Tuning in to Opera - The Melbourne Scene in 2017
showing at
Links: Met / Nova / Palace
Nova dates below - Palace similar but
dates & venues currently unavailable.
Saariaho, L'amour de Loin, Jan 28 - Feb 8
Verdi, Nabucco Feb 18 - Mar 1
Gounod, Romeo et Juliette Mar 18-29
Dvořák, Rusalka, Apr 22 - May 3
Verdi, La Traviata May 20-31
Mozart, Idomeneo, Jun 17-28
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin Jul 15-26
Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier, Aug 5-16
OA offers only four operas.
Bizet, Carmen May 4-26. Revisit our
Bizet and Carmen studies in 2016.
Mascagni / Leoncavallo, Cavalleria
Rusticana / Pagliacci May 10-20.
Szymanowski, King Roger May 9-27
Lehár The Merry Widow Nov 15-25
November.
VO offers seven operas,
very different
performances
Mills, ‘Tis Pity, Feb 4-8
Respighi, The Sleeping Beauty, Mar 11–18
Ernst Toch, The Princess and the Pea, Mar 25
Bellini, La Sonnambula in concert with Jessica Pratt, May 5
Janácek The Cunning Little Vixen, Jun 22 - Jul 1
Waits, The Black Rider, Sep 15-Oct 8
Copland The Second Hurricane, Oct 6-15
La Scala: Madama Butterfly 10, 11, 12, 15 Feb (revisit our 2016 study of Puccini)
Royal Opera: Il Trovatore 24, 25, 26 Feb, 1 Mar
Opéra de Paris: The Tales of Hoffmann 10, 11, 12, 15 Mar
Opera Roma: Tristan und Isolde 24, 25, 26, 29 Mar (revisit our 2016 study of Tristan)
Opéra de Paris: Così fan Tutte 31 Mar, 1, 2, 5 Apr
Teatro Regio di Torino: Manon Lescaut 21, 22, 23, 26 Apr
Royal Opera: Madama Butterfly 28, 29, 30 Apr, 3 May
La Scala: The Thieving Magpie 26, 27, 28, 31 May
Opéra de Paris: The Snow Maiden 9, 10, 11, 14 Jun
Opera di Firenze: Don Carlo 23, 24, 25, 28 Jun
Royal Opera: Otello 28, 29, 30 Jul, 2 Aug
La Scala: The Abduction from the Seraglio 11, 12, 13, 16
Opéra de Paris: La Cenerentola 18, 19, 20 23 Aug
