The first section includes the performances I absolutely want to see. Firstly, I want to hear the Berlin Philharmonic playing the Tchaikovsky Symphony and the recital given by Bryn Terfel is a must in my book.
- 19:30 01. Sept – Grand Palace Hall – BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER
-KIRILL PETRENKO conductor
-PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA violin
*Schoenberg Violin Concerto op. 36
*Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 5 in E minor op. 64
- 16:30 12 Sept – Romanian Athenaeum – Special program with Sir Bryn Terfel GARETH JONES conductor ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE DE MONTE-CARLO
*Wagner Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin
*Wagner “Was duftet doch der Flieder” from Die Meistersinger
*Wagner “Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre
*Wagner “Magic Fire Music” &“Wotan’s Farewell” from Die Walküre
*Orchestral Overture TBA
*Arrigo Boito “Son lo spirito che nega” from Mefistofele
*Weill “Moritat von Macke Messer” from Die Dreigroschenoper
*Rodgers & Hammerstein Overture from Oklahoma
*Rodgers & Hammerstein “Oh what a beautiful morning” from Oklahoma
*Lerner & Loewe “How to handle a woman” from Camelot
*Bock “If I were a rich man” from Fiddler on the roof
The second section includes shows I would very much like to go, but only after I make sure I got tickets for the first two. These selections are more centred around the people on the stage than the works themselves. There’s two violin performers I’m curious about: Julia Fischer and Maxim Vengerov. I look forward to hearing Joyce DiDonato singing Handel and Anna Caterina Antonacci is among the first sopranos I noticed and liked (in a “Carmen” performance with Jonas Kaufmann) so I’m excited to hear her live.
- 19:30 05 Sept – Grand Palace Hall – RUNDFUNK-SINFONIEORCHESTER BERLIN
– VLADIMIR JUROWSKI conductor
– CHOIR OF THE “GEORGE ENESCU“ PHILHARMONIC
– ION IOSIF PRUNNER conductor of the choir
– JULIA FISCHER violin
*Britten Violin Concerto op. 15
*Enescu Symphony no. 3 in C major op. 21
- 17:00 02 Sept – Romanian Athenaeum – JOYCE DIDONATO Mezzo-Soprano & DAVID ZOBEL piano
*Works by Mozart, Rossini, Berlioz and Händel
- 17:00 11 Sept – Romanian Athenaeum – ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE DE MONTE-CARLO
– MAXIM VENGEROV conductor
*Enescu Ballade for Violin and orchestra
– MAXIM VENGEROV violin
*Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile in B major
– GAUTIER CAPUÇON cello
*Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme op. 33
– GAUTIER CAPUÇON cello
*Tchaikovksy Symphony no. 6 in B minor op. 74, “Pathétique”
- 22:30 06 Sept – Romanian Athenaeum – ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
– LAURENCE CUMMINGS conductor
– ANNA CATERINA ANTONACCI Iphigénie (mezzo-soprano)
– CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN Oreste (baritone)
– TOBY SPENCE Pylade (tenor)
– ANDREW FOSTER-WILLIAMS Thoas (bass)
– MARY BEVAN Diane (soprano)
*Gluck “Iphigénie en Tauride”, opera in concert version
The third section is all about the 18th century, with operas by Gluck, Handel, Vivaldi and Beethoven.
- 22:30 20 Sept – Romanian Athenaeum – LES TALENS LYRIQUES
– CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET conductor
– KARINA GAUVIN Cleopatra (soprano)
– ANN HALLENBERG Sesto (soprano)
– CHRISTOPHER LOWREY Giulio Cesare (countertenor)
– KACPER SZELĄŻEK Tolomeo (countertenor)
– EVE-MAUD HUBEAUX Cornelia (mezzo-soprano)
– ASHLEY RICHES Achilla (bass)
*Händel Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 (opera in concert version; short version of 1725 without Nireno nor Curio)
- 22:30 13 Sept – Romanian Athenaeum – FREIBURGER BAROCKORCHESTER & ZÜRCHER SING-AKADEMIE choir
– RENÉ JACOBS conductor
*Beethoven “Leonore” (opera in concert version)
– TORBEN JÜRGENS Don Fernando, king’s minister (bass)
– JOHANNES WEISSER Don Pizarro, governor of the prison (baritone)
– MAXIMILIAN SCHMITT Florestan, a prisoner (tenor)
– JOHANNA WINKEL Leonore, his wife (soprano)
– ARTTU KATAJA Rocco, gaoler (bass)
– ROBIN JOHANNSEN Marzelline, his daughter (soprano)
– JOHANNES CHUM Assistant of Rocco (tenor)
- 22:30 14 Sept – Romanian Athenaeum – ARMONIA ATENEA ORCHESTRA
– GEORGE PETROU conductor
– MAX EMANUEL CENĆIĆ Arminio
– SANDRINE PIAU Tusnelda
– ALEKSANDRA KUBAS-KRUK Sigismondo
– RUXANDRA DONOSE Ramise
– SEBASTIAN MONTI Varo
– PAVEL KUDINOV Segeste
*Händel “Arminio” (concert version)
- 22:30 19 Sept – Romanian Athenaeum – laBarocca
– RUBEN JAIS conductor
– ROBERTA MAMELI soprano
– SONIA PRINA mezzo-soprano
– LUIGI DE DONATO bass
*Händel “Aci, Galatea and Polifemo”
- 22:30 21 Sept – Romanian Athenaeum – LES TALENS LYRIQUES
– CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET conductor
– KARINA GAUVIN Poppea (soprano)
– ANN HALLENBERG Agrippina (soprano)
– CHRISTOPHER LOWREY Ottone (alto)
– KACPER SZELĄŻEK Nerone (countertenor)
– EVE-MAUD HUBEAUX Narciso (mezzo-soprano)
– ASHLEY RICHES Pallante (bass)
– DOUGLAS WILLIAMS Lesbo (bass)
– ETIENNE BAZZOLA Claudio (bass)
*Händel “Agrippina” HWV 6 (opera in concert version)
- 22:30 07 Sept – Romanian Athenaeum – ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
– LAURENCE CUMMINGS conductor
– IESTYN DAVIES Orfeo (countertenor)
– LYDIA TEUSCHER Euridice (soprano)
– ROWAN PIERCE Amore (mezzo-soprano)
*Gluck “Orfeo ed Euridice” (opera in concert, viennese version)
Lastly, I wanted to try a British opera, so if there are any tickets left I’m going to check out “Peter Grimes” by Britten.
- 19:30 15 Sept – Grand Palace Hall – ROMANIAN NATIONAL RADIO ORCHESTRA & RADIO ACADEMIC CHOIR
– PAUL DANIEL conductor
– CIPRIAN ŢUŢU conductor of the choir
*Britten “Peter Grimes”