American opera in two acts (1947)
Music by Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Book by Elmer Rice
Lyrics by Langston Hughes
by arrangement with European American Music Corporation
In English
Conductor: Keith Lockhart
With Paul Curievici, Geoffrey Dolton et al.
BBC Concert Orchestra
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
A production by The Opera Group/Young Vic and the Watford Palace Theatre and BBCCO
season 2011|12
Opera in concert
Street Scene
Opera in concert
Orlando furioso
Dramma per musica in three acts (1727)
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Libretto by Grazio Braccioli
Opera in concert in Italian
Conductor: Jean-Christophe Spinosi
With Delphine Galou, Marina de Liso et al.
Ensemble Matheus
Opera in concert
Jephtha
Oratory in three acts (1752)
Music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Libretto by Thomas Morell
In English
Conductor: William Christie
With Kurt Streit, Katherine Watson, David D. Q. Lee and
Neal Davies
Les Arts Florissants
Opera in concert
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Dramma per musica in drei Akten (1724)
Music by Georg Friedrich Händel
Opera in concert in Italian
Conductor: Alan Curtis
With Marie Nicole Lemieux, Karina Gauvin et al.
Il complesso barocco
Opera in concert
Catone in Utica
Dramma per musica in three acts (1737)
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Opera in concert in Italian
Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli
With Magnus Staveland, Sonia Prina et al.
Modo Antiquo
Opera in concert
Les Boulingrin
Opéra bouffe (2010)
Music by Georges Aperghis
Conductor: Emilio Pomárico
With Lionel Peintre, Donatienne Michel-Dansac et al.
Klangforum Wien
Commissioned by Opéra Comique Paris
Opera in concert
Deidamia
Monday, 30th January, 7 pm
Music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Opera in concert in Italian
Conductor: Alan Curtis
With Karina Gauvin, Marie-Claude Chappuis et al.
Il complesso barocco
Opera in concert
Il Giustino
21th February 2012, 7 pm
Dramma per musica in three acts (1724)
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor: Stefano Molardi
With Ileana Mateescu, Maria Grazia Schiavo et al.
I Virtuosi delle Muse
Opera in concert
The Fairy Queen
1st March, 7 pm
Semi-opera (1692)
Music by Henry Purcell
Opera in concert in English
Conductor: Robert King
With Lucy Crowe, James Gilchrist and
David Wilson-Johnson
The King’s Consort
Opera in concert
Ariodante
9th March 2012, 7 pm
Dramma per musica in three acts (1735)
Music by Georg Friedrich Händel
Concert version in Italian
Conductor: Alan Curtis
With Sarah Connolly, Marie-Nicole Lemieux et al.
Il complesso barocco
Opera in concert
Theodora
21st March, 7 pm
Oratory by Georg Friedrich Händel
Conductor: Hervé Niquet
With Sandrine Piau, Patricia Bardon et al.
Le Concert Spirituel
Opera in concert
Svatební Košile (The Spectre's Bride)
Dramatic cantata (1885)
Music by Antonín Dvořák
Text based on Karel Jaromir Erben
Opera in concert in Czech
Conductor: Tomáš Netopil
With Maria Porubcinova, Ladislav Elgr and Ivan Kusnjer
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Prague Philharmonic Choir
