男性は(テノールだけをピックアップすると)フローレス、グリゴーロ、カウフマン、カレヤ、ポレンザーニ、アラーニャ、コステロ、女性はネトレプコ、ダムラウ、ガランチャ、デシドナート、ゲオルギュー、と、ROHにしては決して悪くない顔ぶれでしょう。
Timur – Raymond Aceto (Sept) / Matthew Rose (Feb; 4 Mar), Kurt Rydl (7, 10 Mar) Calaf – Marco Berti (Sept) / Alfred Kim (Feb; Mar)/
9 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 24 September/14 | 21 (mat) | 28 September/17 | 20 | 25 | 28 February/4 | 7 | 10 March
Cast: Elektra – Christine Goerke/ Chrysothemis – Adrianne Pieczonka/ Klytämnestra – Michaela Schuster/ Orest – Iain Paterson/ Ägisth – John Daszak
Dir: Michael McCarthy/Cond: Michael Rafferty
Greek Cast: Eddy – Marcus Farnsworth/Eddy’s Dad/Café Manager/Chief of Police – Gwion Thomas/Eddy’s Mum/Waitress/Sphinx – Sally Silver
Eddy’s Sister/Waitress and Eddy’s Wife/Sphinx – Louise Winter
The Killing Flower Cast:Duchess – Amanda Forbes/Visitor – William Towers/Servant – Michael Bennett/Duke – George Humphreys
Greek 21 | 22 | 25 | 26 October/ The Killing Flower 24 October
きっと不快な前衛的な新作オペラだ・・・。最近のWritten on Skinは苦痛だったしなあ
★★★
Wozzeck (Berg)
Dir: Keith Warner/Cond: Mark Elder
Cast: Wozzeck – Simon Keenlyside/Marie – Karita Mattila/Captain – Gerhard Siegel/Doctor – John Tomlinson/ Drum Major – Endrik Wottrich
31 October/ 5 | 8 | 12 | 15 November
前回はオーケストラストールを奮発したのに、不快な音楽で頭痛が。サイモンは上手だろうけど、今回は安い席で一回だけにしとこ
★★★★★
Parsifal (Wagner) NEW
Dir: Stephen Langridge/Cond: Antonio Pappano
Cast:Parsifal – Simon O’Neill/Kundry – Angela Denoke/Gurnemanz – René Pape/Amfortas – Gerald Finley/Klingsor – Willard White
30 November/2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 18† December †Live cinema relay
前回の陳腐なパルシファルがやっとゴミ箱になったのは喜ばしいこと。これでクラウス君が出てたら最高だけど、サイモン・オニールか・・・。でも、パーペとデノケだけでもありがたいと思わなくちゃね
★★★★
Carmen (Bizet)
Dir: Francesca Zambello/Cond: Daniel Oren
Cast:Carmen – Elina Garanča (16, 19, 22 mat Dec; 3, 6, 9 Jan) / Christine Rice (21, 23 Dec; 1, 4 Jan)/Don José – Roberto Alagna (16, 19, 22 mat Dec; 3, 6, 9 Jan) / Younghon Lee (21, 23 Dec; 1, 4 Jan)/Escamillo – Vito Priante (16, 19, 22 mat Dec; 3, 6, 9 Jan) / Kostas Smoriginas (21, 23 Dec; 1, 4 Jan)/Micaëla – Veronica Cangemi (16, 19, 22 mat Dec; 3, 6, 9 Jan) / Sarah Fox (21, 23 Dec; 1, 4 Jan
16 | 19 | 21 | 22 (mat) | 23 December/1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 January
ガランチャとアラーニャですでに先回6回も観たのでさすがにゲップが・・。ヨン様はどうかしらね?
★★★★
Manon (Massenet)
Dir: Laurent Pelly/Cond: Emmanuel Villaume
Cast:Manon Lescaut – Ermonela Jaho (14, 17, 21, 24, 28 Jan) / Ailyn Pérez (31 Jan; 4 Feb)
Lescaut – Audun Iversen/Chevalier des Grieux – Matthew Polenzani/Le Comte des Grieux – Alastair Miles/Guillot de Morfontaine – Christophe Mortagne/De Brétigny – William Shimel
14 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 31 January/4 February
キャーッ! マシュー・ポレンザーニ! マノンがヤホってのが嫌だけど
★★★★★
Don Giovanni (Mozart) NEW
Dir: Kasper Holten/Cond: Nicola Luisotti
Cast:Don Giovanni – Mariusz Kwiecien/Leporello – Alex Esposito/Donna Anna – Malin Byström/Donna Elvira – Véronique Gens/Don Ottavio – Antonio Poli/Zerlina – Elizabeth Watts/Masetto – Dawid Kimberg/Commendatore – Alexander Tsymbalyuk
1 | 3 | 12† | 14 | 18 | 21 | 24 February †Live cinema relay
そうね、そろそろ新しいドンジョバが必要かも。キフィエチェンはドンジョバがベスト。若いポリ君も楽しみ。でも、ホルテン演出なのが不安
★★★★
La fille du régiment (連帯の娘)(Donizetti)
Dir: Laurent Pelly/Cond: Yves Abel
Cast:Marie – Patrizia Ciofi/Tonio – Juan Diego Flórez (3, 6, 9, 12, 15 Mar), Frédéric Antoun (18 Mar)/Suplice Pingot – Pietro Spagnoli/La Marquise de Berkenfield – Ewa Podles/La Duchess de Crackentorp – Kiri Te Kanaw
3 | 6 | 9 (mat) | 12 | 15 | 18 March
又チョーフィか・・ダムラウで聴きたい。又フローレスか・・さすがにちょっと飽きた・・
★★★★★
Jonas Kaufmann Main Stage recital
6 April
ROHでの久し振りのリサイタル。以前はちょこちょこやってたのにね。又どんどんやって頂戴
★★★
Die Frau ohne Schatten (影のない女)(Richard Strauss) NEW
Dir: Claus Guth/Cond: Semyon Bychkov
Cast:The Emperor – Johan Botha/The Empress – Emily Magee/The Nurse – Michaela Schuster/Barak – Johan Reuter/Barak’s Wife – Elena Pankratova
14 | 17 | 20 | 23 (mat) | 26 | 29 March/2 April
二つ目のリヒャルト・シュトラウス
★★★★☆
Faust (Gounod)
Dir: David McVicar/Cond: Maurizio Benini
Cast:Faust – Jospeh Calleja/Marguerite – Anna Netrebko/Méphistophélès – Bryn Terfel/Valentin – Simon Keenlyside
4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 25 April
久し振りのネトコちゃんなのに、また前回と同じオペラだなんてつまんないけど、豪華な4人だから切符争奪戦だ
★★★★☆
La traviata (Verdi)
Dir: Richard Eyre/Cond: Dan Ettinger
Cast:Violetta Valéry – Diana Damrau (19, 21, 24, 26, 30 April; 3, 9 May) / Ailyn Pérez (6, 12, 17, 20 May)/Alfredo Germont – Francesco Demuro (19, 21, 24, 26, 30 April; 3, 9 May) / Stephen Costello (6, 12, 17, 20 May)/Giorgio Germont – Dimitri Hvorostovsky (19, 21, 24, 26, 30 April; 3 May) / Simon Keenlyside (6, 9, 12, 17, 20 May)
19 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 30 April/3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 20 May
なにーっ、又椿姫?! でも、わーい、ダムラウだ、デムーロだ、コステロだ
★★★
Tosca (Puccini)
Dir: Jonathan Kent/Cond: Teodor Currentzis (10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 27, 30 May; 3 June) / Plácido Domingo (16, 19, 21, 26 June)
Cast:Floria Tosca – Oksana Dyka (10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 27,30 May; 3 June) / Sondra Radvanovsky (16, 19, 21, 26 June)/Mario Cavaradossi – Roberto Alagna (10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 27,30 May; 3 June) / Riccardo Massi (16, 19, 21, 26 June)/Baron Scarpia – Thomas Hampson (10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 27,30 May; 3 June) / Sebastian Catana (16, 19, 21, 26 June)
10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 30 May/3 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 26 June
トスカ、やり過ぎ! アラーニャをこの役で聴くのは10年ぶりくらいだけど、歌詞忘れちゃ駄目よ
★★★★★
Les Dialogues des Carmelites (カルメル派修道女の対話)(Poulenc) NEW to The Royal Opera
Dir: Robert Carsen/Cond: Simon Rattle
Cast:Blanche – Magdalena Kožená/Constance – Anna Prohaska/Madame Lidoine – Emma Bell/Mère Marie – Sophie Koch/Madame de Croissy – Deborah Polaski/Marquis de la Force – Thomas Allen/Chevalier de la Force – Yann Beuron
29 May/2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 June
ラトルとコジェナの夫婦ROH初共演。ここでは珍しいポラスキも!
★★★★★
Manon Lescaut (Puccini) NEW
Dir: Jonathan Kent/Cond: Antonio Pappano
Cast:Manon Lescaut – Kristine Opolais/Lescaut – Christopher Maltman/Chevalier des Grieux – Jonas Kaufmann/Geronte de Ravoir – Maurizio Muraro/Edmondo – Benjamin Hulett
17 | 20 | 24† | 28 June/1 | 4 | 7 July †Live cinema relay
マノン・レスコーをROHで観るのはこれが初めて。しかもカウフマン
★★
Ariadne auf Naxos (ナクソス島のアリアドネ)(Richard Strauss)
Dir: Christof Loy/Cond: Antonio Pappano
Cast:Ariadne/The Prima Donna – Karita Mattila/Bacchus/The Tenor – Roberto Saccà/Zerbinetta – Jane Archibald/The Composer – Ruxandra Donose/Harlequin – Markus Werba/A Music Master – Thomas Allen
25 | 30 June/3 | 10 | 13 July
特に好きでもないRシュトラウス3弾目。この顔ぶれなら一回だけでいいかな・・
★★★★★
Maria Stuarda (Donizetti ) NEW
Dir: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier/Cond: Maurizio Benini
Cast:Maria – Joyce DiDonato/Elisabetta – Carmen Giannattasio/Roberto – Charles Castronovo/Lord Cecil – Jeremy Carpenter/Giorgio – Matthew Rose
5 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 July
待ってました、ディドナートのマリア・スチュアーダ。カステルノーヴォが出るにも拘わらず5ツ星
★★★☆
La bohème (Puccini)
Dir: John Copley/Cond: Cornelius Meister
Cast:Mimì – Ermonela Jaho (9, 13 mat, 17, 19 mat July) / Angela Gheorghiu (12, 15, 19 eve July)/Rodolfo – Giuseppe Filianoti (9, 13 mat, 17, 19 mat July) / Vittorio Grigolo (12, 15, 19 eve July)
/Marcello – Markus Werba (9, 13 mat, 19 mat July) / Massimo Cavalletti (12, 15, 17, 19 eve July)
/Musetta – Simona Mihai (9, 13 mat, 19 mat July) / Irina Lungu (12, 15, 17, 19 eve July)
9 | 12 | 13 (mat) | 15 | 17 | 19 (mat) | 19 July (eve)
やっと終わったと思ったのに、やっぱり又やるのね。グリゴーロは違う役で来て欲しかったけど
★★
Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance
Programme TBC
20 July (mat)
★★
Moses und Aron (Arnold Schoenberg) (Welsh National Opera)
Dir: Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito/Cond: Lotha Koenigs
Cast:Moses – Richard Angas/Aron – Rainer Trost/A Young Maiden/First Naked Virgin – Elizabeth Atherton/A Young Man – Alexander Sprague/Another Man/Ephraimite – Daniel Grice/A Priest – David Soar
25 | 26 July
あら、珍しい、ウェールズオペラ団がROH夏休み中に来てくれるのね。切符が安いといいけど