The Royal Opera House has announced its programme for the twelve months
beginning September 2008:
Don Giovanni
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
From 8th September to 4th October
Third revival of Francesca Zambello's 2002 production
Simon Keenleyside shares the role with Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecien
Sir Charles Mackerras and Antonio Pappano conduct
La Fanaciulla del West
By Giocomo Puccini
from 16th - 29th September
Eighth revival of Piero Faggioni's 1977 production
Pappano conducts
La Calisto
By Francesco Cavalli
23rd September - 10th October
Produced by the Bayerische Staatsoper - new to the ROH
Directed by David Alden
La Bohème
By Giacomo Puccini
11th - 18th October
22nd revival of John Copley's 1974 production
Direct by Copley, conducted by Chritian Badea, starring Hei-Kyung
Homg as Mimi and Wookyung Kim as Rodolfo
Mathilde di Shabran
By Gioachino Rossini
23rd October - 11th November
Directed by Mario Martone - new to the ROH
Conducted by Carlo Rizzi
Elektra
By Richard Strauss
8th - 24th November
First revival of Chales Edwards' 2003 production, conducted by Mark
Elder
War Requiem
By Benjamin Britten
9th November
Conducted by Pappano, with Ian Bostridge, Thomas Hampson and Christine
Brewer
Royal Albert Hall
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
By Jacques Offenbach
25th November to 13th December
Revival of John Schlesinger's 1980 production, conducted by Pappano
Hänsel und Gretel
By Englebert Humperdinck
9th December - 1st Jabuary
Two casts, directed by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser; conducted
by Colin Davis and Robin Ticciati
Turandot
By Giocomo Puccini
22nd December to 23rd January
Revival of Andrei Serban's 1984 production, directed by Jeremy Sutcliffe,
conducted by Nicola Luisotti
The Beggar's Opera
Arranged by Benjamin Britten
20th - 31st January
New production directed by Justin Way
In the Linbury Studio
Die Tote Stadt
By Erich Wolfgang Korngold
27th January - 17th February
UK premiere, directed by Willy Decker and first seen in Salzburg in
2004, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher
Rigoletto
By Giuseppe Verdi
10th February - 1st March
David McVicar's 2001 production, conducted by Daniel Oren
Der Fliegende Holländer
By Richard Wagner
23rd February - 7th March
New production, directed by Tim Albery and conducted by Marc Albrecht,
with Bryn Terfel in the title role
I Capuleti e I Montecchi
By Vincenzo Bellini
2nd March - 11th April
Fourth revival of Pier Luigi Pizzi's 1984 production, conducted by
Mark Elder
Messa da Requiem
By Giuseppe Verdi
13th March at the Royal Opera House; 20th March at Birmingham Symphony
Hall
Conducted by Pappano with Barbara Fritolli (soprano), Olga Borodina
(mezzo), Piotr Beczala (tenor) and Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)
War Requiem
By Benjamin Britten
21st March at Birmingham Symphony Hall
(See above)
Dido and Aeneas / Acis and Galatea
By Henry Purcell / George Frideric Handel
31st March - 20th April
Directed by resident choreographer Wayne McGregor and using memebrs
of the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Christopher
Hogwood
Il Trovatore
By Giuseppe Verdi
13th Apirl - 7th May
Third revival of Elijah Moshinsky's 2002 production, conducted by
Carlo Rizzi
Roberto Alagna stars (except on 2nd and 7th May)
Lohengrin
By Richard Wagner
25th April - 6th May
Revival of Elijah Moshinsky's 1977 production, conducted by Semyon
Bychkov
L'Elisir d'Amore
By Gaetano Donizetti
12th - 25th May
First revival of Laurent Pelly's production, conducted by Richard
Hickox
Lulu
By Alban Berg
4th - 20th June
New production by Christof Loy, conducted by Pappano. Co-production
with the Teatro Real, Madrid
La Traviata
By Giuseppe Verdi
19th June - 6th July
Revival of Richard Eyre's 1994 production, conducted by Pappano and
starring Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson
Un Ballo in Maschera
By Giuseppe Verdi
26th June - 17th July
Second revival of Mario Martone's 2005 production, conducted by Maurizio
Benini
Roland Villazón in Concert
24th June
Programme details TBA
Il Barbiere di Seviglia
By Gioachino Rossini
7th - 18th July
First revival of Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier's 2005 production,
conducted by Pappano, with Simon Keenleyside singing Figaro for the
first time at Covent Garden
Tosca
By Giacomo Puccini
9th - 18th July
Revival of Jonathan Kent's 2006 production, conducted by Daniel Oren
