This month we'll visit the Swedish Royal Opera House, located in the heart of the Stockholm city, one of the most visited places in the country. Known as the Oscerian Opera or simply called the Operan, the building is an example of a neo classical architecture and has a magnificent golden foyer and an astonishing staircase that leads to a three tier auditorium. We'll hear Verdi's Il Trovatore on July 31st at 1pm.
7/3 Mozart: Don Giovanni (Royal Opera)
CAST:
Don Giovanni Mariusz Kwiecien
Leporello Alex Esposito
Commendatore Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Donna Elvira Véronique Gens
Donna Anna Malin Byström
Don Ottavio Antonio Poli
Zerlina Elizabeth Watts
Masetto Dawid Kimberg
7/10 Wagner: Tannhäuser (Royal Opera)
CAST:
Tannhäuser Peter Seiffert
Wolfram von Eschenbach Christian Gerhaher
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen Stephen Milling
Elisabeth, Hermann's niece Emma Bell
Venus Sophie Koch
Walther von der Vogelweide Ed Lyon
Heinrich der Schreiber Samuel Sakker
Biterolf Michael Kraus
Reinmar von Zweter Jeremy White
A Young Shepherd Duncan Tarboton
Elisabeth's attendants Kiera Lyness, Deborah Peake-Jones, Louise Armit, Kate McCarney
7/17 R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (in German – Royal Opera)
CAST:
The Marschallin, Princess Marie
Thérèse von Werdenberg Renée Fleming
Octavian, Count Rofrano Alice Coote
Sophie van Faninal Sophie Bevan
Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau Matthew Rose
Faninal Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Valzacchi Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Annina Angela Simkin
Italian Singer Giorgio Berrugi
Marschallin's Major Domo Samuel Sakker
Faninal's Major Domo Thomas Atkins
Marianne Leitmetzerin Miranda Keys
Innkeeper Alasdair Elliott
Police Inspector Scott Conner
Notary Jeremy White
Lackey / Waiter Dominic Barrand
7/24 Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (in Russian – Royal Opera)
CAST:
Katerina Ismailova Eva-Maria Westbroek
Sergey Brandon Jovanovich
Boris Ismailov Sir John Tomlinson
Zinovy Ismailov John Daszak
Sonyetka Aigul Akhmetshina
Aksinya Rosie Aldridge
Shabby Peasant Peter Bronder
Priest Wojtek Gierlach
Police Inspector Mikhail Svetlov
Teacher Thomas Atkins
Old Convict Paata Burchuladze
Female Convict Miranda Keys
Steward/Sentry Simon Shibambu
Coachman/Second Workman Hubert Francis
Porter Jonathan Fisher
7/31 Verdi: Il Trovatore (in Italian – Swedish Royal Opera)
CAST:
Manrico Jussi Björling
Leonora Hjördis Schymberg
Azucena Kerstin Meyer
Il conte di Luna Hugo Hasslo
Ferrando Erik Saedén
Ines Ingeborg Kjellgren
Ruiz Olle Sivall
Un vecchio zingaro Bertil Alstergård
Un messo Sture Ingebretzen
