Opera & Ballet 2014
Why…
ON THE CENTENARY OF THE FIRST PERFORMANCE IN ITALY
BOLOGNA, 1 JANUARY 1914
PARSIFAL
Sacred Drama in three Acts
Richard Wagner
Conductor Roberto Abbado
Direction, staging and sets, costumes and lights Romeo Castellucci
Dramaturgy Piersandra di Matteo
Choreography Cindy Van Acker
Video 3D Apparati Effimeri
Chorus Master Andrea Faidutti
Principal roles sung by:
Andrew Richards, Anna Larsson, Lucio Gallo, Gábor Bretz, Detlef Roth, Arutjun Kotchinian
Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Technicians of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Children's choir of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Production Théâtre de la Monnaie Brussels
14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25 January
TOSCA
Opera in Three Acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giocosa and Luigi Illica from the Novel by Victorien Sardou
Giacomo Puccini
Conductor ALBERTO VERONESI
Director Daniele Abbado
Set and costumes Luigi Perego
Lights Valerio Alfieri
Video Luca Scarzella
Chorus Master Andrea Faidutti
Principal roles sung by:
Ainhoa Arteta / Annalisa Raspagliosi / Tiziana Caruso
Stefano Secco / Gianluca Terranova / Ji Myung Hoon
Raymond Aceto / Angelo Veccia / Thomas Hall
Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Technicians of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Children's choir of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Production Teatro Comunale di Bologna from Teatro Regio Turin
20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28 February and 1, 2 March
EVGENIJ ONEGIN
Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
Opera in Three Acts and 7 scenes
libretto by Konstantin Stepanovič Ŝilovskij from the novel by Aleksandr Sergeevič Puŝkin
Conductor Aziz Shokhakimov
Director Mariusz Trelinski
Set Boris Foltýn Kudlicka
Costumes Joanna Klimas
Lights Felice Ross
Choreography Emil Wesolowski
Chorus master Andrea Faidutti
Principal roles sung by:
Amanda Echalaz / Anna Kraynikova, Lena Belkina / Anna Victorova
Artur Rucinski / Vasilij Ladyuk, Sergej Skorokhodov / Khachatur Badalyan
Alexey Tikhomirov / Sergey Artamonov
Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Technicians of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Production Teatr Wielki - Opera Narodowa Warsaw
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 April
- qui non c’è perché Andrea Molino from the novel by Giorgio Van Straten
Conductor Andrea Molino
Director Wouter van Looy
Chorus master Andrea Faidutti
Voice David Moss
COMMISION BY TEATRO Comunale in Bologna
Institute for Living Voice Antwerp
Bl!ndman Ensemble
Production Teatro Comunale di Bologna
In co-production with Muziektheater Transparant Antwerp
In collaboration with deSingel Antwerp, Operadagen Rotterdam and GRAME - Centre National de
Creation Musicale Lyon
24, 26, 27, 29 April
Ballet
KREMLIN BALLET
SWAN LAKE
Music by Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
Conductor FELIX KRIEGER
Choreography ANDREJ PETROV
Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Technicians of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Production and Company Kremlin Ballet Moscow
8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 May
COSI FAN TUTTE
ossia La scuola degli amanti
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Comic Drama in two acts
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Conductor Michele Mariotti
Director Mario Martone
Chorus master Andrea Faidutti
Principal roles sung by:
Yolanda Auyanet, Anna Goryachova, Giuseppina Bridelli
Simone Alberghini, Nicola Ulivieri
Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Technicians of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Production Teatro di San Carlo in Naples
6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17 June
RAGTIME
Stephen Flaherty - text by Lynn Ahrens from the novel by E.L.Doctorow
Conductor Stefano Squarzina
Director Gianni Marras
Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Technicians of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Production Teatro Comunale di Bologna in collaboration with Bernstein School of Musical Theater
Bologna
14, 15, 16, 17, 18 July
WILLIAM TELL
Opera in four acts
Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by by Victor-Joseph-Ētienne de Jouy and Hippolyte-Louis-Florent Bis
Conductor Michele Mariotti
Director Graham Vick
Set and costumes Paul Brown
Lights Giuseppe di Iorio
Choreography Ron Howell
Chorus master Andrea Faidutti
Principal roles sung by:
Carlos Alvarez, Yolanda Auyanet, Antonino Siragusa
Simone Alberghini, Simone Orfila, Luca Tittoto
Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Technicians of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Production Rossini Opera Festival in co-production with Teatro Regio in Turin
8, 11, 14, 16, 18 October
CASSANDRA
Narrator , instrumental and electronic ensemble
from the novel by Christa Wolf
Michel Jarrell
Conductor ANDREA PESTALOZZA
Director Pamela Hunter
Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Italian version
Anna Clementi
Production Nimrod Opera Zurich
31 October & 2 November
BALLET
ATERBALLETTO
WORKWITHINWORK
LUCIANO Berio
Choreography William Forsythe
LES NOCES
Igoŕ Fědorovič Stravinskij
Choreography Mauro Bigonzetti
Conductor and Chorus Master Andrea Faidutti
Technicians of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Production and Company Aterballetto
-12, 13, 14, 15, 16 November
LADY MACBETH
OF THE
MTSENSK DISTRICT
Opera in four Acts (9 scenes)
Dmitrij Dmitrievič Šostakovič
Conductor Vladimir Ponkin
Director Dmitry Bertman
Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus master Andrea Faidutti
Technicians of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Principal roles sung by:
Elena Mikhailenko / Karina A. Flores, Ali Magomedov / Vadim Zaplechny
Alexej Tikhomirov / Dmitrij Skorikov, Dmitrij Ponomarev, Larisa Kostyuk / Ksenia Viaznikova
PRODUKTION OF HELIKON THEATRE MOSCOW
4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 December