Opera performances you should not miss


 

Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Gaetano Donizetti: MARIA STUARDA

15,18,22,26,30 January 2008; 3, 7 February 2008
Conductor: Antonio Fogliani
Director: Pier Luigi Pizzi
Cast: Mariella Devia/Irina Lungu, Anna Caterina Antonacci/Maria Pia Piscitelli.


Giuseppe Verdi: MACBETH

1,3,5,8,11,13,16,18,20,24 April 2008
Conductor: Kazushi Ono
Director: Graham Vick
Cast: Leo Nucci/Ivan Inverardi, Violeta Urmana/Susan Neves.


Opernhaus, Zürich

Gioacchino Rossini: LA CENERENTOLA

11,18 October 2007; 31 December 2007; 14,24 March 2008
Conductor: Ion Marin
Director: Cesare Lievi
Cast: Cecilia Bartoli, Sen Guo, Irene Friedli, Oliver Widmer, Carlos Chausson, Laszlo Polgar.


Opera Bastille, Paris

Vincenzo Bellini: I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI

24,28,31 May 2008; 2,5,8,11,15 June 2008
Conductor: Evelino Pidò
Director: Robert Carsen
Cast: Anna Netrebko, Joyce DiDonato, Giovanni Battista Parodi, Matthew Polenzani, Mikhail Petrenko.