Wednesday 2 September 2009

Placido Domingo's new role: Simon Boccanegra 2009/2010

My photo of Placido Domingo in Vienna, May 31, 1998.

Question to myself: Am I going to make 2009/2010 to be my Placido Domingo Simon Boccanegra year?


More dates on www.placidodomingo.com.


Berlin, Germany
October 24, 27, 30, 2009
November 7, 10, 13, 2009
March 27, 30, 2010
Staatsoper unter den Linden
Simon Boccanegra
Tickets

Simon Boccanegra = Plácido Domingo
Maria Boccanegra (Amelia) = Anja Harteros, Adriana Damato (27.03.)
Jacopo Fiesco = Kwangchul Youn, Ferruccio Furlanetto (27.03.)
Gabriele Adorno = Fabio Sartori

New York, USA
January 18, 22, 25, 29, 2010
February 2, 6, 2010
Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra
Tickets

Amelia: Adrianne Pieczonka
Gabriele: Marcello Giordani
Simon: Plácido Domingo
Fiesco: James Morris

Milan, Italy
April 16, 21, 24, 28 - 2010
May 4, 7 - 2010
Teatro alla Scala
Simon Boccanegra
Tickets

Simon Boccanegra = Plácido Domingo, Carlos Alvarez (other dates)
Jacopo Fiesco = Ferruccio Furlanetto, Giorgio Giuseppini
Amelia = Anja Harteros, Adriana Damato
Gabriele Adorno = Fabio Sartori

Zurich, Switzerland
March 23, 2010
Opernhaus Zürich
Simon Boccanegra
Tickets

Isabel Rey (Maria Boccanegra/Amelia Grimaldi)
Placido Domingo (Simon Boccanegra)
Laszlo Polgár (Jacobo Fiesco)
Roberto Aronica (Gabriele Adorno)

London, England
June 29, 2010
July 2, 5, 8, 13, 15, 2010
Royal Opera House
Simon Boccanegra
Tickets

Plácido Domingo = Simon Boccanegra
Marina Poplavskaya = Boccanegra’s long-lost daughter Amelia
Joseph Calleja = Gabriele Adorno
Ferruccio Furlanetto = Fiesco.

Madrid, Spain
July 22, 25, 28 - 2010
Teatro Real
Simon Boccanegra
Tickets

Simon Boccanegra = Carlos Álvarez (17, 20, 23, 26, 29), Plácido Domingo (22, 25, 28)
Amelia Grimaldi = Inva Mula (17, 20, 23, 26, 29), Angela Gheorghiu (20, 25, 28)
Japoco Fiesco = Giacomo Prestia (17, 20, 23, 26, 29), Ferruccio Furlanetto (22, 25, 28)
Gabriele Adorno = Roberto Aronica (17, 20, 23, 26, 29), Marcello Giordani (22, 25, 28)

For more reviews from my travels, see www.operaduetstravel.com

1 comment:

Parsifal said...

hey there! just to let you know that Agnes Baltsa's recital at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus is sold out and that due to high demand of tickets, they have organised a second concert, 2 days later. Talking about more than 5.000 tickets sold already for the 1st concert! And note that Anges last sang at the odeon back in 1984 with Jose Carreras in Ponelle's Carmen :0