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SUMMARY:Don Giovanni - Leporello - Bayerische Staatsoper
DESCRIPTION:“Chi è morto\, voi o il vecchio?\,” jokes the servant Leporello cryptically\, after Don Giovanni has murdered “Il Commendatore”. The story of the “punished debauchee” has long since been the stuff of myth. Don Giovanni plays out in a field of tension between heaven and hell\, as opposites collide in this dramma giocoso\, set among amorous desires and the fall of angels. In this kaleidoscope of situations and characters\, there is an absolute absence of clarity\, evident alone in the fact that each of these characters lies – either to each other or to themselves. The timeless comedy motifs of role and dress change assume an oppressive ambiguity here. The master of transformation Don Giovanni\, this polyerotic hedonist\, is hard to fathom. In endless metamorphoses\, he appears just as suddenly as he then immediately disappears again. The other characters know – they need him\, as a mirror of themselves. And so for Leporello it becomes clear after his master’s death that Don Giovanni leads an eternal life and will affect ours again and again. This Don Giovanni now completes the Da Ponte cycle. “Faust” winner David Hermann stages at the Bayerische Staatsoper for the first time. General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski conducts the piece\, in which Mozart threw open the doors to a new world\, from which there can be no return. \n \nPhilharmonia Orchestra · Don Giovanni: Overture
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/don-giovanni-leporello/2025-07-06/
LOCATION:Bavarian State Opera\, Max-Joseph-Platz 2\, Munich\, Munich\, 80539\, Germany
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SUMMARY:Don Giovanni - Leporello - Bayerische Staatsoper
DESCRIPTION:“Chi è morto\, voi o il vecchio?\,” jokes the servant Leporello cryptically\, after Don Giovanni has murdered “Il Commendatore”. The story of the “punished debauchee” has long since been the stuff of myth. Don Giovanni plays out in a field of tension between heaven and hell\, as opposites collide in this dramma giocoso\, set among amorous desires and the fall of angels. In this kaleidoscope of situations and characters\, there is an absolute absence of clarity\, evident alone in the fact that each of these characters lies – either to each other or to themselves. The timeless comedy motifs of role and dress change assume an oppressive ambiguity here. The master of transformation Don Giovanni\, this polyerotic hedonist\, is hard to fathom. In endless metamorphoses\, he appears just as suddenly as he then immediately disappears again. The other characters know – they need him\, as a mirror of themselves. And so for Leporello it becomes clear after his master’s death that Don Giovanni leads an eternal life and will affect ours again and again. This Don Giovanni now completes the Da Ponte cycle. “Faust” winner David Hermann stages at the Bayerische Staatsoper for the first time. General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski conducts the piece\, in which Mozart threw open the doors to a new world\, from which there can be no return. \n \nPhilharmonia Orchestra · Don Giovanni: Overture
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/don-giovanni-leporello/2025-07-04/
LOCATION:Bavarian State Opera\, Max-Joseph-Platz 2\, Munich\, Munich\, 80539\, Germany
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SUMMARY:Don Giovanni - Leporello - Bayerische Staatsoper
DESCRIPTION:“Chi è morto\, voi o il vecchio?\,” jokes the servant Leporello cryptically\, after Don Giovanni has murdered “Il Commendatore”. The story of the “punished debauchee” has long since been the stuff of myth. Don Giovanni plays out in a field of tension between heaven and hell\, as opposites collide in this dramma giocoso\, set among amorous desires and the fall of angels. In this kaleidoscope of situations and characters\, there is an absolute absence of clarity\, evident alone in the fact that each of these characters lies – either to each other or to themselves. The timeless comedy motifs of role and dress change assume an oppressive ambiguity here. The master of transformation Don Giovanni\, this polyerotic hedonist\, is hard to fathom. In endless metamorphoses\, he appears just as suddenly as he then immediately disappears again. The other characters know – they need him\, as a mirror of themselves. And so for Leporello it becomes clear after his master’s death that Don Giovanni leads an eternal life and will affect ours again and again. This Don Giovanni now completes the Da Ponte cycle. “Faust” winner David Hermann stages at the Bayerische Staatsoper for the first time. General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski conducts the piece\, in which Mozart threw open the doors to a new world\, from which there can be no return. \n \nPhilharmonia Orchestra · Don Giovanni: Overture
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/don-giovanni-leporello/2025-06-30/
LOCATION:Bavarian State Opera\, Max-Joseph-Platz 2\, Munich\, Munich\, 80539\, Germany
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SUMMARY:Don Giovanni - Leporello - Bayerische Staatsoper
DESCRIPTION:“Chi è morto\, voi o il vecchio?\,” jokes the servant Leporello cryptically\, after Don Giovanni has murdered “Il Commendatore”. The story of the “punished debauchee” has long since been the stuff of myth. Don Giovanni plays out in a field of tension between heaven and hell\, as opposites collide in this dramma giocoso\, set among amorous desires and the fall of angels. In this kaleidoscope of situations and characters\, there is an absolute absence of clarity\, evident alone in the fact that each of these characters lies – either to each other or to themselves. The timeless comedy motifs of role and dress change assume an oppressive ambiguity here. The master of transformation Don Giovanni\, this polyerotic hedonist\, is hard to fathom. In endless metamorphoses\, he appears just as suddenly as he then immediately disappears again. The other characters know – they need him\, as a mirror of themselves. And so for Leporello it becomes clear after his master’s death that Don Giovanni leads an eternal life and will affect ours again and again. This Don Giovanni now completes the Da Ponte cycle. “Faust” winner David Hermann stages at the Bayerische Staatsoper for the first time. General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski conducts the piece\, in which Mozart threw open the doors to a new world\, from which there can be no return. \n \nPhilharmonia Orchestra · Don Giovanni: Overture
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/don-giovanni-leporello/2025-06-27/
LOCATION:Bavarian State Opera\, Max-Joseph-Platz 2\, Munich\, Munich\, 80539\, Germany
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SUMMARY:Freischütz in Concert - Kaspar/Samiel - Kammerakademie Potsdam
DESCRIPTION:Selling one’s soul to the devil\, summoning up spirits\, and magic bullets are all part of the fantastical world of the first German opera composed by Carl Maria von Weber in 1821. This lyrical drama owes a large debt to Beethoven’s Fidelio and prefigures Tannhäuser by Wagner. It introduces the symbolic world of German romantic opera which would peak fifty years later with Richard Wagner’s tetralogy. \n  \n \nOtto Klemperer · Der Freischütz\, Op. 77\, J. 277: Overture
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/freischutz-in-concert-kaspar-samiel-kammerakademie-potsdam/2025-05-05/
LOCATION:Nikolaisaal Potsdam\, Wilhelm-Staab-Str. 10/11\, Potsdam\, D-14467\, Germany
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SUMMARY:Freischütz in Concert - Kaspar/Samiel - Kammerakademie Potsdam
DESCRIPTION:Selling one’s soul to the devil\, summoning up spirits\, and magic bullets are all part of the fantastical world of the first German opera composed by Carl Maria von Weber in 1821. This lyrical drama owes a large debt to Beethoven’s Fidelio and prefigures Tannhäuser by Wagner. It introduces the symbolic world of German romantic opera which would peak fifty years later with Richard Wagner’s tetralogy. \n  \n \nOtto Klemperer · Der Freischütz\, Op. 77\, J. 277: Overture
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/freischutz-in-concert-kaspar-samiel-kammerakademie-potsdam/2025-05-03/
LOCATION:Nikolaisaal Potsdam\, Wilhelm-Staab-Str. 10/11\, Potsdam\, D-14467\, Germany
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SUMMARY:Freischütz in Concert - Kaspar/Samiel - Kammerakademie Potsdam
DESCRIPTION:Selling one’s soul to the devil\, summoning up spirits\, and magic bullets are all part of the fantastical world of the first German opera composed by Carl Maria von Weber in 1821. This lyrical drama owes a large debt to Beethoven’s Fidelio and prefigures Tannhäuser by Wagner. It introduces the symbolic world of German romantic opera which would peak fifty years later with Richard Wagner’s tetralogy. \n  \n \nOtto Klemperer · Der Freischütz\, Op. 77\, J. 277: Overture
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/freischutz-in-concert-kaspar-samiel-kammerakademie-potsdam/2025-04-30/
LOCATION:Nikolaisaal Potsdam\, Wilhelm-Staab-Str. 10/11\, Potsdam\, D-14467\, Germany
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SUMMARY:Freischütz in Concert - Kaspar/Samiel - Kammerakademie Potsdam
DESCRIPTION:Selling one’s soul to the devil\, summoning up spirits\, and magic bullets are all part of the fantastical world of the first German opera composed by Carl Maria von Weber in 1821. This lyrical drama owes a large debt to Beethoven’s Fidelio and prefigures Tannhäuser by Wagner. It introduces the symbolic world of German romantic opera which would peak fifty years later with Richard Wagner’s tetralogy. \n  \n \nOtto Klemperer · Der Freischütz\, Op. 77\, J. 277: Overture
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/freischutz-in-concert-kaspar-samiel-kammerakademie-potsdam-2/
LOCATION:Nikolaisaal Potsdam\, Wilhelm-Staab-Str. 10/11\, Potsdam\, D-14467\, Germany
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SUMMARY:The Listeners - Howard - Lyric Opera of Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Lyric Opera of Chicago presents The Listeners\, expected to be one of the most significant operatic events of the 2024/25 Season. Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek\, the renowned composer/librettist team\, tell the story of Claire\, who is driven nearly mad by an unending\, low-frequency hum that she hears. In desperation\, she joins a community organization\, “The Listeners\,” formed to discover the origin of the noise and destroy it. The group becomes frighteningly cult-like\, ultimately leading to catastrophic consequences. Lyric’s vocally and dramatically brilliant cast will be conducted by Music Director Enrique Mazzola and directed by one of the most gifted theater artists of her generation\, Lileana Blain-Cruz.
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/the-listeners-howard-lyric-opera-of-chicago/2025-04-11/
LOCATION:Civic Opera House\, 20 N Upper Wacker Dr STE 400\, Chicago\, IL\, IL 60606\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Listeners - Howard - Lyric Opera of Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Lyric Opera of Chicago presents The Listeners\, expected to be one of the most significant operatic events of the 2024/25 Season. Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek\, the renowned composer/librettist team\, tell the story of Claire\, who is driven nearly mad by an unending\, low-frequency hum that she hears. In desperation\, she joins a community organization\, “The Listeners\,” formed to discover the origin of the noise and destroy it. The group becomes frighteningly cult-like\, ultimately leading to catastrophic consequences. Lyric’s vocally and dramatically brilliant cast will be conducted by Music Director Enrique Mazzola and directed by one of the most gifted theater artists of her generation\, Lileana Blain-Cruz.
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/the-listeners-howard-lyric-opera-of-chicago/2025-04-08/
LOCATION:Civic Opera House\, 20 N Upper Wacker Dr STE 400\, Chicago\, IL\, IL 60606\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Listeners - Howard - Lyric Opera of Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Lyric Opera of Chicago presents The Listeners\, expected to be one of the most significant operatic events of the 2024/25 Season. Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek\, the renowned composer/librettist team\, tell the story of Claire\, who is driven nearly mad by an unending\, low-frequency hum that she hears. In desperation\, she joins a community organization\, “The Listeners\,” formed to discover the origin of the noise and destroy it. The group becomes frighteningly cult-like\, ultimately leading to catastrophic consequences. Lyric’s vocally and dramatically brilliant cast will be conducted by Music Director Enrique Mazzola and directed by one of the most gifted theater artists of her generation\, Lileana Blain-Cruz.
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/the-listeners-howard-lyric-opera-of-chicago/2025-04-05/
LOCATION:Civic Opera House\, 20 N Upper Wacker Dr STE 400\, Chicago\, IL\, IL 60606\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Listeners - Howard - Lyric Opera of Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Lyric Opera of Chicago presents The Listeners\, expected to be one of the most significant operatic events of the 2024/25 Season. Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek\, the renowned composer/librettist team\, tell the story of Claire\, who is driven nearly mad by an unending\, low-frequency hum that she hears. In desperation\, she joins a community organization\, “The Listeners\,” formed to discover the origin of the noise and destroy it. The group becomes frighteningly cult-like\, ultimately leading to catastrophic consequences. Lyric’s vocally and dramatically brilliant cast will be conducted by Music Director Enrique Mazzola and directed by one of the most gifted theater artists of her generation\, Lileana Blain-Cruz.
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/the-listeners-howard-lyric-opera-of-chicago/2025-04-02/
LOCATION:Civic Opera House\, 20 N Upper Wacker Dr STE 400\, Chicago\, IL\, IL 60606\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Listeners - Howard - Lyric Opera of Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Lyric Opera of Chicago presents The Listeners\, expected to be one of the most significant operatic events of the 2024/25 Season. Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek\, the renowned composer/librettist team\, tell the story of Claire\, who is driven nearly mad by an unending\, low-frequency hum that she hears. In desperation\, she joins a community organization\, “The Listeners\,” formed to discover the origin of the noise and destroy it. The group becomes frighteningly cult-like\, ultimately leading to catastrophic consequences. Lyric’s vocally and dramatically brilliant cast will be conducted by Music Director Enrique Mazzola and directed by one of the most gifted theater artists of her generation\, Lileana Blain-Cruz.
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/the-listeners-howard-lyric-opera-of-chicago/2025-03-30/
LOCATION:Civic Opera House\, 20 N Upper Wacker Dr STE 400\, Chicago\, IL\, IL 60606\, United States
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SUMMARY:Die Ersten Menschen - Adahm - Dutch National Opera
DESCRIPTION:The first family torn between God and worldly pleasure \nThe first two humans on Earth fell in love. The third human murdered the fourth. Die ersten Menschen tells the story of the first family in the Biblical history of humanity\, Adahm\, Chawa and their two sons Kajin and Chabel. After performances in the midst of the COVID pandemic\, which were highly praised by public and press alike\, this ‘rediscovered’ work by Rudi Stephan is now returning to Dutch National Opera in all its glory. \n“Let’s hope nothing happens to my brain\, as there are still so many great things in it”\, said Rudi Stephan to his mother as he left for the front during the First World War. Two weeks later he was killed. He did not live to see the world premiere of his first opera. In this work\, heavily influenced by the psychoanalysis that was popular in the beginning of the twentieth century\, erotic and incestuous urges take the place of divine love. \nFamily dinner \nDirector Calixto Bieito situates the primaeval conflict in a modern-day setting reminiscent of the family dinner in Luis Buñuel’s film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. As the evening progresses\, the underlying tensions can no longer be suppressed and the white tablecloths become increasingly besmirched. The intense\, physical acting that Bieito gets out of his outstanding quartet of performers does true justice to this opera driven by primitive urges. This season’s production reunites the four singers from the previous performance run: soprano Annette Dasch\, bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen\, baritone Leigh Melrose and tenor John Osborn. The conductor Kwamé Ryan will be tackling Rudi Stephan’s lavish modernistic score for the first time\, together with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – with all the musicians on the stage.
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/die-ersten-menschen-adahm-dutch-national-opera/2025-02-02/
LOCATION:Netherlands Opera: Het Muziektheater\, Waterlooplein 22\, Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, 1011 PG\, Netherlands
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SUMMARY:Die Ersten Menschen - Adahm - Dutch National Opera
DESCRIPTION:The first family torn between God and worldly pleasure \nThe first two humans on Earth fell in love. The third human murdered the fourth. Die ersten Menschen tells the story of the first family in the Biblical history of humanity\, Adahm\, Chawa and their two sons Kajin and Chabel. After performances in the midst of the COVID pandemic\, which were highly praised by public and press alike\, this ‘rediscovered’ work by Rudi Stephan is now returning to Dutch National Opera in all its glory. \n“Let’s hope nothing happens to my brain\, as there are still so many great things in it”\, said Rudi Stephan to his mother as he left for the front during the First World War. Two weeks later he was killed. He did not live to see the world premiere of his first opera. In this work\, heavily influenced by the psychoanalysis that was popular in the beginning of the twentieth century\, erotic and incestuous urges take the place of divine love. \nFamily dinner \nDirector Calixto Bieito situates the primaeval conflict in a modern-day setting reminiscent of the family dinner in Luis Buñuel’s film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. As the evening progresses\, the underlying tensions can no longer be suppressed and the white tablecloths become increasingly besmirched. The intense\, physical acting that Bieito gets out of his outstanding quartet of performers does true justice to this opera driven by primitive urges. This season’s production reunites the four singers from the previous performance run: soprano Annette Dasch\, bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen\, baritone Leigh Melrose and tenor John Osborn. The conductor Kwamé Ryan will be tackling Rudi Stephan’s lavish modernistic score for the first time\, together with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – with all the musicians on the stage.
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/die-ersten-menschen-adahm-dutch-national-opera/2025-01-30/
LOCATION:Netherlands Opera: Het Muziektheater\, Waterlooplein 22\, Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, 1011 PG\, Netherlands
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250128T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250128T220000
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20240420T133959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T221036Z
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SUMMARY:Die Ersten Menschen - Adahm - Dutch National Opera
DESCRIPTION:The first family torn between God and worldly pleasure \nThe first two humans on Earth fell in love. The third human murdered the fourth. Die ersten Menschen tells the story of the first family in the Biblical history of humanity\, Adahm\, Chawa and their two sons Kajin and Chabel. After performances in the midst of the COVID pandemic\, which were highly praised by public and press alike\, this ‘rediscovered’ work by Rudi Stephan is now returning to Dutch National Opera in all its glory. \n“Let’s hope nothing happens to my brain\, as there are still so many great things in it”\, said Rudi Stephan to his mother as he left for the front during the First World War. Two weeks later he was killed. He did not live to see the world premiere of his first opera. In this work\, heavily influenced by the psychoanalysis that was popular in the beginning of the twentieth century\, erotic and incestuous urges take the place of divine love. \nFamily dinner \nDirector Calixto Bieito situates the primaeval conflict in a modern-day setting reminiscent of the family dinner in Luis Buñuel’s film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. As the evening progresses\, the underlying tensions can no longer be suppressed and the white tablecloths become increasingly besmirched. The intense\, physical acting that Bieito gets out of his outstanding quartet of performers does true justice to this opera driven by primitive urges. This season’s production reunites the four singers from the previous performance run: soprano Annette Dasch\, bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen\, baritone Leigh Melrose and tenor John Osborn. The conductor Kwamé Ryan will be tackling Rudi Stephan’s lavish modernistic score for the first time\, together with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – with all the musicians on the stage.
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/die-ersten-menschen-adahm-dutch-national-opera/2025-01-28/
LOCATION:Netherlands Opera: Het Muziektheater\, Waterlooplein 22\, Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, 1011 PG\, Netherlands
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250124T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250124T220000
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20240420T133959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T221036Z
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SUMMARY:Die Ersten Menschen - Adahm - Dutch National Opera
DESCRIPTION:The first family torn between God and worldly pleasure \nThe first two humans on Earth fell in love. The third human murdered the fourth. Die ersten Menschen tells the story of the first family in the Biblical history of humanity\, Adahm\, Chawa and their two sons Kajin and Chabel. After performances in the midst of the COVID pandemic\, which were highly praised by public and press alike\, this ‘rediscovered’ work by Rudi Stephan is now returning to Dutch National Opera in all its glory. \n“Let’s hope nothing happens to my brain\, as there are still so many great things in it”\, said Rudi Stephan to his mother as he left for the front during the First World War. Two weeks later he was killed. He did not live to see the world premiere of his first opera. In this work\, heavily influenced by the psychoanalysis that was popular in the beginning of the twentieth century\, erotic and incestuous urges take the place of divine love. \nFamily dinner \nDirector Calixto Bieito situates the primaeval conflict in a modern-day setting reminiscent of the family dinner in Luis Buñuel’s film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. As the evening progresses\, the underlying tensions can no longer be suppressed and the white tablecloths become increasingly besmirched. The intense\, physical acting that Bieito gets out of his outstanding quartet of performers does true justice to this opera driven by primitive urges. This season’s production reunites the four singers from the previous performance run: soprano Annette Dasch\, bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen\, baritone Leigh Melrose and tenor John Osborn. The conductor Kwamé Ryan will be tackling Rudi Stephan’s lavish modernistic score for the first time\, together with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – with all the musicians on the stage.
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/die-ersten-menschen-adahm-dutch-national-opera/2025-01-24/
LOCATION:Netherlands Opera: Het Muziektheater\, Waterlooplein 22\, Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, 1011 PG\, Netherlands
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250122T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250122T220000
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20240420T133959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T221036Z
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SUMMARY:Die Ersten Menschen - Adahm - Dutch National Opera
DESCRIPTION:The first family torn between God and worldly pleasure \nThe first two humans on Earth fell in love. The third human murdered the fourth. Die ersten Menschen tells the story of the first family in the Biblical history of humanity\, Adahm\, Chawa and their two sons Kajin and Chabel. After performances in the midst of the COVID pandemic\, which were highly praised by public and press alike\, this ‘rediscovered’ work by Rudi Stephan is now returning to Dutch National Opera in all its glory. \n“Let’s hope nothing happens to my brain\, as there are still so many great things in it”\, said Rudi Stephan to his mother as he left for the front during the First World War. Two weeks later he was killed. He did not live to see the world premiere of his first opera. In this work\, heavily influenced by the psychoanalysis that was popular in the beginning of the twentieth century\, erotic and incestuous urges take the place of divine love. \nFamily dinner \nDirector Calixto Bieito situates the primaeval conflict in a modern-day setting reminiscent of the family dinner in Luis Buñuel’s film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. As the evening progresses\, the underlying tensions can no longer be suppressed and the white tablecloths become increasingly besmirched. The intense\, physical acting that Bieito gets out of his outstanding quartet of performers does true justice to this opera driven by primitive urges. This season’s production reunites the four singers from the previous performance run: soprano Annette Dasch\, bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen\, baritone Leigh Melrose and tenor John Osborn. The conductor Kwamé Ryan will be tackling Rudi Stephan’s lavish modernistic score for the first time\, together with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – with all the musicians on the stage.
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/die-ersten-menschen-adahm-dutch-national-opera/2025-01-22/
LOCATION:Netherlands Opera: Het Muziektheater\, Waterlooplein 22\, Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, 1011 PG\, Netherlands
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241119T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241119T213000
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20240908T145240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240908T145306Z
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SUMMARY:Elektra - Orest
DESCRIPTION:The war is over\, and tragedy takes its course: the mother and her lover murder the father upon his return. The daughter hides her brother\, keeping him safe. – Every day\, Elektra thinks of her murdered father\, plotting blood-stained celebrations of victory and waiting for the moment when her brother\, reared as an avenger\, returns. Under one roof with her father’s murderers\, thirst for blood and revenge collide with the future plans of her younger sister\, who longs for marriage and children\, a life in harmony and bliss. The mother is governed by another delusion: “It is not a word\, it is not pain\, it does not pinch me or strangle me\, … and yet it is so terrible that my soul wishes it had been hanged\, and every part of my body cries out for death.” Sacrifice is meant to bring relief. \nDirector and Set Design: Dmitri Tcherniakov\nAssistant Director: Thorsten Cölle\nCostumes: Elena Zaytseva\nLight: Gleb Filshtinsky\nVideo: Tieni Burkhalter\nDramaturgy: Tatiana Werestchagina \n \nJorge Coli · Richard Strauss – Elektra
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/elektra-orest/2024-11-19/
LOCATION:Staatsoper Hamburg\, Dammtorstraße 28\, Hamburg\, 20354\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241115T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241115T213000
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20240908T145240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240908T145306Z
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SUMMARY:Elektra - Orest
DESCRIPTION:The war is over\, and tragedy takes its course: the mother and her lover murder the father upon his return. The daughter hides her brother\, keeping him safe. – Every day\, Elektra thinks of her murdered father\, plotting blood-stained celebrations of victory and waiting for the moment when her brother\, reared as an avenger\, returns. Under one roof with her father’s murderers\, thirst for blood and revenge collide with the future plans of her younger sister\, who longs for marriage and children\, a life in harmony and bliss. The mother is governed by another delusion: “It is not a word\, it is not pain\, it does not pinch me or strangle me\, … and yet it is so terrible that my soul wishes it had been hanged\, and every part of my body cries out for death.” Sacrifice is meant to bring relief. \nDirector and Set Design: Dmitri Tcherniakov\nAssistant Director: Thorsten Cölle\nCostumes: Elena Zaytseva\nLight: Gleb Filshtinsky\nVideo: Tieni Burkhalter\nDramaturgy: Tatiana Werestchagina \n \nJorge Coli · Richard Strauss – Elektra
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/elektra-orest/2024-11-15/
LOCATION:Staatsoper Hamburg\, Dammtorstraße 28\, Hamburg\, 20354\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241112T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241112T213000
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20240908T145240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240908T145306Z
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SUMMARY:Elektra - Orest
DESCRIPTION:The war is over\, and tragedy takes its course: the mother and her lover murder the father upon his return. The daughter hides her brother\, keeping him safe. – Every day\, Elektra thinks of her murdered father\, plotting blood-stained celebrations of victory and waiting for the moment when her brother\, reared as an avenger\, returns. Under one roof with her father’s murderers\, thirst for blood and revenge collide with the future plans of her younger sister\, who longs for marriage and children\, a life in harmony and bliss. The mother is governed by another delusion: “It is not a word\, it is not pain\, it does not pinch me or strangle me\, … and yet it is so terrible that my soul wishes it had been hanged\, and every part of my body cries out for death.” Sacrifice is meant to bring relief. \nDirector and Set Design: Dmitri Tcherniakov\nAssistant Director: Thorsten Cölle\nCostumes: Elena Zaytseva\nLight: Gleb Filshtinsky\nVideo: Tieni Burkhalter\nDramaturgy: Tatiana Werestchagina \n \nJorge Coli · Richard Strauss – Elektra
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/elektra-orest/2024-11-12/
LOCATION:Staatsoper Hamburg\, Dammtorstraße 28\, Hamburg\, 20354\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241110T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20240908T145240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240908T145306Z
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SUMMARY:Elektra - Orest
DESCRIPTION:The war is over\, and tragedy takes its course: the mother and her lover murder the father upon his return. The daughter hides her brother\, keeping him safe. – Every day\, Elektra thinks of her murdered father\, plotting blood-stained celebrations of victory and waiting for the moment when her brother\, reared as an avenger\, returns. Under one roof with her father’s murderers\, thirst for blood and revenge collide with the future plans of her younger sister\, who longs for marriage and children\, a life in harmony and bliss. The mother is governed by another delusion: “It is not a word\, it is not pain\, it does not pinch me or strangle me\, … and yet it is so terrible that my soul wishes it had been hanged\, and every part of my body cries out for death.” Sacrifice is meant to bring relief. \nDirector and Set Design: Dmitri Tcherniakov\nAssistant Director: Thorsten Cölle\nCostumes: Elena Zaytseva\nLight: Gleb Filshtinsky\nVideo: Tieni Burkhalter\nDramaturgy: Tatiana Werestchagina \n \nJorge Coli · Richard Strauss – Elektra
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/elektra-orest/2024-11-10/
LOCATION:Staatsoper Hamburg\, Dammtorstraße 28\, Hamburg\, 20354\, Germany
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241103
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20240419T164223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T131347Z
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SUMMARY:Faust - Méphistophélès - Canadian Opera Company
DESCRIPTION:Disenchanted by his lifelong quest for knowledge\, the ageing philosopher Faust makes a pact with the devil and trades his soul for eternal youth—to disastrous consequences. \nTenor Long Long is the scholar Faust\, whose pact with Méphistophélès (bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen) promises to return him to the innocence of youth—and the love of Marguerite\, performed by soprano Kseniia Proshina. Murder and madness ensue\, with demons\, witches\, and a chorus of celestial voices rounding out this lavish spectacle directed by Amy Lane. \n \nwww.gbopera.it · Charles Gounod (1818-1893): “Faust” (1859)
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/faust-mephistopheles-canadian-opera-company/2024-11-02/
LOCATION:Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts\, 145 Queen St. W.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, MJ27+6P\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Canadian Opera Company":MAILTO:info@coc.ca
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241027
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20240419T164223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T131347Z
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SUMMARY:Faust - Méphistophélès - Canadian Opera Company
DESCRIPTION:Disenchanted by his lifelong quest for knowledge\, the ageing philosopher Faust makes a pact with the devil and trades his soul for eternal youth—to disastrous consequences. \nTenor Long Long is the scholar Faust\, whose pact with Méphistophélès (bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen) promises to return him to the innocence of youth—and the love of Marguerite\, performed by soprano Kseniia Proshina. Murder and madness ensue\, with demons\, witches\, and a chorus of celestial voices rounding out this lavish spectacle directed by Amy Lane. \n \nwww.gbopera.it · Charles Gounod (1818-1893): “Faust” (1859)
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/faust-mephistopheles-canadian-opera-company/2024-10-26/
LOCATION:Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts\, 145 Queen St. W.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, MJ27+6P\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Canadian Opera Company":MAILTO:info@coc.ca
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241024
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241025
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20240419T164223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T131347Z
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SUMMARY:Faust - Méphistophélès - Canadian Opera Company
DESCRIPTION:Disenchanted by his lifelong quest for knowledge\, the ageing philosopher Faust makes a pact with the devil and trades his soul for eternal youth—to disastrous consequences. \nTenor Long Long is the scholar Faust\, whose pact with Méphistophélès (bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen) promises to return him to the innocence of youth—and the love of Marguerite\, performed by soprano Kseniia Proshina. Murder and madness ensue\, with demons\, witches\, and a chorus of celestial voices rounding out this lavish spectacle directed by Amy Lane. \n \nwww.gbopera.it · Charles Gounod (1818-1893): “Faust” (1859)
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/faust-mephistopheles-canadian-opera-company/2024-10-24/
LOCATION:Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts\, 145 Queen St. W.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, MJ27+6P\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Canadian Opera Company":MAILTO:info@coc.ca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241018
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241019
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20240419T164223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T131347Z
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SUMMARY:Faust - Méphistophélès - Canadian Opera Company
DESCRIPTION:Disenchanted by his lifelong quest for knowledge\, the ageing philosopher Faust makes a pact with the devil and trades his soul for eternal youth—to disastrous consequences. \nTenor Long Long is the scholar Faust\, whose pact with Méphistophélès (bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen) promises to return him to the innocence of youth—and the love of Marguerite\, performed by soprano Kseniia Proshina. Murder and madness ensue\, with demons\, witches\, and a chorus of celestial voices rounding out this lavish spectacle directed by Amy Lane. \n \nwww.gbopera.it · Charles Gounod (1818-1893): “Faust” (1859)
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/faust-mephistopheles-canadian-opera-company/2024-10-18/
LOCATION:Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts\, 145 Queen St. W.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, MJ27+6P\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Canadian Opera Company":MAILTO:info@coc.ca
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241017
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20240419T164223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T131347Z
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SUMMARY:Faust - Méphistophélès - Canadian Opera Company
DESCRIPTION:Disenchanted by his lifelong quest for knowledge\, the ageing philosopher Faust makes a pact with the devil and trades his soul for eternal youth—to disastrous consequences. \nTenor Long Long is the scholar Faust\, whose pact with Méphistophélès (bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen) promises to return him to the innocence of youth—and the love of Marguerite\, performed by soprano Kseniia Proshina. Murder and madness ensue\, with demons\, witches\, and a chorus of celestial voices rounding out this lavish spectacle directed by Amy Lane. \n \nwww.gbopera.it · Charles Gounod (1818-1893): “Faust” (1859)
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/faust-mephistopheles-canadian-opera-company/2024-10-16/
LOCATION:Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts\, 145 Queen St. W.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, MJ27+6P\, Canada
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kyleket.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/COC2425_Web_Production_Faust_20240115181929_0.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Canadian Opera Company":MAILTO:info@coc.ca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241013
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241014
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20240419T164223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T131347Z
UID:10000154-1728806400-1728838800@kyleket.com
SUMMARY:Faust - Méphistophélès - Canadian Opera Company
DESCRIPTION:Disenchanted by his lifelong quest for knowledge\, the ageing philosopher Faust makes a pact with the devil and trades his soul for eternal youth—to disastrous consequences. \nTenor Long Long is the scholar Faust\, whose pact with Méphistophélès (bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen) promises to return him to the innocence of youth—and the love of Marguerite\, performed by soprano Kseniia Proshina. Murder and madness ensue\, with demons\, witches\, and a chorus of celestial voices rounding out this lavish spectacle directed by Amy Lane. \n \nwww.gbopera.it · Charles Gounod (1818-1893): “Faust” (1859)
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/faust-mephistopheles-canadian-opera-company/2024-10-13/
LOCATION:Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts\, 145 Queen St. W.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, MJ27+6P\, Canada
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kyleket.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/COC2425_Web_Production_Faust_20240115181929_0.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Canadian Opera Company":MAILTO:info@coc.ca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241012
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20240419T164223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T131347Z
UID:10000153-1728604800-1728691199@kyleket.com
SUMMARY:Faust - Méphistophélès - Canadian Opera Company
DESCRIPTION:Disenchanted by his lifelong quest for knowledge\, the ageing philosopher Faust makes a pact with the devil and trades his soul for eternal youth—to disastrous consequences. \nTenor Long Long is the scholar Faust\, whose pact with Méphistophélès (bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen) promises to return him to the innocence of youth—and the love of Marguerite\, performed by soprano Kseniia Proshina. Murder and madness ensue\, with demons\, witches\, and a chorus of celestial voices rounding out this lavish spectacle directed by Amy Lane. \n \nwww.gbopera.it · Charles Gounod (1818-1893): “Faust” (1859)
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/faust-mephistopheles-canadian-opera-company/2024-10-11/
LOCATION:Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts\, 145 Queen St. W.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, MJ27+6P\, Canada
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kyleket.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/COC2425_Web_Production_Faust_20240115181929_0.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Canadian Opera Company":MAILTO:info@coc.ca
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240819T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240819T213000
DTSTAMP:20260423T143355
CREATED:20231208T230822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231208T231210Z
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SUMMARY:Don Giovanni - Leporello - Salzburg Festival
DESCRIPTION:  \nFor Romeo Castellucci\, approaching Don Giovanni means facing up to the ambiguity and complexity as well as the inner disequilibrium with which Mozart imbues his opera’s protagonist. Vitality and destruction: in this ambivalence Castellucci sees one of the fascinations of this figure. Don Giovanni doesn’t think – he acts precipitately\, without drawing breath. He hurls himself about\, bringing destruction in his wake while constantly evading the individuals who are hunting him down. But at the same time\, during his ceaseless race he creates space and time\, generates life. One could say that his fatal destiny is the result of an excess of vitality. \nThe old myth of Don Juan\, which incorporated legends as well as religious didactic fables\, underwent countless new interpretations from the beginning of the 18th century. Da Ponte and Mozart took it further\, developing it into a highly nuanced work in which tragedy and comedy co-exist. Woven into the fabric of the music from the very first bar is a palpable death drive foreshadowing the final catastrophe. And when the piece is playful – ‘giocoso’ – the game that is being played is very serious indeed. Even when Mozart’s music ostensibly breathes lightness\, it contains caverns that open up to expose the deepest human needs. \nDon Giovanni knows neither remorse nor guilt:\nin order to satisfy his desires he attacks the law\, discrediting and abrogating it. It is no coincidence that his first act in the opera is the killing of a father – the Father. The Commendatore embodies the Law of the Father. Like all murdered fathers in the dramas of Western literature\, he returns as a ghost – he is omnipresent. \nIn Castellucci’s staging\, a stripped and emptied – deconsecrated – church becomes Don Giovanni’s headquarters. A neutral architecture is intermittently charged with meaning through a precise dramaturgy of appropriate and inappropriate objects falling from above\, or appearing and disintegrating\, or seeking a point of equilibrium. It is as if we are witnessing a child at play who is intent on destroying his toys. In this sense Don Giovanni is a pantoclastic figure\, i. e. one that wants to destroy everything\, a child venting his frustration at not being able to obtain the object of his desire. \nThe three female protagonists in the opera stand for three different emotional universes. Donna Anna is of noble lineage and embodies the hard-to-reach highest object of desire. Her language and her pain are palpable in her gestures – which are those of a tragic heroine. Donna Elvira is a figure whose voice betrays confusion and inner turbulence. She represents the family\, the fabric of society. Don Giovanni is horrified when he encounters her for a second time. The thought that he might find out he is a father appals him. In his case love is something that separates\, divides\, cuts off\, kills – not something that brings forth. And then we have the peasant girl Zerlina\, the body as object of desire par excellence\, an object that for Don Giovanni is there only to be possessed. He assumes that he is entitled to her\, even on the day of her wedding. \nBlinded by his narcissism\, Don Giovanni is incapable of perceiving women as unique individuals. For Act II\, Castellucci has invited a large number of women who live in Salzburg to occupy the stage of the Grosses Festspielhaus. The women are coming to reclaim their own body\, a presence\, a biography. The horrific list from Leporello’s catalogue manifests as an element of flesh and blood that is touching and affecting. Together with the women\, the choreographer Cindy Van Acker has designed trajectories across the space\, dynamics of interaction\, forms of reciprocity and connectivity. The presence of these women renders visible how the field of desire gradually develops an all-absorbing\, devouring power. The polarizing schema of Don Giovanni as hunter and the women as the hunted is reversed. \nFrom a conversation between Romeo Castellucci and Piersandra Di Matteo\nTranslation from the Italian: Sophie Kidd \n  \n  \n \nPhilharmonia Orchestra · Don Giovanni: Overture
URL:https://kyleket.com/event/don-giovanni-leporello-salzburg-festival/2024-08-19/
LOCATION:Grosse Festspielhaus – Salzburg Festival\, Hofstallgasse 1\, Salzburg\, 5020\, Austria
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ORGANIZER;CN="Salzburg Festival":MAILTO:info@salzburgfestival.at
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