will tour the country with Denmark’s five regional orchestras. The autumn of 2014 will see the presentation of the romantically tragic world of Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème – perhaps the world’s most admired opera and a perfect show for all ages and all types of audience.
In the spring of 2015, the audience can then experience Mozart’s Così fan tutte in a beautiful production of one of the finest operas about the hard choices of young love. The audience will get a unique experience with a new initiative from the Danish National Opera: Democratic Opera. The audience will be able to vote if they want to see a classical or modern production! Annilese Miskimmon will leave the choice to the audience…
For families with children from 8 and up, the Danish National Opera in co-production with Limfjordsteatret will stage the new show At the End of the Tunnel which is a magical experience about searching for a friend.
We will also be touring with an opera concert adapted for the stage, Live & Love with the Chorus of the Danish National Opera. This is an opera concert with some of the finest arias and greatest scenes from famous operas staged by Annilese Miskimmon. The Chorus of the Danish National Opera can also be experienced in August together with Aalborg Symphony Orchestra at the concert Opera in Rebild and in
Christmas Songs and Sounds of Brass with the Prince of Denmark’s Brass Ensemble - both now
traditional yearly highlights for audiences.
The season of the Danish National Opera ends with a staging of Janácek’s Jenufaat the Concert Hall Aarhus in August 2015, directed by Annilese Miskimmon. Following the success of Janácek’s Katja Kabanova (’13), the company is now presenting his masterpiece Jenufa, the story of an abused woman who forgives all out of love and creates meaning from her ruined life.
Read more about performers, dates, ticket prices etc. at www.jyske-opera.dk.
Yours sincerely,
Press release, Aarhus 7 May 2014
Have you ever been
young, poor and in love?
Experience a classic production of one of
the world’s best operas about being young
and making the hard choices of love: La
bohème by Giacomo Puccini.
Rudolfo lives and breathes for his art, but when he falls in love with the incurably ill Mimi, he cannot afford medical treatment and is powerless to prevent her from falling more and more ill. The choices that the unhappy lovers are forced to make have fatal consequences.
Famous opera arias are united with the heart-rending story of a young love in Paris in the world’s most well-known and most beloved opera.
Premiere
3 October 2014 7.30 pm
at Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre Tour 3 October – 26 November 2014
Concert Hall Aarhus 12-16 November
Chorus of the Danish National Opera Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
Odense Symphony Orchestra South Jutland Symphony Orchestra Aarhus Symphony Orchestra Copenhagen Phil
34-year old conductor
Michael Balke conducted the concert in 2013 with star tenor Lawrence Brownlee in Aarhus. Balke has
conducted a series of operas in Germany and Italy and has been the Principal Resident Conductor at the Magdeburg Opera since 2011.
Performers
Rodolfo
Cesar Gutierrez / Jung Soo Yun Mimi
Yana Kleyn / Gabriela Istoc Marcello
Lars Møller / Waltteri Torikka Schaunard
Gabriele Nani / Thomas Storm Colline Simon Duus /
Thomas Christian Sigh Musetta
Katarzyna Mizerny
39-year old, Spanish Alfonso Romero Mora has worked at Teatro Real Madrid since ’97 and at Staatstheater Darmstadt since ’04. Shows include I Puritani and The Magic Flute. Winner of competition for stage directors ’05 with Cinderella by Rossini. Finalist at competition for stage directors in Prague ’07 with Alcina by Händel.
Alfonso Romero Mora works closely with the rest of the young, Spanish team, stage designer Richardo Sánchez Cuerda and costume designer Gabriela Salaverri. Ib Asp from the Danish National Opera is the lighting designer. Sung in Italian with Danish surtitles Duration
Have you ever loved the
wrong person?
Mozart’s masterpiece
Così fan tutte
about
two sisters who are tricked into switching
boyfriends is one of the funniest and most
profound operas about love ever written.
The story is a tale of young love and betrayal, combining a rare combination of comedy and drama which only a genius like Mozart could create. The audience will get a unique experience with Annilese Miskimmon’s new initiative in opera: Democratic Opera. On the night of the show, the audience will be able to vote if they want to see a classic or modern production, and the choice is democratically settled. The audience will also determine the turn of events for the young couple. Annilese Miskimmon has selected an inspiring team headed by experienced Elisabeth Linton. This is Democratic Opera, and the choice is up to the audience…Premiere
4 February 2015 at the Concert Hall Aarhus 4, 5 and 6 February 7.30 pm, 7 February 3 pm Tour 4 February – 17 March 2015
Chorus of the Danish National Opera Aarhus Symphony Orchestra Odense Symphony Orchestra South Jutland Symphony Orchestra Aalborg Symphony Orchestra Copenhagen Phil
Conductor Benjamin Bayl Dutch/Australian conductor. Has worked with symphony orchestras and in opera houses across the world. Most recently Don Juan at The Royal Danish Theatre ('14), Apollo and Daphne’s love with Copenhagen Music Theatre and The St. Matthew Passion with Norrlands-operan. Conducts Figaro’s Wedding at Ópera de Oviedo in Spain.
Performers Fiordiligi
Elin Pritchard/Kate Valentine Dorabella Astrid Robillard Guglielmo
Jens Søndergaard Ferrando Joel Annmo/ Conny Thimander Despina Dénise Beck/Klara Ek Don Alfonso Andreas Franzèn/ Jonathan Best
At the Danish National Opera, Director Elisabeth Linton staged Tosca (’13)
and Eugene Onegin (’03)
for which she received the Reumert Talent Award, The Confession Chair (’06), which received a Reumert Award for Best Opera of the Year and Faust (’08).
Other shows include
Tristan and Isolde Finnish National Opera ’13, Evita
Aalborg Theatre, The Three Musketeers and Nabucco
The Royal Danish Theatre,
Don Giovanni Stadttheater Bern ’11, La bohème Göteborgsoperan, Der Fliegende Holländer Norrlandsoperan, Prosperin Musikfestspiele Sansoussi Potsdam.
Stage designer Rikke Juellund. Costume designer Astrid Lynge Ottosen
Sung in Italian with Danish surtitles C. 3 hours incl. interval
Press release, Aarhus 7 May 2014
A beautiful, young
woman, scarred for life.
A baby born in secret and
murdered.
A family full of lies.
Jenufa is about a woman who forgives all
out of love and creates meaning from her
ruined life.
Following the production of Janácek’s Katja Kabanova (’13), the Danish National Opera presents Janácek’s third opera, Jenufa, a
masterpiece based on the play “Her stepdaughter” by Gabriela Preissová.
Leoš Janácek is the Czech Puccini, one of the greatest opera composers. Janácek’s moving music is based on folk tunes from his home country and combines beauty with psychological power in some of the most intense, dramatic experiences in opera.
Premiere
Concert Hall Aarhus 20 August 2015 7.30 pm 22 August 3 pm
26 August 7.30 pm
.
Jaroslav Kyzlink conducted Katja Kabanova by Janácek at the Danish National Opera ’13 and Die tote Stadt (’10) that won a Reumert award. Much experience with Janácek, i.a. a degree from the Janácek Academy of Music in the Czech Repulic and conducted the operas Katja Kabanova, Jenufa and Šarka by Janácek. From 2012 musical director of the National Theatre in Prague. Future involvements are i.a. the new staging of Die tote Stadt in Tokyo (’14). Performers
Soloists and Chorus of the Danish National Opera Aarhus Symphony Orchestra Sung in Czech with Danish surtitles
Duration C. 2 hours 30 mins. incl. interval
Opera director Annilese Miskimmon debuted as director at the Danish National Opera with Katja Kabanova ’13 together with
stage designer Nicky Shaw. In August ’14, Miskimmon also directs Don Quichotte
at the Danish National Opera with stage designer Nicky Shaw and lighting designer Mark Jonathan who are also in the team behind Jenufa. Most recently director of La Traviata at Scottish Opera and The turn of the Screw, Opera Holland Park (’14)
Nicky Shaw (photo) stage designer. Mark Jonathan lighting designer
Live & Love with the Chorus of the Danish National Opera can be experienced already now in Viborg 11 June, Aalborg 13 June, Aarhus 14 June and Skanderborg 17 June.
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At the End of the Tunnel
For children from 8 and up. Music mostly by Mozart.
The boy, Tom, has come all alone to a foreign place. Behind him are experiences that we cannot comprehend, and in front of him awaits an
unknown future. Performers:
2 singers, 1 actor, 2 musicians Duration c. 65 mins.
Tour April 2015 and autumn 2015. Co-production with Limfjordsteatret