DECEMBER SPOTLIGHT
1 Brussels, La Monnaie. Premiere of
Mikael Karlsson’s Fanny and Alexander, with Susan Bullock, Peter Tantsits, Sasha Cooke, Thomas Hampson and Anne Sofie von Otter, c. Ariane Matiakh, d. Ivo van Hove
1 Düsseldorf, Opernhaus. David
Bösch directs a new staging of Zemlinsky’s Der Kreidekreis, with Lavinia Dames and Matthias Koziorowski, c. Hendrik Vestmann
1 Frankf urt, Oper. Thomas Guggeis conducts R.B. Schlather’s new production of Macbeth, with Nicholas Brownlee and Tamara Wilson
1 Leipzig, Oper. Roberta Mantegna sings the title role in Anthony Pilavachi’s new staging of Norma, c. Daniele Squeo
5 Vienna, Kammeroper. Robert
Murray leads the cast in Stefan Herheim’s new production of Einem’s Der Prozess, c. Walter Kobéra
7 Dresden, Semperoper. Erik Nielsen conducts Evgeny Titov’s new production of The Love for Three Oranges, with Georg Zeppenfeld, Mauro Peter and Nadezhda Karyazina
7 Milan, La Scala. Season opens with
Riccardo Chailly conducting Leo Muscato’s new production of La forza del destino, with Anna Netrebko, Ludovic Tézier, Jonas Kaufmann and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
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7 Vienna, Volksoper. Annette Dasch leads the cast in Jan Philipp Gloger’s new production of Benatzky’s Im weissen Rössl, c. Michael Brandstätter
8 Z urich, Opernhaus. Gianandrea
Noseda conducts Adele Thomas’s new staging of Un ballo in maschera, with Charles Castronovo, George Petean, Erika Grimaldi, Agnieszka Rehlis and Katharina Konradi 12 Geneva, Grand Théâtre. Aleksandra
Kurzak, Roberto Alagna and Simone Del Savio lead the cast in a new production of Fedora, c. Antonino Fogliani, d. Arnaud Bernard 14 Madrid, Teatro Real. Lisette
Oropesa and Aigul Akhmetshina lead the cast in David McVicar’s new production of Maria Stuarda, c. José Miguel Pérez-Sierra 18 Antwerp, Opera House. Astrid
Kessler sings the title role in a new production of Salome, c. Alejo Pérez, d. Ersan Mondtag 22 Munich, Nationaltheater. Pretty
Yende sings the title role in Damiano Michieletto’s new production of La Fille du régiment, with Xabier Anduaga as Tonio, c. Stefano Montanari 31 New York, Metropolitan Opera.
Michael Mayer directs a new Aida, with Angel Blue, Judit Kutasi, Piotr Beczała and Quinn Kelsey, c. Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Opera, December 2024