Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Browsing through the ROH season announcement

Werther  Jules Massenet
Dir: Benoît Jacquot
Cond: Antonio Pappano
Benoît Jacquot’s production of Massenet’s tragic opera explores the conflict between duty and our most passionate desires.
Cast:
  • Werther  – Vittorio Grigolo
  • Charlotte  – Joyce DiDonato
  • Albert  – David Bižić
  • Sophie – Heather Engebretson
  • Le Bailli – Jonathan Summers
  • Johann – Yuriy Yurchuk §
  • Schmidt – François Piolino
  • Käthchen – Emily Edmonds §
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
§ Jette Parker Young Artist
19 June at 3pm
24 | 27* June at 7.15pm
3 July at 3pm
6 | 13 July at 7.15pm
*Live cinema relay





Eugene Onegin
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Dir: Kasper Holten
Cond: Semyon Bychkov
Tchaikovsky’s most famous opera is given an elegiac telling in Kasper Holten’s production.
Cast:
  • Eugene Onegin – Dmitri Hvorostovsky
  • Tatyana – Nicole Car
  • Lensky – Michael Fabiano
  • Olga – Oksana Volkova
  • Prince Gremin – Ferruccio Furlanetto (except 7 Jan) / Brindley Sheratt (7 Jan)
  • Madame Larina – Diana Montague
  • Filipyevna – Catherine Wyn-Rogers
  • Monsieur Triquet – Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
  • Captain – David Shipley §
  • Zaretsky – James Platt §
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
§ Jette Parker Young Artist
19 December at 7pm
22 | 30 December at 7.30pm
2 January at 7pm
4 | 7 January at 7.30pm
 

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