Thank you, Safari for helping me with Opernhaus Zurich booking

Finally. I have booked 4 tickets at Opernhaus Zurich website. It was Safari that won the prize of being both fast and working. No hiccups like Firefox, IE or Chrome. I used the systems choosing the best seat for my category. That was much faster and more reliable than to choose seat myself. The Java applets was slow and often it was something wrong. So SAFARI was faster and more reliable. It also gave me the chance to see how far the loading pages was, and that is always a plus especially when the pages are slow loading.

TOSCA 11.9.2010 with Maria Guleghina, Marcelo Alvarez & Ruggero Raimondi
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST 20.11.2010 with José Cura, Emily Magee & Ruggero Raimondi

LA BOHEME 23.4.2011 with Barbara Frittoli & José Cura
CAVALLERIS RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI 19.6.2011 with Agnes Baltsa & José Cura

Thank you again, SAFARI!
Maybe I will change from Firefox to Safari as my preferred browser



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Finally Opernhaus Zurich 2010/2011 is online

Spielzeit 2010/2011

Wenn Sie sich Ihre Plätze für die nächste Spielzeit jetzt schon sichern wollen: Ein Kontingent an Karten für die Spielzeit 2010/2011 ist ab Montag, 12. Juli 2010, 11:30 Uhr online verfügbar.

Monday 12 July 2010 at 1130 you can book tickets for the next season on www.opernhaus.ch

JOSE CURA
Cavalleria rusticana/ Pagliacci:
So, 13.03.2011  Mi, 16.03.2011  Sa, 19.03.2011  Do, 02.06.2011  So, 05.06.2011  Mo, 13.06.2011  So, 19.06.2011 
La Bohème:
Mi, 20.04.2011  Sa, 23.04.2011  Do, 05.05.2011 
La Fanciulla del West:
So, 14.11.2010  Mi, 17.11.2010  Sa, 20.11.2010  Mi, 24.11.2010  Do, 09.12.2010  Fr, 17.12.2010 
Tosca:
Di, 26.10.2010  Do, 28.10.2010

AGNES BALTSA
Cavalleria rusticana/ Pagliacci:
Do, 02.06.2011  So, 05.06.2011  Mo, 13.06.2011  So, 19.06.2011 

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I am disappointed with Opernhaus Zurich

According to an email to me the 2010/2011 season should be on the website by the end of June.

I have waited.

And waited.

Where is 2010/2011 season?

Zürich always lets me wait so long...

Can I hope that it will be up tomorrow, July 1st?



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Lots of Pagliacci in Spring 2011 for Jose Cura

January 2011
- 16, 18, 22, 25 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Milano (La Scala)

February 2011
- 1, 5 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Milano (La Scala)
- 9 Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns), Budapest (Palace of Arts)

March 2011
- 13, 16, 19 Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) / Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Zurich (Opernhaus)


April 2011
- 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) / Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Barcelona (Liceu)

- 20, 23 La Boheme (Puccini), Zurich (Opernhaus)

May 2011
- 5 La Boheme (Puccini), Zurich (Opernhaus)
-15, 19, 21, 26, 29, Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns), Berlin (Deutsche Oper)

June 2011
- 2, 5, 13, 19 Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) / Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Zurich (Opernhaus)

- 21, 25, 29, Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) / Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Vienna (Staatsoper)


Official calender: www.josecura.com

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Opernhaus Zurich 2010/2011 VERISMO-abo

Opernhaus Zurich


Verismo ABO 2010-2011

Verismo

Samstag, 4. September 2010
Tosca Puccini
Dirigent Nello Santi
Tosca Maria Guleghina
Cavaradossi Marcelo Álvarez
Scarpia Thomas Hampson
Angelotti Valeriy Murga
Mesner Giuseppe Scorsin
Spoletta Andreas Winkler
Sciarrone Morgan Moody


Samstag, 20. November 2010
La Fanciulla del West Puccini
Dirigent Massimo Zanetti
Minnie Emily Magee
Wowkle Katharina Peetz
Jack Rance Ruggero Raimondi
Dick Johnson José Cura
Harry Shinya Kitajima
Jack Wallace Davide Fersini
Nick Peter Sonn
Ashby Giuseppe Scorsin
Sonora Cheyne Davidson
Sid Tomasz Slawinski
Trin Martin Zysset
Bello Kresˇimir Strazˇanac
Joe Bogusl/aw Bidzin´ski
Happy Thomas Tatzl
José Castro Valeriy Murga


Dienstag, 14. Dezember 2010
Madama Butterfly Puccini
Dirigent Marco Armiliato
Cio-Cio-San Xiu Wei Sun
Suzuki Judith Schmid
Kate Pinkerton Margaret Chalker
Pinkerton Neil Shicoff
Sharpless Cheyne Davidson
Goro Andreas Winkler
Yamadori Kresˇimir Strazˇanac
Bonze Pavel Daniluk


Mittwoch, 16. März 2011
Cavalleria rusticana Mascagni
Dirigent Stefano Ranzani
Santuzza Paoletta Marrocu
Lucia Cornelia Kallisch
Lola Katharina Peetz
Turiddu Jose Cura
Alfio Cheyne Davidson

Pagliacci Leoncavallo
Nedda Fiorenza Cedolins
Canio José Cura
Tonio Carlo Guelfi
Peppe Boiko Zvetanov
Silvio Gabriel Bermúdez


Samstag, 23. April 2011
La Bohème Puccini
Dirigent Carlo Rizzi
Mimì Barbara Frittoli
Musetta N. N.
Rodolfo José Cura
Marcello Massimo Cavalletti
Schaunard Cheyne Davidson
Colline Andreas Hörl
Benoît Davide Fersini

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Agnes Baltsa/Jose Cura in Zurich 2010/2011

"In the season 2010/11, Baltsa will sing at 2., 5., 13. and 19. june 2011.
José Cura will sing in four different productions. We will publish the informations in the end of june 2010 on our webpage www.opernhaus.ch"

Agnes Baltsa told me that she will sing Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana) and now Opernhaus Zurich confirmed it as on June 2,5,13,19, 2011.

José Cura has confirmed in his calender one production LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST.

November 2010: 14, 17, 20, 24, December 2010: 9 La fanciulla del west, Opernhaus Zürich

And other sources indicate that Ruggero Raimondi will sing Jack Rance, and that Emily Magee will sing Minnie.

Maybe this means that Cura will sing Cavalleria Rusticana/pagliacci on June 2,5,13,19, 2011. Will that be counted as 2 productions. In that case what would be the third? I would love Samson et Dalila in Zürich.

We will have to wait until end of June 2010. A long wait.

I have seen José Cura in Zurich as Samson (2000), Mario Cavaradossi (2001), Otello (2002), Don Carlo (2003, 2006), Dick Johnson (2004), Stiffelio (2004, 2006), Alfredo Germont (2006), Calaf (2006) Rodrigue LE CID (2008), Turriddu (2009), Canio (2009), Rodolfo LA BOHEME (2010)

Thanks, Sandra for reminding me of Jose Cura's Calender where it says that he will sing Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca on October 26, 28, 2010. (Update 2010-05-16)

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Season 2010/2011 Wiener Staatsoper

Wiener Staatsoper / Vienna State Opera

JOSE CURA, tenor

November 2010
- 27, 29, Manon Lescaut (Puccini), Vienna (Staatsoper)
December 2010
- 2, 5, Manon Lescaut (Puccini), Vienna (Staatsoper)
June 2011
- 21, 25, 29, Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni), Vienna (Staatsoper)
- 21, 25, 29, Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Vienna (Staatsoper)

AGNES BALTSA, mezzo soprano

March 2011
- 24, 27, 30, Elektra (Richard Strauss), Vienna (Staatsoper)
April 2011
- 4, Elektra (Richard Strauss), Vienna (Staatsoper)
May 2011
- 9, 12, 15, 19, 22, Jenufa (Leos Janacek), Vienna (Staatsoper)



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