2008 Season
Performances start at 7.30pm, matinee on 6 July at 2pm
Pre-performance talks are free of charge. There is no need to pre-book. Please
arrive at the theatre front gate at 5pm.
*Concession available
Resident Orchestra City of London Sinfonia
by Giuseppe Verdi
June 3, 5, 7, 12*, 14, 16, 18*, 20
(June 10 Charity Gala in aid of NSPCC)
Pre-performance talk Sat 14 June at 5pm
Opera in four acts
Sung in Italian with English surtitles
Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano
Conductor Brad Cohen
Director John Lloyd Davies
Cast includes
Katarina Jovanovic
Rafael Rojas
Anne Mason
Stephen Gadd
Geoffrey Moses
Stephanie Corley
Michael Bracegirdle
Approximate finish time: 10.15pm
by Gaetano Donizetti
June 4, 6, 11*, 13, 17*, 19, 21
Pre-performance talk Sat 21 June at 5pm
Opera in two acts
Sung in French with English surtitles
Libretto by J. H. V. de Saint-Georges and J. F. Bayard
Conductor Robert Dean
Director William Kerley
Designer Tom Rogers
Marie Hye-Youn Lee
Tonio Luciano Botelho
Marquise de Birkenfeld Sarah Pring
Sulpice Graeme Broadbent
Hortensius Stefan Holmström
Approximate finish time: 10.00pm
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
June 28, 30 July 2*, 4, 6 (2pm), 8*, 10*, 12*
Pre-performance talk Sat 12 July at 5pm
Opera in two acts
Sung in English
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
English translation Michael Geliot
Conductor Jane Glover
Director Simon Callow
Designer Tom Phillips
Tamino Andrew Staples
Pamina Fflur Wyn
Sarastro Tim Mirfin
Queen of the Night Penelope Randall-Davis
Papageno Roland Wood (for performances marked *) / Jonathan
Gunthorpe
Papagena Pippa Goss
Monostatos Mark Le Brocq
Speaker Stephen Gadd
Approximate finish time: 10.40pm
by Giacomo Puccini
July 1, 3, 5, 7*, 11, 13*
(July 9 Charity Gala in aid of Venice in
Peril)
Opera in three acts
Sung in Italian with English surtitles
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
Conductor Phillip Thomas
Director Stephen Barlow
Designer Yannis Thavoris
Tosca Amanda Echalaz
Cavaradossi Seán Ruane
Scarpia Nicholas Garrett
Angelotti Simon Wilding
Sacristan John Lofthouse
Spoletta Benjamin Segal
Sciarrone Henry Grant Kerswell
Approximate finish time: 10.15pm
by Amilcare Ponchielli
July 22, 24*, 26, 30, August 1, 5*, 7, 9
Pre-performance talk Sat 26 July at 5pm
Sponsored by Opera Holland Park Friends Ambassadors
Opera in four acts
Sung in Italian with English surtitles
Libretto by Arrigo Boito
Conductor Peter Robinson
Director Martin Lloyd-Evans
Designer Jamie Vartan
La Gioconda Gweneth-Ann Jeffers
Enzo Grimaldi Vadim Zaplechny
Laura Adorno Yvonne Howard
Alvise Badoero David Soar
La Cieca Nuala Willis
Barnaba Olafur Sigurdarson
Approximate finish time: 10.30pm
by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
July 25, 29*, 31 August 2, 6*, 8
Opera in one act
Sung in Russian with English surtitles
Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky
Conductor Stuart Stratford
Director Annilese Miskimmon
Designer Nicky Shaw
Iolanta Orla Boylan
King René Mikhail Svetlov
Vaudémont Peter Auty
Robert Mark Stone
Ibn-Hakia Toby Stafford-Allen
Alméric Aled Hall
Bertrand Keel Watson
Martha Carole Wilson
Brigitta Sarah Redgwick
Laura Patricia Orr
The opera Iolanta will be preceded by a new classically inspired
contemporary dance piece
Pulcinella by Igor Stravinsky
Choreographer Regina Wielingen
Mezzo Carole Wilson
Tenor Aled Hall
Bass Keel Watson
Approximate finish time: 10.20pm
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