Handelian Concerts & Festivals

EUROPEAN
Handelian Concerts & Festivals

(in ascending chronological order)

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Ariodante

Bayerische Staatsoper

Il Rè di Scozia: Vito Priante, bass
Ginevra: Rebecca Evans
Ariodante: Vesselina Kasarova
Lurcanio: Paul Nilon
Polinesso: Sonia Prina
Dalinda: Olga Pasichnyk
Odoardo: Kenneth Roberson

Conductor: Christopher Moulds
Production: David Alden
Set and Costumes: Ian MacNeil
Choreography: Michael Keegan-Dolan
Lighting: Mimi Jordan Sherin
Chorus: Andrés Máspero

16, January 2008
Nationaltheater, Munich, Germany

http://www.bayerische.staatsoper.de

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Giulio Cesare: Thomas Diestler
Curio: Oscar Imhoff
Cornelia: Karla Bytnarová
Sesto: Anna Janiszewski
Cleopatra: Wiebke Renner / Elizabeth Immelman
Tolomeo: Samuel Jaime Santana
Achilla: Peter Tilch
Nireno: Kyung Chun Kim

Dancers: Simone Detig, Marie Preussler, Yvonne Urbina
Music Director: Basil H. E. Coleman
Stage Director: Jonathan Lunn

18, 19 January 2008
15 February 2008
7 March 2008
Landshut, Germany

27 January 2008
9 February 2008
23 March 2008
13, 24 April 2008
Passau, Germany

22 January 2008 (more?)
Straubing, Germany

http://theater-passau.de

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

- Co-production of La Monnaie & De Nederlandse Opera

De Munt / La Monnaie

Giulio Cesare: Lawrence Zazzo / Marijana Mijanovic*
Cleopatra: Sandrine Piau / Danielle de Niese*
Tolomeo: Tania Kross / Brian Asawa*
Cornelia: Charlotte Hellekant / Christianne Stotijn*
Sesto: Monica bacelli / Anna Bonitantibus*
Achilla: Luca Pisaroni
Nireno: Dominique Visse
Curio: Lionel Lhote

Freiburger Barockorchester
Music Director: René Jacobs
Stage Director: Karl-Ernst & Ursel Herrmann
Scenery & costumes : Karl-Ernst Herrmann

20, 22*, 23, 25*, 26 January 2008, 7pm
27* January 2008, 3pm
29, 30*, 31 January 2008, 7pm
1* February 2008, 7pm
3 February 2008, 3pm
5*, 6, 7 February 2008, 7pm
Brussels, Belgium

Version : countertenor / alto*

http://www.demunt.be

Handel Cantatas:

Trio Sonata in D major, Op.5 No.2
Nel dolce tempo
Tu fedel, tu costante
Mi palpita il cor
Vedendo amor
Trio Sonata in B minor, Op.2 No.1
Amarilli vezzosa (with Klara Ek, soprano)

Andreas Scholl, countertenor

Members of Accademia Bizantina
Ottavio Dantone, harpsichord/director

21 January 2008, 7:30pm
Barbican Hall, London, UK
http://www.barbican.org.uk

23 January 2008, 7:30pm
St George's Hall Concert Room, Liverpool, UK
http://www.liverpoolphil.com

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Music Director: Gwennolé Rufet
Stage Director: Gregor Horres
Scenery: Jan Bammes
Costumes: Christiane Luz

25 January 2008
10, 21, 29 February 2008
20, 26, March 2008
6, 23 April 2008
4, 10, 16, 31 May 2008
Theater Hagen, Germany

http://theater.hagen.de

Jephtha

Iphis: Kirsten Blaise, soprano
Angel: Emily Hindrichs, soprano
Storge: Katharina Magiera, alto
Hamor: Matthias Rexroth, countertenor
Jephtha: Patrick Henckens, tenor
Zebul: James Rutherford, bass

Gächinger Kantorei
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling, Leitung

26, 27 January 2008
Beethoven-Saal, Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany

http://www.bachakademie.de
http://liederhalle-stuttgart.de

Teseo ("Theseus")

Komische Oper Berlin

Teseo: Elisabeth Starzinger
Agilea: Caroline Melzer
Medea: Stella Doufexis
Egeus: N. N.
Clizia: Eir Inderhaug
Arcane: N. N.

Music Director: Alessandro de Marchi
Stage Director: Benedikt von Peter
Scenes: Natascha von Steiger
Costumes: N. N.

27 January 2008 (matinee)
10 February 2008 (premiere)
15, 24 February 2008
3, 14, 22, 29 March 2008
5 April 2008
23 July 2008

http://www.komische-oper-berlin.de

La Resurrezione

Rosemary Joshua
Gillian Webster
Sonia Prina
Topi Lehtipuu
Jonathan Lemalu

Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh, director

29 January 2008 7:30pm
Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, UK
http://www.barbican.org.uk
http://www.ccspitalfields.org

8 February 2008, 6pm
Palazzo Colonna, Rome, Italy

http://www.gabrieli.com

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

-- Production Opéra National de Nancy / Théâtre de Caen

Opéra de Marseille

Giulio Cesare: Beth Clayton, mezzo-soprano
Cleopatra: Jane Archibald, soprano
Sesto: Stéphanie d'Oustrac, mezzo-soprano
Cornelia: Marie-Ange Todorovitch, mezzo-soprano
Tolomeo: Christophe Dumaux, countertenor
Achilla: Marc-Olivier Oetterli, bass-baritone
Nireno: Lucie Roche
Curio: Jean Teitgen

Orchestre de L'Opéra de Marseille
Conductor: Kenneth Montgomery

1, 3, 5, 7 February 2008
Marseille, France

http://opera.mairie-marseille.fr or http://www.marseille.fr/vdm/cms/accueil/culture/opera/programme/pid/818

"Handel's Heroes and Orphans"

Cenk Karaferya, countertenor

Broschi Ensemble
Barbara Barros (violin 1)
Siv Thomassen (violin 2)
Iason Iaonnou (violincello)
Bridget Cunningham (harpsichord)

3 February 2008, 3pm
Handel House, London, UK

www.cenkkaraferya.com
www.oz-ist.com
www.handelhouse.org

Jephtha

Mona Julsrud, soprano
Elisabeth Jansson, mezzo-soprano
Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo-soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Håvard Stensvold, baritone

Stavanger Symphoniorkester
Collegium Vocale Gent
Conductor: Fabio Biondi

7 February 2008
Stavanger Konserthus, Norway

http://www.sso.no

Handel Arias

Carlos Mena, countertenor
Carlos García-Bernalt, harpsichord

8 February 2008
Sala Gayarre, Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain

http://www.teatro-real.com

Vivaldi-Handel-Rossini

VERONICA CANGEMI : Soprano
ENSEMBLE UNA STELLA
THIBAULT NOALLY : Violon
PHILIPPE SPINOSI : Théorbe, guitares
ANNE-GARANCE FABRE-GARRUS : Violoncelle & Viole de gambe
NICOLAU DE FIGUEIREDO : Clavecin

13 February 2008, 8:30pm
Salle Gaveau, Paris, France

http://www.sallegaveau.com

Handel's Heroines

"Overture" to Tamerlano
"Oh Jove, in pity" (Semele)
"With darkness deep" (Theodora)
"Choirs of angels all around thee" (Deborah)
Concerto grosso in D minor Op. 3 No. 5
"Piangerò" (Giulio Cesare)
"My vengeance awakes me" (Athalia)
"Overture" to Berenice
"Se pietà" (Giulio Cesare)
Concerto grosso in G Op. 3 No. 3
"Affani del pensier" (Ottone)
"Chaconne" from Terpsichore
"Volate, amori" (Ariodante)
"D'estero dall' empia" (Amadigi)

Lucy Crowe (soprano)
The King's Consort
Matthew Halls (director, harpsichord)

13 February 2008, 7:30pm
Wigmore Hall, London, UK

http://www.tkcworld.com
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

De Nederlandse Oper

Giulio Cesare: Lawrence Zazzo 16, 19, 22 Feb / Marijana Mijanovic 17, 20, 23 Feb
Curio: Lionel Lhote
Cornelia: Christianne Stotijn 16, 19, 22 Feb / Charlotte Hellekant Feb 17, 20, 23
Sesto: Anna Bonitatibus 16, 19, 22 Feb / Monica Bacelli 17, 20, 23 Feb
Cleopatra: Rosemary Joshua 16, 19, 22 Feb / Sandrine Piau 17, 20, 23 Feb
Tolomeo: Tania Kross 16, 19, 22 Feb / Brian Asawa 17, 20, 23 Feb
Achilla: Luca Pisaroni
Nireno: Dominique Visse

Freiburger Barockorchester
Music Director: René Jacobs
Stage Director: Ursel Herrmann & Karl-Ernst Herrmann
Costumes / Lighting : Karl-Ernst Herrmann
Scenery: Klaus Bertisch

16 February 2008 (premiere)
17m, 19, 20, 22, 23 February 2008
Stadsschouwburg, Amesterdam, The Netherlands

http://www.barockorchester.de
http://www.dno.nl
http://www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl

Orlando

-- Production of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Orlando: Bejun Mehta
Angelica: Lyubov Petrova
Dorinda: Camilla Tilling
Medro: Silvia Tro Santafe
Zoroastro: Robert Gleadow
Eros: David Lucas (actor)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Music Director : Eduardo Lopez

16, 21, 23, 26, 29 February 2008
2 March 2008
Palau de les Arts, Valencia, Spain

http://www.lesarts.com
http://www.alayreespanol.com

Alceste

-- Co-production of the Theater Erlangen and the Studio für Alte Musik der Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg

Staatstheater Nürnberg

Music Director: Andreas Paetzold
Stage Director: Wulf Konold
Scenes / Costumes: Markus Pysall

16, 21, 23, 25 February 2008
4, 6, 14, 18 March 2008
Markgrafentheater Erlangen, Germany

http://www.staatstheater-nuernberg.de

Handel: Italian Cantatas

Contrasto Armonico (on period instruments)

17 February 2008, 11am
Dr Anton Philipszaal, Den Haag, The Netherlands

http://www.contrastoarmonico.eu
http://www.philipszaal.nl

"Airs pour sopraniste"
-AIRS D'OPERA DE HANDEL & VIVALDI

JACEK LASZCZKOWSKI : Sopraniste
ENSEMBLE DOLCE E TEMPESTA
STEFANO DEMICHELI : Clavecin & direction

20 February 2008, 8:30pm
Salle Gaveau, Paris, France

http://www.sallegaveau.com

Karlsruhe Handel Festival

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Giulio Cesare: Franco Fagioli
Cornelia: Ewa Wolak
Sesto: Tamara Gura
Cleopatra: Kirsten Blaise
Tolomeo: Martin Wölfel
Achilla: Armin Kolarczyk
Nireno: Barbara de Koy
Curio: Barbara de Koy

Conductor: Michael Hofstetter
Producer: Peer Boysen
Sets, Costumes: Peer Boysen
Chorus master: Carl Robert Helg

22, 24, 26, 28 February 2008
Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe, Germany

http://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de

Ariodante

Il Rè di Scozia: Harold Wilson
Ginevra: Gillian Keith
Ariodante: Caitlin Hulcup
Lurcanio: Nicholas Sales
Dalinda: Agnete Munk Rasmussen
Polinesso: Axel Köhler
Odoardo: Alexander Geller

Music Director: Federico Maria Sardelli
Stage Director: Stephen Lawless
Scenery: Benoit Dugardyn
Costumes: Sue Willmington

23 February 2008
Halle Opera House, Germany

http://www.opernhaus-halle.de

Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (HWV 46a)

Bellezza: Patrizia Biccirè, soprano
Piacere: Anne Lise Sollied, soprano
Disinganno: Nathalie Stutzmann, alto
Tempo: Carlo Vincenzo Allemano, tenor

Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Director: Jan Willem de Vriend

24 February 2008, 3pm
Grote Zaal, Muziekgebouw Aan’Tij, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

http://www.muziekgebouw.nl

Handel Concert

Lisa Saffer, soprano
David Daniels, countertenor

Chamber Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Conductor: Bernard Labadie

23, 28 February 2008, 8pm
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain

http://www.liceubarcelona.com

La Resurezzione

Céline Scheen
Nuria Rial
Carlos Mena, countertenor
Lluis Vilamajo
Stephan MacLeod

Ricercar Consort
Director: Philippe Pierlot

23 February 2008
Fontevraud
http://www.abbaye-fontevraud.com

30 February 2008
Salle Philharmonisue, Liege

http://www.ricercarconsort.com

Brockes Passion

Evangelist: James Gilchrist, tenor
Sebastian Noack, bass
Christina Landshamer, soprano
Alexander Schneider, countertenor
Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor

Collegium Vocale Gent
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Director: Marcus Creed

27 February 2008
deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium
http://www.desingel.be

29 February 2008
Oslo, Norway (Oslo International Church Music Festival)
http://www.kirkemusikkfestivalen.no

http://www.akamus.de
http://www.collegiumvocale.com

La resurrezione

Deutsche Händelsolisten
Chor der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele
Conductor: Michael Hofstetter
Producer: Peer Boysen
Sets, Costumes: Peer Boysen
Chorus master: Jan Hoffmann

1+ March 2008
Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe, Germany

http://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de

Handel: Cantatas
Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantatas
Arcangelo Corelli: Sonatas for 2 violins

Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor
Ensemble Artaserse

2 March 2008
Théâtre du Chatelet, Paris, France

http://www.chatelet-theatre.com

Semele

Semele: Emma Dogliani, soprano
Athamas: William Towers
Ino/Juno: Olivia Ray
Jupiter: Peter Mitchell
Cadmus/Somnus: Paul Goodwin-Groen
Iris: Elena Xanthoudakis

The Cannons Scholars
John Andrews, conductor

4 March 2008, 7pm
St John's, Smith Square, London, UK

http://www.johnkandrews.com/The-Cannons-Scholars
http://www.sjss.org.uk

Orlando

Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing

Christophe Dumaux
Elena de la Merced
Jean Michel Fumas
Yvette Bonner
Alain Buet

La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy
Director: Jean Claude Malgoire

4, 7, 9 March 2008
Théâtre Municipal, Tourcoing, France

http://www.atelierlyriquedetourcoing.fr

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Giulio Cesare: Delphine Galou
Cleopatra: Ingrid Perruche
Cornelia: Elodie Méchain
Sesto: Stéphanie d'Oustrac
Tolomeo: Damien Guillon
Achilla: Riccardo Novaro
Nireno: Artur Stefanowicz
Curio: Xavier Szymczak

Music Director: François-Xavier Roth
Stage Director: Yannis Kokkos

6, 8 March 2008
Théâtre de Caen, France

http://www.theatre.caen.fr

Der für die Sünden der Welt gemarterte und sterbende Jesus ("Brockes-Passion"; HWV 48)

Tochter Zion: Letizia Scherrer, soprano
Maria: Dorothée Mields, alto
Evangelist: Jan Kobow, tenor
Petrus: Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor
Christusworte: Sebastian Noack, baritone

Collegium Vocale Gent
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Director: Marcus Creed

7 March 2008, 8pm
Kölner Philharmonie, Köln (Cologne), Germany

http://www.collegiumvocale.com
http://www.akamus.de
http://www.koelner-philharmonie.de

Riccardo Primo

Costanza: Nuria Rial, soprano
Riccardo Primo: Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor
Pulcheria: Geraldine McGreevy, soprano
Oronte: Tim Mead, countertenor
Isacio: Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone
Berardo: Curtis Streetman, bass

Kammerorchester Basel
Director: Paul Goodwin

9 March 2008
Grand-Théâtre, Geneva, Switzerland

http://www.kammerorchesterbasel.com
http://www.geneveopera.ch

Tamerlano

Bayerische Staatsoper

Tamerlano: David Daniels, countertenor
Asteria: Sarah Fox, soprano
Andronico: TBA
Bajazet: John Mark Ainsley, tenor
Irene: Maite Beaumont, mezzo-soprano
Leone: Vito Priante, bass

Bayerische Staatsorchester
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Production: Pierre Audi
Set and Costumes: Patrick Kinmonth
Lighting Matthew: Richardson
Dramaturgy: Ingrid Zellner

(Introductory matinee on March 9, 2008)
16 March 2008 (premiere)
19, 24, 28 March 2008
1 April 2008
Münchner Opernfestspielen (Munich Opera Festival): 15 July, 18 July 2008
December 2008
March 2009
Nationaltheater, Munich, Germany

http://www.bayerische.staatsoper.de
http://www.muenchner-opern-festspiele.de

"The Virtuoso Organ"

Handel - Concerto Grosso op. 3 no. 4
Handel - Organ Concerto op. 4 no. 1
Handel - 'Salve Regina' from Carmelite Vespers
Handel - Organ Concerto op. 4 no.2
Handel - 'Saeviat tellus inter Rigores' from Carmelite Vespers

Magali Leger, soprano
11 March 2008, 8pm
Théâtre de Caen, France
http://www.theatre.caen.fr

Magali Leger, soprano
12 March 2008, 8pm
Cité de la Musique, Paris, France
http://www.cite-musique.fr

Lucy Crowe, soprano
14 March 2008 7.30 pm
St George's Bristol, UK
http://www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk

Kenneth Weiss, Director/Organ
The English Concert

http://www.englishconcert.co.uk

Orlando
-- Concert version

Orlando: Christophe Dumaux
Angelica: NN
Medoro: Jean-Michel Fumas
Dorinda: Yvette Bonner
Zoroastro: Alain Buet

La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy
Conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire

19 March 2008
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France

http://www.theatrechampselysees.fr

Tamerlano

-- Production from Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Tamerlano: Monica Bacelli (Mar. 26, 29. Apr. 1, 4, 8, 11) / Ann Hallenberg (Mar. 28, 31. Apr. 3, 5, 7, 10)
Bajazet: Plácido Domingo (Mar. 26, 29. Apr. 1, 4, 7, 10) / Bruce Ford (Mar. 28, 31. Apr. 3, 5, 8, 11)
Asteria: Ingela Bohlin (Mar. 26, 29. Abr. 1, 4, 8, 11) / Isabel Rey (Mar. 28, 31. Apr. 3, 5, 7, 10)
Andronico: Sara Mingardo (Mar. 26, 29. Apr. 1, 4, 8, 10, 11) / Patricia Bardon (Mar. 28, 31. Apr. 3, 5, 7)
Irene: Jennifer Holloway (Mar. 26, 29. Apr. 1, 4, 8, 11) / Renata Pokupic (Mar. 28, 31. Apr. 3, 5, 7, 10)

Orquestra Titular del Teatro Real
Oquesta Sinfónia de Madrid
Music Director: Paul McCreesh
Stage Director: Graham Vick
Sets and costumes: Richard Hudson
Lighting: Matthew Richardson

26, 28, 29, 31 March 2008
1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 April 2008
Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain

http://www.teatro-real.com

"Handel in Rome"

-DELIRIO AMOROSO (HWV 99)
-FIGLIO D'ALTE SPERANTA (HWV 113)
-ARMIDA ABBANDONATA (HWV 105)

ROBERTO INVERNIZZI : Soprano
LA RISONANZA
FABIO BONIZZONI : Clavecin & direction

7 April 2008, 8:30pm
Salle Gaveau, Paris, France

http://www.sallegaveau.com
http://www.larisonanza.com

Flavio

- concert performance

Flavio: Iestyn Davies
Emilia: Sandrine Piau
Ugone: James Gilchrist
Lotario: James Rutherford
Guido: Robin Blaze, countertenor
Vitige: Maite Beaumont

Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor

15 April 2008
Town Hall, Birmingham, UK
http://www.thsh.co.uk

17 April 2008, 7pm
Barbican Hall, London, UK
http://www.barbican.org.uk

http://www.aam.co.uk

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

-- Production of the Oviedo Opera

Opera Lausanne

Giulio Cesare: Andreas Scholl
Cleopatra: Elena de la Merced
Cornelia: Stéphanie d'Oustrac
Sesto: Max Emanuel Cencic
Tolomeo: Christophe Dumaux
Achilla: Riccardo Novaro
Nireno: Florin Cezar-Ouatu

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Music Director: Ottavio Dantone
Stage Director : Emilio Sagi
Costumes & Sets: Jesús Ruiz Moreno
Lighting: Eduardo Bravo

18, 20, 23, 25 April 2008
Lausanne, Switzerland

http://www.opera-lausanne.ch

Alexander's Feast

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Pavol Breslik, tenor
Darren Jeffery, bass

Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Director: Filippo Maria Bressan
Chorus master: Norbert Balatsch

19, 21, 22 April 2008
Sala Santa Cecilia, Stagione Sinfonica, Rome, Italy

http://www.santacecilia.it

Handel Concert

Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Les Talens Lyriques
Conductor: Christophe Rousset

19, 22 April 2008
La Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium

-- Performance includes recording session during this time period

http://www.lamonnaie.be

La Resurrezione

Ricercar Consort

23-30 April 2008

http://www.ricercarconsort.com

Semele

Jupiter: ?
Cadmus: Marcel Rosca
Athamas: Franco Fagioli
Somnus: Michael Haag
Juno: Barbara Kozelij
Iris: Christina Clark
Semele: Olga Pasichnyk

Music Director : Jos van Veldhoven
Stage Director : Dietrich Hilsdorf
Scenery : Dieter Richter
Costumes : Renate Schmitzer

25 (premiere), 31 May 2008
3, 5, 8, 13, 25, 28 June 2008
Aalto-Theater, Essen, Germany

http://www.theater-essen.de

Amadigi di Gaula
-- concert version

Amadigi: Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor
Oriana: María Espada
Melissa: Sharon Rostorf-Zamir
Dardano: Ann Hallenberg

Al Ayre Español Orquesta
Conductor: Eduardo López Banzo

28 May 2008
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France

http://www.alayreespanol.com
http://www.theatrechampselysees.fr

Delirio Amoroso

Theater Dortmund-Opernhaus

Conductor: NN
Producer: Sebastian Hirn, Xin Peng Wang
Choreographer: Xin Peng Wang
Sets: Franz Gronemeyer
Costumes: Monika Staykova

30+ May 2008
Dortmund, Germnay

http://www.theaterdo.de

Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (HWV 46a)

Piacere: Ann Hallenberg
Disinganno: Nathalie Stutzmann
Tempo: Kresimir Spicer
Bellezza: Malin Hartelius

Les Musiciens du Louvre – Grenoble
Marc Minkowski, director

1 June 2008, 6pm
Konzerthaus Dortmund, Germany

http://www.konzerthaus-dortmund.de

Acis and Galatea

1+ June 2008
Arkade Linz, Austria

http://www.landestheater-linz.at

Belshazzar

-- Co-produced with the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik

Staatsoper Berlin

Belshazzar: Kenneth Tarver, tenor
Nitocris: Rosemary Joshua, soprano
Cyros: Bejun Mehta, countertenor
Daniel: TBA
Gobrias: TBA

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
RIAS-Kammerchor

Music Director: René Jacobs
Stage Director: Christof Nel
Scenes: Roland Aeschlimann
Costumes: TBA
Lighting: Jens Schroth

1 June 2008 (premiere)
3, 5, 7, 10 June 2008
Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany

http://www.staatsoper-berlin.de
http://www.akamus.de

Orlando
-- concert version

Centre lyrique d'Auvergne

Orlando : Damien Guillon
Angelica : Kareen Durand
Medoro : Joana Thomé
Dorinda : Olga Pitarch
Zoroastro : Matthieu Lécroart

Orchestre d'Auvergne
Direction Musicale : Jean-Claude Malgoire

6 June 2008, 8pm
Eglise Saint Pierre les Minimes, Clermont-Ferrand, France

http://www.centre-lyrique.com

JS Bach: Overture from Orchestral Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068
Handel: Presti omai l'egizia terra (from Giulio Cesare)
Handel: Dove se & recit (from Rodelinda)
JS Bach: Air from Orchestral Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068 (Air on a G string)
Handel: O Lord whose mercies numberless (Aria from Saul, Act 1)
Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus (Psalm 127), RV.608
JS Bach: Erbarme dich mein Gott (from St. Matthew Passion; BWV244)
Handel: Overture to Rodelinda
Handel: Vivi tiranno (from Rodelinda)

Andreas Scholl, countertenor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

11 June 2008, 6:15pm
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, UK

http://www.oae.co.uk
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk

Halle Handel Festival

Rodrigo

Rodrigo: Maria Riccarda Wesseling
Esilena: Maria Bayo
Florinda: Deborah York
Giuliano: Kobie van Rensburg
Fernando: Max Emanuel Cencic
Evanco: Anne-Catheirne Gillet

Al Ayre Español Orquesta
Conductor: Eduardo López Banzo

12 June 2008
Halle, Oper Halle

http://www.alayreespanol.com

Giulio Cesare (concert version)

Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor

Freiburger Barockorchester
Director: Rene Jacobs

14 June 2008
Cite de la Musique, Paris, France
http://www.cite-musique.fr

20 June 2008
Castellon, Spain

Israel in Egypt

Thomas Tallis Society

15 June 2008, 6.30pm
St. Alfege Church, Greenwich

http://www.thomas-tallis-society.org.uk