Opera and Ballet 2013
Fondazione
Teatro Comunale
di Bologna
Largo Respighi 1 40126 Bologna
INFOLINE (+39) 051 529958
www.comunalebologna.it
Superintendent
FRANCESCO ERNANI
Artistic Advisor
NICOLA SANI
Director
MICHELE MARIOTTI
MACBETH
Giuseppe Verdi
Opera in four acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
From the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare
February 2013
Tuesday 5th ........................... 8pm (Première)
Wednesday 6th ....................... 8pm (Series C)
Thursday 7th ........................... 8pm (Series A)
Friday 8th ........................... 8pm
Saturday 9th ............................ 8pm (Series B)
Sunday 10th ............... 3.30pm (Sunday)
Tuesday 12th ......................... 8pm (Non-Subscription concert)
Conductor ..................... Roberto Abbado
Direction, scenography, choreography, lighting design ............. Robert Wilson
Costumes ..................... Jacques Reynaud
Lights ........................... AJ Weissbard
Chorus Master ....... Lorenzo Fratini
Main Characters
Macbeth..................... Dario Solari / Angelo Veccia
Banco ....................... Riccardo Zanellato /
................................... Carlo Cigni
Lady Macbeth ............ Tatiana Serjan / Anna Pirozzi
Macduff...................... Roberto De Biasio /
................................... Lorenzo Decaro
Malcom...................... Gabriele Mangione
Choir and Orchestra Of Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Technicians of Teatro Comunale di Bologna
New Production by Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Der Fliegende
Hollander
Richard Wagner
Romantic Opera in three acts by Richard Wagner
March 2013
Wednesday 13th ..................... 8pm (Première)
Thursday 14th ......................... 8pm (Series C)
Saturday 16th .......................... 6pm (Afternoon)
Sunday 17th ................ 3.30pm (Sunday)
Tuesday 19th ......................... 8pm (Series A)
Wednesday 20th ..................... 8pm (Non-Subscription concert)
Thursday 21st......................... 8pm (Series B)
Conductor .................... Stefan Anton Reck
Direction, scenography and costumes .................. Yannis Kokkos
Lights .......................... Guido Levi
Chorus Master ....... Lorenzo Fratini
Main Characters
Der Holländer............. Mark S. Doss / Thomas Hall
Daland........................ Duccio Dal Monte
Senta.......................... Anna Gabler / Elena Popovskaya
Erik............................. Marcel Reijans / Erik Fennel
Der Steuermann......... Gabriele Mangione
Mary........................... Monica Minarelli
Choir and Orchestra Of Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Technicians of Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Production by Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Norma
Vincenzo Bellini
Tragic Opera in two acts
Libretto by Felice Romani
April 2013
Saturday 13th .......................... 8pm (Première)
Sunday 14th ................ 3.30pm (Non-Subscription concert)
Tuesday 16th ......................... 8pm (Series A)
Wednesday 17th ..................... 8pm (Series C)
Thursday 18th ......................... 8pm (Series B)
Saturday 20th .......................... 6pm (Afternoon)
Sunday 21th ................ 3.30pm (Sunday)
Conductor..................... Michele Mariotti
Direction ........................ Federico Tiezzi
Scenography....................... Pier Paolo Bisleri
Curtains and backdrops ........... Mario Schifano
Costumes ..................... Giovanna Buzzi
Lights ........................... Gianni Pollini
Chorus Master ....... Lorenzo Fratini
Main Characters
Pollione ...................... Aquiles Machado /
Pollione ...................... Tomislav MuŽek
Oroveso...................... Sergey Artamonov
Norma........................ Mariella DeVia /
................................... Radostina Nikolaeva
Adalgisa ..................... Carmela Remigio /
................................... Patrizia Biccirè
Choir and Orchestra Of Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Technicians of Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Stage Production by the Teatro Comunale in co-production with the Teatro Verdi di Trieste and
Fondazione Petruzzelli Teatro di Bari.
Il Trionfo Di Clelia
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Musical Drama in three acts – Libretto by Pietro Metastasio
New Critical Edition by Et in Arcadia ego
May 2013
Tuesday 14.......................... 8pm (Première)
Thursday 16.......................... 8pm (Series C)
Friday 17th.......................... 8pm (Series A)
Sunday 19th ................ 3.30 pm (Sunday)
Tuesday 21th ......................... 6pm (Afternoon)
Wednesday 22nd ..................... 8pm (Series B)
Conductor.................... Giuseppe Sigismondo De Risio
Direction and scenography............ Nigel Lowery
Costumes ..................... Paris Mexis
Lights ........................... George Tellos
Main Characters
Clelia ......................... To be announced
Orazio ........................ Mary-Ellen Nesi
Larissa ....................... Burçu Uyar
Tarquinio .................... Irini Karaianni
Porsenna ................... Vassilis Kavayias
Mannio....................... Daichi Fujiki
Orchestra and technicians of Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Original Production by Et in Arcadia Ego on the occasion of the 250th Anniversary since the inauguration
of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna 14th May 1763 – 14th May 2013
Divorce Italian Style (Divorzio all’Italiana)
Giorgio Battistelli
Musical action for the twilight of the family
Libretto by Giorgio Battistelli
Loosely adapted from Pietro Germi, Alfredo Giannetti and Ennio De Concini
June 2013
Tuesday 11th.......................... 8pm (Première)
Wednesday 12th...................... 8pm (Series A)
Thursday 13th.......................... 8pm (Series B)
Friday 14th.......................... 8pm (Series C)
Saturday 15th........................... 6pm (Afternoon)
Sunday 16th................. 3.30pm (Sunday)
Conductor.................... Daniel Kawka
Direction ......................... David Pountney
Scenography and costumes ........ Richard Hudson
Lights ........................... Fabrice Kebour
Chorus Master ....... Lorenzo Fratini
Main Characters
Don Sandrino Ferraù .. Cristiano Cremonini
Don Gaetano.............. Gabriele Ribis
Donna Matilde............ Marco Bussi
Donna Rosalia............ Alfonso Antoniozzi
Don Calogero ............ Nicolò Ceriani
Don Fifidda................. Alessandro Spina
Angela........................ Sonia Visentin
Carmelo Patanè ......... Daichi Fujiki
Felicetto...................... Maurizio Leoni
Don Ciccio.................. Mattia Olivieri
Orchestra and Choir of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Technicians by the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Production by Opéra National de Lorraine - Nancy
Nabucco
Giuseppe Verdi
Opera in four acts - libretto by Temistocle Solera
October 2013
Saturday 19th .......................... 8pm (Première)
Sunday 20th ................ 3.30pm (Non-Subscription concert)
Tuesday 22nd ........................ 8pm (Series A)
Wednesday 23th .................... 8pm (Series C)
Thursday 24th ......................... 8pm (Series B)
Saturday 26th .......................... 6pm (Afternoon)
Sunday 27th ............... 3.30pm (Sunday)
Conductor..................... Michele Mariotti
Direction ......................... Yoshi Oida
Scenography ........................ Thomas Schenk
Costumes..................... Antoine Kruk
Lights ........................... Andrea Oliva
Chorus Master ....... Lorenzo Fratini
Main Characters
Nabucco .................... Roberto Frontali
Ismaele....................... Sergio Escobar
Zaccaria ..................... Vitalij Kowaljow /
................................... Sergey Artamonov
Abigaille...................... Anna Pirozzi / Maria Billeri
Fenena....................... Veronica Simeoni
Orchestra and Choir of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Technicians of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Production by Teatro Comunale di Bologna
The Turn Of The Screw – Giro di Vite
Benjamin Britten
Opera in a prologue and two acts
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper
Based on the novel by Henry James
November 2013
Tuesday 19th ......................... 8pm (Première)
Wednesday 20th ..................... 8pm (Series C)
Thursday 21st ......................... 8pm (Series A)
Saturday 23rd .......................... ore 18 (Non-Subscription concert)
Sunday 24th ................ 3.30pm (Sunday)
Tuesday 26th.......................... 8pm (Series B)
Wednesday 27th...................... 6pm (Afternoon)
Conductor.................... Jonathan Webb
Direction ......................... Giorgio Marini
Scenography ........................ Edoardo Sanchi
Costumes...................... Elena Cicorella
Lights............................ Guido Levi
Main Characters
The Prologue/Quint .......... Randall Bills
The Schoolmistress ................. Anne Williams-King /
...................................... Chiara Taigi
Mrs Grose, the housekeeper............... Laura Cherici
Miss Jessel ............... Cristina Zavalloni /
......................................Patrizia Orciani
Orchestra and Choir of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Technicians by the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Production by Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Tribute to Bruno Maderna
Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th of May 2013 – 8pm (Non –Subscription concert)
Don Perlimplin
Or the triumph of Love and Imagination
On the Love Ballad by Federico Garcia Lorca
Conductor Marco Angius
BALLET
La Doppia Notte (The Double Night)
Aida and Tristan
Musical reworking by Claudio Scannavini
Music by Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner
Choreography by Monica Casadei
June / July 2013
Tuesday 25th ......................... 8pm (Première)
Wednesday 26th ..................... 8pm (Series A)
Thursday 27th ......................... 8pm (Series B)
Friday 28th ......................... 8pm (Series C)
Sunday 30th ................ 3.30pm (Sunday)
Tuesday 2nd ........................... 6pm (Afternoon)
Conductor .................... Felix Krieger
Dance Company ................ Artemis Danza
Orchestra and Choir of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Technicians of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
New Production by Teatro Comunale di Bologna
BALLET
The Great Choreographers
Of the XXI Century
William Forsythe
Andonis Foniadakis
Jirì kyliàn
Dance performance on recorded accompaniment
September 2013
Tuesday 17th ......................... 8pm (Première)
Wednesday 18th ..................... 8pm (Series A)
Thursday 19th ......................... 8pm (Series B)
Friday 20th ......................... 8pm (Series C)
Saturday 21st...................... 3.30pm (Afternoon)
Saturday 21st........................... 8pm
Soloists and ballet Maggiodanza
Production by Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Inauguration 2014
On the centenary of the first Italian performance
Bologna, 1st January 1914
Parsifal
Richard Wagner
Sacred Drama in three acts
From the 14th to 25th January 2014
Conductor……………………………………… Roberto Abbado
Direction, Scenography, costumes and lights…….………. Romeo Castellucci
3D video ……………………………….. Apparati Effimeri
Choreography………………………… Cindy Van Acker
Orchestra, Choir, Boy Soprano Choir, technicians of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Production by Théâtre de La Monnaie, Brussels
Tickets for this show will be on sale from Autumn 2013
Symphonic Music 2013 TEATRO MANZONI
12th January 2013 – 8.30pm
Multimedia Concert: images and sound
Juraj Valcuha
Ottorino Respighi - Roman Trilogy
Roman Festivals – The Fountains of Rome – The Pines of Rome
La Fura Dels Baus - Director Carlus Padrissa, Video Director Emmanuel Carlier
17th January 2013 – 8.30pm
Arturo Tamayo
Chorus Master………….Lorenzo Fratini
Arnold schoenberg
Erwartung, monodrama in one act, op. 17
Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde, Vorspiel und Isoldes Liebestod
Soprano Carole Sydney Louis
Béla Bartók
Il mandarino meraviglioso, op. 19
20th January 2013 – 8.30pm
Ola Rudner
Arvo Pärt
Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten
Sergej V. Rachmaninov
Concerto n. 2 op. 18, in C minor for piano and orchestra
Piano, Maurizio Baglini
Frederick Delius
The walk to the Paradise Garden
Richard Strauss
Tod und Verklärung, op. 24
15th February 2013 – 8.30pm
Roberto Abbado
Benjamin Britten
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31
Tenor, Randall Bills
Horn, Stefano Pignatelli
Witold Lutoslawski
Paroles tissées
Tenor, Randall Bills
Antonin Dvoràk
Symphony n. 9 op. 95 in E minor, Dal Nuovo Mondo
22nd February 2013 – 8.30pm
Stefan Anton Reck
Chorus Master, Lorenzo Fratini
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Le Ebridi, op. 26
William Walton
Concerto for viola and orchestra
Viola, Enrico Celestino
Giuseppe Verdi
Four Sacred Pieces
28th February 2013 – 8.30pm
Philipp von Steinaecker
Chorus Master, Lorenzo Fratini
Frank Bridge
The Sea
Arnold Schoenberg - Alessandro Solbiati
Lieder - Transcriptions for orchestra (In hellen Träumen hab
ich Dich oft geschaut - Mannesbangen - Waldesnacht Mailied - Warum bist du aufgewacht - Der Pflanze,
die dort über dem Abgrund schwebt)
Gustav Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Mezzo-soprano Monica Bacelli
Claude Debussy
Nocturnes
29th March 2013 – 8.30pm
Michele Mariotti
Chorus Master, Lorenzo Fratini
Giuseppe Verdi
Requiem Mass, for soloists, choir and orchestra
Soprano Radostina Nikolaeva
Mezzo-soprano Veronica Simeoni
Tenor Aquiles Machado
Bass Sergey Artamonov
24th April 2013 – 8.30pm
Michele Mariotti
Sergej S. Prokof’ev
Ouverture for Jewish themes, op. 34 orchestral version
Béla Bartók
Concerto for two pianos and percussion
Trio Diaghilev
Pianos Mario Totaro, Daniela Ferrati
Percussion Ivan Gambini
Antonin Dvoràk
Symphony n. 8 op. 88 in G Major
26th May 2013 – Non-subscription concert, 8.30pm
Marco Angius
Chorus Master, Lorenzo Fratini
Adriano Guarnieri
Live Symphony n. 4 for orchestra
From the cycle “The Land of the Sunset” 2000/2012 Première
Giacinto Scelsi
Konx-Om-Pax (1968) – Italian Première
Thomas Tallis
Spem in alium numquam habui
Christian Wolff
Title to be announced
Christian Wallumrød
New commission of the Angelica Festival
in collaboration with the Ultima Festival, Oslo
30th May 2013 – 8.30pm
Kazushi Ono
Chorus Master, Lorenzo Fratini
Benjamin Britten
Spring Symphony, op.44
Richard Wagner
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Siegfried’s Funeral March
Tannhäuser, Ouverture and Bacchanal
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude
Boy Soprano Choir of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
21st June 2013 – 8.30pm
Michele Mariotti
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony n. 8, op. 93 in F major
Franz Schubert
Symphony n. 9 in C major D944 La Grande
8th October 2013 – 8.30pm
Roberto Abbado
Luciano Berio
Epiphanies, per female voice and orchestra
Soprano Valentina Coladonato
Claudio Ambrosini
Commission Biennale Musica
Franz Schubert - Luciano Berio
Rendering, on fragments of Franz Schubert
For the tenth Symphony
in collaboration with Biennale Musica 2013
31st October 2013 – 8.30pm
Jonathan Stockhammer
Jonathan Harvey
Concerto for cello and orchestra, version 2005
Cello Eva Zahn
Edward Elgar
Enigma variations, op. 36
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Symphony n. 3 in A minor op. 56, Scottish
8th November 2013 – 8.30pm
Aziz Shokhakimov
Johannes Brahms
Ouverture Accademica in C minor, op. 80
Richard Strauss
Concerto for oboe and small orchestra
Oboe Paolo Grazia
Gustav Mahler
Symphony n. 5 in C sharp minor
13th December 2013 – 8.30pm
Lothar Zagrosek
Chorus Master, Lorenzo Fratini
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Toward the unknown region
Thomas Adès
In Seven Days, for piano and orchestra
Piano Roberto Prosseda
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony n. 5, op. 67 in C minor
19th December 2013 – 8.30pm
Lothar Zagrosek
Chorus Master, Lorenzo Fratini
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 61
Violino Dmitri Sitkovetsky
George Benjamin
Dance Figures
Anton Bruckner
Te Deum for soloists, mixed four voice choir, orchestra and organ