ROH2_performances.qxd 20/9/07 16:55 Page 1 Royal Opera House Performance Review 2006/07 ROH2: Music and Events Visiting Opera Companies D a n c e Visiting Dance Companies ROH2_performances.qxd 20/9/07 16:55 Page 2 Contents 01 ROH2 MU S I C A N D EV E N T S 02 ROH2 VI S I T I N G OP E R A CO M PA N I E S 03 ROH2 DA N C E 04 ROH2 VI S I T I N G DA N C E CO M PA N I E S ROH2_performances.qxd 20/9/07 16:55 Page 3 3 ROH2 MU S I C A N D EV E N T S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 01 ROH2 MU S I C A N D EV E N T S ROH2_performances.qxd 20/9/07 16:55 Page 4 4 ROH2 MU S I C A N D EV E N T S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 TH E SU N D A Y SE S S I O N Presented by the Royal Opera House in association with BBC Radio 3 Paul Hamlyn Hall NU M B E R O F PE R F O R M A N C E S 1 (7 May 2006) A concert featuring music by Julian Joseph, and a performance of Richard Rodney Bennett’s Jazz Calendar, which was choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton in 1968. ROH2_performances.qxd 20/9/07 16:55 Page 5 5 ROH2 MU S I C A N D EV E N T S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 RO H BRA S S SO L O I S T S CE L E B R AT E TH E RO YA L BA L L E T Paul Hamlyn Hall NU M B E R O F PE R F O R M A N C E S 1 (4 June 2007) DI R E C TO R Eric Crees RO M E O A N D JU L I E T Sergei Prokofiev, arranged by Paul Archibald SU I T E F R O M ‘ C H E C K M A T E ’ Sir Arthur Bliss, arranged by Eric Crees (World Premiere) SY M P H O N Y F O R BRA S S Sir Malcom Arnold SU I T E F R O M ‘ B I L L Y T H E KI D ’ Aaron Copland, arranged by Eric Crees MU S I C I A N S TR U M P E T S Ian Balmain, David Carstairs, Paul Archibald, Chris Deacon, Bruce Nockles, Ann McAneney HO R N S Richard Clews, Chris Davies, Jonathan Durrant, Martin Owen, Richard Ashton TRO M B O N E S Lindsay Shilling, Mike Hext, Roger Harvey, Dave Stewart EU P H O N I U M Susan Cordiner TU B A S George Wall, Jim Anderson PE R C U S S I O N / TI M PA N I Nigel Charman, Glyn Matthews, Tristan Fry ROH2_performances.qxd 20/9/07 16:55 Page 6 6 ROH2 MU S I C A N D EV E N T S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 LU N C H T I M E RE C I TA L S Crush Room/Linbury Studio Theatre* NU M B E R O F PE R F O R M A N C E S 33 (3 April, 8, 15*, 22 May, 5, 12, 19, 26* June, 3, 10*, 17 July, 11, 18, 25 Sept, 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Oct, 6, 13, 20, 27 Nov, 4 Dec (see 12 Days of Christmas for Dec) 2006, 15, 22 Jan, 5, 19, 26 Feb, 5, 12, 19, 26 March 2007) NOT E S A series of chamber music concerts presenting members of the Orchestra of the ROH, the Royal Opera Chorus, and Jette Parker Young Artists Programme. LU N C H T I M E LI N E - U P Paul Hamlyn Hall NU M B E R O F PE R F O R M A N C E S 20 (30 May, 6, 13, 20, 27 June, 11, 18, 25 July, 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Oct, 7, 14*, 21 Nov 2006, (see 12 Days of Christmas for Dec) 19, 29 Jan, 16 Feb, 30 Mar 2007) NOT E S This series of lunchtime jazz performances at the ROH features the Malcolm Edmonstone Trio with guests, including members of the Orchestra of the ROH. ROH2_performances.qxd 20/9/07 16:55 Page 7 7 ROH2 MU S I C A N D EV E N T S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 SU N D A Y EV E N T S Paul Hamlyn Hall CO N D U C TO R / PI A N I S T Antonio Pappano TE N O R Ian Bostridge 25 June MU S I C I A N S Violins - Peter Manning, Jan Schmolck Viola - Andriy Viytovích Cello - Christopher Vanderspar PRO G R A M M E Mozart - Divertimento for Violin, Viola and Cello K563 Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge Paul Hamlyn Hall The Chamber Orchestra of the ROH 2 July Featuring Vasko Vassilev, Violin PRO G R A M M E Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite Mozart - Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major K219 ‘Turkish’ Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings in C major op. 48 ROH2_performances.qxd 20/9/07 16:55 Page 8 8 ROH2 MU S I C A N D EV E N T S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 JE T T E PA R K E R YO U N G AR T I S T S 5T H AN N I V E R S A R Y SU M M E R CO N C E R T NU M B E R O F PE R F O R M A N C E S 1 (23 July 2006) EX C E R P T S F R O M Faust Charles-Francois Gounod La favourite Gaetano Donizetti L’elisir d’amore Gaetano Donizetti Idomeneo Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Bartered Bride Bedrich Smetana Don Giovanni Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Der Rosenkavalier Richard Strauss CO N D U C TO R S Rory Macdonald Oliver Gooch CO N C E R T STAG I N G Harry Fehr LI G H T I N G David Harvey MU S I C I A N S The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House CO N C E R T MA S T E R Peter Manning SI N G E R S Nikola Matisic,ˇ ´ Robert Gleadow, Liora Grodnikaite, Andrew Sritheran, Ana James, Marina Poplavskaya, Robert Murray, Katie Van Kooten CO N T I N U O Susanna Stranders ROH2_performances.qxd 20/9/07 16:55 Page 9 9 ROH2 MU S I C A N D EV E N T S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 SH O S TA K OV I C H CE N T E N A R Y CO N C E R T NU M B E R O F PE R F O R M A N C E S 1 (1 October 2006) MU S I C I A N S Soloists of the Royal Opera House CO N C E R T MA S T E R Vasko Vassilev AS S I S TA N T CO N C E R T MA S T E R Sergy Levitin CE L L O Christopher Vanderspar PI A N O Renato Balsadonna PI A N O A N D DI R E C TO R Antonio Pappano PRO G R A M M E Shostakovich - Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67 Shostakovich - Concertino for Two Pianos, op. 94 Schnittke - Preludium in Memoriam D. Shostakovich Shostakovich - Chamber Symphony, op. 110A (orchestral transcription of String Quartet no. 8, op.110) ROH2_performances.qxd 20/9/07 16:55 Page 10 10 ROH2 MU S I C A N D EV E N T S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 ME E T TH E YO U N G AR T I S T S Linbury Studio Theatre NU M B E R O F PE R F O R M A N C E S 5 (30 October – 4 November 2006) 30 October Lunchtime Recital 31 October, 3 November Rush-hour Recitals 2 November The Composer, The Performer, The Audience 4 November The Juke Box /Meet the Young Artists MU S I C I A N S Sopranos - Ana James, Marina Poplavskaya, Kishani Jayasinghe Tenors - Nikola Matisic,ˇ ´ Andrew Sritheran, Haoyin Xue Baritone - Jacques Imbrailo Basses - Robert Gleadow, Krysztof Szumanski CO N D U C TO R / R E P E T I T E U R Andrew Griffiths RE P E T I T E U R Catriona Beveridge AS S I S TA N T CO N D U C TO R / R E P E T I T E U R Timothy Burke DI R E C TO R O F MU S I C A L PR E PA R AT I O N David Gowland STAG E DI R E C TO R Harry Fehr AC TO R A N D DI R E C TO R Selina Cadell (visiting artist) ROH2_performances.qxd 20/9/07 16:55 Page 11 11 ROH2 MU S I C A N D EV E N T S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 Main Auditorium TH E PH A N T O M OF TH E OP E R A (Universal, 1925) NU M B E R O F PE R F O R M A N C E S 1 (8 October 2006) CO N D U C TO R Carl Davis MU S I C Carl Davis DI R E C TO R Rupert Julian PR I N C I PA L CA S T I N G Erik, the Phantom - Lon Chaney Christine Daae - Mary Philbin Vicomte Raoul de Chagny - Norman Kerry Ledoux - Arthur Edmund Carewe Simon Buquet - Gibson Gowland Comte Philip de Chagny - John Sainpolis Florine Papillon - Snitz Edwards Carlotta - Virginia Pearson MU S I C I A N S The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House NOT E S To celebrate his 70th birthday, Carl Davis conducted The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in the specially composed score he wrote in 1996 to accompany a live screening of the silent 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera.