Prior events listing as of May 1,

The Slovenian National Theatre in Ljubljana has produced Les Huguenots (in Slovenian, premiere 23rd October 1997) in the abridged 5 acts version from Leipzig 1974 (Boehmel-Herz-Zimmermann) with guests from the National Theater Prague (conductor, producer, costume designer, singer of Raoul).

The production will be repeated 1998 at the Summer Festival in Dubrovnik and at the Music Festival in Litomysl (Czech Republic). Cast: Marguerite (Norina Radovan), Valentine (Olga Gracelj), Urbain (Dunja Spruk), Raoul (Miroslav Svejda), Marcel (Neven Belamaric, Sasa Cano), Saint-Bris (Ivan Sancin, Juan Vasle), de Nevers (Slavko Savinsek) and others. Conductor: Frantisek Preisler Jr., Producer: Frantisek Preisler. Contact MFC for further information.

Jupiter Symphony in New York performs the Schiller Centennial March of Meyerbeer -- Jens Nygaard, Conductor

Concert at Bochum, Germany featuring World Premiere of Overture to Le Prophète

December 17-19, 1998 at Danville, California (40 miles east of San Francisco)

Danville Ballet Company is proud to present Winter Ballet Gala '98 December 17-19 at the Village Theatre · Danville, CA.

Featuring Giacomo Meyerbeer 's whimsical ballet Les Patineurs and our annual Magic of the Nutcracker.

Guest Artists include Nephi Sanchez (formerly of Oakland Ballet), Keturah Crowell (formerly of Ballet West) and Matt Kovac

For ticket information call (925) 831-9256 Students, youth 12 or under $12.00 Seniors $12.00 Adults $14.00.

Sutton Place Synagogue - Synagogue of the United Nations
225 East 51st Street between Second and Third Avenues

"Celebrating the Bicentennial of Jacques Fromental Halévy: Meyerbeer, Halévy and Their Contemporaries"

Halévy's La Juive at Carnegie Hall (concert performance) New York, Eve Queler, Conductor Tuesday, April 13, 1999 @ 8pm

Carol Vaness [Rachel] Note: HASMIK PAPIAN has replaced Ms. Vaness (ed. 3/99)

Carlo Colombara [Brogni]

For information about future performances, write to Opera Orchestra of New York, P.O. Box 1226, New York, NY 10023-1226. Telephone 212-721-9170. e-mail subs@oony.org. or visit their web site at www.oony.org

Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the premiere of Le Prophete -- Stockholm, Sweden

Hitler and Wagner hated it-now you have a chance to judge for yourself!

One of the true masterpieces of French opera, le prophète has since 1849 conveyed its dark and violent tale about the prize for religious and political fanatism. Dramatically as well as musically, Le Prophète is without doubt a forebearer as well as an inspirer to works such as Verdi´s Trovatore and Aida. The final apocalypse bears hints of Wagner´s Götterdämmerung ending the composer would never admit....le prophète conquered opera houses and audiences around the world until Hitler´s Machtübernam in Germany 1933.

It was immediately banned by the Führer- perhaps for its sharp and convincing depiction of the outcomes of political demagoguery, and seduction of the masses?

On top of this, the composer was a Jew, and a very successful one too. Operaverket now aims at presenting Meyerbeer’s great work in the 1888 red-and-gold gem of Vasateatern, in a spirit of musicology come alive-in search of music once heard!

Operaverket and Orkestern Filialen are proud to offer three unique occasions, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Paris Opera première April 16th, 1849, of Meyerbeer and Scribe´s Grand Opéra le prophète, not seen in Stockholm since 1912.

Heading a cast of Swedish top singers as Jean is French tenor Jean-Pierre Furlan, seen recently as Hoffmann in Hamburg, Pollione in Toronto and Faust at La Scala.

The vital role of Fidès, probably the most taxing vocal challenge ever for a mezzo, is shared by Ulrika Tenstam and Ingrid Tobiasson(June 6), reigning queens of bel canto coloratura at the Gothenburg and Stockholm Operas, respectively. Praised in 1997 as Lucia (to Furlan´s Edgardo), dramatic coloratura Christina Knochenhauer will add Berthe, fiancée of Jean, to her list of 19th century soprano heroines. Treat yourself to Meyerbeer´s lavishly rhytmic, rich and in the best sense operatic score, and Scribe´s fascinating drama. You won’t get another chance this century to see it on the stage!

tickets at the royal opera box office from April 26 at +46.8.24 82 40 group bookings open now at 23 05 30. ticket prices: 270/170 kronor(SEK)

The performances of the double-bill [Meyerbeer's] "Gli Amori di Teolinda" and [Bizet's] "Don Procopio" will take place on September 3, 7 and 11. The location for this is the open air courtyard dating from the middle ages ‘t Hof in the center of Dordrecht (in case of really bad weather we move to the nearby Augustijnenkerk). Tickets you can obtain in advance from the tourist information (VVV) in Dordrecht, telephone nr. 0031 78-613 32 50. Or on the date of the performance you can buy tickets at the entrance of ‘t Hof from an hour before the performance. The price is DFL 50,-. The performance of the pieces is by students of the Belcanto Summer School (exact names to be decided later), the Chorus of the Rotterdamse Opera and the Bel canto Festival Orchestra conducted by Massimo De Bernart (September3rd and 7th) or Ardjoena Soerjadi (September 11th). The mise-en-scene is by Michael Aspinall. The students of the Bel canto Summer School are young professional singers from all over the world (this year we have singers from Denmark, Bulgaria, Armenia, South Korea, Italy, Spain, Canada and the Netherlands) on the start of their career. They are trained for five weeks by teachers specialized in the repertoire of the Bel canto period. This year's teachers are Luca Gorla, Adelisa Tabiadon, Michael Aspinall, Massimo De Bernart, William Matteuzzi as well as a number of vocal coaches. All the operas and concerts in the Belcanto Festival are cast with these singers.

Sunday, October 30, 1999 at 2 p.m.
San Francisco, California - Ballet Building
"Essential Meyerbeer for Wagnerians"
with Dr. Benjamin K. Yafet
A multimedia presentation analyzing the love-hate relationship between Meyerbeer and Wagner, which will demonstrate the tremendous influence of Meyerbeer, not only on Rienzi, but in mature Wagnerian operas like The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser and Parsifal.
Limited seating -- reservations recommended. Call 408-252-9904 or e-mail byafet@aol.com
Admission: $10 to general public, $5 to Wagner Society members and FREE to Meyerbeer Fan Club members

October 23/27/31 1999 November 4/8/12, 1999 - Vienna Staatsoper La Juive (Halévy)

[note from MFC -- this production, staged by Gottfried Pilz, is likely to be a modern interpretation. Those interested in going should check carefully with Vienna Staatsoper to determine if the production will be to their taste]

November 1^st at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. November 2^nd at 8 p.m. 1999 at New York’s

Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, says: “Mr. Nygaard’s music making is wonderfully natural; his programming is refreshing”

Meyerbeer, Overture to L’etoile du nord. This is probably a modern day New York premiere of this piece! What Toscanini did not dare take out of rehearsal, Nygaard presents in its full glory!

From the MFC Webmaster: Jupiter Symphony is highly recommended. Jens Nygaard is a superb conductor and a member of MFC as well. Ticket prices are very low, ranging from $10 to $25 and all seats are excellent and close to the orchestra. Jupiter Symphony may be contacted by writing to Jupiter Symphony, 155 West 68^th Street, New York, NY 10023 Tel. 212-799-1259, or , if you prefer, tickets may be ordered through the MFC. Meyerbeer lovers will also enjoy the full concert schedule which runs nearly every Monday and Tuesday from September 13 through May 9, 2000.

NEW (September 18, 1999) !!! For complete schedule, visit Jupiter symphony at its new website www.jupitersymphony.com

Free Concert at Congregation Emanu-El, 1 East 65th Street, New York Jupiter Symphony

Sunday November 28, 1999 (see also programs of December 5, 1999 and December 12)

Radio in the Netherlands on Real Audio www.concertzender.nl (19:00 -- 23:00 Netherlands time)

You can listen to this around the world on Real Audio!!!!! Download in advance if you must

November 28 SUNDAY (La Muette de Portici) , December 5 (La Juive) and December 12 (L'Africaine)

28/11/1999
1. LA MUETTE DE PORTICI, DANIEL-FRANçOIS-ESPRIT AUBER (1782-1871)
GRAND OPÉRA IN VIJF AKTEN
LIBRETTO: EUGÈNE SCRIBE EN GERMAIN DELAVIGNE. MUZIEK: D.F.E. AUBER
Rolverdeling: Alphonse: John Aller, tenor. Elvire :J une Anderson, sopraan. Masaniellio: Alfredo Kraus, tenor. Lorenzo: Alain Munier, tenor. Borella : Frederic Vassar, bariton. Selva: Jean-phlippe Courtis, bas. Ee adelijke dame: Martine Mahé, mezzo-sopraan.Moreno: Daniel Ottevaere,bas. Esemble Choral Jean Laforge (dir. Jean Laforge), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte -Carlo olv. Thomas Fulton. Recording: 16-26.lX.1986,Monte-Carlo. EMI 1987 7499422

DE CONCERTZENDER
OPERA OP ZONDAG:28 NOVEMBER 1999
GRAND OPÉRA CYCLUS
DEEL 1: VRIJHEID EN EEN GEMASKERD BAL
Vanavond en de twee volgende zondagavonden kunt u luisteren bij opera op zondag naar de grand opéra cyclus. Wij laten u werk horen van de grand opéra componisten:Auber,Halevy en Meyerbeer in relatie tot andere componisten. De eerste opera die u kunt horen is: LA MUETTE DE PORTICI VAN AUBER, DEZE OPERA WAS DE OORZAAK DAT HET KONINKRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN BELGIË VERLOOR IN 1830. De opera ging in Parijs op 29 februari 1828 in premiére,u hoort een opname uit 1987.

The Juilliard School (Morse Hall) West 65^th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, New York

A lecture recital on the Meyerbeer-Liszt-Busoni Fantasia and Fugue on the Chorale “Ad nos, ad salutarem undam” from Meyerbeer’s Le Prophete

An examination of the historical perspectives on the operatic transcription, followed by a performance

This recital is given in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts

Halevy, La Juive, with excerpts from Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots and Wagner, Rienzi

Radio in the Netherlands on Real Audio www.concertzender.nl (19:00 -- 23:00 Netherlands time)

19.00 Opera op Zondag
Grand Opéra cyclus, deel 2: Religieuze en andere conflicten. 1.'La Juive', grand opéra in 5 akten, J.F.F.E. Halévy. Met o.a. José Carreras (Eléazar), Julia Varady (Rachel), Dalmico Gonzales (Léopold), June Anderson (Eudoxie), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Cardinal de Brogni), het Ambrosian Opera Chorus olv John McCarthy en het Philharmonia Orchestra olv Antonio de Almeida. 2. `Reminiscences de la juive', Franz Liszt. Leslie Howard (piano). 3. `Les Huguenots' (slot), Giacomo Meyerbeer. Met o.a. Anastasios Vrennios, Gabriel Bacquier, Martina Arroyo, Ambrosian Opera Chorus en New Philharmonia Orchestra olv Richard Bonynge. 4. Reminiscences des Huguenots (slot), Franz Liszt. Leslie Howard (piano). 5. Ouverture `Rienzi', Wagner. The London Classical Players olv Roger Norrington. 6. Aria `Rachel, quand du Seigneur', uit `La juive', Halévy. Richard Tucker (tenor), Metropolitan Orchestra olv Emil Cooper.
Samenstelling: Cassandra van Agt

November 1999 through May, 2000 Robert le Diable Prague State Opera - Details from Milan Pospisil, Prague

Prague State Opera announces the new production of Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable (in French).

Producer: Gilbert Blin; Stage designer: Nicolas de Lajartre;Costume designer: Josef Jelínek;Choreographer: Pavel Šmok

Performances: 17 December 1999 at 7 p.m. 13 February 2000 at 2 p.m. 20 February 2000 at 2 p.m. 02 March 2000 at 7 p.m. 24 March 2000 at 7 p.m. and 18 May 2000 at 7 p.m.

Conductor: Alex Kober
producer: John Dew (hélas, see Der Hugenotten in Deutsche Oper Berlin)
stage-designer: Heinz Balthes
costume-designer: José Manuel Vasquez

Dinorah: Marisil Montalvo/Park
Corentin: Hellgren/Cabero
Hoël: Ehrke/de Vries
in French

tel.: 231.50.27222
fax: 231.50.26777
website: www.theaterdo.de

We can buy tickets via internet and pay by credit card.

[note from MFC -- this production, staged by Gottfried Pilz, is likely to be a modern interpretation. Those interested in going should check carefully with N.I.O. to determine if the production will be to their taste]

SAT 15.1, MON 17.1*, WED 19.1, SAT 22.1, MON 24.1, WED 26.1, FRI 28.1, SAT 29.1, MON 31.1, TUE 1.2, THU 3.2, FRI 4.2, SUN 6.2

The Jewish goldsmith Elazar brings up Rachel as his only daughter, in spite of the fact that she is a Christian maid and the missing daughter of Cardinal Brogni. This ever-widening and improbable plot focuses on the continuous battle between Christianity and Judaism. The seder meal at Elazar's home and the touching aria he sings to Rachel, are two of the climaxes of this grandiose French grand opera. A new coproduction of the New Israeli Opera, the Vienna Staatsoper and the Metropolitan Opera in New York of a typical operatic tale of murder and revenge directed by Gunter Krämer.

Meyerbeer: Treasures of French Bel Canto

Our revival of the grandest of Grand Opera

Fridays, March 31 and April 7, 2000, 8 p.m. Jewish Community Center —16th &
Q Streets, N.W., Washington (Valet parking available)

Principal artists of the Opera Camerata perform rare jewels from the
greatest composer of French Grand Opera, Giacomo Meyerbeer. Among them are
immortal airs and ensembles from Les Huguenots, Le Prophète, Robert Le
Diable, and L’Africaine.

Return with us to a glorious era when Meyerbeer was celebrated as the
undisputed master of the French opera stage. Rediscover the wealth of
soaring melodies that are not performed often enough — selections such as “O
Paradis!”, “Robert! Toi que je t’aime,” and “Piff Paff.”

Tickets: $25.

Starring
Marje Palmieri, soprano
Daniel Snyder, tenor
Maria di Stefano, mezzo
Eugene Galvin, bass
with pianist Maestro Stephen Brown. Go to their website at
http://members.aol.com/opcamdc

Cast:

Eva Mei ... Dinorah
Corentino ... Jörg Schneider
Hoel ... Fabio Previati
Un cacciatore (Huntsman) ... Marco Spotti
Un mietitore (Reaper)... Stefano Secco
Un capraio (Goatherd) ... Monica Nostalgi
Una capraia (Goathgirl) ... Diana Bertini Tosti

Conductor ... Mats Liljefors
Producer ... Giorgio Gallione
Stage and costume-designer ... Guido Fiorato

The staging is absolutely TRADITIONAL and respectful of composer's wishes:
The producer's wish is to recreate the climate of 1859 Opéra-Comique.

Reservation from December 2,.1999 by phone 0521.218.678
by Internet: www.teatroregioparma.org
             www.chartanet.it
             www.monteparma.it
             www.chartainternet.com

In French with German subtitles (French/English libretti will be available)

June 26/30, 2000 Vienna Staatsoper La Juive -- see October, 1999 (in prior events)

August 6, 2000 and August 8, 2000 Robert le Diable at Martina Franca, Italy Summer Music festival

The International Festival of Valle d'Itria will perform at Palazzo Ducale of Martina Franca "Robert le Diable" - on August 6 and 8. Cast as per the following as of June 9, 2000 see www.italiainrete.net/fvalle/

Robert le Diable Opera in cinque atti musica di Giacomo Meyerbeer edizione Teatro di Praga Prima rappresentazione in Italia della versione originale francese nuovo allestimento coproduzione Opéra di Saint-Etienne Direttore: Renato Palumbo Regia: Lorenzo Mariani Scene: Italo Grassi Costumi: Luisa Salvini Coreografia: Ferdinando Gagliardi Interpreti:

Robert le Diable. Opera in five acts. Music by Giacomo Meyerbeer. Prague Theatre version. First Italian performance of French original version new production in coproduction with Saint-Etienne Opera House.

Conductor: Renato Palumbo
Director: Lorenzo Mariani
Stage Designer: Italo Grassi
Costume Designer: Luisa Salvini
Choreography: Ferdinando Gagliardi

Warren Mok (Robert),
Giorgio Surjan (Bertram)
Alessandro Codeluppi (Raimbaut)
Soon-Won Kang, Hyun-Dong Kim, Domenico Colaianni
Patrizia Ciofi (Isabelle)
Annalisa Raspagliosi (Alice)

Martina Franca - Palazzo Ducale , 6 e 8 agosto 2000, ore 21

box office:Centro Artistico Musicale Paolo Grassi - Biglietteria - Palazzo
Ducale 74015 Martina Franca
tel. +39-080.480.51.00
fax +39-080.480.51.20

e-mail: fvdi@italiainrete.net
website: www.italiainrete.net/fvalle/default.htm

Meyerbeer Fan Club says: If you do nothing else in your life, go to Berlin for at least one of these performances

In French with German subtitles (French/English libretti will be available)

Premiere: December 11, 1999
September 6, October 4 and November 30, 2000
January 25, February 11, March 6 and April 17, 2001

November 9, 2000. These performances are highly recommended. Even though the opera is cut down to normal proportions, the end result is excellent. The opera is done in period costume and staging. Bravo, Maestro Monteil!

for tickets: www.opera.cz/english.html

Meyerbeer -- Le Prophète in Concert version at Kiel, Germany (12 performances)

National touring will include a five-city schedule in April 2001, during which it will make its first appearances in Asheville, NC, New Brunswick, NJ, and Amherst, MA, and return engagements in Purchase and Brookville, NY.

Sir Frederick Ashton's ballet Les Patineurs, a Company premiere this season. Miami City Ballet's production of Les Patineurs, which was created in 1937 for the Vic-Wells Ballet in London, is funded in part by the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation, the first such collaboration between the two organizations.

Asheville Civic Center
Community Concerts
Asheville, NC
Tuesday, April 17, 2001
"Mambo No. 2 a.m." / Edward Villella
TBA
Les Patineurs (The Skating Party) / Sir Frederick Ashton

Tilles Center, C.W. Post Campus
Long Island University
Performing Arts Center
Brookville, NY
Friday, April 20, 2001
"Mambo No. 2 a.m." / Edward Villella
TBA
Les Patineurs (The Skating Party) / Sir Frederick Ashton

On Saturday afternoon April 22nd, NYC Opera performs Korngold's Die Tote Stadt.
This opera quotes from Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable
Fans may wish to see The Miami Ballet on either Friday evening on Long Island, or Saturday evening in Westchester (Purchase) and make it a true "Meyerbeer Weekend"

SUNY at Purchase
Purchase, NY
Saturday, April 21, 2001
"Mambo No. 2 a.m." / Edward Villella
TBA
Les Patineurs (The Skating Party) / Sir Frederick Ashton

The State Theater
New Brunswick Cultural Center
New Brunswick, NJ
Tuesday, April 24, 2001
"Mambo No. 2 a.m." / Edward Villella
TBA
Les Patineurs (The Skating Party) / Sir Frederick Ashton

Fine Arts Theater
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
Thursday, April 26, 2001
"Mambo No. 2 a.m." / Edward Villella
TBA
Les Patineurs (The Skating Party) / Sir Frederick Ashton

As of August 28, 2000 -- tickets on sale now. BUY NOW!!! This will be a sellout!!

Along with Robert Ignatius Letellier, notable young opera stars and The Alyth Choral Society, Meyerbeer Fan Club webmaster Stephen A. Agus will participate on November 18, 2001 in an evening of Meyerbeer presented by the B'nai Brith Raoul Wallenberg Lodge, Town Hall, Hampstead. This will be a part of the Jewish Chronicle Festival of Jewish Arts & Culture. Proceeds will go to charities for the elderly in Israel and the Ukraine. For more information, including cast list, about this event on this site CLICK HERE.

Ben Heppner sings arias by Beethoven, Britten, Meyerbeer, Halevy etc. See discography

The performance of August 4th is billed as "the first performance in Italy of the original version"

Bronikowski, Marcin            Comte de Nevers
Grassi, Luca                         Comte de Saint-Bris
Kang, Soon-Won                 Marcel
Rancatore, Desirée                Marguerite de Valois
Mok, Warren                        Raoul de Nangis
Allegretta, Sara                     Urbain
Raspagliosi, Annalisa             Valentine

Renato Palumbo                    Conductor
Arnaud Bernard                     Director

For information concerning Meyerbeer Fan Club activities in Martina Franca during the festival, and to meet other members who will be attending, contact us! meyerb@meyerbeer.com

For full schedule of works broadcast each day from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. click here

Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne, FRANCE (in Picardy region, close to Paris)

November 2, 2002 London (Royal Festival Hall) (New info added May 10, 2002)

Sat 2nd November 2002
Royal Festival Hall at 7pm

David Parry, conductor

Annick Massis          Margherita
Bruce Ford              Il Duca di Lavaranne
Patricia Bardon      Isarura
Alastair Miles          Carlo

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

Tickets priced at £6, £10, £15, £19 , £26 and £33 available from:

London Philharmonic Box Office
+44 (0) 20 7840 4242
(Monday-Friday 10am-5pm)

Royal Festival Hall Box Office
+44 (0) 20 7960 4242
(Daily 9am-9pm £1.50 booking fee)

This performance scheduled in connection with the new recording to be released by Opera Rara

Concert performance (sung in French)

"Les Huguenots"
Meyerbeers Grand Opéra konzertant in der Alten Oper Frankfurt

Paolo Carignani

Obwohl Meyerbeer lange als der größte und wichtigste Opernkomponist des 19. Jahrhunderts galt, werden seine Werke heute kaum mehr aufgeführt. Dies mag vor allem an den Hasstiraden Richard Wagners über seinen Konkurrenten liegen, dessen immenser Erfolg den Neid des damals noch wenig beachteten Wagners weckte. Doch zur Zeit beginnt sich der auf Meyerbeers Werken liegende Bann zu lösen: So war in Wien vor kurzer Zeit seine Oper "Le Prophète" zu sehen, während man in Berlin "Robert le Diable" spielte. Nun beteiligt sich auch Frankfurt an der längst überfälligen Meyerbeer-Renaissance und setzt als Koproduktion zwischen der Alten Oper und der Oper Frankfurt mit "Les Huguenots" den Prototypen der von Meyerbeer zur Perfektion gebrachten Grand Opéra in einer konzertanten Aufführung auf den Spielplan. Die musikalische Leitung des aufgrund seiner gewaltigen künstlerischen Anforderungen nur schwer realisierbaren Werkes übernimmt Frankfurts Chefdirigent Paolo Carignani.

Alte Oper Frankfurt
Premiere: 24.11.2002
Folgevorstellung: 26.11.2002

Alte Oper Frankfurt
www.alteoper.de
Oper Frankfurt
www.oper-frankfurt.de

June 1 and 2

Tel Aviv, Israel

Gli Amori de Teolinda at the Tel Aviv Museum

Israel Chamber Orchestra

Elie Cheifetz, Clarinet

Michal Shamir, Soprano

Conducted by Mats Liljefors

August, 2003

Martina Franca, Italy -- Festival della Valle d'Itria

Gli Amori de Teolinda -- 3 performances (Aug 1, Aug 3 and Aug 5)

Sede da definire

Sede da definire

Chiostro del Carmine

1 agosto, ore 21

3 agosto, ore 21

5 agosto, ore 21

Note: The festival runs from July 24th to August 11th. This year, the festival features music by Giordano (Siberia), Mercadante, Wolf, Paisiello (Proserpine) and Massenet (Werther). This festival is highly recommended by Meyerbeer Fan Club.

For complete schedule, ticket orders and contact information, http://www.italiainrete.net/fvalle/defaultI.asp

September 15, 2003, New York, NY

Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players (founded by Jens Nygaard) at

Good Shepherd Church, 152 West 66th Street

at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Meyerbeer, Clarinet Quintet.

A North American Premiere of a piece that was lost for more than 150 years!

www.jupitersymphony.com

212-799-1259

Program for this concert

Note: Following the November 26, 2002 concert performance of Les Huguenots at Frankfurt, there are no Meyerbeer operas scheduled for performance in any venue in the world. (currently factual as of April 19, 2003)

Currently playing:

September 18, 2002 (premiere)

Stockholm City Theatre

New Play by Mathias Clason about Jenny Lind at her final opera performance (Robert le Diable in London, 1849) before going with P.T. Barnum to America

Jenny Lind ( right, Henriette Indahl) has just finished Vielka´s Gypsy song (from Feldlager/Ètoile du nord). Her dresser and companion Louise (Axelle Axell) seen in the aftermath of filling in for the male chorus (and the orchestra, it seems!)

For other pictures of this play, click here

Playwright Mathias Clason writes:

I am rather scooping into Meyerbeer in my new one-act play on Jenny Lind that opens at the Stockholm City Theatre ...

It is the hour before her last operatic performance ever, which was ROBERT in London May 10, 1849. She decides to quit opera and gets the offer from P.T. Barnum at the end just before she goes on as Alice (in a replica costume of the 1831 Paris original) Her companion/dresser is played by an actress. Jenny is a singer and sings aria excerpts as well as Swedish lieder, 10 music pieces in all, among which are Robert and Feldlager/Vielka. Sooo, Robert will be sung again in Stockholm after sleeping since 1895....

The whole thing is just one hour and if it is a success I will think about translating it to English. The main themes are:

1:Why should one sing? Can it help the world or one self?

2: How long can one stand the theatre?

It is in all one hour, at their Soup Theatre which means you eat while you see it and it is always sold out. Many plays alternate so this will hopefully be on also the whole of 2003!

(We will let you know if it lasts this long!)

September, October, 2003 Metz, France
l'Opéra-Théâtre de Metz (posted May 26, 2003)

Gustave III (or Le Bal Masqué) by Daniel F. Esprit Auber

(This is the French Grand Opera version of the same libretto by Eugène Scribe later set to music by Giuseppe Verdi in the currently more familiar Un Ballo un Maschera. Gustave III, which was immensely popular in its time, has not been staged in France in 113 years!)

Famous tenor Laurence Dale, who is currently the artistic director of the Metz Opera, is a supporter of the restoration of French Grand Opera to the repertory.

Laurence Dale wrote to Meyerbeer Fan Club on May 26, 2003"

Here in Lorraine we love Meyerbeer and Auber as much as you apparently!!

We open our season on the 28th of September 2003 with Auber's GUSTAVE III, the first staged performance in over 113 years and a few weeks later we will present the same work (30 September, 9/11 October) in alternance with the original Swedish pre-censor version of Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera which has never before been presented in France.
For your information, GUSTAVO III was created in Sweden last year in an edition prepared for Ricordi by Philip Gosset and Ilaria Narici.
Receiving its German premiere this June, before being presented at the Opéra-Théâtre de Metz on the 10th of October 2003(20h30) then the 12th(15h00) and 14th(19h00) of October.
That weekend will be the first in history where musicologists and fans of Verdi and Auber can witness first hand the remarkable influences of one great composer on another!

It is also true that we will be presenting Meyerbeer's gigantic masterpiece "LES HUGUENOTS" in June 2004. The 4 performances are on the 6 (at 15h00) ,8,10 and 12th starting at 19h00.

We are delighted that all these offerings excite you as much as the plans excite us!

Please keep yourselves informed by our website or by direct contact with our theater.

We are looking forward to seeing you soon in our new season!

All best wishes,

Laurence Dale
Artistic Director de l'Opéra-Théâtre de Metz.

For more information, go to the Home page of the Metz Theater:

http://www.mairie-metz.fr:8080/METZ/THEATRE/THEATRE_Somm.html

Wednesday, October 22, 2003

Royal Festival Hall, London

Mercadante's Emma d'Antiocha

Studio recording available May 2004

For more information and tickets go to opera-rara.com or write info@opera-rara.com

November, December, 2003 New York Metropolitan Opera

Halévy's LA JUIVE
with Marcello Viotti; Soile Isokoski, Elizabeth Futral/Olga Makarina, Neil Shicoff, Eric Cutler/Jianyi Zhang, Ferruccio Furlanetto
Nov. 6, 10, 14, 20, Dec. 5, 9, 13 mat, 19

The Metropolitan Opera says:

"La Juive" returns to the repertory on November 6, 2003, for its first performance by the company since the 1935-36 season. Soile Isokoski is Rachel, Elizabeth Futral is Princess Eudoxie, Neil Shicoff is Eléazar, Eric Cutler is Léopold, Ferruccio Furlanetto is Cardinal Brogni, and Marcello Viotti conducts. The production is from the Vienna State Opera, and making their Met debuts will be the director Günter Krämer, the set designer Gottfried Pilz, and the costume designer Isabel Ines Glathar. The lighting will be designed by Wayne Chouinard.

Sunday, November 9, 2003, New York City
2 p.m. sharp

Piano Transcriptions from Meyerbeer's Grand Operas

Location: Klavierhaus, 211 West 58th Street, New York, NY

Sponsored by Klavierhaus and Meyerbeer Fan Club

Admission Free by advance written invitation only! (Seating is VERY LIMITED)

For information, contact Meyerbeer Fan Club

February 20-22, 2004 Cambridge, England U.K.

Residential Course offered at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, England
with Dr. Robert Letellier (posted May 26, 2003)

For more information and application forms:

University of Cambridge
Madingley Hall
Madingley
Cambridge
CB3 8AQ
England

Tel: + 44 (0) 1954 280398
Fax: + 44 (0) 1954 280200
Email:

Enquiries: intenq@cont-ed.cam.ac.uk
Registration: intreg@cont-ed.cam.ac.uk

March 26, 2004 (Friday) and March 28, 2004 Compiègne, France

Dinorah (posted May 28, 2003)

Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne, FRANCE (in Picardy region, close to Paris)

Theatre Francais de la Musique

Direction musicale: Olivier Opdebeeck

Direction artistique et mise en scene: Pierre Jourdan

For information about the production CLICK HERE (info from 1992 production)

Cast not announced -- Check the Theatre's web site for updated information:

http://www.theatre-imperial.com/

June 6 (at 1500) 8, 10 and 12 (at 1900) Metz, France

MFC Group travel to Alsace - Lorraine from New York!! For information, send email to meyerb@meyerbeer.com

Les Huguenots -- l'Opéra-Théâtre de Metz

Laurence Dale, Artistic Director (posted May 26, 2003)

Full cast (posted May 9, 2004)

Direction musicale : Baldo PODIC
Mise en scène : Laurence DALE
Décors : Eric CHEVALIER
Costumes : Dominique BURTÉ
Eclairages : Patrice WILLAUME

Avec Rockwell BLAKE (Raoul), Alketa CELA (Valentine), Sally SILVER (Marguerite), Jean-Philippe MARLIÈRE (Saint-Bris), Ivan LUDLOW (Nevers), Hjördis THEBAULT (Urbain), Philippe KAHN (Marcel), Christophe MORTAGNE (De Cossé), Julien NEYER (De Retz, Maurevert, un archer) et Paul KIRBY (Tavannès)

Choeurs de l'Opéra de Nancy
Choeurs de l'Opéra de Metz
Orchestre National de Lorraine

For more information, go to the Home page of the Metz Theater:

http://www.mairie-metz.fr:8080/METZ/THEATRE/THEATRE_Somm.html

June 11, 14, 17, 20*, 23, 25 and 28, 2004 Strasbourg, France

July 2 and 4*, 2004 Mulhouse (posted May 23, 2003)

L'Africaine

* perf starts at 5 p.m. all others at 8 p.m.

Direction musicale
Mise en scène
Décors
Costumes
Éclairages
chorégraphie

Sélika, esclave
Inès, la fille de Don Diego
Vasco de Gama
Don Alvar, membre du Conseil
Nélusko, esclave
Don Pedro

Chœurs de l’Opéra national du Rhin
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

Edward Gardner
Jean-Claude Auvray
Bernard Arnould
Daniel Ogier
Laurent Castaingt
Cookie Chiapalone

Carolyn Sebron
Nicoleta Ardelean
Bojidar Nikolov
Martial Defontaine
Peter Sidhom
Nicolas Testé

Informations and reservations

Opéra national du Rhin
19, place Broglie BP 320 -
67008 Strasbourg cedex - France

Box office opening
Monday to Friday from 11.00 to 18.00, Saturday from 11.00 to 16.00 and one hour before the performance.

Reservation by phone
+ 33 (0)3 88 75 48 23
Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 12.00 and from 14.00 to 18.00. Saturday from 10.00 to 12.00 and from 14.00 to 16.00

Fax : +33 (0)3 88 75 48 96
Informations and reservations by e-mail
caisse@opera-national-du-rhin.com

If you book tickets by telephone, mail or E-mail, you may send us an Eurocheque or give your credit card details (Visa, master or Eurocard). Cheques are payable to the Trésorier principal

Reserved tickets unpayed within eight days will be put back on sale. Three days before the show, the reserved tickets must be payed cash.

Tickets can neither be returned, exchanged nor reimbursed and no duplicates will be issued in case of loss or theft.

Nouvelle production

L'Africaine

Jeudi 10 juin à 18 h 30
Opéra, salle Paul Bastide

Strasbourg, Opéra
11, 14, 17, 23, 25 et 28 juin à 20h,
20 juin à 17h

Mulhouse, La Filature
2 juillet à 20h,
4 juillet à 17h

September 17-18, 2004

Louisville Ballet -- Louisville, Kentucky

Les Patineurs

Performed with live music by the Louisville Orchestra

Louisville has a very active arts community with an international reputation. The Louisville Orchestra has been known for its First Edition recordings for more than 50 years.

The Louisville Ballet was the only regional ballet with which Mikhail Barishnikov performed.

Saturday 19th of March 2005 5 p.m.

Concert of Meyerbeer Melodies and Themes Transcribed for Violin and Piano

Schloss Friedrichsfelde Berlin Tierpark
10319 Berlin-Lichtenberg

Tickets ++49 30 24002 227

info: Concerto Berlin ++4930 4544865

                                    GROSSE OPER ganz klein
Giacomo Meyerbeers Opernmelodien in Kompositionen des 19.Jahrhunderts
                                                      für
                                          Violine und Klavier

H.Vieuxtems/ Th. Kullak                          "Grand Duo"op.24
                                                               "Zeltlager in Schlesien" (Vielka)

J. B. Singelé                                           "Fantasie op. 120"
                                                            "Robert le Diable"

A. Herman                                             "Morceau de Salon op.36"
                                                            " Le Pardon de Ploermel" (Dinorah)

Ch. d. Beriot /J. Benedict                       "Le fruit de l`etude op.35
                                                           "Crociato" (Kreuzfahrer)

J. B. Singelé                                         "Fantasie op.110"
                                                             L' Africaine (Die Afrikanerin)

H. Vieuxtems/A. Rubinstein        &n

Robert	Jianyi Zhang
Bertram	Kwangchul Youn
Raimbaut	Stephan Rügamer
Priester	Gerd Wolf
Isabelle	Nelly Miricioiu
Alica	Marina Mescheriakova
Hofdame	Daniela Bruera

Musikalische Leitung		Marc Minkowski
Inszenierung		Georg Quander
Bühnenbild und Kostüme		Ruth Schaefer
Chöre		Eberhard Friedrich
Choreographie		Verina Hayes

Isabelle		Nelly Miricioiu
Alice		N.N.
Robert		Jianyi Zhang
Bertram		Kwangchul Youn
Raimbaut		Stephan Rügamer
Alberti		Evgueniy Alexiev
Vier Chevaliers		Andreas Schmidt Peter Menzel Bernd Riedel Bernd Zettisch
Hofdame		Daniela Bruera
Waffenherold		Andreas Schmidt
Zeremonienmeister		Peter Bindszus
Priester		Gerd Wolf


Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
Oper in fünf Akten Libretto von Eugène Scribe konzertante Aufführung in französischer Sprache mit deutschen Übertiteln
Bis weit ins 20. Jahrhundert hinein erfreuten sich die Werke Giacomo Meyerbeers, des eigentlichen Vaters der großen französischen Oper, ungemein großer Beliebtheit. Eine Meyerbeer-Uraufführung, sei es nun ROBERT DER TEUFEL, DIE HUGENOTTEN oder DIE AFRIKANERIN gewesen, galt als ein gesellschaftliches und kulturelles Ereignis ersten Ranges. So sehr ihn das zeitgenössische Publikum auch liebte und bewunderte, so sehr schmähten ihn seine Kollegen: Die antisemitisch motivierten Tiraden Robert Schumanns oder Richard Wagners etwa haben bis in unsere Zeit hinein ihre abscheuliche Wirkung nicht verfehlt. Meyerbeer, Meister feinster Lyrik und großer Gesten, wird vielfach noch heute zu Unrecht abgetan als Vertreter einer Kunst, die nichts anderes geleistet hat, als die Aufbruchstimmung des industrialisierten 19. Jahrhunderts mit großem Bombast auf die Bühne gebracht zu haben. Die im wesentlichen im westfälischen Münster spielende Oper DER PROPHET entspinnt um die wahre Geschichte des Wiedertäuferkönigs Jan van Leyden ein Drama um Liebe, Intrige, Haß und entfesselte religiöse Leidenschaft. Musikalische Leitung Peter Marschik Premiere am 17. Dezember 2000
*Cast list:* Fidès Elena Zhidkova/Jennifer Arnold Jean de Leyde Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin / Mario Ya Lin Zhang Berthe Heike Wittlieb Le Comte d’Oberthal Simon Pauly/Jörg Sabrowski Zacharie Hans Georg Ahrens/Alexander Savtchenko Jonas Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin Mathisen Matthias Klein Termine (Dates of performances from Dec. 17, 2000 to Apr 7, 2001) 17.12., 20.12., 25.12., 28.12., 04.01., 07.01., 14.01., 06.02., 09.02., 16.02., 31.03., 07.04.

22.5.2002	Robert le diable	Giacomo Meyerbeer	19.00	F
27.5.2002	Robert le diable	Giacomo Meyerbeer	19.00	(PJ)
11.6.2002	Robert le diable	Giacomo Meyerbeer	19.00