This month we'll hear from the Los Angeles Opera, the Chicago Symphony Opera and the Royal Danish Opera. Here we see the Royal Danish Opera House in Copenhagen that was finished in February 2008 and had its grand opening on 16 February 2008, with the premiere of “Hamlet”. The construction started in October 2004, giving a construction time of just over three years.
8/1 Bizet: Carmen (LA Opera)
CAST:
Carmen Ana María Martínez
Don José Brandon Jovanovich
Micaëla Amanda Woodbury
Escamillo Alexander Vinogradov
Frasquita Liv Redpath
Mercédès Kelley O’Connor
Le Remendado Brian Michael Moore
Le Dancaïre Theo Hoffman
Zuniga Philip Cokorinos
Moralès Juan Carlos Heredia
8/8 Mozart: The Clemency of Titus (in Italian) (LA Opera)
CAST:
Titus: Russell Thomas
Vitellia: Guanqun Yu
Sesto: Elizabeth DeShong
Servilia: Janai Brugger
Annio: Taylor Raven
Publio: James Creswell
8/15 Puccini: La bohème (in French) (LA Opera)
CAST:
Mimi: Marina Costa-Jackson
Rodolfo: Saimir Pirgu
Musetta: Erica Petrocelli
Marcello: Kihun Yoon
Colline: Nicholas Brownlee
Schaunard: Michael J. Hawk
Alcindoro: Patrick Blackwell
Parpignol: Robert Stahley
8/22 Verdi: Aida (Chicago Symphony Opera)
Cast:
Aida Krassimira Stoyanova
Amneris Anita Rachvelishvili
Radamès Francesco Meli
Amonasro Kiril Manolov
Ramfis Ildar Abdrazakov
the King Eric Owens
the Messenger Issachah Savage
the Priestess Kimberly Gunderson and Tasha Koontz
8/29 Monteverdi: L’Orfeo (in Italian) (Royal Danish Opera)
CAST:
Orfeo Marc Mauillon, baritone
Euridice Sofie Lund-Tonnesen, soprano
La Musica/Speranza Ellen Larsson, soprano
Ninfa/Proserpina Philippa Cold, soprano
Messagiera Mia Bergström, mezzo-soprano
Pastore Thomas Lichtenecker, countertenor,
Pastore/Eco Gerald Geerink, tenor
Apollo Mark Milhofer, tenor
Caronte Kyungil Ko, bass
Plutone Nicolai Elsberg, bass
Spirito Joel Kyhle, bass
