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Opéra National de Paris' 2009-2010 Season

September 14- October 14 2009: Mireille
September 17- October 2 2009: Wozzeck
September 18 2009- April 23 2010: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
October 3-17 2009: Die Tote Stadt
October 10-25 2009: L'elisir d'Amore
October 29- November 29 2009: La Bohème
November 7- December 1 2009: Salome
December 2-30 2009: Platée
December 3-24 2009: Andrea Chénier
January 14- February 4 2010: Werther
January 20- February 13 2010: Idomeneo
January 25- February 23 2010: La Sonnambula
February 11- March 14 2010: Don Carlo
March 4-28 2010: Das Rheingold
March 17-31 2010: Fénelon's Faust
April 24- May 15 2010: Billy Budd
May 7- June 3 2010: Les Contes D'Hoffmann
May 31- June 29 2010: Die Walküre
June 14- July 10 2010: La Donna del Lago  
June 25- July 12 2010: The Cunning Little Vixen

Official Site | 2009-2010 Season

PBO's 2009-2010 Season

September 10-15 2009: Apothesis of the Dance: Haydn Bicentennial  
October 9-17 2009: An Adversarial Friendship: Muffat, Telemann
November 5-14 2009: The Passion of Dido: Purcell's 350th birthday 
December 4-11 2009: Gloria!: Vivaldi, Torelli, Sammartini
February 11-14 2010: An Elegant Romance: Brahms  
March 5-13 2010: The French Suite in Europe: Dumanoir, Lully, Telemann
April 8-13 2010: Orlando's Madness: Händel

Philharmonia Baroque announced their next season today. Susan Graham will be singing Dido in Dido and Aeneas this November. Orlando will be performed next year in April.

Official Site | 2009-2010 Season

Det Kongelige Teater's 2009-2010 Season

September 6- October 28 2009: Eugene Onegin
September 6-26 2009: El Cimarron
October 7 - November 12 2009: Lucia di Lammermoor
October 21-22 2009: La Traviata (Den Jyske Opera)
November 8 2009 - June 12 2010: Carmen
November 15- December 11 2009: Ariadne auf Naxos
December 20- February 1 2010: Tannhäuser
January 18- March 28 2010: Die Zauberflöte
January 9 - February 7 2010: Pelléas et Mélisande
February 9- April 12 2010: The Rake's Progress
February 17-18 2010: Idomeneo (Den Jyske Opera)
March 20- April 17 2010: Jephtha
March 26- May 1 2010: Elektra
April 23- May 19 2010: Skin Deep
April 30- June 5 2010: My Fair Lady (Concert Version)
May 4- June 7 1010: Waiting in Nowhere

2009-2010 Season | Official Site

Boston Lyric Opera's 2009-2010 Season

November 6-15 2009: Carmen
February 4-7 2010: The Turn of the Screw
March 12-23 2010: Ariadne auf Naxos
April 23- May 4 2010: Idomeneo

Press Release [PDF] | Official Site

San Francisco Symphony's 2009-2010 Season

September 9 2009: Gala with Lang Lang (Liszt, Ravel, Rodgers, Prokofiev)
September 10-12 2009: Liszt, Ravel, Rodgers, Prokofiev
September 16-20 2009: Susan Graham sings Rückert-Lieder, Mahler's 1st
September 23-26 2009: Thomas Hampson sings Mahler
September 30- October 3 2009: Scelsi's Hymnos, Mahler's 5th
October 7-10 2009: Brett Dean, Haydn's 94th, Brahms
October 11 2009: Murray Perahia, piano
October 14-18 2009: Bach's Violin Concerto No. 2, Elgar, Tchaikovsky's 6th
October 22-24 2009: John Adams' Slonimsky's Earbox, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák
October 28-31 2009: Beethoven's 8th
October 31 2009: Nosferatu (1922 film)
November 6-8 2009: Rachmaninoff's The Bells, Rachmaninoff's 2nd
November 12-14 2009: Detlev Glanert, Schumann, Sibelius' 5th
November 18-20 2009: Bach's Brandenburg Concertos 3-5  
November 20-21 2009: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
December 3-5 2009: Holiday Concert
December 9-12 2009: Beethoven's 5th
January 7-10 2010: George Benjamin, Debussy, Mendelssohn's 3rd
January 14-16 2010: Ravel, George Benjamin, Messiaen
January 20-23 2010: Yo-Yo Ma plays Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 2  
January 26 2010: Yo-Yo Ma, cello and Emanuel Ax, piano  
January 27-30 2010: Stravinsky's Pulcinella
February 3-6 2010: Schubert's Mass No. 2, Ives' A Concord Symphony
February 10-13 2010: Walton's Violin Concerto, Holst's The Planets
February 18-20 2010: Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1, Beethoven's 3rd 
February 21-22 2010: Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig
February 24-26 2010: Mozart's 36th, Bruckner's 6th
March 4-7 2010: Christian Tetzlaff, violin
March 7 2010: Ravel
March 11-14 2010: Mahler's 2nd
March 20 2010: Dawn Upshaw, soprano and Emanuel Ax, piano
March 21-22 2010: Mariinsky Orchestra
April 1-3 2010: Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, Shostakovich's 8th
April 7-10 2010: Rufus Wainwright's Five Shakespeare Sonnets
April 15-17 2010: The Gold Rush (1925 film)
April 17-18 2010: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
April 21-24 2010: Mozart's 35th, 41st, Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1  
April 25 2010: Emanuel Ax, piano
April 29- May 1 2010: Schumann's 4th, Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony 
May 5-8 2010: Thomas Larcher, Beethoven, Brahms
May 10-11 2010: Los Angeles Philharmonic
May 13-15 2010: Litolff, Chopin, Adam, Bizet
May 19-23 2010: Stravinsky, Ravel
May 27-29 2010: Robin Holloway, Mozart, Schumann
June 10-13 2010: Mozart, Berg, Beethoven
June 17-19 2010: Yuja Wang, piano
June 23-26 2010: Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette  

The San Francisco Symphony announced the 2009-2010 season today. Susan Graham and Thomas Hampson both sing Mahler this September. Guest conductors include Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, and Valery Gergiev.

Season Highlights | Official Site

The Minnesota Opera's 2009-2010 Season

September 26- October 4 2009: Les pêcheurs de perles
November 14-22 2009: Casanova's Homecoming
January 30- February 7 2010: Roberto Devereux
March 6-13 2010: La bohème
April 10-24 2010: Salome

Isabel Bayrakdarian sings Leïla in the Zandra Rhodes production of Les pêcheurs de perles.

2009-2010 Season | Official Site

Gran Teatre del Liceu's 2009-2010 Season

October 1-14 2009: L'Arbore di Diana
October 2- November 16 2009: Król Roger
November 27-28 2009: Hypermusic Prologue
December 2-30 2009: Il Trovatore
January 23- February 20 2010: Tristan und Isolde
March 7-25 2010: La Fille du Régiment
April 12-23 2010: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
May 10-28 2010: Der Rosenkavalier
May 27-29 2010: Les Mamelles de Tirésias
June 19- July 4 2010: Pikovaia dama 
June 26-29 2010: The Gambler (Concert Version)
July 23-30 1010: Doña Francisquita

Official Site

Opera Boston's 2009-2010 Season

October 23-27 2009: Tancredi
February 26- March 2 2010: Madame White Snake
April 30- May 4 2010: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein

Ewa Podleś sings the title role in Tancredi and Stephanie Blythe is La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein.

Official Site

De Nederlandse Opera's 2009-2010 Season

September 4-30 2009: La Juive
September 28- October 4 2009: After Life
September 29- October 6 2009: Dido and Aeneas
October 29 2009- July 11 2010: L'elisir d'amore
November 10- December 1 2009: Salome 
December 2-28 2009: La fanciulla del West
January 15- February 3 2010: Le nozze di Figaro
February 1-28 2010: Der fliegende Holländer
March 5-14 2010: Il prigioniero / Bluebeard's Castle 
March 18-21 2010: Emilie
April 4- May 2 1010: Les Troyens
May 7-30 2010: Turandot
May 12-15 2010: Altre Stelle 
June 7-29 2010: A Dog's Heart
June 20-27 2010: Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena

Karita Mattila stars in the world premiere of Kaija Saariaho's Emilie. René Jacobs conducts Francesco Bartolomeo Conti's Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena (1719).

Official Site

Barbican Great Performers Series 2009-2010 Season

September 19 2009: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Daniels
September 22 2009: La Damnation de Faust
October 10 2009: Dido and Aeneas
October 18 2009: Les Arts Florissants / Cohen
October 25 2009: Susanna
October 29 2009: Röschmann / Kirchschlager / Bostridge / Quasthoff
November 8 2009: Monteverdi's 6th Book of Madrigals
November 17 2009: Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Perahia
November 24 2009: Cecilia Bartoli
November 26 2009: Grand Motets
December 2 2009: Concerto Cologne / Philippe Jaroussky
December 9 2009: Messiah
December 12 2009: Brahms' Symphony No. 4
December 13 2009: Mahler's Symphony No. 2
December 19 2009: Hans Werner Henze's Elogium musicum
January 17 2010: Hans Werner Henze's Phaedra
February 3-4 2010: New York Philharmonic / Gilbert
February 12 2010: Sarah Chang
February 18 2010: Murray Perahia
February 26 2010: Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma
March 2-3 2010: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Maazel
March 5 2010: Emanuel Ax
March 7 2010: Doctor Atomic Symphony
March 10 2010: Mass in B Minor
March 12 2010: Emanuel Ax & Dawn Upshaw
March 23 2010: Christine Schäfer, Matthias Goerne & Hilary Hahn
March 25 2010: St. Lawrence String Quartet
March 26 2010: Angels in America
April 19 2010: Andreas Scholl 
April 27 2010: Thomas Adès in Recital
May 7 2010: Juan Diego Flórez
May 15 2010: Michel van der Aa's After Life
May 21 2010: Vivaldi's Ottone in Villa
July 8 2010: Semele

Official Site

The Met's 2009-2010 Season

September 21 2009- May 13 2010: Tosca
September 22- December 12 2009: Le Nozze di Figaro
September 23 2009- April 15 2010: Die Zauberflöte
October 2 2009- April 3 2010: Aida
October 3 2009- March 4 2010: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
October 13 2009- January 15 2010: Der Rosenkavalier
October 21- November 17 2009: La Damnation de Faust
October 28 2009- January 28 2010: Turandot
November 12- December 5 2009: From the House of the Dead
November 20- December 12 2009: Il Trittico
December 3 2009- January 2 2010: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
December 10-29 2009: Elektra 
December 14 2009- January 2 2010: Hansel and Gretel
December 31 2009- May 1 2010: Carmen
January 11-30 2010: Stiffelio
January 18- February 6 2010: Simon Boccanegra
February 4-20 2010: Ariadne auf Naxos
February 6-22 2010: La Fille du Régiment
February 20- March 20 2010: La Bohème
February 23- March 27 2010: Attila
March 5-25 2010: The Nose
March 16- April 9 2010: Hamlet
March 29- April 24 2010: La Traviata
April 12- May 15 2010: Armida
April 23- May 14 2010: Die Fliegende Holländer
May 8-15 2010: Lulu

Karita Mattila opens the season as Tosca. Simon Keenlyside sings the title role of Hamlet. John Relyea sings Figaro opposite of Danielle de Niese in Le Nozze, with Bo Skovhus and Emma Bell as count and countess. René Pape sings the Four Villains of Les Contes d'Hoffman.

As in San Francisco, Patricia Racette is featured in all three operas of Il Trittico. Likewise, Diana Damrau and Juan Diego Flórez star in La Fille.

Press Release  | Official Site

Dallas Opera's 2009-2010 Season

October 23- November 8 2009: Otello
February 12-28 2010: Così fan tutte
February 19- March 7 2010 : Don Pasquale
April 30- May 16 2010: Moby-Dick
May 7-23 2010: Madama Butterfly

Star-Telegram Article | Official Site

Houston Opera's 2009-2010 Season

October 23 - November 7 2009: L'Elisir d'Amore
October 30- November 15 2009: Lohengrin
January 22- February 7 2010: Tosca
January 29- February 13 2010 : Turn of the Screw
April 16- May 1 2010: The Queen of Spades
April 30- May 14 2010: Xerxes

Patricia Racette sings the title role in Tosca opposite of Marcus Haddock. Susan Graham and David Daniels star in Xerxes.

Chronicle Article | Official Site

Opera Colorado's 2009-2010 Season

November 7-15 2009: Les contes d'Hoffmann
February 6-14 2010: Il barbiere di Siviglia
April 24- May 2 2010: Tosca

Denver Post | Official Site

Lyric Opera's 2009-2010 Season

September 26 2009- January 29 2010: Tosca
October 5- November 7 2009: Faust
October 27- November 23 2009: Ernani
November 22- Deceumber 12 2009: Katya Kabanova
December 5 2009- January 16 2010: The Merry Widow
January 23- February 22 2010: L'Elisir d'Amore
February 20- March 17 2010: La Damnation de Faust
February 28- March 27 2010: Le Nozze di Figaro

René Pape and Kyle Ketelsen share the role of Mephistopheles in Faust. Salvatore Licitra sings opposite of Sondra Radvanovsky in Ernani. Karita Mattila will sing the title-role of Katya Kabanova. Susan Graham, Paul Groves and John Relyea star in La Damnation. Le Nozze features Joyce DiDonato and Mariusz Kwiecien.

Tribune Article | Official Site