(in ascending chronological order)
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ROYAL FIREWORKS!
JS Bach: Suite No. 4 in D Major (BWV 1069)
Handel: Royal Fireworks Music, (HWV 351)
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, (Z.629)
Rameau: Suite from Les Boréades
Handel and Haydn Society
Sir Roger Norrington, conductor
25 January 2008, 8pm
27 January 2008, 3pm
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
http://www.handelandhaydn.org
http://www.bostonsymphonyhall.org
Semele
Opera Boston
Semele: Lisa Saffer
Juno: Margaret Lattimore
Jupiter: Scott Ramsay
Ino: Paula Murrihy
Iris: Amanda Forsythe
Somnus/Cadmus: David Kravitz
Boston Baroque Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor: Martin Pearlman
Stage Director: Sam Helfrich
Sets: Andromache Chalfont
1 February 2008, 7:30pm
3 February 2008, 3pm
5 February 2008, 7:30pm
http://www.bostonbaroque.org
http://www.operaboston.org/0708announce
Rodelinda
Portland Opera
Rodelinda: Jennifer Aylmer
Bertarido: Jennifer Hines
Grimoaldo: Robert Breault
Garibaldo: Valerian Ruminski
Unulfo: Gerald Thompson
Conductor: George Manahan
Stage: Director Helena Binder
8, 10(m), 14, 16 February 2008
Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
http://www.portlandopera.org
http://www.pcpa.com
Radamisto
-- Salzburg Festival production
Musica Angelica
Radamisto: Carlos Mena
Polissena: Isabel Monar
Tigrane: Katarina Beranova
Zenobia: Marina Rodriguez-Cusi
Fraarte: Linda Perillo
Farasmane: Curtis Streetman
Martin Haselböck, conductor
1 March 2008, 8pm
Zipper Concert Hall, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, California
http://www.zipperhall.org
2 March 2008, 4pm
Schoenberg Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
http://www.uclalive.org
- Pre-concert lecture 40 minutes before each concert
Handel: "Piangerò, la sorte mia" from Giulio
Cesare
Graun: Overture and arias from Cleopatra e Cesare
Matheson: The Death of Cleopatra
King Frederick the Great: Concerto for Flute
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Janet See, traverso
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
13 March 2008
401 Van Ness Avenue, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, California
14 March 2008
625 Hamilton Avenue, First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto, California
15, 16 March 2008
2345 Channing Way, First Congregational Church, Berkeley, California
18 March 2008
49 Knox Drive, Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church, Contra Costa,
California
Solomon
Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana (BACH)
Solomon:
Jay Carter, countertenor
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Desiree Hassler, soprano
15 March 2008, 7:30pm (and others?)
Smith Recital Hall, 805 S Mathews Ave., Urbana, Illinois
Tel: 217-378-6802
ITALIAN VIRTUOSI
Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 3
Vivaldi: Concerto for oboe, bassoon, strings, continuo
Locatelli: Il Pianto d'Arianna (concerto grosso)
Handel: Delirio Amoroso (cantata for soprano,
strings, oboe)
Dominique Labelle, soprano
Handel and Haydn Society
Dan Stepner, leader and conductor
21 March 2008, 8pm
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
http://www.bostonsymphonyhall.org
23 March 2008, 7pm
Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory (30 Gainsborough Street), Boston
http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/jordanhall/
"Coronation & Victory"
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum
Purcell: Anthems for the Chapel Royal
Kai Wessel, countertenor
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Nathaniel Watson, baritone
Philharmonia Chorale, Bruce Lamott, director
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
3 April 2008
401 Van Ness Avenue, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, California
http://sfwmpac.org/herbst/ht_index.html
4 April 2008
625 Hamilton Avenue, First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto, California
5, 6 April 2008
2345 Channing Way, First Congregational Church, Berkeley, California
Love and Betrayal: Handel Opera Arias
-- arias from Giulio Cesare, Tamerlano, Rodelinda, and Rinaldo.
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
9 April 2008, 7pm
10-12 April 2008, 8pm
13 April 2008, 3:30pm
Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://www.tafelmusik.org
http://www.tspucc.org
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Florida Grand Opera
Cleopatra: Leah Partridge
Giulio Cesare: John Gaston
Tolomeo: Brian Asawa
Sesto: Katherine Calcamuggio
Director: Mark Lamos
Sets: Paul Steinberg
Costumes: Constance Hoffman
Chorus master: Douglas Kinney Frost
26, 30 April 2008
3, 6, 9, 11m May 2008
Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, Florida
http://www.carnivalcenter.org
15, 17 May 2008
Broward Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
http://www.browardcenter.org
Tamerlano
Washington National Opera
Bajazet: Plácido Domingo, tenor
Tamerlano: David Daniels,
countertenor
Andronico: Patricia Bardon, mezzo-soprano
Asteria: Sarah Coburn, soprano
Leone: Andrew
Foster-Williams, bass-baritone
Conductor: William Lacey
30 April 2008
2, 4m, 12, 20, 22 May 2008
Washington, DC
Orlando
Chicago Opera Theater
Orlando: Tim Mead
Angelica: NN
Medoro: David Trudgen
Dorinda: Andriana Chuchman
Zoroastro: NN
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Producer: Justin Way
28, 31 May 2008
3, 6, 8m June 2008
Chicago, Illinois
http://www.chicagooperatheater.org
Ariodante
- Dallas Opera production by John Copley
San Francisco Opera
Ariodante: Susan Graham
Ginevra: Ruth Ann Swenson
Il Rè di Scozia: Eric Owens
Dalinda: Veronica Cangemi
Polinesso: Ewa Podles
Lurcanio: Richard Croft
15m, 18, 21, 24, 27 June 2008
1, 6m July 2008
San Francisco, California
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Glimmerglass Opera Summer Festival
Giulio Cesare: TBA
Cleopatra: Mary Dunleavy, soprano
Sesto: Aurhelia Varak
Cornelia: TBA
Tolomeo: Gerald Thompson
Conductor: David Stern
July/August 2008
Cooperstown, New York
Radamisto
Santa Fe Opera
Radamisto: David Daniels, countertenor
Polissena: Laura Claycomb,
soprano
Zenobia: Christine Rice
Tigrane: Heidi Stober
Tiridate: Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone
(Note: The role of Fraarte has been cut.)
Music Director: Harry Bicket
Stage Director:
David Alden
Scenes and Costumes: Gideon Davey
19, 23 July 2008
1, 7, 15 August 2008
Orlando
Atlanta Opera
Orlando: Vivica Genaux
Zoroastro: Stephen Morscheck
Dorinda: Jennifer Aylmer
Angelica: Leah Partridge
Medoro: John Gaston
Music Director: Kenneth Montgomery
Stage Director: Chas Rader-Shieber
2008 (?)
Atlanta, Georgia
NOTE: To reduce operating expenses, this production was postponed from its originally scheduled May 2007 date.
2009
Last updated: 15 January 2008