Mozart - The Great Operas
12 July 2006 ~ Così Fan Tutte
26 July 2006 ~ Don Giovanni
2 August 2006 ~ Die Entführung aus dem Serail
9 August 2006 ~ Le Nozze di Figaro
16 August 2006 - Idomeneo
23 August 2006 ~ Die Zauberflöte
30 August 2006 ~ La Clemenza di Tito
CAST - Così Fan Tutte Click here for a detailed synposis
Fiordiligi, a lady from Ferrara, living in Naples
- Daniela Dessi
Dorabella, Fiordiligi's sister - Delores Ziegler
Ferrando, an officer, Dorabella’s lover - Jozef Kundlak
Guglielmo, an officer, Fiordiligi’s lover - Alessandro Corbelli
Despina, maidservant to the sisters - Adelina Scarabelli
Don Alfonso, an old philosopher- Claudio Desderi
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala - Riccardo Muti
Directed by Michael Hampe
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
CAST - Don Giovanni Click here for a detailed synposis
Don Giovanni, a young, very licentious nobleman - Thomas Allen
Leporello, Don Giovanni's servant - Claudio Desderi
Don Pedro, the Commandant of Seville - Sergej Koptchak
Donna Anna, Don Pedro's daughter, betrothed to Don Ottavio- Edita Gruberova
Don Ottavio - Francisco Araiza
Donna Elvira, a lady of Burgos, abandoned by Don Giovanni - Ann Murray
Zerlina, a peasant girl- Susanne Mentzer
Masetto, Zerlina's betrothed - Natale de Carolis
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala - Riccardo Muti
Directed by Giorgio Strehler
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
CAST - Die Entführung aus dem Serail Click here for a detailed synposis
Pasha Selim- Oliver Tobias
Belmonte, a Spanish nobleman - Deon van der Walt
Konstanze, Belmonte’s sweetheart - Inga Nielsen
Blonde, Konstanze’s maid - Lillian Watson
Pedrillo, Belmonte’s manservant and the Pasha’s gardener- Lars Magnusson
Osmin, overseer of the Pasha’s palace- Kurt Moll
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Georg Solti
Directed by Elijah Moshinsky
Sung in German with English subtitles
CAST - Le Nozze di Figaro Click here for a detailed synposis
The Count Almaviva - Benjamin Luxon
The Countess Almaviva, Rosina, his distraught wife - Kiri Te Kanawa
Figaro, former Barber of Seville, now the Count's valet- Knut Skram
Susanna, Figaro's future wife, in service of the Countess - Ileana Cotrubas
Cherubino, the Countess's young page - Frederica von Stade
Marcellina, an old spinster, with a contract to marry Figaro- Nucci Condo
Bartolo, Rosina's suitor of earlier days - Marius Rintzler
Don Basilio, master of music and intrigue - John Fryatt
Antonio, the gardener - Thomas Lawlor
Barbarina, Antonio's daughter- Elizabeth Gale
The London Philharmonic Orchestra - John Pritchard
Produced by Peter Hall
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
CAST - Idomeneo Click here for a detailed synposis
Idomeneo, King of Crete - Luciano Pavarotti
Idamante, Idomeneo's son- Frederica von Stade
Ilia, daughter of King Priam of Troy - Ileana Cotrubas
Electra, daughter of King Agamemnon of Argos- Hildegard Behrens
Arbace, Idomeneo's confidant - John Alexander
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York - James Levine
Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
CAST - Die Zauberflöte Click here for a detailed synposis
Tamino - Francisco Araiza
The Queen of the Night- Luciana Serra
Papagena - Barbara Kilduff
Three ladies - Juliana Gondek/ Mimi Lerner/ Judith Christin
Three boys- Ted Huffman/ Benjamin Schott/ Per-Christian Brevig
Speaker of the temple - Andreas Schmidt
Two priests- James Courtney/ Bernard Fitch
Two armoured men - Mark Baker/ Michael Devlin
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York - James Levine
Directed by Guus Mostart
Sung in German with English subtitles
CAST - La Clemenza di Tito Click here for a detailed synposis
Tito (Titus), Roman Emperor- Eric Tappy
Vitellia, daughter of the former Emperor Vitellius - Carol Neblett
Sesto (Sextus), friend of Tito, in love with Vitellia - Tatiana Troyanos
Annio (Annius), friend of Sesto, in love with Servilia- Anne Howells
Servilia, sister of Sesto, in love with Annio - Catherine Malfitano
Publio (Publius), Praetorian prefect of the Guard - Kurt Rydl
Konzertvereinigung
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic - James Levine
Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
