New season at The Norwegian Opera & Ballet

I have managed to buy ticket for the 3 performances by Jose Cura at The Norwegian Opera & Ballet. That took me aprox. 30 minutes.

www.operaen.no
Trouble with getting into the bying process. Too little brandwidth, I think. But patience will get you through. Just try again

La FANCIULLA DEL WEST (12 & 14. December 2009 with Jose Cura)

Recital with Jose Cura (17.December 2009)

The WHOLE SEASON 2009-2010 is on sale. But the server is often busy. It will get better in the following days, I think.

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News for Opernhaus Zurich's Turandot: I am not coming

 Today I had planned a post about my going to Zurich to see Jose Cura as Calaf in TURANDOT. I saw this production last time on 2006-04-30.

But what happens? I am not well. It is not that I am terribly sick, but I am not well enough to go to work and so I must admit travelling to Zurich might really be too much. My body is telling me it is so. It is too bad. But on the other hand, going to Zurich and getting really, really unwell there is not a great option. Of course, I might just pull it through. But where is the joy in that. Especially since my return travel is even more rocky than the travel to Zurich and I do not need that. I hate to cancel my travels, it cost money and it costs dreams.

So I am off the PC now. Getting better costs.

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Interview with Jose Carreras

From The Times

May 8, 2009

Curtain falls on the Third Tenor José Carreras

He’s about to receive a lifetime achievement award in London. But José Carreras is quitting the opera stage

José took singing lessons from the mother of a friend and by the time he was 8 he was making his debut on Spanish national radio

Alan Franks

José Carreras has finished with opera. The revelation comes as the youngest of the Three Tenors prepares to receive a lifetime achievement award at the tenth Classical BRITs at the Albert Hall in London on Tuesday. Now 62, the great Spanish singer accepts that he could no longer meet the gruelling demands of the roles he has performed for the past four decades. “If I can do concert recitals,” he says, “adapting the repertoire to my needs, then no problem. But with operas, unless the right circumstances come up, my career is done.”

Much more




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Opernhaus Zurich 2009-2010

Samstag, 23. Januar 2010
In deutscher Sprache mit Übertitelung
Elektra
Tragödie in einem Aufzug von Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Libretto von Hugo von Hofmannsthal
nach seiner gleichnamigen Tragödie (1903)
nach der Tragödie (um 413 v. Chr.) von Sophokles
Uraufführung: 25. Januar 1909, Königliches Opernhaus, Dresden
Musikalische Leitung Daniele Gatti
Inszenierung Martin Kusˇej
Bühnenbild Rolf Glittenberg
Kostüme Heidi Hackl
Lichtgestaltung Jürgen Hoffmann
Choreinstudierung Ernst Raffelsberger
Elektra Eva Johansson
Klytämnestra Agnes Baltsa
Chrysothemis Emily Magee
1. Magd Wiebke Lehmkuhl
2. Magd Katharina Peetz
3. Magd Irène Friedli
4. Magd Liuba Chuchrova
5. Magd Sen Guo
Die Aufseherin Margaret Chalker
Orest Martin Gantner
Aegisth Rudolf Schasching
Der Pfleger des Orest Reinhard Mayr
Ein junger Diener Peter Sonn

Montag, 31. Mai 2010
Agnes Baltsa
Achilleus Quasthoff Klavier
Griechische Lieder

Die Neuinszenierungen der Saison 2009/10 (pdf) auf einen Blick

29. Aug. Lettres Intimes/In the Upper Room (Ballett) L. Janácˇek
02. Sept. La grotta di Trofonio (Winterthur) A. Salieri
19. Sept. Mosè in Egitto G. Rossini
17. Okt. Madama Butterfly G. Puccini
31. Okt. Raymonda (Ballett) A. Glasunow
22. Nov. Il Corsaro G. Verdi
13. Dez. Die Frau ohne Schatten R. Strauss

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Jose Carreras bowing out of opera (May 8, 2009)

AAP

Carreras Quits Opera
ContactMusic Fri, 08 May 2009 04:33 AM PDT
JOSE CARRERAS has taken his final bow - the Spanish tenor has confirmed he is to retire from opera.The 62-year-old admits he can no longer meet the demands of his...

Jose Carreras bowing out of opera BBC News Fri, 08 May 2009 04:12 AM PDT Spanish tenor Jose Carreras announces that he is to retire from performing on the operatic stage.

Carreras calls it a day News 24 South Africa Fri, 08 May 2009 04:11 AM PDT Jose Carreras, who with Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo formed the Three Tenors, has announced his retirement from opera.

Spanish tenor Jose Carreras announces the end of his opera career EARTHtimes.org Fri, 08 May 2009 03:24 AM PDT London/Madrid - Spanish tenor Jose Carreras, who has been dubbed the voice of the heart, said in an interview Friday that he is ending his opera career. The 62-year-old leukaemia survivor told the British newspaper The Times that he could no longer...

Tenor Jose Carreras announces retirement from opera New Kerala Fri, 08 May 2009 02:21 AM PDT London, May 08 : Spanish singer Jose Carreras, who with Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo formed the 'Three Tenors', the most famous trio in opera history, has announced his retirement.

José Carreras will bow out of opera Evening Standard Fri, 08 May 2009 01:31 AM PDT Jose Carreras, who alongside Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo formed the Three Tenors, has announced his reitrement from opera.

Jose Carreras retires from opera Philippine Daily Inquirer Fri, 08 May 2009 00:38 AM PDT LONDON- Spanish tenor Jose Carreras, who along Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo formed the "Three Tenors", the most famous trio in opera history, said in an interview here Friday he was retiring from opera.

Jose Carreras retiring from opera News Mail Thu, 07 May 2009 22:55 PM PDT SPANISH tenor Jose Carreras, who with Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo formed the "Three Tenors", says he is retiring from opera.

Jose Carreras retiring from opera | Art & Theatre | Lismore Northern Star Northern Star Thu, 07 May 2009 22:54 PM PDT Jose Carerras was one of the famous Three Tenors that consisted of Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and himself.

Jose Carreras retiring from opera (AAP)
Yahoo!7 Entertainment News Thu, 07 May 2009 18:36 PM PDT
Spanish tenor Jose Carreras, who with Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo formed the "Three Tenors", says he is retiring from opera.

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Turandot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2009/2010

I going to Zurich to see Turandot with Jose Cura on May 16th, and in July I will see Turandot with Maria Guleghina (30) and Dessi/Armiliato (31). And then in 2010 in Berlin May13 I will see Turandot with Jose Cura and Maria Guleghina.

New season 2009/2010
Wiener Staatsoper: www.staatsoper.at
Deutsche Oper Berlin: www.deutscheoperberlin.de
Bayerische Staatsoper: www.staatsoper.de
Den Norske Opera og Ballett, Oslo: www.operaen.no

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