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WAGNER PERFORMANCE DIARY 2007
Compiled by CHRIS ARGENT
It is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between performances of the Ring operas that make up complete cycles or which are being assembled in readiness for performance as complete cycles, and one-off performances of individual parts. Accordingly, the following listing starts with complete cycles together with cycles that are in the process of assembly. That listing is followed by a second list of performances of the individual operas that may or may not be intended as cycles. These listings do not include performances at Bayreuth next summer. Where there is a lack of information, this means that the relevant opera house websites do not have the information that is missing. As always, any intending traveller would be well advised to check details in advance.
Aix-en-Provence: Die Walküre (the next instalment of the promised cycle for Aix and Salzburg) on 29 June, 2, 5, & 8 July, c. Simon Rattle.
Antwerp: Die Walküre on 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 & 18 February (and Ghent on 25 & 28 February, 4, 7 & 10 March), c. Ivan Törzs, p. Ivo van Hove, d. Jan Versweyveld, with Jeffrey Dowd (Siegmund), Annalena Persson (Sieglinde), Attila Jun (Hunding), James Johnson (Wotan), Jayne Casselman (Brünnhilde), Anne Mason (Fricka).
Berlin (Deutsche Oper): two cycles on 9, 10, 16 & 18, and 20, 21, 23 & 25 February, c. Donald Runnicles, p. Götz Friedrich, d. Peter Sykora, with Fionnula McCarthy (Woglinde), Ulrike Henzel (Wellgunde), Richard Paul Fink (Alberich), Terje Stensvold (Wotan), Marina Prudenskaya (Fricka), Marcus Bean/Marcus Bruck (Donner), Joel Prieto Leon (Froh), Manuela Uhl (Freia), Reinhard Hagen (Fasolt/Hunding), Phillip Ens (Fafner), Burkhard Ulrich (Mime), Clemens Bieber (Loge), Ceri Williams (Erda), Robert Dean Smith (Siegmund), Eva Johansson (Sieglinde), Evelyn Herlitzius (Brünnhilde), Alfons Eberz (Siegfried), Lenus Carlson (Gunther), Michaela Kaune (Gutrune), Hans Peter König (Hagen).
Budapest: on 5, 7, 11 & 14 January, c. Csikós Attila, Nagy Viktor. - see Wagner News No.128, p. 16.
Cardiff: (Maryinsky Ring) on 30 November, 1, 2 & 3 December, c. Valery Gergiev, p.Vladimir Mirzoev & Julia Pevzner, d. George Tyspin.
Detmold: on 15 & 29 October, 3 November, 13 January, 3 Fevruary (at Soligen), 6 April, 12 & 13 May, c. Erich Wächter, p/d. Kay Metzger
Dortmund: one cycle on 6, 8, 13 & 15 April, c. Arthur Fagen, p. Christine Mielitz, d. Stefan Mayer, with Wolfgang Kocj/Phillip Joll (Wotan), Annette Seiltgen (Fricka), Elena Nebera (Freia), Aris Argis (Donner), Charles Kim (Froh), Hannes Brock (Loge), Stephen Ownes (Alberich), Björn Arvidsson (Mime), Bart Driessen (Fasolt/Hunding), Ramaz Chikviladze (Fafner), Milena Kotlyar (Erda), Heike Susanne Daum/Selma Harkink (Woglinde), Marcie Anne Ley (Wellgunde), Franciska Rabl (Flosshilde), Edward Randall/Lance Ryan (Siegmund), Elena Nebara (Sieglinde/Gutrune), Milana Butaeva (Brünnhilde), Jürgen Müller (Siegfried), Simon Neil (Gunther), Vidar Gunnarsson (Hagen).
Erl: three cycles but with Siegfried split between two evenings (with Acts I & II on one, followed by Act III on the other), on 6, 7, 8 (Acts I & II), 10 (Act III) & 11 July; 14, 15, 16/18 & 19 July; 22, 23, 24/26 & 28 July; with singers from the Accademia di Montegrale (see also Erl: Tristan und Isolde and Erl: Parsifal).
Köln: one cycle on 14, 15, 16 & 18 March, and a two-day cycle on 10 & 11 March, c. Markus Stenz, p. Robert Carsen, d. Patrick Kinmouth, with Phillip Joll (Wotan/The Wanderer), Albert Dohmen (Die Walküre Wotan), Dalia Schaechter (Fricka/1st Norn), Machiko Obata (Freia/2nd Norn), Miljenko Turk (Donner), Hauke Möller (Froh), Hubert Delamboye (Loge), Oskar Hillebrandt (Alberich), Johannes Preiβinger (Mime), Andreas Hörl (Fasolt), Martin Finke (Fafner), Dieter Schweikart (Hunding), Anne Pellekorne (Erda), Regina Richter (Wellgunde/Gutrune), Ausrine Stundyte (Woglinde), Joslyn Rechter (Flosshilde), Thomas Mohr (Siegmund), Ricarda Merbeth (Sieglinde), Jayne Casselman (Brünnhilde), Stefan Vinke/Albert Bonnema (Siegfried), Barbara Schneider-Hofstetter (Siegfried Brünnhilde), Samuel Youn (Gunther), Philip Kang (Hagen), Laura Nykänen (Waltraute), Viola Zimmermann (2nd Norn) : see Wagner News No. 165, p.13. .
Karlsruhe: two cycles on 1, 3, 9 & 16 December, and 4, 5, 7 & 9 April, c. Anthony Bramall, p/d. Denis Krief, with Thomas Johannes Mayer (Wotan/Wanderer), Silvia Hablowetz (Fricka), Stefan Stoll (Alberich), Matthias Wohnbrecht (Mime). Peter Lobert (Fafner). Ewa Wolak (Erda), Klaus Florian Vogt/Lance Ryan (Siegmund), Edith Haller (Sieglinde), Ulrich Schneider/Peter Lobert (Hunding), Caroline Whisnant (Brünnhilde), Lance Ryan (Siegfried).
London: (Covent Garden, 2007) three cycles from 2 to 9, 17 to 24 October & 26 October to 2 November, c. Antonio Pappano, p. Keith Warner, d. Stefanos Lazaridis, with Bryn Terfel/John Tomlinson (Wotan), Rosalind Plowright (Fricka), Peter Sidholm (Alberich), Philip Langridge (Loge), Lisa Gasteen (Brünnhilde), Simon O’Neil/Plácido Domingo (Siegmund), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), John Treleaven (Siegfried), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), John Tomlinson (Hagen), Jane Henschel (Erda), Peter Coleman Wright (Gunther), Mihoko Fujimura (Gutrune).
Munich: a single cycle on 10, 12, 15 & 19 November, c. Peter Schneider, p David Alden, d. Gideon Davey, with Daniele Sindram (Wellgunde), Elena Zhidkova (Flosshilde), John Tomlinson (Wotan/Wanderer), Mihoko Fujimura (Fricka), Camilla Nylund (Freia), Hans-Joachim Ketelsen (Donner) Nikolai Schukoff (Froh), Philip Langridge (Loge), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), Ulrich Reβ (Mime), Jan-Henrik Rootering (Fasolt), Kurt Rydl (Fafner), Anna Larsson (Erda), Waltraud Meier (Sieglinde), Gabriele Schnaut (Brünnhilde), Peter Seiffert (Siegmund), Matti Salminen (Hunding), Stig Andersen (Siegfried), Juha Uusitalo (Gunther), Emily Magee (Gutrune).
New York: (Maryinsky Ring): two cycles on 13, 14, 20 & 21 July; 16, 17, 18 & 19 July (see Cardiff above).
Nürnberg: two cycles, 23 June, 1, 8 & 15 July, and 17, 21, 25 & 29 July, c. Christof Prick, p. Stephen Lawless, d. Benoit Dugardyn..
Pittsburgh: two cycles in the Jonathan Dove reduction on 14-16 and 21-23 July, c. Anthony Negus, p. Jonathan Eaton, d. Danila Korogodsky with Nathan Bahny (Alberich), Rod Nelman (Wotan), Jessie Raven (Fricka), Charlene Canty (Freia), Eugene Perry (Fasolt/Gunther), Herbert Perry (Fafner/Hunding/Hagen), Joel Sorenson (Loge), Demareus Cooper (Erda), Gary Lehman (Siegmund), Anna Singer (Sieglinde/Gutrune), Deidra Palmour Gorton/Suzan Hanson (Brünnhilde), Dan Snyder (Siegfried),
Riga: the parts of a complete cycle, c. Andris Nelsons, are being assembled, Das Rheingold having been staged in June 2006, Die Walküre will be premièred in Riga on 2 March and in Bergen on 24 May, p. Viesturs Kairiss, d. Ilmars Blumbergs, with Siegfried, p. Oskaras Koršunovas, d. Jüratė Paulėkaitė, premièred in the same two cities on 25 April and 22 May 2008, respectively, and Götterdämmerung scheduled for 24 April and 22 May 2009, respectively in Riga and Bergen.
Salzburg: Das Rheingold on 31 March, 9 April, c. Simon Rattle, p. Stéphane Braunschweig, with Willard White (Wotan), Lilli Paasikivi (Fricka), Dale Duesing (Alberich), Burkhard Ulrich (Mime), Anna Larsson (Erda), Robert Gambill (Loge).
Stockholm: the season will see three of the four components of the Royal Opera’s new cycle - Das Rheingold on 24, 27 & 30 March, Die Walküre on 14 October and Siegfried on 21 October, c. Gregor Bühl, p. Steffan Valdemar Holm, d. Bente Lykke Møller, with Terle Stensvold (Wotan/Wanderer), Martina Dike (Fricka), Sara Olsson (Freia), Gunnar Lundberg (Donner), Jonas Degerfeldt (Froh), Ketil Hugaas (Alberich), Ulrik Ovale/Niklas Bjorling (Mime), Hans-Peter König (Fasolt/Hunding), Lennart Forsén (Fafner/Hunding), Thomas Sunnegårdh (Loge), Mette Ejsing (Erda), Hilde Leidland (Woglinde), Susann Végh (Wellgunde), Katarina Leoson (Flosshilde), Endrik Wottrich (Siegmund), Nina Stemme (Sieglinde), Katarina Dalayman (Brünnhilde), Lars Cleveman/Pår Lindskog (Siegfried).
Vienna: (new Ring cycle): Die Walküre on 2 December, Siegfried on 22 May 2008, Götterdämmerung on 8 December 2008, Das Rheingold on 21 May 2009, c. Franz Welser-Möst, p. Sven-Eric Bechtolf, d. Rolf & Marianne Glittenberg.
Wroclaw: on 6, 7, 13 & 15 October 2006, c.Tomasz Szreder, p. Hans-Peter Lehmann, d. Waldemar Zawodiński, with Aleksandra Buczek (Woglinde), Ewa Czermak (Wellgunde), Dorotha Dutkowska (Flosshilde), Maciej Krzysztyniak (Alberich), Thomas Jesatko/Bogusław Szynalski (Wotan), Agnieszka Rehils (Fricka), Wioletta Chodowicz (Freia), Zbigniew Kryczka ((Donner), Andrzej Kalinin (Froh), Barbara Bagińska/Elzbieta Kaczmarzyk-Janczak (Erda), Pavel Izdebski (Fasolt), Wiktor Goreloikow (Fafner), Uwe Elkötter (Loge), Edward Kulczyk), Wolfgang Millgramm (Siegmund/Götterdämmerung Siegfried), Ewa Vesin (Sieglinde/Gutrune), Margarita Stein/Barbara Schneider-Hofstetter/Nadine Secunde (Brünnhilde), Wiktor Gorelikow (Hunding), Leonid Zakhozhaev (Siegfried), Stefan Stoll (Gunther), Paweł Izdebski (Hagen), Barbara Libera-Orkowska (Gutrune)..
Separate performances of the Ring dramas, some of which might develop into complete cycles:
Bangkok: Die Walküre on 24 & 26 July, c/p. Somtow Sucharitkul with Janny Zomer (Sieglinde), Charles Hens (Siegmund), John Ames (Hunding), Yeoh Hoay Aw (Wotan), Barbara Smith Jones (Fricka), Jessica Hsung-an Chen (Brünnhilde).
Detmold: Das Rheingold on 15 & 29 October, 3 November, c. Erich Wächter, p. Kay Metger.
Florence: (Maggio Musicale) Das Rheingold on 14, 19, 23, & 27 June, c. Zubin Mehta.
Freiburg (Breisgau): Das Rheingold on 20 & 22 October, 8 & 19 November, 9 & 29 December, 13 & 28 January, 23 February, 9 & 15 March, c. Patrick Ringborg, p. Frank Hilbrich, d. Volker Thiele, with Derrick Lawrence (Wotan), Matthias Flor (Donner), Dong Won Kim (Froh), Patrick Jones (Loge), Neal Schwantes (Alberich), Roberto Gionfriddo (Mime), Radu Cojocaru (Fasolt), Peter Klaveness (Fafner), Sigrun Schell (Fricka), Jana Hawranova (Freia), Anja Jung (Erda/Flosshilde), Nicole Chevalier (Woglinde), Yaroslava Vikhrovic (Wellgunde).
Giessen: on 16 June, a performance in one evening (sic), c. Carlos Spierer.:
Halle: Das Rheingold on 7 October ( première), 11 & 29 October, c. Klaus Weise, p. Atif Hussein, d. Petra Korink, with Gerd Vogel (Alberich), Nils Giesecke (Mime), Richard Brunner (Loge), Marek Wojciechowski (Fasolt), Jürgen Trekel (Fafner), Maria Riccarda Wesseling (Fricka), Nicholas Sales (Froh), Raimund Nolte (Donner), Ake Berndt (Wellgunde/Freia), Mária Petrasovská (Erda), Evgenia Grekova (Woglinde), Ulrike Schneider (Flosshilde).
Hamburg: Die Walküre on 19, 23, & 28 October, 2, 9, & 12 November 2008.
Lisbon: Die Walküre on 24, 25 & 28 February, 3, 5 & 10 March, c. Marka Letonja, p. Graham Vick, d. Timothy O’Brien, with Roald Samm (Siegmund), Anna Katharina Behnke (Sieglinde), Susan Bullock (Brünnhilde), Judit Németh (Fricka).
Longborough: Das Rheingold on 23, 27 & 30 June, c. Anthony Negus with Nick Folwell (Alberich), Peter Bronder (Loge), Phillip Joll (Wotan).
Marseille: Die Walküre on 16, 20, 23 & 25 May, c. Patrick Davin, p. Charles Roubaud, d. Michel Hamon, with Torsten Kerl (Siegmund), Gabriele Fontana (Sieglinde), Janice Baird (Brünnhilde), Artur Korn (Hunding), Sally Burgess (Fricka). Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Arne Salver (Waltraute).
Oslo: Die Walküre on 11 March, c. Olaf Henzold, concert performance with Ivor Gilhus (Siegmund), Ragnhild Heiland (Sieglinde), Carsten Stabell (Hunding), Trond Halstein Moe (Wotan), Ingeborg Kosmo (Fricka), Jane Eaglen (Brünnhilde).
Saarbrücken: Das Rheingold on 17, 19, & 24 November, c. Constantin Trinks, p. Steffan Goth, d. Christian Pöppelreiter.
Strasbourg: Das Rheingold on 14, 18, 24 & 27 February, 1 March, c. Günther Neuhold, p. David McVicar, d. Rae Smith, with Jason Howard (Wotan), Hanne Fischer (Fricka), Ann Petersen (Freia), Julian Tovey (Donner), Carsten Süss (Froh), Oleg Bryjak (Alberich), Colin Judson (Mime), Clive Bayley (Fasolt), Günther Groissböck (Fafner), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Loge), Alexandra Kloose (Erda), Cécile de Boever (Woglinde), Susanne Reinhard (Wellgunde), Sylvie Althaparro (Flosshilde).
Valencia: Das Rheingold on 28 April, 3, 7 & 12 May, and Die Walküre on 30 April, 5, 10 & 14 May, c. Zubin Mehta, p. La Fura dels Baus, d. Roland Olbeter, with Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), Anna Larsson (Fricka), John Daszak (Loge), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), Ulrich Reβ (Mime), Matti Salminen (Fasolt/Hunding), Stephen Milling (Fafner), Christa Mayer/Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Erda), Peter Seiffert.(Siegmund), Petra Maria Schnitzer (Sieglinde). Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde).
Venice: Siegfried on 14, 17, 20, 23 & 26 June, c. Jeffrey Tate, p. Robert Carsen, d. Patrick Kinmouth, with Stefan Vinke (Siegfried), Greer Grimsley (Wotan), Susan Bullock (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Mime).
Vilnius: Die Walküre on 10, 14, 16, 22 & 24 March, c. Jacek Kaspszyk, p. Eimuntas Nekrosius, d. Marius Nekrosius, with Sigute Stonyte/Valerije Balsyte (Sieglinde), Egidijus Dauskurdis (Hunding), Irene Milkevicuite/Nomeda Kazlauskaite (Brünnhilde).
Washington: Die Walküre on 25 & 30 March, 2, 5, 8, 10 & 14 April, c. Heinz Fricke, p. Francesca Zambello, d. Michael Yeargan, with Plácido Domingo (Siegmund), Anja Kampe (Sieglinde), Gidon Saks (Hunding), Alan Held (Wotan), Elena Zaremba (Fricka), Linda Watson (Brünnhilde).
Weimar: Das Rheingold on 26 November, 16 December & 20 January, c. Carl St Clair, p. Michael Schulz, d. Dirk Becker.
Das Liebesverbot:
Hamburg (Allee Theater) on 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26 & 29 November (and continuing to 28 January), c. Klaus Jung, p. Michael Leinert, d. Manfred Breitenfellner
Der fliegende Holländer:
Barcelona: on 4, 10, 13, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24 & 25 April, c. Sebastian Weigle, p. Alex Rigola, d. Barbara Puigdefàbregas, with Eric Hafvarson/Bjarni Thor Kristinsson (Daland), Susan Anthony/Jean-Michèle Charbonnet (Senta), Alan Titus/Tómas Tómasson (Holländer), Julia Juon/Barbara Bornemann (Mary).
Darmstadt: on 31 March.
Dresden: on 5, 10, 20 & 23 June, c. Jun Märkl, p/d. Wolfgang Wagner, with Kurt Rydl (Daland), Susan Anthony (Senta), Jukka Rasilianen/Albert Dohmen (Holländer), Klaus Florian Vogt (Erik).
Dijon: on 15, 17 & 20 March, c. Claude Schnitzler, p. Eric Perez, d. Claude Stephan, with Yuri Kissin (Daland), Cécile Perrin (Senta), Nicolas Cavallier (Holländer), Louis Gentil (Erik), Béatrice Burley (Mary).
Duisberg: on 22 & 24 February, 15, 22, 27 & 30 June.
Düsseldorf: on 9, 16 & 23 March.
Erfurt: on 10 March
Essen: on 15, 18 & 25 February, 3 & 14 March, c. Stefan Soltesz, p. Barrie Kosky, d. Klaus Grünberg, with Almas Svilpa (Holländer), Diogenes Randes/Marcel Rosca (Daland), Jeffrey Dowd/Thomas Piffka (Erik).
Graz: on 18, 21, 24, 28 & 30 March, 1, 4, 12, 14, 18 & 21 April, c. Johannes Fritzsch, p. Peter Konwitschny, d. Johannes Leiacker, with Bern Hofmann (Daland), Christiane Libor (Senta), Robert Hale (Holländer), Edward Randall (Erik), Fran Lubahn (Mary).
Hamburg: on 15, 20 & 24 May, 7 June, c. Will Humbug, p/d. Marco Arturo Marelli, with Franz Grundheber (Holländer), Hans-Peter König (Daland), Susan Anthony (Senta), Donald Kaasch/Glenn Winslade (Erik), Deborah Humble (Mary).
Innsbruck: on 23, 26 & 30 June, c. Aleksander Markovic, p. David Prins, d. Arnold Schalks.
Meiningen: on 9, 11, 17 & 24 February, 8, 17 & 25 March, 5 & 26 April, 13 & 28 May, 7, & 27 June, 8 July.
Munich: on 18, 21 & 23 December, 7 & 11 May, 26 & 29 July, c. Adam Fischer, p. Peter Konwitschny, d. Johannes Leiacker, with Anja Kampe (Senta), Kurt Moll (Daland), Juha Uusitalo/Jukka Rasilainen (Holländer), Stephen Gould/Klaus Florian Vogt (Erik), Heike Grötzinger (Mary).
Neustrelitz: on 19 May.
Nuremberg: on 3, 10 & 18 February, 4, 11 & 22 March, 1, 6 &16 April,, c. Philipp Poinner, p. Helen Malkowsky, d. Harald Thor.
Portland (Oregon): on 24, 27 & 29 March, c. David Parry, p. Christopher Alden, with Richard Paul Fink (Holländer), Christine Goerke (Senta), Kevin Langan (Daland), Matthew Kirchner (Erik).
Radebeul: on 9 June.
Riga: on 12 November, c. Martin Ozolins, p. Andrejs Zagars, d. Andris Freibergs, with Krišjānis Norvellis (Daland), Ieva Kepe (Senta), Egils Silins (Holländer), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Erik), Antra Bigača (Mary).
Rostock: on 28 April, c. Peter Leonard, p. Steffen Piontek, d. Mike Hahne.
Rouen: on 4 & 6 February, c. Oswald Sallaberger, p. Alain Garichot, with Matthew Best, Manon Feubel, Patrick Simper, Peter Bronder, Arne Salver.
Tokyo: on 25 February, 1, 4, 7 & 10 March, c. Michael Boder, p. Matthias von Stegmann, with Matsui Hiroshi (Daland), Anja Kampe (Senta), Juha Uusitalo (Holländer), Endrik Wottrich (Erik).
Vienna: on 29 April, 2, 6, 10 & 14 May, c. Seiji Ozawa, p. Christine Mielitz, d. Stefan Mayer, with Alan Titus (Holländer), Janusz Monarcha (Daland), Nina Stemme (Senta), Stephen Gould (Erik).
Wels (Austria): on 17, 20 & 22 May, c. Stefan Mickisch.
Tannhäuser:
Amsterdam: on 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 18, 24 & 26 February, c. Hartmut Haenchen, p. Nikolaus Lehnhoff, d. Raimund Bauer, with Robert Gambill/John Keyes (Tannhäuser), Kristinń Sigmundsson (Hermann), Roman Trekel (Wolfram), Werner Van Mechelen (Biterolf), Marcel Reijans (Walther),David Griffith (Heinrich der Schreiber), Martina Serafin (Elisabeth), Petra Lang (Venus).
Berlin (Deutsche Oper): on 13 & 17 December, c. Jün Markl, p. Götz Friedrich, d. Rolf Glittenberg, with Peter Seiffert (Tannhäuser), Markus Brück (Wolfram), Hans-Peter König (Hermann), Clemens Bieber (Walther), Harold Wilson (Biterolf), Petra Maria Schnitzer (Elisabeth), Brigitte Pinter (Venus).
Bilbao: on 18, 21, 24 & 27 November, c. Günther Neuhold, p. Harry Kupfer, with Robert Gambill (Tannhäuser), Ludovic Tézier (Wolfram), Carsten Stabell (Hermann), Alberto Arrabal (Biterolf), Gustavo Peňa (Walther), Angela Denoke (Elisabeth/Venus).
Budapest: on 10, 11 & 13 May, c. Sándor Kecskeméti, p. Mildós Szinetár.
Dresden: on 20 & 28 May, c. Christof Prick, p. Peter Konwitschny, d. Hartmut Meyer, with Jon Frederic West (Tannhäuser), Reinhard Dorn (Hermann), Markus Butter (Wolfram), Martin Homrich (Walther), Tom Martinsen (Heinrich der Schreiber), Michael Eder (Biterolf), Anne Schwanewilms (Elisabeth), Gabrielle Schnaut (Venus).
Frankfurt (Main): on 28 January, 1, 4, 8, 17, 22 & 25 February, 3 March, 15, 20 24 & 28 June, 1 July, c. Paolo Carignani/Johannes Debus, p. Vera Nemirova, d. Johannes Leiacker, with Ian Story/Frank van Aken (Tannhäuser), Magnus Baldvinsson/Andreas Hörl (Hermann), Christian Gerhaher/Michael Nagy (Wolfram), Peter Marsh (Walther), Michael McCowan (Heinrich der Schreiber), Gregory Frank (Biterolf), Danielle Halbwachs/Sonja Mühleck (Elisabeth), Elena Zhidkova/Brigitte Pinter (Venus).
Hagen: première on 10 June, c. Anthony Hermus, p. Rainer Friedemann, d. Walter Perdacher.
Hamburg: on 21 & 28 January, 28 April, 1 & 6 May, c. Sabor Ötvös, p. Harry Kupfer, d. Hans Schavernoch & Reinhard Heinrich, with John Treleaven (Tannhäuser), Harald Stamm (Hermann), Michael Volle (Wolfram), Peter Galliard (Walther), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Biterolf), Barbara Haveman (Elisabeth), Jeanne Piland (Venus).
Los Angeles: on 24 & 28 February 3, 8, 11, 15 & 18 March, c. James Conlon, with Peter Seiffert (Tannhäuser), Franz-Josef Selig (Hermann), Martin Ganter (Wolfram), Petra Maria Schnitzer (Elisabeth), Lioba Braun (Venus).
Magdeburg: on 5, 11 & 26 November, c. Francesco Corti, p. Holger Potozoki, d. Andreas Jander, with Anita Bader, Undine Dreiβig, Evmorfia Metaxaki, Peter Diebschlag, Roland Fenes, Wolfgang Klose.
Pforzheim: on 9 November, 1 December, 5 & 21 January, 3 April, c. Jaň Hämäläinen, p. Wolfgang Quetes, d. Manfred Kaderk, with Heikki Siukola/Welong Tao (Tannhäuser), Aleksej Ivanov (Hermann), Bastiaan Everink (Wolfram), Lemuel Cuento (Walther), Klaus Geber (Biterolf), Monica Chavez (Elisabeth), Ines Linaburgyte (Venus), Thomas Burger (Heinrich).
Lohengrin:
Aachen: on 11, 14 & 25 February, 2, 11, 25 & 0 March, 5, 9, 15, 22 & 29 April, 19 May, 2 June, c. Marcus Bosch, p. Ludger Engels.
Chemnitz: on 1 & 4 November, c. Niksa Bareza, p. Michael Heinicke, d. Reinhart Zimmermann, with John Charles Pierce (Lohengrin), Nancy Gibson/Astrid Weber (Elsa), Yumi Koyama (Ortrud), Hannu Niemelan (Telramund), Konta Räsänen (Heinrich der Vogler).
Copenhagen: on 1, 4, 7 & 23 February, 13 & 16 March.
Dallas: on 15, 18, 21 & 24 February, c. Graeme Jenkins, p/d. Ramon Lopez, with Christopher Ventris (Lohengrin), Nancy Gustafson (Elsa), Jean-Michèle Charbonnet (Ortrud), Sergei Leiferkus (Telramund), Dean Petersen (Heinrich der Vogler).
Köln: on 27 October, 1 & 4 November, c. Markus Stenz, p. Klaus Maria Brandauer, d. Ronald Zechner, with Klaus Florain Vogt (Lohengrin), Kirsten Blanck (Elsa), Krister St Hill (Telramund), Delia Schaechter (Ortrud), Reinhard Hagen (Heinrich der Vogler).
Leipzig: on 17 & 26 November, 2 & 22 December, c. Axel Kober, p. Steffen Piontek, d. Hartmut Schörghofer, with Stefan Vinke (Lohengrin), Hillevi Martinpelto (Elsa), Sergei Leiferkus (Telramund), Rosalind Plowright (Ortrud), James Moellenhoff (Heinrich der Vogler).
Lisbon: on 29 October, 10 & 25 November, 26 & 28 December, c. Roman Brogli-Sacher, p. Didier Orlowsky, d. Haitger Böken, with Reinhard Hagen (Heinrich der Vogler), John Treleaven (Lohengrin), Emily Magee (Elsa), Hans-Peter Ketelsen (Telramund), Luana DeVol (Ortrud).
Lübeck: on 15 & 29 October, 25 November, 26 December, 28 January, Roman Brogli-Sacher, p. Didier von Orlowsky, d. Angelika Riedl, with Scott McAllister (Lohengrin), Marion Amman (Elsa), Elizabeth McConnell (Ortrud), Anton Keremidtchiev (Telramund), Andreas Haller (Heinrich der Vogler).
Lyon: on 24, 26 & 29 October, c. Lothar Koenigs, p. Nikolaus Lehnhoff, with Hugh Smith (Lohengrin), Martina Serafin (Elsa), Tom Fox (Telramund), Evelyn Herlitzius (Ortrud), Reinhard Hagen/ Michael Dries (Heinrich der Vogler).
Milan: on 17, 20, 23, 25, 28, 30 & 31 January, 4 February, c. Daniele Gatti, p. Nikolaus Lehnhoff, d. Stephan Braunfels, with Robert Dean Smith/Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Anne Schwanewilms/Solveig Kringelbotn (Elsa), Tom Fox/Jürgen Linn (Telramund), Waltraud Meier/Linda Watson (Ortrud), Hans Peter König (Heinrich der Vogler).
Paris (Bastille): on 15, 19, 23 & 26 May, 2, 5, 8 & 11 June, c. Valery Gergiev, p. Robert Carsen, d. Paul Steinberg, with Ben Heppner (Lohengrin), Mireille Delunsch (Elsa), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Telramund), Waltraud Meier (Ortrud).
Tokyo: on 15, 18 & 21 March.
Vienna: on 20, 23 & 27 June, c. Stefan Soltesz, p. Barrie Kosky, d. Klaus Grünberg, with Ben Heppner (Lohengrin), Ricarda Merbeth (Elsa), Peter Weber (Telramund), Kwangchul Youn (Heinrich der Vogler), Falk Struckmann (Telramund), Janina Baechle (Ortrud).
Tristan and Isolde:
Berlin (Deutsche Oper): on 7, 11 & 15 April, c. Peter Schneider, p. Götz Friedrich, d. Günther Schneider-Siemssen, with Christian Franz (Tristan), Gabriele Schnaut (Isolde), Petra Lang (Brangäne), Hans Peter König (King Marke), Matthias Goerne (Kurwenal), Jörg Schörner (Melot).
Berlin (Staatsoper): on 19, 25 & 29 November, 3 December, c. Daniel Barenboim, p. Stefan Bachmann, d. Herzog de Meuron, with Peter Seiffert (Tristan), Waltraud Meier (Isolde), Rosemarie Lang (Brangäne), Kwangchul Youn (King Marke), Gerd Grochowski (Kurwenal), Reiner Goldberg (Melot).
Bremen: on 27 May, 3, 10, 15 & 24 June, 1 & 8 July, c. Stefan Klingele, p. Reinhild Hoffmann, d. Penelope Wehrli, with Matthias Schulz (Tristan), Sabine Hofgrefe (Isolde), Thomas Schaler/Karsten Kusters (King Marke), Yaroslava Kozina (Brangäne), Kristjan Moisnik/Ivan Dimitrov (Kurwenal),
Brussels: on 22, 25 & 29 October, 2 November, c. Kazushi Ono, p/d. Yannis Kokkos, with John Keyes (Tristan), Irene Théorin (Isolde), Lilli Paasikivi (Brangäne), Franz Hawlata (King Marke), Matthew Best (Kurwenal), Andreas Scheibner (Melot).
Cardiff: on 30 September, 7 October, then Oxford: 21 October, Llandudno: 28 October Birmingham: 11 November Bristol: 18 November, Southampton: 2 December, c. Mark Wigglesworth, p/d. Yannis Kokkos, with John McMaster (Tristan), Annalena Persson (Isolde), Susan Bickley (Brangäne), Alfred Reiter (King Marke), Robert Hayward (Kurwenal), Eddie Wade (Melot).
Dessau: on 31 October, 26 November, c. Golo Berg, p. Johannes Felsenstein, d. Stefan Rieckhoff, with Sergey Nayda (Tristan), Iordanka Derilova (Isolde), Alexandra Petersamer (Brangäne), Marek Wojciechowski (King Marke), Ulf Paulsen (Kurwenal), Kostadin Aguirov (Melot).
Dresden: on 29 December, 2 & 5 January, c. Peter Schneider, p/d. Marco Arturo Marelli, with Alfons Eberz (Tristan), Waltraud Meier (Isolde), Lioba Braun (Brangäne), Georg Zeppenfeld (King Marke), Jukka Rasilianen (Kurwenal).
Duisberg : on 11 February.
Erl: on 9, 17 & 25 July, c/p. Gustav Kuhn
Essen: on 9, 17, 23 & 30 December, 6 January, 6 April, c. Stefan Soltesz, p. Barrie Kosky, d. Klaus Grünberg, with Jeffrey Dowd (Tristan), Evelyn Herlitzius (Isolde), Ildiko Szönyi ((Brangäne), Marcel Rosca (King Marke), Heiko Trinsinger (Kurwenal), Günther Kiefer (Melot)..
Glyndebourne: six performances between 1 & 22 August, c. Jiří Bělohlávek, p. Nikolaus Lehnhoff, d. Roland Aeschlimann.
Hamburg: on 3, 17 & 24 June, c. Simone Young, p. Ruth Berghaus, d. Hans-Dieter Saal, with John Treleaven (Tristan), Deborah Polaski (Isolde), Katja Pieweck (Brangäne), Franz-Josef Selig (King Marke), Wolfgang Koch (Kurwenal), Peter Galliard (Melot).
Kassel: on 3 February.
Koblenz: on 11 February.
Montpellier: on 11 October, c. Friedemann Layer, p. Georges, Lavadant, d. Jean-Pierre Vergier, with Richard Decker (Tristan), Hedwig Fassbender (Isolde), Nora Gubisch (Brangäne), Xiaoliang Li (King Marke).
Perth (W. Australia): on 4, 8 & 11 November, c. Richard Mills, p. Neil Armfield & Anatoly Frusin, d. Jennie Tau, with Alan Woodrow (Tristan), Susan Bullock (Isolde), Bernadette Cullen (Brangäne), Bruce Martin (King Marke), David Wakeham (Kurwenal.
Rome: on 14, 16, 18, 19 & 21 November, c. Gianluigi Gelmetti, p. Pier’ Alli, d. Ezio Toffolutti, with David Rendall/Richard Decker (Tristan), Janice Baird/Anna Katharina Behnke (Isolde), Marianne Cornetti (Brangäne).
San Francisco: on 22 & 27 October, c. Donald Runnicles, p. Thor Steingraber, d. David Hockney, with Thomas Moser (Tristan), Christine Brwer (Isolde), Jane Irwin (Brangäne), Boaz Daniel (Kurwenal), Kristinn Sigmindsson (King Marke).
Santiago: on 21, 24, 27 & 30 July.
Turin: on 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22 & 24 April, c. Stefan Anton Reck, p. Stephen Pickover, d. David Hockney, with John Treleaven/John Uhlenhopp (Tristan), Eva Johansson/Gabriele Maria Ronge (Isolde), Lioba Braun/Hermine May (Brangäne), Kurt Rydl/Ethan Herschenfeld (King Marke), Albert Dohmen/Ned Barth (Kurwenal), Peter Svensson (Melot).
Toulouse: on 8, 11, 14, 18 & 21 March, c. Pinchas Steinberg, p. Nicolas Joel, d. Andreas Reinhardt, with Alan Woodrow (Tristan), Janice Baird (Isolde), Janina Baechle (Brangäne), Kurt Rydl (King Marke), Alexander Marco-Buhrmester (Kurwenal), Konrad Jarnot (Melot).
Vienna: on 10, 14 & 19 January, c. Leif Segerstam, p. Günther Krämer, d. Gisbert Jäckel, with Peter Seiffert (Tristan), Deborah Polaski (Isolde), Kurt Rydl (King Marke), Janina Baechle (Brangäne), Boaz Daniel (Kurwenal).
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg:
Copenhagen (Old Stage): on 1, 2 & 3 April, c. Christoph Homberger, p. Frank Castorf, d. Jonathan Meese, with Max Hopp, Silvia Rieger, Sophie Rois, Bernhard Schütz, Axel Wandtke, David Marton, Frank Bauszus, Anna Kratky, Ruth Rosenfeld.
Geneva: on 10, 14, 17, 20, 23, 28 & 31 December, c. Armin Jordan, p/d. Pierre Strosser, with Albert Dohmen (Sachs), Walter Fink (Pogner), Dietrich Henschel (Beckmesser), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther), Toby Spence (David), Anja Harteros (Eva), Cornelia Helfricht (Magdalena), Paul McNamara (Moser).
Munich: on 31 July, c. Peter Schneider, p. Thomas Langhoff, d. Gottfried Pilz, with Jan-Henrik Rootering (Sachs), Eike Wilm Schulte (Beckmesser), Kevin Conners (David), Camilla Nylund (Eva), Heike Grötzinger (Magdalena).
New York: on 1, 5, 10 & 13 March, c. James Levine/John Keenan, p. Otto Schenk, d. Günther Schneider-Siemssen, with James Morris (Sachs), Evgenij Nikitin (Pogner), Hei-Kyung Hong (Eva), Johan Botha (Walther), Hans-Joachim Ketelsen (Beckmesser), Matthew Polenzani (David), Maria Zifchak (Magdalena).
Parsifal:
Berlin (Staatsoper): on 8 & 11 February, 18, 25 & 29 March, 24 & 29 June, c. Daniel Barenboim, p. Bernd Eichinger, d. Jens Kilian, with Plácido Domingo/Burkhard Fritz (Parsifal), René Pape (Gurnemanz), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Amfortas), Waltraud Meier/Michaela Schuster (Kundry), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Klingsor).
Budapest: on 6, & 9 April, c. Forray Gábor, p. Mikó András.
Duisberg: on 11 February, 18 March, 8 April.
Erl: on 12, 20 & 28 July, c/p. Gustav Kuhn.
Göteborg: on 6, 15, 22 & 29 April, 6, 12, 20 & 27 May, c. Shao-Chia Lu, p. Yannis Houvardas, d. Lars-Åke Thessmann, with Jan Kyhle (Parsifal), Matts Persson (Amfortas), Mats Almgren (Gurnemanz), Annalena Persson (Kundry), Krister St Hill (Klingsor), Peter Logun (Titurel).
Hamburg: on 19 & 26 November, 4 February, c. Simone Young, p/d. Robert Wilson, with Christain Franz (Parsifal), Kurt Rydl (Gurnemanz), Wolfgang Schöne (Amfortas), Petra Lang (Kundry), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Klingsor).
Munich: on 1, 5, 8 & 13 April, 8 July, c. Kent Nagano, p. Peter Konwitschny, d. Johannes Leiacker, with Luan DeVol (Kundry), Martin Ganter (Amfortas), Plácido Domingo (Parsifal), Hartmut Welker (Klingsor).
Vienna: on 5 & 8 April, c. Donald Runnicles, p. Christine Mielitz, d. Stefan Mayer, with Thomas Moser (Parsifal), Peter Rose (Gurnemanz), Falk Struckmann (Amfortas), Deborah Polaski (Kundry).
Zürich: on 29 & 31 March, 5, 12 & 15 April, c. Bernard Haitink, p. Hans Hollmann, d. Hans Hoffer, with Christopher Ventris (Parsifal), Matti Salminen (Gurnemanz), Michael Volle (Amfortas), Yvonne Naef (Kundry), Rolf Haunstein (Klingsor).
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