ROH future seasons rumours

From the press, the Internet, friends and family, the crystal ball made in Swarovski and other unreliable sources....


Check back from time to time for changes and updates!

Season 2012-2013

September, October THE RING (Wagner) with Antonio Pappano

November-December L'ELISIR D'AMORE (Donizetti) with Roberto Alagna

December ROBERT LE DIABLE (Meyerbeer) with Daniel Oren cond, Laurent Pelly dir., Diana Damrau, Bryan Hymel

January-February EUGENE ONEGIN (Tchaikovsky) with Krassimira Stoyanova

May LA DONNA DEL LAGO (Rossini), Colin Lee, Joyce DiDonato


MANON (Massenet) with Natalie Dessay

I VESPRI SICILIANI (Verdi) with Stephan Herheim dir., Erwin Schrott, Poplavskaya, Volle

NABUcCO (Verdi) with Pappano, Nucci, Monastyrska

DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES (Poulenc) with Rattle, Kozena, Emma Bell.

GLORIANA ( Britten) with Richard Jones dir, Paul Daniels cond.

DON CARLO (Verdi) with Kwiecien, Harteros, Pape

Season 2013-2014

December-January CARMEN (Bizet) with Roberto Alagna

PARSIFAL (Wagner) with Simon Oneill , Gerald Finley

MANON LESCAUT (Puccini) with Tony Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros

May- June TOSCA (Puccini) with Roberto Alagna

Zauberflote (Mozart) Siurina?

Anna Bolena (Donizetti)

Season 2014-2015

ANDREA CHENIER (Giordano) with Antonio Pappano cond, David McVicar dir, Jonas Kaufmann, E. M. Westbroek

FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN (Strauss) with Semyon Bychkov cond.

GUILLAUME TELL (Rossini) with Antonio Pappano cond., John Osborn

MARIA STUARDA (Donizetti) Joyce diDonato, C Castronovo

KROL ROGER (Szymanowski) K Holten, Pappano, Kwiecien

Season 2014-2015

NORMA (Bellini) Netrebko
I DUE FOSCARI (Verdi), Plácido Domingo (coproduction with Los Angeles, Valencia and Theater an der Wien).

Feel free to comment, oppose, hope, confirm and add !!!

PS This post will have a permanent link on the right hand side menu for future reference :-)

Around London, things you may want to see..

There are a couple of things in London to check out, which seem to be less know of :-)

If you wonder what the ROH orchestra is doing when they are not playing in the House, well:

As you can see, they are playing with Tony Pappano at the Cardogan Hall:

Sunday 27 February, 2011, 7pm

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Zurich International Concert Series 2010-11

Antonio Pappano Conductor/Piano

Thomas Hampson Baritone

Klaus Florian Vogt Tenor

Programme:Mahler: Piano Quartet Movement in A minor

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (chamber version, arranged Schoenberg completed Rainer Riehn)

Tickets are still available at the above link :-)

And -

On Thursday 10th February 2011 Italian baritone Massimo Cavalletti will make his Rosenblatt Recitals debut in London and will perform songs and arias by composers including Rossini, Mozart, Tosti, Denza, Toselli, Bizet, Donizetti, Bellini, Cipriano and Verdi ( full recital program in the link).

Thursday 10 February, 7:30pm
St John’s, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
Tickets £20 £15 £10 (concessions £10)
Box office: 020 7222 1061
Online booking: www.sjss.org.uk

You can read more about his repertoire in the recital link as well. The Lucca-born baritone received praising reviews for his different roles in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra and Puccini’s La Bohème: Massimo Cavalletti has a “perfect diction and captivating presence on stage” (Musical Criticism), “full of life and fun” (Opera Britannia), “his singing is robust and lively” (New York Times).

If you are a student you can get the following discount - Rosenblatt Recitals offer £15 tickets for £5 when students come to St John’s box office and show their student card, quoting ‘Student Rosenblatt’.

Furthermore if you sign up to the Rosenblatt Recitals mailing list you will receive 50% off your first ticket purchase.

A small amuse bouche:( as i miss listening to Lucia...)

Thanks unmaxfan for the videos!

And another

Things that make my heart melt....

Thanks twistty100 for the video!



Thanks coloraturafan for the video!

I can't explain how much i love this opera and miss hearing it live!!! I just stumbled upon this in youtube and i literally melted. And these two are gorgeous in one of the scenes i love most in this opera....

And it sounds just es gorgeous in French as in Italian.

Listen, watch.. enjoy :-)