WA Opera 2009 Season
Fri, 3 Oct 2008, 03:37 pmPaul Treasure4 posts in thread
WA Opera 2009 Season
Fri, 3 Oct 2008, 03:37 pmWA Opera have announced their 2009 season...
And guess what:
NO MADAM BUTTERFLY!!!
If I don't see that opera in ten years I may start liking it again
Opera in the Park is Donizetti's Elixir of Love
3 Main house seasons are:
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro
Bizet's Pearlfishers
and Puccini's Girl of the Golden West
Yay, we finally get Girl of the Golden West, and it sounds like it's the premiere of the production
And one of these days someone is going to be able to explain why Pearlfishers is one of the most popular operas in Australia and New Zealand, whereas in the rest of the world it's a rarity...
Now I just have to wait a couple more weeks to see Aida
:-)
Oh, and don't forget the Met Broadcasts start again soon as well
Met Opera Broadcast Season at Luna
Tue, 7 Oct 2008, 04:43 pm...and for those interested:
Met Broadcast Season at Luna and LunaSX
All operas screen Saturday 11:30am, Sunday 1:00pm and Thursday 11:30am
I'm only going to list the Saturday dates...
Oct 25 - Strauss' Salome
Nov 22 - Adams' Doctor Atomic - New production of new opera based on life of Robert Oppenheimer
Dec 6 - Berlioz' La Damnation du Faust - directed by Robert LePage
Jan 10 - Massenet's Thais
Jan 31 - Puccini's La Rondine
Feb 14 - Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice
Mar 7 - Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor - starring Anna Netrebko
Mar 21 - Puccini's Madama Butterfly - production by the late Anthony Minghella
Apr 4 - Bellini's La Sonnambula - starring Natalie Dessay
May 23 - Rossini's La Cenerentola