5/18 Verdi: Falstaff
CAST:
Sir Bryn Terfel, baritone Sir John Falstaff, a fat knight
Ana Maria Martínez, soprano Alice Ford, wife of Ford
Simon Keenlyside, baritone Ford, a wealthy man
Anna Prohaska, soprano Nanetta, the Fords' daughter
Frédéric Antoun, tenor Fenton, one of Nannetta's suitors
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto Mistress Quickly
Marie McLaughlin, mezzo-soprano Meg Page
Peter Hoare, tenor Dr. Caius
Michael Colvin, tenor Bardolph
Craig Colclough, bass Pistol
5/25 Wagner: Das Rheingold, Part I of ‘The Ring of the Nibelung’
CAST:
John Lundgren, bass-baritone Wotan
Johannes-Martin Kränzle, baritone Alberich
Alan Oke, tenor Loge
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, contralto Erda
Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano Fricka
Lise Davidsen, soprano Freia
Markus Eiche, baritone Donner
Andrew Staples, tenor Froh
Gerhard Siegel, tenor Mime
Günther Groissböck, bass-baritone Fasolt
Brindley Sherratt, bass Fafner
Lauren Fagan, soprano Woglinde
Christina Bock, mezzo-soprano Wellgunde
Angela Simkin, mezzo-soprano Flosshilde