The month begins with four more presentations by the Royal Opera. Then on 10/31 we travel to Hamburg Germany for the Hamburg State Opera's presentation of Bellini's Norma.
10/3 Britten: Death in Venice (in English) (Royal Opera)
CAST:
Gustav von Aschenbach Mark Padmore
Voice of Dionysus Sir Gerald Finley
Voice of Apollo Randall Scotting
Strawberry seller Rebecca Evans
Lace seller Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha
Danish lady Elizabeth Weisberg
English lady Katy Batho
Russian nanny Rosie Aldridge
German mother Hanna Hipp
Russian spinster Amanda Baldwin
French mother Rebecca Lodge Birkebaek
Hotel porter Colin Judson
Boy player Andrew Tortise
Glass maker Sam Furness
Steward Andrew O'Connor
English Clerk Dominic Sedgwick
German father Michael Mofidian
Lido boatman ByeongMin Gil
Russian father Dominic Barrand
Russian boy Matthew Prichard
French girl Adrianna Forbes-Dorant
Russian girl (1) Fleur Hinchcliffe
Russian girl (2) Harrie Howley
10/10 Donizetti: Don Pasquale (in Italian) (Royal Opera)
CAST:
Don Pasquale Sir Bryn Terfel
Norina Olga Peretyatko
Ernesto Ioan Hotea
Dr. Malatesta Markus Werba
Notary Bryan Secombe
10/17 Massenet: Werther (in French) (Royal Opera)
CAST:
The Bailli, Charlotte's father Alastair Miles
Hans, son of the Bailli Pearse Cole
Gretel, daughter of the Bailli Emily Barton
Karl, son of the Bailli Laurence Taylor
Clara, daughter of the Bailli Victoria Nekhaenk
Max, son of the Bailli Paul Warren
Fritz, son of the Bailli Toby Yates
Johann Michael Mofidian
Schmidt Vincent Ordonneau
Sophie, Charlotte’s sister Heather Engebretson
Werther Juan Diego Flórez
Charlotte Isabel Leonard
Brühlmann, a young man ByeongMin Gil
Käthchen, Brühlmann's fiancée Stephanie Wake-Edwards
Albert, betrothed to Charlotte Jacques Imbrailo
10/24 Handel: Agrippina (in Italian) (Royal Opera)
CAST:
Agrippina Joyce DiDonato
Nerone, Agrippina's son Franco Fagioli
Poppea Lucy Crowe
Ottone Iestyn Davies
Claudio, Emperor of Rome Gianluca Buratto
Pallante Andrea Mastroni
Narciso Eric Jurenas
Lesbo José Coca Loza
10/31 Bellini: Norma (in Italian) (Hamburg State Opera)
CAST:
Norma Marina Rebeka
Pollion Marcelo Puente
Adalgisa Diana Haller
Oroveso Liang Li
Clotilde Gabriele Rossmanith
Flavio Dongwon Kang