14 & 15 January
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra in C Major
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1
David Buck, Flute
Emily Levin, Harp
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
18 February
Wiener Staatsoper
Giuseppe Verdi
Un Ballo in Maschera
Nikolaus Habjan, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper
Under 27 Premiere
21, 24, 27 February
Wiener Staatsoper
Giuseppe Verdi
Un Ballo in Maschera
Nikolaus Habjan, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper
25 & 26 February
Auditorium Rai Arturo Toscanini, Turin
Federico Perotti
Snow Without Night for orchestra, World Premiere
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor for piano and orchestra Op. 54
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor Op. 36
Federico Colli, piano
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
3 March
Orvieto Cathedral
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater
Emőke Baráth, soprano
Sara Mingardo, mezzo
Orchestra of the Rome Opera
5, 7, 10 March
Wiener Staatsoper
Giuseppe Verdi
Un Ballo in Maschera
Nikolaus Habjan, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper
11 & 12 March
Auditorium Rai Arturo Toscanini, Turin
Dmitri Shostakovich
Concert no. 1 in A minor for violin and orchestra Op. 77
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony no. 8 in G major Op. 88
Francesca Dego, violin
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
11, 17, 20, 24, 27 April
The Metropolitan Opera, New York City
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
Bartlett Sher, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
1 May
The Metropolitan Opera, New York City
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
Bartlett Sher, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
19, 23, 26, 29 May
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Robert Carsen, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House
27 & 28 May
Auditorium Rai Arturo Toscanini, Turin
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
1, 4, 7, 9 June
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Robert Carsen, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House
1, 3, 5, 7, 10 October
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Gioachino Rossini
La Cenerentola
Mario Martone, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Rome Opera
1 January
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
New Year’s Concert at La Fenice
Rosa Feola, soprano
Jonathan Tetelman, tenor
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice
7, 16, 20, 23, 26 February
Wiener Staatsoper
Giuseppe Verdi
Luisa Miller
Philipp Grigorian, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper
12 & 13 February
Auditorium Rai “Arturo Toscanini”, Turin
Anatolij Ljadov
The Enchanted Lake
Sergej Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98
Kirill Gerstein, piano
1 March
Wiener Staatsoper
Giuseppe Verdi
Luisa Miller
Philipp Grigorian, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper
5 & 6 March
Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest
Johannes Brahms
A German Requiem Op. 45
Chen Reiss soprano
Liviu Holender baritone
George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
4 April
Auditorium Manzoni, Bologna
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin, Overture
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54
Richard Wagner
Parsifal, “Good Friday Spell”
Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde, “Prelude and Death of Isolde”
Federico Colli, piano
Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra
13 April
Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Claude Debussy
Petite suite, transcription for orchestra by Henri Büsser
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K. 550
Igor Stravinskij
Jeu de cartes. Ballet
Filarmonica della Scala
3 May
Teatro del Maggio, Florence
Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
Concert No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 for piano and orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95, The new world
Andrea Lucchesini, piano
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra
4, 5, 7 May
Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 56, (the Scottish)
Antonin Dvořák
The Symphony No. 8 in G major Op. 88
Filarmonica della Scala
19, 22, 24, 26, 29 May
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Gioachino Rossini
Tancredi
Emma Dante, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
28 May
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Music by Richard Strauss and Franz Schubert
Marina Rebeka, soprano
Orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
9 June
Auditorium, Bozen
Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1 in F minor Op. 10
Giuseppe Gibboni, violin
Orchestra Haydn
10 June
Auditorium, Trento
Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1 in F minor Op. 10
Giuseppe Gibboni, violin
Orchestra Haydn
16 June
Teatro Comunale, Bozen
Richard Strauss
Vier letzte Lieder AV 150
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major
Hasmik Torosyan, soprano
Orchestra Haydn
17 June
Auditorium, Trento
Richard Strauss
Vier letzte Lieder AV 150
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major
Hasmik Torosyan, soprano
Orchestra Haydn
21 July
Gustav Mahler Hall, Toblach
Richard Strauss
Four Last Songs AV 150
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major
Hasmik Torosyan, soprano
Haydn Orchestra
12 September
Auditorium Rai Arturo Toscanini, Turin
Paola Prestini
KAOS for Orchestra, Commissioned by MITO SettembreMusica, World Premiere
Benjamin Britten
“Four Sea Interludes” from Peter Grimes Op. 33a
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, “Italian”
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
MITO SettembreMusica
13 September
Conservatorio “G. Verdi”, Milan
Paola Prestini
KAOS for Orchestra, Commissioned by MITO SettembreMusica, World Premiere
Benjamin Britten
“Four Sea Interludes” from Peter Grimes Op. 33a
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, “Italian”
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
MITO SettembreMusica
15 September
Noda BCVS, Grande Salle, Sion
Gioachino Rossini
Guillaume Tell, Ouverture
Sergei Rachmaninof
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 56
Julianna Avdeeva, Piano
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
11, 13, 15, 18, 20 October
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff
Tatjana Gürbaca, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
17 October
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Gioachino Rossini
Petite Messe Solennelle
Second version for soloists, choir and orchestra
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
22 October
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Gioachino Rossini
Petite Messe Solennelle
First version for soloists, choir, two pianos and harmonium
Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
27 October
Teatro Comunale, Bolzano
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin, Prelude
Richard Strauss
The Rosenkavalier, Suite AV 145 (arr. A. Rodzinsky)
Sergei Prokofiev
Excerpts from Suites No. 1 Op. 64bis and No. 2, Op. 64ter, from Romeo and Juliet Op. 64
Orchestra Haydn
28 October
Auditorium, Trento
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin, Prelude
Richard Strauss
The Rosenkavalier, Suite AV 145 (arr. A. Rodzinsky)
Sergei Prokofiev
Excerpts from Suites No. 1 Op. 64bis and No. 2, Op. 64ter, from Romeo and Juliet Op. 64
Orchestra Haydn
1 November
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Giuseppe Verdi Falstaff
Tatjana Gürbaca, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
24 November
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Igor’ Stravinskij
The Rake’s Progress
Rafael R. Villalobos, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Rome Opera
Youth Premiere
27, 29 November
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Igor’ Stravinskij
The Rake’s Progress
Rafael R. Villalobos, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Rome Opera
1, 3, 5 December
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Igor’ Stravinskij
The Rake’s Progress
Rafael R. Villalobos, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Rome Opera
10 & 11 December
Auditorium Rai Arturo Toscanini, Turin
Richard Strauss
Vier letzte Lieder for soprano and orchestra
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 9 in C major D 944
Miah Persson, soprano
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
22 December
Auditorium, Bolzano
Franz Schubert
Symphony no. 5 in B flat major D. 485
Richard Wagner
Meistersinger. An Orchestral Tribute (arr. H. de Vlieger)
Orchestra Haydn
23 December
Auditorium, Trento
Franz Schubert
Symphony no. 5 in B flat major D. 485
Richard Wagner
Meistersinger. An Orchestral Tribute (arr. H. de Vlieger)
Orchestra Haydn
31 December
Liederhalle, Stuttgart
Giuseppe Verdi
Overture, I vespri siciliani
Reinhold Glière
Horn Concerto in B-flat major Op. 91
Gioachino Rossini
Overture, Semiramide
Pas de trois, Guillaume Tell
Pas de soldats, Guillaume Tell
Giuseppe Verdi
Ballet, Macbeth
Gioachino Rossini
Overture, Guillaume Tell
Jonas Gira, Horn
SWR Symphony Orchestra
14 & 15 January
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra in C Major
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1
David Buck, Flute
Emily Levin, Harp
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
14, 16 January
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
Adolf Hohenstein, staging (reconstructed by Carlo Savi)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
24 January
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
Gustav Mahler
Kindertotenlieder
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo
Teatro di San Carlo Orchestra
22 February
Wiener Staatsoper
Vincenzo Bellini
Norma
Cyril Teste, staging
Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus
1 March
Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”
Florence Price
Second violin concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven
Seventh symphony
Randall Goosby, violin
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
3, 6, 9, 12 March
Wiener Staatsoper
Vincenzo Bellini
Norma
Cyril Teste, staging
Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus
14 March
Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Robert Schumann
Concerto in A minor op. 54 for piano and orchestra
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor op. 98
Federico Colli, piano
Concert in aid of the Italian Red Cross
Filarmonica della Scala
22 March
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem
Carolina López Moreno, soprano
Derek Welton, baritone
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
27 March
LAC, Lugano
Henriëtte Bosmans
Poème for cello and orchestra
Camille Saint-Saëns
Cello Concerto No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 (the Scottish)
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
Raphaela Gromes, cello
28 March
Teatro Ponchielli, Cremona
Henriëtte Bosmans
Poème for cello and orchestra
Camille Saint-Saëns
Cello Concerto No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 (the Scottish)
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
Raphaela Gromes, cello
1 April
Teatro Comunale, Bozen
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”
Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento
2 April
Auditorium, Trento
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”
Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento
23, 24, 26, 27, 29 April
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Trittico Ricomposto
Giacomo Puccini
Suor Angelica
Luigi Dallapiccola
Il prigioniero
Calixto Bieito, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
2 May
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Trittico Ricomposto
Giacomo Puccini
Suor Angelica
Luigi Dallapiccola
Il prigioniero
Calixto Bieito, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
8 May
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony n. 25 in G minor
Igor Stravinskij
Jeu de cartes
Francis Poulenc
Gloria
Emőke Baráth, soprano
Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
12 May
Teatro Valli, Reggio Emilia
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major op. 92
Federico Colli, piano
Filarmonica della Scala
16 May
Liederhalle, Stuttgart
Johannes Brahms
“Tragic Overture” in D minor op. 81
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major op. 88
SWR Symphonieorchester
27 May
Auditorium, Bozen
Claude Debussy
“Petite Suite” (Orch. H. Büsser)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K. 467
Francis Poulenc
Sinfonietta
Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento
28 May
Auditorium, Trento
Claude Debussy
“Petite Suite” (Orch. H. Büsser)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K. 467
Francis Poulenc
Sinfonietta
Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento
7 June
Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall, Tokyo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor
Gioachino Rossini
Stabat Mater
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
8 June
Suntory Hall, Tokyo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor
Gioachino Rossini
Stabat Mater
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
14 June
MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall, Tokyo
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet
Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet
Timothy Chooi, violin
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
5, 9, 10, 13, 17 July
Caracalla Baths, Caracalla Festival
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story
Damiano Michieletto, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
24, 28 September
Opéra national de Paris
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Shirin Neshat, staging and video
Orchestra and Chrous of the Opéra national de Paris
1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19 October
Opéra national de Paris
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Shirin Neshat, staging and video
Orchestra and Chrous of the Opéra national de Paris
6 October
Teatro Comunale, Ferrara
Niccolò Paganini
Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor Op. 7 “La campanella”
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98
Giuseppe Gibboni, violin
Teatro della Scala Philharmonic
28, 29, 30, 31 October
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Giacinto Scelsi
Stabat Mater
Romeo Castellucci, staging, set, costume and light designer
Emőke Baráth, soprano
Sara Mingardo, mezzo
Orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
22 November – preview for young audiences
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
Damiano Michieletto, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
27, 30 November
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
Damiano Michieletto, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
2, 5, 7 December
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
Damiano Michieletto, staging
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
29, 30, 31 December
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
New Year’s Concert at La Fenice
Rosa Feola, soprano
Jonathan Tetelman, tenor
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice