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JUNE 2013 OPERA & MUSIC | AUTUMN 2013 THE ROYAL OPERA REPERTORY PAGE DELOITTE IGNITE 2013 2 TURANDOT 3-7 LE NOZZE DI FIGARO 7-11 ELEKTRA 11-13 THE WASP FACTORY 13-14 MEET THE YOUNG ARTISTS WEEK 14-15 LES VÊPRES SICILIENNES 15-18 MTW: GREEK 18-19 MTW: THE KILLING FLOWER 19-20 WOZZECK 20-21 PARSIFAL 21-24 HOW THE WHALE BECAME 24-25 MONDAY LUNCHTIME RECITALS 25 PRESS OFFICE CONTACTS 25 For all Royal Opera House press releases visit www.roh.org.uk/press THE ROYAL OPERA DELOITTE IGNITE 2013 Verdi / Wagner curated by Stephen Fry and The Royal Opera Friday 6 – Sunday 29 September 2013 Contemporary arts festival Deloitte Ignite returns for its sixth year curated for the first time by Stephen Fry, actor, writer, comedian, television presenter and lifelong Wagner fan, alongside The Royal Opera. Deloitte Ignite this year explores the work and creativity of Verdi and Wagner celebrating the 200th anniversaries of their birth with a range of events from a unique installation in Covent Garden Piazza by Es Devlin, to a one-man show by Simon Callow, to live radio broadcasts and choral work. This year’s Deloitte Ignite also marks the start of a new five year partnership between Deloitte and the Royal Opera House building on the success of the previous five Deloitte Ignite festivals. Deloitte Ignite 2013 also extends over four weekends rather than just one, with both free and ticketed events. Es Devlin, designer of the London 2012 Closing Ceremony, Take That’s Progress Live tour amongst many other rock/pop, opera, dance and stage shows, has created a unique installation offering an intriguing introduction to The Ring Cycle by Richard Wagner which will be displayed in Covent Garden Piazza throughout September. It’s an interactive sculpture creating an immersive experience using behind the scenes footage taken on 21 separate cameras from a performance of Act III from Die Walküre at the Royal Opera House in 2012. Working in partnership with Capital & Counties Properties PLC (Capco), the sculpture will also be lit at night, continuing to be a visual spectacle nestled in the shadow of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden’s iconic Piazza. Eminent writer, director and actor Simon Callow will write and star in a new one-man show commissioned especially for this year’s festival. Inside Wagner’s Head sees Simon Callow portraying the composer Richard Wagner in the style of his previous one man shows based on the lives of Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare. Simon Stokes directs with designs by Robin Don. Performances will be in the Linbury Studio Theatre throughout September. Tickets are £25. Page 2 of 26 TURANDOT Giacomo Puccini CAST A: 9, 12, 17, 19, 24 September at 7.30pm 14, 28 September at 7pm 21 September at 12 noon CAST B: 17, 20, 25, 28 February 4, 7, 10 March at 7.30pm Generous philanthropic support from the Royal Opera House Endowment Fund. Andrei Serban’s production of Turandot, first seen at Covent Garden in 1984, remains one of the most popular in The Royal Opera repertory and returns for its 16th revival. Puccini’s final opera tells the dark, erotic tale of Prince Calaf’s bold attempts to capture Princess Turandot’s heart – or die in the attempt. Designs are by Sally Jacobs with lighting by F. Mitchell Dana. Original choreography is by Kate Flatt. CAST A Hungarian conductor Henrik Nánási makes his debut with The Royal Opera. He regularly appears in the Italian repertory at the Semperoper Dresden – including in Puccini’s La bohème and Madama Butterfly. He has previously worked at The Royal Opera as Antonio Pappano’s musical assistant. He conducts all performances of the autumn revival. Singing the title role is American soprano Lise Lindstrom, who makes her Royal Opera debut this September. She has previously sung the role of Turandot worldwide – most recently with Dallas Opera, Arena Verona, Chorégies d'Orange and Theater Wiesbaden. Her other recent performances include Senta (Der fliegende Holländer) in Warsaw and Brünnhilde (Die Walküre) in Palermo. Page 3 of 26 Italian tenor Marco Berti returns to The Royal Opera to sing Calaf for the first time. He most recently sang Calaf for the Metropolitan Opera, New York, and in San Francisco. With The Royal Opera, he has sung Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Manrico (Il trovatore), Macduff (Macbeth), and Don José (Carmen). Singing the role of Liù is Japanese soprano Eri Nakamura, a former member of the Jette Parker Young Artist Programme. For The Royal Opera she has sung roles including Musetta (La bohème), Frasquita (Carmen), Giannetta (L’elisir d’amore), and Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro). She has previously sung Liù in Munich and for Opera Oviedo. Other recent appearances include Adina (L’elisir d’amore) for Bavarian State Opera in Munich. American bass Raymond Aceto sings Timur for the first time with The Royal Opera, having previously sung the role with San Francisco Opera in 2011. His first performances with The Royal Opera were as Don Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia) in 2005, conducted by Mark Elder. He has since sung Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Ferrando (Il trouvatore) and Nourrabad (Les Pêcheurs de perles). Greek baritone Dionysios Sourbis makes his Royal Opera debut singing the role of Ping. He has recently sung Ford (Falstaff) at the Teatro Comunale di Treviso in Italy and Marcello (La bohème) at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice. Making his role debut as Pang for The Royal Opera is current Jette Parker Young Artist British tenor David Butt Philip. His 2012/13 roles with the Company were Bastien (Bastien und Bastienne), First Chevalier/Master of Ceremonies (Robert le diable), Abdallo (Nabucco), First Man in Armour (Die Zauberflöte) and Master of Ceremonies (Gloriana). During The 2013/2014 Season his other roles include Gastone de Letorières (La traviata) and First Commissary (Dialogues des Carmélites). Making his role debut with The Royal Opera in the role of Pong is American tenor Doug Jones. He first sang with The Royal Opera in 2003 as Tobias Ragg (Sweeney Todd). He recently made his debut with Pittsburgh Opera as Bardolfo (Falstaff), and sang Second Jew (Salome) in San Diego, Spoletta (Tosca) with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Monostatos (Die Zauberflöte) in Toulouse and Shabby Peasant (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk) in Tel Aviv. Page 4 of 26 Making his return to The Royal Opera is Scottish tenor Alasdair Elliott, who sings Emperor Altoum for all performances. He previously sang the role with the Company in 2001 and has also sung the role of Pong (Turandot) with the Company several times. Recently he sang Bardolfo (Falstaff) and Monostotos (Die Zauberflöte) for The Royal Opera, as well as Balthazar Zorn (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) and Gamekeeper (Rusalka) for Glyndebourne Festival. Making his role debut as Mandarin for The Royal Opera is current Jette Parker Young Artist Brazilian baritone Michel de Souza. His roles in the 2012/13 Season included Schaunard (La bohème), Angelotti (Tosca) and City Crier (Gloriana). His roles for the 2013/14 Season include Angelotti (Tosca), Moralès (Carmen) and Baron Douphol (La traviata). CAST B Italian conductor Nicola Luisotti returns to The Royal Opera to conduct all February and March performances. He is Music Director for San Francisco Opera and the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples. He previously conducted a revival of this production in 2009. In the 2012/13 Season he conducted Nabucco for The Royal Opera. He has also conducted Il trovatore and Madama Butterfly for the Company and in the 2013/14 Season will also conduct Kasper Holten’s new production of Don Giovanni. Swedish soprano Iréne Theorin returns to The Royal Opera to sing the role of Turandot. She first sang Turandot in Copenhagen in 2005, and sang Turandot for The Royal Opera in 2008. She has since sung the role worldwide. As well as Turandot, recent appearances include Brünnhilde (Der Ring des Nibelungen) for Berlin State Opera and La Scala Milan, and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) for Bayreuth Festival and the Liceu, Barcelona. Korean tenor Alfred Kim makes his Royal Opera role debut singing Calaf, having last sung with The Royal Opera in 2008 and 2009 in the title role of Don Carlo. His recent appearances include Calaf for Deutsche Oper Berlin, Manrico (Il travatare) in Toulouse, Don Alvaro (La forza del destino) in Barcelona and Don Carlo and Cararadossi (Tosca) in Frankfurt. Page 5 of 26 American soprano Ailyn Pérez returns to The Royal Opera to make her Royal Opera role debut as Liù. Previously she has sung Violetta (La traviata) for The Royal Opera and also sang at the 2011 Plácido Domingo Celebration. In The Royal Opera’s 2013/14 season she will sing two other major roles for the Company: Manon (Manon) and Violetta (La traviata), which she will sing opposite her husband Stephen Costello as Alfredo. Making his Royal Opera role debut as Timur is British bass Matthew Rose. He made his debut with the Royal Opera as Jonas Fogg (Sweeney Todd) in 2003 and has since gone on to sing many roles for the Company to great critical acclaim. Most recently, he as sung Lord Sidney (Il viaggio a Reims), Colline (La bohème), Sparafucile (Rigoletto) and Masetto (Don Giovanni) for The Royal Opera. Australian baritone Grant Doyle returns to The Royal Opera to make his Royal Opera role debut as Ping. Recently he sang the title role of Don Giovanni with Garsington Opera, Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia) with English Touring Opera, Robin Oakapple (Ruddigore) with Opera North, Mr Fox (Fantastic Mr Fox) with Opera Holland Park, and Abraham in James MacMillan’s opera Clemency at the Edinburgh Festival with Scottish Opera, and at the Linbury Studio Theatre at The Royal Opera House in 2011.
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