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Pelléas et Mélisande; Yannis Kokkos / WNO Performances. A powerful search tool allows you to search the details of over 47,000 opera performances since August 2010. Check the annotated list of coming highlights, or browse the listings of over 200 festivals.

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On this day ..

16 May

BIRTHS

Ferruccio Furlanetto (1949) PREMIERES

The Dragon of Wantley (Lampe; 1737)

Zaira (Bellini; 1829)

Owen Wingrave (Britten; 1971)

17 May

BIRTHS

Erik Satie (1866)

Werner Egk (1901)

Birgit Nilsson (1918)

Gabriel Bacquier (1924)

Philippe Boesmans (1936)

Joanna Bruzdowicz (1943) DEATHS

Paul Dukas (1935)

Francesco Balilla Pratella (1955) PREMIERES

Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni; 1890)

Mirandolina (Martinů; 1959)

Openings

Dresden(Operette). Strauss: Der Carneval in Rom (15 May).

St Petersburg(Mariinsky). Prokofiev: Betrothal in a Monastery (15 May).

World premiere Melbourne(VO). Kerry: Midnight Son (16-23 May). Opera, 90'; Opera exploring how passion and obsession can morally blind otherwise normal people, leading them to lose control of their lives with devastating consequences; Libretto: Louis Nowra

World premiere München(Biennale). Arnulf Herrmann: Wasser (16-19 May).

Palermo. Zemlinsky: Der Konig Kandaules (16-22 May). // una affascinante storia

Duisburg. Henze: Phaedra (17 May-7 Jun).

Rostock. Cage: Europeras (18 May).

Strasbourg(Opera). Vivaldi: Farnace (18-26 May). // Quand la virtuosité le dispute à l'émotion

Barcelona(Liceu). Montsalvatge: El gato con botas (19-27 May). // Saviesa i refinament

Berlin(Deutsche). Felix Weingartner: Die Dorfschule (19 May).

Berlin(Deutsche). Orff: Gisei Das Opfer (19 May).

Dresden(Operette). Strauss: Das Spitzentuch der Konigin (19 May).

Long Beach. Golijov: Ainadamar (19-26 May).

Lyon(Opera). Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortileges (19-29 May).

World premiere Paris(Comique). Stroppa: Re Orso (19-22 May).

Karlsruhe. Schwemmer: Robin Hood (20 May-18 Jul). // Eine grüne Oper

Schwetzingen. Schweitzer: Rosamunde (20-25 May).

World premiere Firenze(Maggio). Colasanti: La metamorfosi (22-25 May).

Reims. Christine: Phi-Phi (22 May).

Paris(Pleyel). Grieg: Peer Gynt (23-24 May).

Acknowledgements: 'Performances': Pelléas et Mélisande; Yannis Kokkos / WNO // 'Companies': Staatsoper Unter den Linden. (c) Monica Rittershauser

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