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On this day .. 01 July BIRTHS Hans Werner Henze (1926) Paul Daniel (1958) DEATHS Giovanni Andrea Bontempi (1705) Erik Satie (1925) PREMIERES Arabella (Strauss; 1933) 02 July BIRTHS Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714, 300 years) Albert Szirmai (1880) Ruth Berghaus (1927) Sylvain Cambreling (1948) DEATHS Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1778) Beverly Sills (2007) PREMIERES Our Man in Havana (Williamson; 1963) More... Openings Bari. Rota: Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (13-18 Sep). Un progetto Opera Nuova; Giovani cantanti sotto i trent' anni selezionati sulla base di un call for proposals e di audizioni Chicago(COT). Bloch: Macbeth (13-21 Sep). Brisbane. Glass: The Perfect American (15-20 Sep). World premiere Melbourne(VO). Grandage: The Riders (23 Sep-4 Oct). Libretto: Alison Croggon, after the novel by Tim Winton Napoli. Giosa: Don Checco (25 Sep-3 Oct). Palermo. Weinberger: Svanda dudak (19-26 Oct). Wexford. Mariotte: Salome (22-31 Oct). Opera in 1 act (Lyon, 1908); Libretto after the French play 'Salomé' by Oscar Wilde Wexford. Cagnoni: Don Bucefalo (23 Oct-1 Nov). Wexford. Puts: Silent Night (24 Oct-2 Nov). (Minneapolis-St Paul, 2011); Events surrounding the impromptu cease-fire on the Western Front on Christmas Eve 1914; Libretto: Mark Campbell, after the screenplay for the film 'Joyeux Noël' by Christian Carion Bologna. Jarrell: Cassandra (31 Oct-2 Nov). More...

Acknowledgements: 'Performances': København(KGL) - Die Frau ohne Schatten - 03 février 2012 - da // 'Companies': Staatsoper Unter den Linden. (c) Monica Rittershauser

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