 Leonardo Vinci: Li zite ‘ngalera (La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Italy)
CAST:
Carlo Celmino - Francesca Aspromonte
Belluccia Mariano - Chiara Amarù
Ciomma Palummo - Francesca Pia Vitale
Federico Mariano - Filippo Morace
Meneca Vernillo - Alberto Allegrezza
Titta Castagna - Filippo Mineccia
Ciccariello - Raffaele Pé
Col’Agnolo - Antonino Siragusa
Repisto Marco - Filippo Romano
Assann - Matías Moncada
Na Schiavottella - Fan Zhou