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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 18, 2019 8:23:30 GMT
Well with just over a month(ish) to go until the announcement of the 2019/20 Royal Opera House Ballet/Opera season I am setting up a topic for speculation and conversation when the new season is announced.
As far as I am aware here are some productions I would expect to see (note I am merely speculating):
- Rigoletto (with Carlos Alvarez)
- La Boheme (with Igor Glovatenko)
- The Makropulos Case (with Karita Mattila)
- Werther (with Juan Diego Florez)
- An opera based for children? This started with Hansel and Gretel last year, but I've no idea what other operas could be "for children"?
- Parsifal (it's not been done in a while and the ROH tends to "cycle" the main Wagner operas. PLEASE BETTER CASTING THIS TIME!)
- The Magic Flute (it's not been here for a while)
Of course I could list things I'd like to see at the opera house but I've more chance seeing a blind elephant flying on a pig backwards before that is likely to happen!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2019 8:57:29 GMT
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Post by AddisonMizner on Feb 19, 2019 11:28:17 GMT
Is the WERTHER definitely with Florez? It is perhaps my favourite opera, but I was hoping for a different tenor in the title role. Maybe Beczala or Kaufmann?
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 19, 2019 11:35:47 GMT
Is the WERTHER definitely with Florez? It is perhaps my favourite opera, but I was hoping for a different tenor in the title role. Maybe Beczala or Kaufmann? Yes, he said in an interview on Radio 3 that he would be doing the role. I agree certainly not perfect casting, but it could be split casting. Kaufmann did the role a few years ago, and Beczala doesn't appear to be well liked by the ROH casting people despite being one of the most gifted tenors alive. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 19, 2019 17:42:03 GMT
It sounds like next year may be a fairly cheap one for me Royal Opera-wise. The only thing so far on the above list that I'd really want to see is Vec Makropulos, which I've never seen. I've never seen Parsifal either but the reviews of the current ROH production do not make me want to see it. On the list that Xanderl linked to I got excited about Agrippina for a few seconds then saw that it's Kosky. After The Nose he's on my "Directors to Avoid" list.
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Post by tmesis on Feb 19, 2019 19:15:51 GMT
It sounds like next year may be a fairly cheap one for me Royal Opera-wise. The only thing so far on the above list that I'd really want to see is Vec Makropulos, which I've never seen. I've never seen Parsifal either but the reviews of the current ROH production do not make me want to see it. On the list that Xanderl linked to I got excited about Agrippina for a few seconds then saw that it's Kosky. After The Nose he's on my "Directors to Avoid" list. ...and his Carmen is even worse! |
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 19, 2019 19:44:22 GMT
I've been happily avoiding it & intend to continue to do so! I'm not very keen on Carmen as a piece anyway.
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Post by tmesis on Feb 19, 2019 20:54:43 GMT
I've been happily avoiding it & intend to continue to do so! I'm not very keen on Carmen as a piece anyway. Even in a decent production I never enjoy Carmen as much as I think I'm going to. Having now seen it countless times I think I'll give up on it altogether. I find it hard to pin point why it continues to disappoint. It clearly contains some fantastic music but I always think it drags on and I don't find the story very involving. Also, despite having a dramatic ending, the music is quite static and doesn't hype up the tension as in other, greater, operas. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2019 9:18:59 GMT
It sounds like next year may be a fairly cheap one for me Royal Opera-wise. The only thing so far on the above list that I'd really want to see is Vec Makropulos, which I've never seen. I've never seen Parsifal either but the reviews of the current ROH production do not make me want to see it. On the list that Xanderl linked to I got excited about Agrippina for a few seconds then saw that it's Kosky. After The Nose he's on my "Directors to Avoid" list.
Makropulos Case won't be until February 2021 I'm afraid. Provisionally 6 performances, 4th - 22nd February 2021. All cast now confirmed. Jenufa will be next year, in the same February slot.
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 20, 2019 10:24:38 GMT
It sounds like next year may be a fairly cheap one for me Royal Opera-wise. The only thing so far on the above list that I'd really want to see is Vec Makropulos, which I've never seen. I've never seen Parsifal either but the reviews of the current ROH production do not make me want to see it. On the list that Xanderl linked to I got excited about Agrippina for a few seconds then saw that it's Kosky. After The Nose he's on my "Directors to Avoid" list.
Makropulos Case won't be until February 2021 I'm afraid. Provisionally 6 performances, 4th - 22nd February 2021. All cast now confirmed. Jenufa will be next year, in the same February slot.
At least we haven't had Jenufa for a while. Any news on casting? |
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 20, 2019 19:04:29 GMT
As I haven't got round to seeing Vec Makropulos in 15 years of operagoing I'm sure waiting 1 year more won't make that much difference (unless I get run over by a bus or suchlike in the interim).
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 21, 2019 8:01:36 GMT
As I haven't got round to seeing Vec Makropulos in 15 years of operagoing I'm sure waiting 1 year more won't make that much difference (unless I get run over by a bus or suchlike in the interim). I hope no such tragedy befalls you! Vec Makropulos is an incredible opera, it's well worth the wait  |
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Post by argon on Mar 2, 2019 7:56:20 GMT
Since there's been no Rossini for a few years, one of his is bound to pop up
Il Barbiere or Tell Maybe ?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 3, 2019 11:12:05 GMT
As I haven't got round to seeing Vec Makropulos in 15 years of operagoing I'm sure waiting 1 year more won't make that much difference (unless I get run over by a bus or suchlike in the interim). You wait for 15 years and then 3 come along... Opera North, Scottish Opera and ROH |
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Post by tmesis on Mar 3, 2019 13:13:48 GMT
Great news. This was the first ever Janacek opera a saw live but I struck lucky seeing Elisabeth Soderstrom in the title role with WNO.
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 3, 2019 18:09:07 GMT
You wait for 15 years and then 3 come along... Opera North, Scottish Opera and ROH Are ON doing it 2020/21? I can't see any mention of it in their recent 19/20 announcement. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 4, 2019 7:20:47 GMT
You wait for 15 years and then 3 come along... Opera North, Scottish Opera and ROH Are ON doing it 2020/21? I can't see any mention of it in their recent 19/20 announcement. Now. They are touring it to Newcastle, Nottingham and Salford. Directed by Tim Albery who I greatly admire |
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 4, 2019 11:48:00 GMT
Are ON doing it 2020/21? I can't see any mention of it in their recent 19/20 announcement. Now. They are touring it to Newcastle, Nottingham and Salford. Directed by Tim Albery who I greatly admire Um, I thought ON were currently doing Zauberflote, Katya Kabanova & Gianni Schicchi. I've heard no mention of them doing Vec Makropolos at the moment. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 4, 2019 13:33:26 GMT
Whoops! Sorry. I'm getting my Janaceks mixed up "all sound the same!!!"
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Mar 11, 2019 8:32:34 GMT
I believe Don Pasquale with Bryn Terfel is also due in the next season as well as Don Giovanni with Daniel Behle.
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Post by ctas on Mar 14, 2019 9:03:35 GMT
My ballet wish list is the same as it is every year:
• Cinderella instead of the Nutcracker at Christmas. Please, Kevin O’Hare, please please please please. It’s been so long.
And this year I’m adding:
• Onegin. So Thiago Soares can have one last run of it as his career winds down now he’s stepping back from being a principal.
• Symphonic Variations
• Les Patineurs. It was a beautiful Christmas alternative this year!
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Mar 15, 2019 8:39:01 GMT
I agree ctas it has been such a long time since the ballet did Cinderella which is such a magical production. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 15, 2019 10:27:02 GMT
ENB are staging Cinderealla at RAH and then on tour in the next 12 months
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 15, 2019 12:05:17 GMT
And Cinderella is this year's Christmas offering from Northern Ballet, in Leeds and on tour.
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Post by ctas on Mar 15, 2019 18:12:53 GMT
Not exactly the same thing... The ENB are doing the Wheeldon production, which I enjoyed when I saw the Dutch ballet but it’s not the Ashton. Which I desperately want back in the ROH!
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