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Category: 2008-2009 Season Previews

  • Scottish Opera’s 2008-2009 Season

    October 7- November 28 2008: Il Matrimonio Segreto October 10-17 2008: The Two WidowsOctober 30- November 29 2008: La TraviataApril 29- June 27 2009: Così fan tutte May 20- June 24 2009: Manon Official Site

  • Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s 2008-2009 Season

    August 16-17 2008: MedeaAugust 30- September 18 2008: FidelioSeptember 5-19 2008: The GamblerSeptember 7-21 2008: Tristan und IsoldeSeptember 16 2008- February 20 2009: Il barbiere di SivigliaSeptember 27- October 25 2008: Eugene OneginOctober 3 2008- January 25 2009: ToscaOctober 7- December 4 2008: La TraviataOctober 31- November 4 2008: Dido & AeneasNovember 7- December 11…

  • Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2008-2009 Season

    October 2 2008- July 24 2009: Macbeth October 4-11 2008: Das Gehege / Salome October 5 2008- July 13 2009: Norma October 19-25 2008: Die Bassariden October 23- November 2 2008: Eugene Onegin November 1-6 2008: Die Entführung aus dem Serail November 8 2008- May 21 2009: Der fliegende Holländer November 10 2008- January 31…

  • Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2008-2009 Season

    September 13 2008- July 2 2009: TurandotSeptember 14 2008- March 22 2009: Der fliegende HolländerSeptember 15-27 2008: RigolettoSeptember 20 2008: L'Amico FritzSeptember 21 2008- May 2 2009: Die ZauberflöteSeptember 30- October 8 2008: Pique DameOctober 1-5 2008: The NoseOctober 2-7 2008: ChowanschtschinaOctober 3 2008 – February 15 2009: Der RosenkavalierOctober 22-31 2008: Manon LescautOctober 30-…

  • San Diego Opera’s 2009 Season

    January 24- February 4 2009: ToscaFebruary 14-22 2009: Don QuixoteMarch 28- April 8 2009: RigolettoApril 18-26 2009: Peter GrimesMay 9-20 2009: Madama Butterfly Perhaps I should take my mother to the Madama Butterfly in San Diego next year, instead of the Los Angeles production this Fall, as the stage direction will undoubtedly be more conservative.…

  • Santa Fe Opera’s 2009 Season

    July 3- August 29 2009: La TraviataJuly 4- August 28 2009: L'Elisir d'AmoreJuly 18- August 27 2009: Don GiovanniJuly 25- August 18 2009: The LetterAugust 1-19 2009: Alceste The 2009 season at Santa Fe Opera opens with La Traviata with Natalie Dessay singing Violetta. Elza van den Heever has her Santa Fe Opera debut as…

  • Cal Performances’ 2008-2009 Season

    September 6 2008: Angela Gheorghiu, sopranoSeptember 21 2008: Rudolf Buchbinder, pianoSeptember 25-28 2008: Mark Morris Dance GroupOctober 1 2008: Alexander McCall SmithOctober 5 2008: Richard Goode, pianoOctober 7 2008: Seymour HershOctober 8-12 2008: Druid Theatre CompanyOctober 9-10 2008: Cesária ÉvoraOctober 11 2008: Haruki MurakamiOctober 14-19 2008: Kirov BalletOctober 19 2008: Piotr Anderszewski, pianoOctober 24-25 2008:…

  • Paris Opera’s 2008-2009 Season

    September 6-11 2008: Eugene Onegin September 24- November 2 2008: Rigoletto October 11- November 2 2008: The Bartered Bride October 13- November 12 2008: Cunning Little Vixen October 30- December 3 2008: Tristan und Isolde November 17- December 23 2008: Die Zauberflöte November 25- December 21 2008: Fidelio January 17-30 2009: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk…

  • ENO’s 2008-2009 Season

    September 20- October 28 2008: Cavalleria Rusticana / PagliacciSeptember 22- October 10 2008: The Barber of SevilleOctober 10- November 12 2008: PartenopeOctober 22- November 22 2008: AidaNovember 10- December 1 2008: Boris GodunovNovember 27-30 2008: Riders to the SeaJune 12- July 10 2009: Madam Butterfly Rosemary Joshua sings the title role of Partenope at English…

  • Baltimore Opera’s 2008-2008 Season

    May 10-14 2008: Madama Butterfly October 11-19 2008: Aida November 15-23 2008: Norma March 28- April 5 2009: Il Barbiere di Siviglia May 9-17 2009: Porgy and Bess Ruth Ann Swenson sings Adalgisa in Norma. 2008-2009 Season | Official Site