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Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
17 Dec 2026, Thu
•
7 PM
A treasured holiday tradition, Mozart’s heartwarming fairy tale takes the stage in the Met’s abridged, English-language production by Julie Taymor - the Tony Award–winning director o...
Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cast:
The Met Orchestra,
Erina Yashima,
.... + 6
The Magic Flute - Holiday Presentation
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
A mythical land between the sun and the moon. Three ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night save Prince Tamino from a serpent. When they leave to tell the queen, the birdcatcher Papageno appears. He boasts to Tamino that it was he who killed the creature. The ladies return to give Tamino a portrait of the queen’s daughter, Pamina, who they say has been enslaved by the evil Saras ... Read More
The Magic Flute - Holiday Presentation
Opera
17 Dec 2026, Thu
•
7 PM
Preliminary evening to the stage festival play «Der Ring des Nibelungen». This is particularly exciting not least because in the new production the characters in all four parts a...
Composer:
Richard Wagner
Cast:
Gianandrea Noseda,
Zurich Opera Orchestra,
.... + 8
Das Rheingold
Premiere of this production:
22 September 1869,
National Theatre Munich
Scene 1
At the bottom of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens, Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Floßhilde, play together. Alberich, a Nibelung dwarf, appears from a deep chasm and tries to woo them. The maidens mock his advances and he grows angry – he chases them, but they elude, tease and humiliate him. A sudden ray of sunshine pierces the depths, to reveal the Rhinegold. The maidens rejoice i ... Read More
Opera
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Main Stage
17 Dec 2026, Thu
•
7 PM
Puccini had already proved his ability as a brilliant musical colourist with EDGAR (1889) and MANON LESCAUT, but it was only with LA BOHÈME that a perfect marriage of subject matter and musical...
Cast:
Giampaolo Bisanti,
Andrei Danilov,
.... + 8
La bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Place: Paris
Time: Around 1830.
Act 1
In the four bohemians' garret (Christmas Eve)
Marcello is painting while Rodolfo gazes out of the window. They complain of the cold. In order to keep warm, they burn the manuscript of Rodolfo's drama. Colline, the philosopher, enters shivering and disgruntled at not having been able to pawn some books. Schaunard, the musician of the group, arrives w ... Read More
Opera
Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Main Stage
17 Dec 2026, Thu
•
7:15 PM
An enchanting musical quest for love and freedom. Dalia Stasevska and Julia Jones conduct two exciting casts in David McVicar’s five-star production of Mozart’s beloved family-favourite op...
Cast:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House,
Dalia Stasevska,
.... + 6
The Magic Flute
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
The opera begins with the overture, which Mozart composed last.
Act 1
Scene 1: A rough, rocky landscape
Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is pursued by a serpent and asks the gods to save him (aria: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!" segued into trio: "Stirb, Ungeheuer, durch uns're Macht!"). He faints, and three ladies, attendants of the Queen of the Night, appear an ... Read More
Opera
18 Dec 2026, Fri
•
6 PM
Iván Fischer stages Mozart
Cast:
Iván Fischer,
Budapest Festival Orchestra,
.... + 6
The Magic Flute (Semi-staged performance)
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
The opera begins with the overture, which Mozart composed last.
Act 1
Scene 1: A rough, rocky landscape
Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is pursued by a serpent and asks the gods to save him (aria: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!" segued into trio: "Stirb, Ungeheuer, durch uns're Macht!"). He faints, and three ladies, attendants of the Queen of the Night, appear an ... Read More
The Magic Flute (Semi-staged performance)
Opera
Vienna State Opera, Main Stage
18 Dec 2026, Fri
•
7 PM
The young Prince Tamino is commissioned by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina - with whom he falls in love at the sight of a portrait - from the hands of Sarastro.
Cast:
Sabine Devieilhe,
Vienna State Opera Orchestra,
.... + 7
Die Zauberflöte
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
The opera begins with the overture, which Mozart composed last.
Act 1
Scene 1: A rough, rocky landscape
Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is pursued by a serpent and asks the gods to save him (aria: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!" segued into trio: "Stirb, Ungeheuer, durch uns're Macht!"). He faints, and three ladies, attendants of the Queen of the Night, appear an ... Read More
Die Zauberflöte
Opera
Staatsoper Hamburg, Main Stage
18 Dec 2026, Fri
•
7:30 PM
“How ice-cold is this little hand” – a hand held by the poet Rodolfo in the darkness of his artists’ commune!
Cast:
Choir of the Hamburg State Opera,
Alexander Joel,
.... + 6
La Bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Act 1
In their studio above the roofs of Paris live Rodolfo, the poet, and Marcello, the painter, with their friends Colline and Schaunard. Having nothing to heat the cold room, Rodolfo decides to sacrifice the manuscript of his tragedy to the needs of the stove. Ill-humoured Colline returns from the pawnshop, without, however, having effected his object, because today, on Christmas Eve, the shop ... Read More
Opera
Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
19 Dec 2026, Sat
•
1 PM
A treasured holiday tradition, Mozart’s heartwarming fairy tale takes the stage in the Met’s abridged, English-language production by Julie Taymor - the Tony Award–winning director o...
Cast:
The Met Orchestra,
Erina Yashima,
.... + 6
The Magic Flute - Holiday Presentation
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
A mythical land between the sun and the moon. Three ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night save Prince Tamino from a serpent. When they leave to tell the queen, the birdcatcher Papageno appears. He boasts to Tamino that it was he who killed the creature. The ladies return to give Tamino a portrait of the queen’s daughter, Pamina, who they say has been enslaved by the evil Saras ... Read More
The Magic Flute - Holiday Presentation
Opera
Hungarian State Opera House, Opera House
19 Dec 2026, Sat
•
6:30 PM
There are also legendary opera productions, such as this one directed by Kálmán Nádasdy. With Gusztáv Oláh's marvellous scenery, it is a genuine example of theat...
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Hungarian State Opera Chorus,
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra,
.... + 6
La Bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Place: Paris
Time: Around 1830.
Act 1
In the four bohemians' garret (Christmas Eve)
Marcello is painting while Rodolfo gazes out of the window. They complain of the cold. In order to keep warm, they burn the manuscript of Rodolfo's drama. Colline, the philosopher, enters shivering and disgruntled at not having been able to pawn some books. Schaunard, the musician of the group, arrives w ... Read More
La Bohème
Opera
Semperoper Dresden, Semperoper Dresden
19 Dec 2026, Sat
•
7 PM
At the time of its premiere in 1896, Puccini’s best-known work broke new ground in Italian opera through its prosaic scenery and everyday subject matter. This staging by Christine Mielitz of Puc...
Cast:
Staatskapelle Dresden,
Lorenzo Passerini,
.... + 7
La Bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
First act
Christmas Eve, in an icy-cold garret looking onto the roofs of the Latin Quarter in Paris, around the turn of the century. Just as Marcel, fingers numb with cold, attempts to finish his painting which seems to remain eternally unfinished, Rodolfo compels himself to write. Both fail. To save the last chair from being broken up and burnt, Rodolfo sacrifices the manuscript of his play, act ... Read More
Opera
Prague National Theatre, The Estates Theatre
19 Dec 2026, Sat
•
7 PM
The famed musical fairy tale about fidelity and wisdom, as it all played out in Mozart’s imagination.
Cast:
Prague Philharmonic Children's Choir,
The National Theatre Chorus,
.... + 1
Die Zauberflöte
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
The opera begins with the overture, which Mozart composed last.
Act 1
Scene 1: A rough, rocky landscape
Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is pursued by a serpent and asks the gods to save him (aria: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!" segued into trio: "Stirb, Ungeheuer, durch uns're Macht!"). He faints, and three ladies, attendants of the Queen of the Night, appear an ... Read More
Die Zauberflöte
Opera
Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), Staatsoper Unter den Linden
19 Dec 2026, Sat
•
7:30 PM
In poetic images, Lindy Hume presents the work as a nostalgic retrospective of a carefree, all-too transient youth. In poetic images, Lindy Hume presents the work as a nostalgic retrospective of a car...
Cast:
Friedrich Hamel,
Riccardo Massi,
.... + 8
La Bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Place: Paris
Time: Around 1830.
Act 1
In the four bohemians' garret (Christmas Eve)
Marcello is painting while Rodolfo gazes out of the window. They complain of the cold. In order to keep warm, they burn the manuscript of Rodolfo's drama. Colline, the philosopher, enters shivering and disgruntled at not having been able to pawn some books. Schaunard, the musician of the group, arrives w ... Read More
La Bohème
Opera
Theater Bonn, Opernhaus Bonn
19 Dec 2026, Sat
•
7:30 PM
La bohème is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murg...
Cast:
Dirk Kaftan,
Beethoven Orchester Bonn,
.... + 4
La bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Place: Paris
Time: Around 1830.
Act 1
In the four bohemians' garret (Christmas Eve)
Marcello is painting while Rodolfo gazes out of the window. They complain of the cold. In order to keep warm, they burn the manuscript of Rodolfo's drama. Colline, the philosopher, enters shivering and disgruntled at not having been able to pawn some books. Schaunard, the musician of the group, arrives w ... Read More
La bohème
Opera
Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera
20 Dec 2026, Sun
•
2 PM
A treasured holiday tradition, Mozart’s heartwarming fairy tale takes the stage in the Met’s abridged, English-language production by Julie Taymor - the Tony Award–winning director o...
Cast:
The Met Orchestra,
Erina Yashima,
.... + 6
The Magic Flute - Holiday Presentation
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
A mythical land between the sun and the moon. Three ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night save Prince Tamino from a serpent. When they leave to tell the queen, the birdcatcher Papageno appears. He boasts to Tamino that it was he who killed the creature. The ladies return to give Tamino a portrait of the queen’s daughter, Pamina, who they say has been enslaved by the evil Saras ... Read More
The Magic Flute - Holiday Presentation
Opera
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Main Stage
20 Dec 2026, Sun
•
4 PM
Puccini had already proved his ability as a brilliant musical colourist with EDGAR (1889) and MANON LESCAUT, but it was only with LA BOHÈME that a perfect marriage of subject matter and musical...
Cast:
Giampaolo Bisanti,
Andrei Danilov,
.... + 8
La bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Place: Paris
Time: Around 1830.
Act 1
In the four bohemians' garret (Christmas Eve)
Marcello is painting while Rodolfo gazes out of the window. They complain of the cold. In order to keep warm, they burn the manuscript of Rodolfo's drama. Colline, the philosopher, enters shivering and disgruntled at not having been able to pawn some books. Schaunard, the musician of the group, arrives w ... Read More
Opera
Staatsoper Hamburg, Main Stage
20 Dec 2026, Sun
•
4 PM
“How ice-cold is this little hand” – a hand held by the poet Rodolfo in the darkness of his artists’ commune!
Cast:
Choir of the Hamburg State Opera,
Alexander Joel,
.... + 6
La Bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Act 1
In their studio above the roofs of Paris live Rodolfo, the poet, and Marcello, the painter, with their friends Colline and Schaunard. Having nothing to heat the cold room, Rodolfo decides to sacrifice the manuscript of his tragedy to the needs of the stove. Ill-humoured Colline returns from the pawnshop, without, however, having effected his object, because today, on Christmas Eve, the shop ... Read More
Opera
20 Dec 2026, Sun
•
5 PM
Iván Fischer stages Mozart
Cast:
Iván Fischer,
Budapest Festival Orchestra,
.... + 6
The Magic Flute (Semi-staged performance)
Premiere of this production:
30 September 1791,
Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
The opera begins with the overture, which Mozart composed last.
Act 1
Scene 1: A rough, rocky landscape
Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is pursued by a serpent and asks the gods to save him (aria: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!" segued into trio: "Stirb, Ungeheuer, durch uns're Macht!"). He faints, and three ladies, attendants of the Queen of the Night, appear an ... Read More
The Magic Flute (Semi-staged performance)
Opera
20 Dec 2026, Sun
•
6 PM
In his interpretation of Traviata, director David Hermann elaborates on the sketch about the downfall of the noble courtesan, interpreting it as a portrait study of a modern-day high-class escort...
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Joana Mallwitz,
Zurich Opera Chorus,
.... + 6
La traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Set in and around Paris in about 1850.
Act I
Violetta Valéry, a Parisian courtesan, greets the guests at her salon. Among them are Flora Bervoix, the Marchese D’Obigny, Baron Douphol and Gastone, who introduces Violetta to a new admirer of hers, Alfredo Germont. The young Germont, who has been admiring her from afar, joins her in a drinking song. An orchestra strikes up in an adjace ... Read More
Opera
Staatsoper Hamburg, Main Stage
21 Dec 2026, Mon
•
7 PM
Rossini’s comic masterpiece follows Count Almaviva as he tries to win Rosina’s heart with the help of the resourceful barber Figaro. Disguises, deceptions and romantic rivalry create a cha...
Composer:
Gioachino Rossini
Cast:
Choir of the Hamburg State Opera,
George Petrou,
.... + 5
The Barber of Seville
Premiere of this production:
20 February 1816,
Teatro Argentina, Rome
Place: Seville, Spain
Time: 18th century
Act 1
The square in front of Bartolo's house
In a public square outside Bartolo's house a band of musicians and a poor student named Lindoro are serenading, to no avail, the window of Rosina ("Ecco, ridente in cielo"; "There, laughing in the sky"). Lindoro, who is really the young Count Almaviva in disguise, hopes to make the b ... Read More
Opera
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Main Stage
22 Dec 2026, Tue
•
6:30 PM
On December 22, 2026 – twenty years after the premiere of the legendary production – the final performance of the opera La Bohème will take place. The leadi...
Cast:
Asmik Grigorian,
Gintaras Rinkevičius,
.... + 4
La Bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Place: Paris
Time: Around 1830.
Act 1
In the four bohemians' garret (Christmas Eve)
Marcello is painting while Rodolfo gazes out of the window. They complain of the cold. In order to keep warm, they burn the manuscript of Rodolfo's drama. Colline, the philosopher, enters shivering and disgruntled at not having been able to pawn some books. Schaunard, the musician of the group, arrives w ... Read More
La Bohème
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