Festival de Granada

Next week Ivor Bolton will have the pleasure to conduct the opening concert of the Festival International de Música y Danza de Granada!

Starring the internationally acclaimed violinist Viktoria Mullova and the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada the evening will be filled with three composers connected by a friendship forged around the Royal Philharmonic Society of London.

Welcome, Mr. Mendelssohn! (or an ode to friendship)

21 June 2019 22:30 The Palace of Charles V

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Ignaz Moscheles - Jeanne d'Arc, op. 91 Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin...

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Ivor in Basel

After the successful Opening Concert of the Dresden Music Festival Ivor Bolton will return to Basel next week to conduct Bruckner's 6th symphony and Mahler's Kindertotenlieder.

Bruckner+ Schmidt and Mahler

22. + 23. May 2019 Münster Basel

Members of the SOB Wiebke Lehmkuhl, contralto Andreas Liebig, organ Ivor Bolton, conductor

Franz Schmidt - Fuga Solemnis Gustav Mahler - Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 6 in A major, WAB...

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Ivor Bolton at the Opening of the Dresden Music Festival!

This week Ivor Bolton will conduct the Dresden Festival Orchestra at the Opening Concert of the 42. Dresden Music Festival.

Before playing Schumann's first symphony the historically informed ensemble will accompany Dresden-born star René Pape singing Schubert songs.

16 May 2019 Kulturpalast Dresden

Dresden Festival Orchestra Ivor Bolton, conductor René Pape, Bass

Carl Maria v. Weber - Overture to "Euryanthe" Franz Schubert - Selected Songs (arranged for Low Voice and Orchestra) Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 1 in B flat major Op. 38...

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Billy Budd at the Royal Opera House!

Deborah Warner’s highly-acclaimed production of Britten’s Billy Budd will now have its British debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, under the baton of Ivor Bolton. Premiering 2017 at the Teatro Real in Madrid it won Best New Production at the 2018 Opera Awards.

Benjamin Britten Billy Budd

Premiere April 23 Performances April 29, May 2, 7, 10 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Ivor Bolton, Musical Director Deborah Warner, Director Michael Levine, Set Design Chloé Obolensky, Costume Design

Jacques Imbrailo, Billy Budd Toby Spence, Captain Edward Fairfax Vere Brindley Sherratt, John Claggart David Soar, Mr. Flint Thomas Oliemans, Mr. Redburn Peter Kellner, Lieutenant Ratcliffe Clive...

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La Calisto at the Teatro Real

Have you ever heard of Francesco Cavalli's opera La Calisto?

Now you have the unique opportunity to experience Ivor Bolton conducting this rarely performed baroque opera at the Teatro Real.

Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) La Calisto

Premiere March 17 Performances March 19 / 20 / 21 / 23 / 24 / 25 Teatro Real, Madrid

Ivor Bolton, Musical Director David Alden, Stage Director

Dominique Visse, La Natura / Satirino / Le furie Karina Gauvin / Rachel Kelly, L'Eternità / Giunone Monica Bacelli / Teresa Iervolino, Il Destino / Diana / Le furie Luca Tittoto / Wolfgang Schwaiger,...

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Mozart+ OUT NOW!

Mozart+, the new CD of Olga Peretyatko accompanied by the Sinfonieorchester Basel and conducted by Ivor Bolton is now...

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Idomeneo in Madrid

... the possibility that a new generation will bring love and peace and can transform a world wounded by power, war and destruction.

Ivor Bolton is about to conduct the new production of Mozart's Idomeneo at the Teatro Real in Madrid.

W. A. Mozart Idomeneo, re di Creta

Premiere February 19 Performances February 20 / 21 / 23 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28, March 1 Teatro Real Madrid

Ivor Bolton, Musical director Robert Carsen, Stage director Robert Carsen and Luis F. Carvalho, Set Design

Eric Cutler / Jeremy Ovenden,...

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Mozartwoche 2019: Closing Concert

Ivor Bolton will conduct an all-Mozart program at the closing concert of the Mozartwoche 2019 together with Olga Peretyatko and Felix Klieser:

3.2.2019, 18:00 Mozarteum, Großer Saal

Ivor Bolton, conductor Olga Peretyatko, soprano Felix Klieser, cornet Mozarteumorchester Salzburg Salzburger Bachchor

Symphony No. 20 D Major KV 133 Idomeneo KV 366: "Placido è il mar" Lucio Silla KV 135: Choir No. 6 "Fuor di queste urne dolenti" - "O del padre ombra diletta" Idomeneo KV 366: Choir No. 3 "Godiam la pace" Don Giovanni KV 527: Recitative and rondo of Donna Anna No. 23: "Crudele! - Ah no, mio bene!"...

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Billy Budd Best New Production!

Deborah Warner's production Billy Budd, premiered at the Teatro Real in Madrid on January 31st 2017 under the baton of Ivor Bolton, has won the 2018 International Opera Award for Best New Production! The debut run starred Brindley Sherratt, Toby Spence, Duncan Rock and David Soar, and won rave reviews across the board: Fernando Remiro of Bachtrack said “British director Deborah Warner has created what might be the Billy Budd of the next decade, an instant classic”. Also, the DVD of the Production just won the Diapason d'Or 2018 as best Opera...

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